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[QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 636194, member: 3201"]
It is obviously silly to think about inviting TT to the ACC...however...
 
The ACC should definitely be positioning itself over the next decade to be the best home for the group of Texas, TT, OU, OSU, Baylor and WVU.  The ACC would desparately benefit from pod-based scheduling, but have no good options for 16 that will pay their share.
 
So the next best option is a long term goal of 20, and that's the best way to get there.  I understand that the ACC is probably not the first choice for those schools, especially Oklahoma, but we've got a decade to change that.  As things stand now, the ACC is very likely the only option to the East that would keep the Texas and Oklahoma schools together.  The PAC could conceivably do it, but even if they wanted to, going an hour East is far preferable to playing two hours West.  The biggest drawback is the ACC having to prove itself as financially competitive and a strong football conference.  And we've got time to make that happen.
 
It's not as far fetched as it sounds.  Texas and the ACC talked, and TX has been forthcoming about desiring a move East over West if it came to that.  They also love any association with Notre Dame.  TT and Baylor would come of course, because they'd have no other options.  But the ACC probably needs them to overcome the politics that would be involved, and to make sure Texas and the OK schools feel that they would maintain their Texas presence (otherwise Kansas would be a better fit).  I think WVU would do this if the opportunity arose.
 
The main issue would be Oklahoma, who I'm sure doesn't even have the ACC on it's radar.  That's why this will have to be a long play.
 
So this TT column is silly, but the more we see of this over the next ten years, the better.
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