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[QUOTE="nzm136, post: 1077427, member: 2531"]
1) The Pac-12 is dominated by the 4 California and inherently LA/SF

2) What meaningful football rivalries did we lose? As far as I can tell, we traded WVU for BC + ND (5/14 years). I'll take that trade. Heck, when we made the move, we gained UMD. Sure, they jumped to the B1G, but they're desperate for NE games (as is WVU), so it shouldn't be hard to play them whenever we want. Even basketball wasn't a huge hit. StJ isn't really a rivalry anymore, and the loss of UConn, Nova, and GU isn't ideal, but we play GU OOC anyway (we have a 10 game series that will likely be renewed forever) and I would be amazed if we didn't also play at least one of VU or UConn virtually ever year. Those were our losses. Our gains include BC (once again a school that sees us as a rival), Duke (a school based in NC with a large NJ alumni population and a national following), and UNC a school with a national following. That seems like a net gain in terms of regional interest to me.

We're actually in a great place. We get the benefits of being in the ACC and the benefits of having the relationships to play UMD/WVU fb virtually at will, PSU (apparently) regularly, and UConn, GU, StJ (if we want) and VU in basketball virtually at will. That's basically a power conference and the cream of the crop of another power conference.

What more could you possibly ask for in terms of NE rivalries/exposure? What other teams are there?
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