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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 131770067" data-attributes="member: 1812660"><p>I do as well.&nbsp; The Big 12 moving forward will be like the BE 2.0.&nbsp; I fear the Big 12 though has a much higher likelihood of being on the outside looking in than BE 2.0 did under the BCS system.&nbsp; It's also a tenuous position in that any school is likely to jump at an offer from the other 4 &quot;power&quot; conferences.&nbsp; The ACC will not be long in joining the Big 12 on this level as Clemson and FSU either wither on the vine over the next decade or get scooped up at the next realignment.&nbsp; Without them, the ACC are better than the Big 12 only academically.&nbsp; If teams like UNC, Miami, and UVA find safe harbor as well during the next realignment, the remaining ACC teams would be as likely to join the Big 12 rather than the reverse.&nbsp; I just don't see WVU staying in the highest level of college football competition when it's all over because I see almost 2/3 or division 1 teams being excluded.&nbsp; Knowing that, I think WVU needs a home in the &quot;best of the rest&quot; league.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 131770067, member: 1812660"] I do as well. The Big 12 moving forward will be like the BE 2.0. I fear the Big 12 though has a much higher likelihood of being on the outside looking in than BE 2.0 did under the BCS system. It's also a tenuous position in that any school is likely to jump at an offer from the other 4 "power" conferences. The ACC will not be long in joining the Big 12 on this level as Clemson and FSU either wither on the vine over the next decade or get scooped up at the next realignment. Without them, the ACC are better than the Big 12 only academically. If teams like UNC, Miami, and UVA find safe harbor as well during the next realignment, the remaining ACC teams would be as likely to join the Big 12 rather than the reverse. I just don't see WVU staying in the highest level of college football competition when it's all over because I see almost 2/3 or division 1 teams being excluded. Knowing that, I think WVU needs a home in the "best of the rest" league. [/QUOTE]

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