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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129429734" data-attributes="member: 1428007"><p>To claim quality teams in the ACC is "a wash" with the BIG 12 illustrates a lack of comprehension of college football.</p><p></p><p>While FSU and Clemson have been rather artificially bumped up to high ratings the last few years despite playing very weak conference competition, the BIG 12 has had Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma all flirting with the top five and ten and Oklahoma State and Kansas State just behind much of the time.</p><p></p><p>The ACC is comparable to the Big Ten, NOT the BIG 12 in competitiveness.</p><p></p><p>WVU is IN the BIG 12 and not going anywhere so it really doesn't matter if some pine for a nonexistant relationship with schools that want none with WVU, WVU is going to be in the BIG 12 much longer than 8 more years--much longer than through 2025 when the tv contract expires.</p><p></p><p>WVU is much like PSU was back in the late 80s when they joined the Big Ten. Other than a moderately close (5 plus hr drive) to Columbus, they were an eastern team playing in a midwestern league. Games with Minnesota and Iowa and Wisconsin were regulars on the schedule with little connection and not much remotely close.</p><p></p><p>They dealt with it and continue to do so and now that league has added eastern teams to make them more comfortable and to keep them in the fold.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, the BIG 12 is going to expand--after the Big Ten contracts are in the books and the money is known there. They'll find a way to bridge WVU to the rest of the schools that are further west, and WVU will continue playing teams closer to WV OOC.</p><p></p><p>Its really a silly argument anyway--people whining about the distance to conference schools, yet don't attend many or any of the 7 home games in WV? If you did attend WVU games in Morgantown and 1 or 2 games on the road, you'd be seeing WVU 8 or 9 times a year, 7 of those close to home. Honestly, when WVU was in the Big East how many people attended more than 2 games on the road in a season? Its not like people were travelling to Miami and Boston every year, or Louisville and South Florida later on in addition to all the other road matchups.</p><p></p><p>Its a moot point and WVU isn't going to be playing a schedule of eastern teams anytime. WVU signed a long term commitment to the programs that wanted to be associated long term with WVU--and that is the BIG 12 schools. People can get used to that or move on--but eventually a new group of fans wont even remember the brief association with a few northeastern teams. The southern ACC schools? There is no connection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129429734, member: 1428007"] To claim quality teams in the ACC is "a wash" with the BIG 12 illustrates a lack of comprehension of college football. While FSU and Clemson have been rather artificially bumped up to high ratings the last few years despite playing very weak conference competition, the BIG 12 has had Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma all flirting with the top five and ten and Oklahoma State and Kansas State just behind much of the time. The ACC is comparable to the Big Ten, NOT the BIG 12 in competitiveness. WVU is IN the BIG 12 and not going anywhere so it really doesn't matter if some pine for a nonexistant relationship with schools that want none with WVU, WVU is going to be in the BIG 12 much longer than 8 more years--much longer than through 2025 when the tv contract expires. WVU is much like PSU was back in the late 80s when they joined the Big Ten. Other than a moderately close (5 plus hr drive) to Columbus, they were an eastern team playing in a midwestern league. Games with Minnesota and Iowa and Wisconsin were regulars on the schedule with little connection and not much remotely close. They dealt with it and continue to do so and now that league has added eastern teams to make them more comfortable and to keep them in the fold. Eventually, the BIG 12 is going to expand--after the Big Ten contracts are in the books and the money is known there. They'll find a way to bridge WVU to the rest of the schools that are further west, and WVU will continue playing teams closer to WV OOC. Its really a silly argument anyway--people whining about the distance to conference schools, yet don't attend many or any of the 7 home games in WV? If you did attend WVU games in Morgantown and 1 or 2 games on the road, you'd be seeing WVU 8 or 9 times a year, 7 of those close to home. Honestly, when WVU was in the Big East how many people attended more than 2 games on the road in a season? Its not like people were travelling to Miami and Boston every year, or Louisville and South Florida later on in addition to all the other road matchups. Its a moot point and WVU isn't going to be playing a schedule of eastern teams anytime. WVU signed a long term commitment to the programs that wanted to be associated long term with WVU--and that is the BIG 12 schools. People can get used to that or move on--but eventually a new group of fans wont even remember the brief association with a few northeastern teams. The southern ACC schools? There is no connection. [/QUOTE]
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