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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 516989, member: 626"]
What's most obvious in realignment is that each conference has its Alpha males.
PAC- Oregon, USC, maybe UCLA, Stanford.
B1G- OSU, Michigan
SEC- Bama, UF, maybe UK 
Big12- Texas...then OU...and maybe, KU
ACC- UNC, Duke, maybe FSU and UM when they are good in ftball.
These are not necessarily the "best" programs, but the most indispensable to any conference.
SU was the Alpha in the BE, IMO, since losing us was the final straw to maintain stability.  Regardless of our ftball stature at the time, losing SU doomed the BEast, psychologically.
With that said- UNC is NEVER...I repeat, NEVER, going to leave the ACC.
They'll watch FSU, GT, etc. go if they want- but here in Carolina, it would be sacrilege. 
Just like Bama, or WVU, who represent more than just athletics, these folks IDENTIFY with UNC...its in the societal DNA.  
To think they'd give that up to join w/ KSU, and ISU, and Baylor...or go mano-a-man with Texas, is unrealistic.
Even the SEC/B1G  offer would have to be because the ACC is on life support- and as long as ND is there to shore them up along w/ the new arrivals, the ACC will be just fine...regardless of who defects.
THAT'S what the WVU sock-puppets don't seem to, or want to comprehend.
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