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<blockquote data-quote="USBPMountaineer" data-source="post: 129571218" data-attributes="member: 2008105">Although I am happy to be in the B12, it would be nice to have regional rivalries back.&nbsp; The Pitt and VT series were great. I know we have them scheduled in the future, but what do they really mean anymore?&nbsp; There is no real consequence to winning other than bragging rights for that game....no race to finish first in the conference.&nbsp; The regional rivalries were great because you work with and live in close proximity to fans from the other schools.&nbsp; So you are always talking **** to one another and each week you could either be happy your team went up a game or dread running into someone because your team fell.&nbsp; You just don't have that with the B12.&nbsp; Who is our rival?&nbsp; Who do you look at on the schedule every year and can't wait to play?&nbsp; It might be UT or OU every other year when we play them at home, but most fans aren't travelling to the away game.&nbsp; We could while in the Big East (I don't miss the conference, just the convenience of it and the few rivalries).The B12 should not expand just to expand.&nbsp; It should be teams that raise not only the profile of the league, but don't diminish the quality of football.&nbsp; And football is all that is going to drive a move....that's where the money is and the exposure.&nbsp; Unless the B12 can pull from one of the other conferences, it won't happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="USBPMountaineer, post: 129571218, member: 2008105"] Although I am happy to be in the B12, it would be nice to have regional rivalries back. The Pitt and VT series were great. I know we have them scheduled in the future, but what do they really mean anymore? There is no real consequence to winning other than bragging rights for that game....no race to finish first in the conference. The regional rivalries were great because you work with and live in close proximity to fans from the other schools. So you are always talking **** to one another and each week you could either be happy your team went up a game or dread running into someone because your team fell. You just don't have that with the B12. Who is our rival? Who do you look at on the schedule every year and can't wait to play? It might be UT or OU every other year when we play them at home, but most fans aren't travelling to the away game. We could while in the Big East (I don't miss the conference, just the convenience of it and the few rivalries). The B12 should not expand just to expand. It should be teams that raise not only the profile of the league, but don't diminish the quality of football. And football is all that is going to drive a move....that's where the money is and the exposure. Unless the B12 can pull from one of the other conferences, it won't happen. [/QUOTE]

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