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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129460620" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Nebraska was an AAU school when they joined the Big Ten and were dropped afterwards from AAU status.&nbsp; Still, multiple Big Ten schools were very upset with the addition due to their academic standing.Notre Dame has very high academic standing and everyone wants them in their conference except maybe the SEC.Your statement from Delaney illustrates academic standing IS important to conferences and nothing more or less.&nbsp; Several conference commissioners and school leaders have commented directly on academics in expansion considerations.&nbsp; Its important to SCHOOLS and SCHOOLS make up these conferences after all--not just athletics teams.According to Oliver Luck who directly talked with the ACC--they never showed any interest in WVU.&nbsp; It never got to any point of academics and any reports of that were simply internet b.s..As to Southern Miss?&nbsp; If you want to believe a conference like the BIG 12 will consider a school like Southern Miss-have at it.&nbsp; They won't, I listed several reasons why.&nbsp; It doesn't matter what I personally like or dislike, the conference has made statements about what they need in expansion candidates and schools such as Southern Miss are not in the conversation.&nbsp; To try and compare WVU to Southern Miss just lets me know you don't understand major college football.&nbsp; WVU is a major school.&nbsp; Southern Miss is a midmajor.&nbsp; There's a huge difference.&nbsp; BTW Morgantown has an airport, Clarksburg/Bridgeport, WV has a larger airport within a half hour of campus where WVU and some of the opposition fly and Pittsburgh International is a bit over an hour away.&nbsp; But again it doesn't matter because WVU is a major program that tv networks desired whereas Southern Miss doesn't have the same cred.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129460620, member: 1428007"] Nebraska was an AAU school when they joined the Big Ten and were dropped afterwards from AAU status. Still, multiple Big Ten schools were very upset with the addition due to their academic standing. Notre Dame has very high academic standing and everyone wants them in their conference except maybe the SEC. Your statement from Delaney illustrates academic standing IS important to conferences and nothing more or less. Several conference commissioners and school leaders have commented directly on academics in expansion considerations. Its important to SCHOOLS and SCHOOLS make up these conferences after all--not just athletics teams. According to Oliver Luck who directly talked with the ACC--they never showed any interest in WVU. It never got to any point of academics and any reports of that were simply internet b.s.. As to Southern Miss? If you want to believe a conference like the BIG 12 will consider a school like Southern Miss-have at it. They won't, I listed several reasons why. It doesn't matter what I personally like or dislike, the conference has made statements about what they need in expansion candidates and schools such as Southern Miss are not in the conversation. To try and compare WVU to Southern Miss just lets me know you don't understand major college football. WVU is a major school. Southern Miss is a midmajor. There's a huge difference. BTW Morgantown has an airport, Clarksburg/Bridgeport, WV has a larger airport within a half hour of campus where WVU and some of the opposition fly and Pittsburgh International is a bit over an hour away. But again it doesn't matter because WVU is a major program that tv networks desired whereas Southern Miss doesn't have the same cred. [/QUOTE]

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