(02-26-2013 10:57 AM)esayem Wrote: UNC has its roots in the Southern Conference with the vast majority of SEC schools so if UNC, NCSU, Duke, and UVA were all invited, and it was that or the Big 10, I'm sure the alumni would be for it. Adding Wake and VT would be icing. Obviously we prefer the ACC as it is.
I still don't think the ACC is going anywhere. But I have pondered if it ever came to that whether Wake could be the deciding factor.
I've even wondered why not just move to 4 regional divisions of 6 and make it 24. Virginia, Virginia Tech, the 4 North Carolina schools, Georgia Tech, Miami, Clemson, and Florida State. That would be a marriage of Football prowess with Basketball prowess, academics with athletics, best market draw with best markets, and all contained in the Southeast for the strongest leverage in contract negotiations.
North: Virginia, Va. Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Duke, Wake
East: Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Miami, S. Carolina
South: Alabama, Auburn, F.S.U., Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
West: Arkansas, L.S.U., Ole Miss, Miss State, Missouri, Texas A&M