(01-28-2019 12:06 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  If the SEC goes to 16 then I'd expect the ACC to do the same (by adding WVU and ND for football).

If the SEC adds 4 teams (Texas, Tx Tech, OU and either Kansas or OSU) to go to 18 then I could see the ACC adding WVU, TCU and Baylor (in addition to ND). JMO.

NOTE: That's also 7 teams - just one short of the number to dissolve the Big XII conference...

Mark, if the SEC added Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, and Iowa State. The ACC should look at adding Baylor, T.C.U., Kansas State and West Virginia along with Cincinnati and Notre Dame to move to 20.

Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas State, Louisville, T.C.U.

Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Syracuse, West Virginia

Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, N.C. State.

That gives you Ohio to Texas as an interested market while making the Louisville / Cincinnati rivalry a top feature of those 5.

Notre Dame likely emerges most years from the NE division but Syracuse and West Virginia gives that division some good regional content.

The old core becomes a winnable division for your Hokies or a rebuilt North Carolina.

The South division becomes your content multiplier for football revenue games and the ACC needs this.

Now nobody need be involved in having to parse the Big 12. ESPN lands the bulk of content. The ACC expands their markets for the ACCN and there are no damages, lawsuits, or penalties to be paid.

The 4 coming to the ACC from the Big 12 maintain status quo for T1 and T2 and get a boost from the ACCN. The SEC sees major boosts in Texas and content from Oklahoma and Texas. The cross conference rivalry week gets bigger and the networks are bundled.

IMO that's the way to go.