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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 3916130, member: 1312"]
Who has the ACC been ahead of in conference realignment?  The Big East?

The SEC and Big 10 have been way ahead of the ACC in every conference realignment move.  The SEC and Big 10 have grabbed large state flagship universities for their conferences and they were well ahead of the ACC when it came to starting conference networks.  And, neither the Big 10 or SEC locked in LT media deals in a rapidly changing media landscape like the ACC did.

The Big 12 was a messy merger between the Big 8 and some of the SWC schools that became toast 10 years ago the moment Colorado and Nebraska left shortly followed by Texas A&M and Missouri.  Nobody could have saved the Big 12 from ultimately collapsing.

The Pac 12 conference is not really relevant to the ACC at this time, although that could change if there is some movement between the Pac 12 and Big 10.

No offense to Jim Phillips, but hasn't everyone learned by now to not trust the conference commissioner to solve your school's problems?  WIldhack needs to try and strengthen the ACC as well as see if the Big 10 would have some interest.  But, he also needs a plan in case the ACC gets picked apart by the SEC and Big 10 and Syracuse doesn't get selected.  I would have a conversation with Val Ackerman, the commissioner of the Big East, to see if the Big East is a fall back option.
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