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<blockquote data-quote="skygusty_rivals" data-source="post: 129295858" data-attributes="member: 1500287"><p>I do not know the future, but I don't see us in another conference anytime soon.&nbsp; I don't see how we are a loser at all, let alone the third biggest loser in the country.&nbsp; We are far better situated now than we were before.&nbsp; If we had been forced to wait it out in the American Conference until the NEXT seismic shift, I'm not sure we would have survived as a healthy program.&nbsp; I am not among the group that thinks the ACC would certainly have taken WVU over Louisville.&nbsp; I think the positives of the move to the BIG12 far outweigh the negatives of where we were.&nbsp; Maybe not enough positives to be a clear winner like TAM and Mizzou and Rutgers and Maryland, but lots of good things have happened for WVU as a result of joining the BIG12.&nbsp; I don't think that Pitt, Syracuse, Miami or BC have thrived since going to the ACC and I doubt they will.&nbsp; There are very few schools in that conference that share our mission as a land grant state institution.&nbsp; They also now have ND hanging around their neck.&nbsp; I would not want to leave the BIG12 for the ACC the way things are now.&nbsp; I don't see the BIG10 or the SEC coming for us.&nbsp; If those two expand I think they will go after FSU, Clemson, maybe VT and UNC.&nbsp; If any those teams leave, the ACC would be even less attractive as a destination for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="skygusty_rivals, post: 129295858, member: 1500287"] I do not know the future, but I don't see us in another conference anytime soon. I don't see how we are a loser at all, let alone the third biggest loser in the country. We are far better situated now than we were before. If we had been forced to wait it out in the American Conference until the NEXT seismic shift, I'm not sure we would have survived as a healthy program. I am not among the group that thinks the ACC would certainly have taken WVU over Louisville. I think the positives of the move to the BIG12 far outweigh the negatives of where we were. Maybe not enough positives to be a clear winner like TAM and Mizzou and Rutgers and Maryland, but lots of good things have happened for WVU as a result of joining the BIG12. I don't think that Pitt, Syracuse, Miami or BC have thrived since going to the ACC and I doubt they will. There are very few schools in that conference that share our mission as a land grant state institution. They also now have ND hanging around their neck. I would not want to leave the BIG12 for the ACC the way things are now. I don't see the BIG10 or the SEC coming for us. If those two expand I think they will go after FSU, Clemson, maybe VT and UNC. If any those teams leave, the ACC would be even less attractive as a destination for us. [/QUOTE]

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