Ill flame wrote: ↑May 9th, 2022, 2:40 am
Sly Fox wrote: ↑May 8th, 2022, 8:35 pm
Just curious which ACC schools would "move the needle for the B1G in any meaningful way"?
Let the record show that the B1G took on much less attractive additions such as Rutgers, Maryland and Nebraska in the lasr round of realignment. Schools like Colorado, Washington, Stanford and UCLA or USC would give them a stranglehold on the west coast while meeting their academic standards.
Look at the post above you. Virginia and North Carolina. They bring in a good tv market, make sense geographically and are institutional fits. I don't believe any of the reports from anonymous sources that read it on a message board that said that the B1G were interested in pac 12 schools. Joe biden without a teleprompter has more credibility.
We posted at nearly the same time the other day (within a minute). Sorry for the confusion earlier.
What good TV market does either UVa or UNC bring in that is even in the same conversation at LA or SF? Geographical sense? I guess if you squint just right. Institutional fits? Huh? I am not sure how the B1G schools would feel if given a choice between being paired up with Stanford/USC or UVa/UNC. Wait, I know exactly how they'd feel. Look west, young man.
Honestly I could see a B1G Super Conference picking the best of the west and adding the two you mentioned. But the ACC schools don't have the cachet academically of the schools we are referencing out west.
Let's be clear, I don't see it developing into super conferences any time soon. But if it did develop into an arms race, the SEC would certainly be chasing the Pac-12 schools with vigor as well witrhout the pretentious baggage the B1G possesses.