It is clear that the B10 has tried to go after similar institutions with regards to expansion. Looking at the school profiles of already committed B10 programs, they all have either their own law and med schools, or have partnerships/associations with them.
My brother-in-law is a VT grad and he claims VT has applied for AAU membership in order to get into the B10 along with UVA... This after just a few months back touting how committed to the ACC that VT was and that it was about academics in the ACC. So just assume VT fans are F.O.S.
Anyway, it has been rumored that the B10 was interested in GT because of the Atlanta market. Maybe that's true, but the don't have a law school or med school, so to me that says they don't meet the academic profile of the B10, nor does VT.
I had said in another thread I thought the B10 would grow to 18 and take UVA, UNC, GT & Duke.
I am changing my opinion now, and I believe UVA & UNC will be the only two teams left in the ACC that go to the B10.
I think VT & NC State still end up in the SEC.
For the B12, I think FSU, Clemson, GT, Pitt, Louisville and one of either Cincy, UConn, Syracuse, Miami, or Duke being team number 16. I SERIOUSLY doubt Duke will ever truly consider it unless there is no other option left... and with all the defections, there may not be. Duke versus Kansas in basketball every year would be a huge pick up for the B12. That said, for some strange reason (maybe geography and the Cincy market), I think Cincy would be the choice for #16.
The ACC would be left with Duke, Wake, Miami, & Syracuse. They would in my opinion move to bring in UConn, Memphis, USF, UCF, Temple, and Navy for all sports, and attempt to bring in Georgetown and Villanova in basketball. They may get around to offering them the chance to move up to FBS in football as well. Nova can play in that soccer stadium and GT can work a deal with Dan Snyder to play their games at RFK. He is always looking for ways to use the stadium for other purposes.
Back to the B12, the schools may not all line up perfectly geographically, but it does provide for each school to have reasonably close geographic rivals.
FSU, GT, & Clemson (ACC rivals).
WVU, Pitt, Cincy, and Louisville (Big East rivals).
Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (Big Eight rivals).
Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU (SWC rivals).
I actually now believe divisions are unnecessary. Every year, a new schedule is released rotating through the schools in the conference. Long time rivals like Texas-Oklahoma, WVU-Pitt, etc... would face each other every year. There could be a set up where each school has 4 gauranteed rival games each season (two home, two away). The rest would be rotated conference games.
An attempt to ensure close geographic games would be made. At the end of the year, the top two teams face each other in the conference title game. Fairly simple set up.
My brother-in-law is a VT grad and he claims VT has applied for AAU membership in order to get into the B10 along with UVA... This after just a few months back touting how committed to the ACC that VT was and that it was about academics in the ACC. So just assume VT fans are F.O.S.
Anyway, it has been rumored that the B10 was interested in GT because of the Atlanta market. Maybe that's true, but the don't have a law school or med school, so to me that says they don't meet the academic profile of the B10, nor does VT.
I had said in another thread I thought the B10 would grow to 18 and take UVA, UNC, GT & Duke.
I am changing my opinion now, and I believe UVA & UNC will be the only two teams left in the ACC that go to the B10.
I think VT & NC State still end up in the SEC.
For the B12, I think FSU, Clemson, GT, Pitt, Louisville and one of either Cincy, UConn, Syracuse, Miami, or Duke being team number 16. I SERIOUSLY doubt Duke will ever truly consider it unless there is no other option left... and with all the defections, there may not be. Duke versus Kansas in basketball every year would be a huge pick up for the B12. That said, for some strange reason (maybe geography and the Cincy market), I think Cincy would be the choice for #16.
The ACC would be left with Duke, Wake, Miami, & Syracuse. They would in my opinion move to bring in UConn, Memphis, USF, UCF, Temple, and Navy for all sports, and attempt to bring in Georgetown and Villanova in basketball. They may get around to offering them the chance to move up to FBS in football as well. Nova can play in that soccer stadium and GT can work a deal with Dan Snyder to play their games at RFK. He is always looking for ways to use the stadium for other purposes.
Back to the B12, the schools may not all line up perfectly geographically, but it does provide for each school to have reasonably close geographic rivals.
FSU, GT, & Clemson (ACC rivals).
WVU, Pitt, Cincy, and Louisville (Big East rivals).
Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (Big Eight rivals).
Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, TCU (SWC rivals).
I actually now believe divisions are unnecessary. Every year, a new schedule is released rotating through the schools in the conference. Long time rivals like Texas-Oklahoma, WVU-Pitt, etc... would face each other every year. There could be a set up where each school has 4 gauranteed rival games each season (two home, two away). The rest would be rotated conference games.
An attempt to ensure close geographic games would be made. At the end of the year, the top two teams face each other in the conference title game. Fairly simple set up.
