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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 132081376" data-attributes="member: 1812660">It is inevitable that the Big 2 conferences will want Clemson, UNC, UVA, FSU and/or Miami.&nbsp; BC might even have a chance given it is in a big TV market.&nbsp; It is also inevitable that if either of the Big 2 come calling, those teams are going.&nbsp; So here is the inevitable future for the ACC ...ACC scraps: BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, VT, Wake Forest, NC State, Duke, Georgia Tech.Compared to the Big 12Big 12: BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TTU, TCU, Houston, Baylor, ISU, WVU, Cincinnati, UCF.Neither are nearly as good as the Big 10 or SEC, but in the above cases the Big 12 is definitely in a better spot than the ACC.&nbsp; Hence the ACC would be stupid to turn their nose up to any program that might be in that 2nd tier between the Big 2 conferences and the current AAC level schools which definitely includes WVU.&nbsp; That being said, WVU may not be wise to jump ship to the ACC for temporary security and improvement in scheduling.&nbsp; It is unrealistic for the Big 12, PAC 12, or ACC to compete with the Big 10 or SEC. So ideally the Big 12 would be aggressive in pursuing the best 4 schools in the PAC-12 and get to 16.&nbsp; Then make the best ACC programs aware they have a spot when that conference gets raided later and set itself up as a 20 - 24 team, cross country conference of that is the undisputed &quot;best of the rest.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 132081376, member: 1812660"] It is inevitable that the Big 2 conferences will want Clemson, UNC, UVA, FSU and/or Miami. BC might even have a chance given it is in a big TV market. It is also inevitable that if either of the Big 2 come calling, those teams are going. So here is the inevitable future for the ACC ... ACC scraps: BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, VT, Wake Forest, NC State, Duke, Georgia Tech. Compared to the Big 12 Big 12: BYU, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TTU, TCU, Houston, Baylor, ISU, WVU, Cincinnati, UCF. Neither are nearly as good as the Big 10 or SEC, but in the above cases the Big 12 is definitely in a better spot than the ACC. Hence the ACC would be stupid to turn their nose up to any program that might be in that 2nd tier between the Big 2 conferences and the current AAC level schools which definitely includes WVU. That being said, WVU may not be wise to jump ship to the ACC for temporary security and improvement in scheduling. It is unrealistic for the Big 12, PAC 12, or ACC to compete with the Big 10 or SEC. So ideally the Big 12 would be aggressive in pursuing the best 4 schools in the PAC-12 and get to 16. Then make the best ACC programs aware they have a spot when that conference gets raided later and set itself up as a 20 - 24 team, cross country conference of that is the undisputed "best of the rest." [/QUOTE]

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