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Old Line Hokie

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Swofford didn't want to follow the successful model.


That is the Big 10 and SEC model (large state universities with hundreds of thousands of living alumni). Swofford could've taken Syracuse or WVU or Pitt instead of BC. I wasn't even a fan of taking either Cuse or Pitt. If I were ACC commissioner I would've taken Virginia Tech, WVU and tried to get Penn State from the Big 10 during the 1990's and early 2000's. I would've worked a deal that PSU would've been very interested in. Honestly, I would've have taken Miami just because of their rich football history but would've avoided any other private schools (except Notre Dame "IF" they wanted to be a full member). Swofford had Miami dictating who was going in initially. Miami's choices weren't going to make the ACC a stronger football conference. Thanks to Mr. Goodwin, UVA's Casteen, and some state politicians, Tech got in over Miami's 2 chosen schools. Maybe Tech would've finally got invited by 2012 but the SEC may have already jumped into the picture. IMHO, I think Tech would've favored the ACC over the SEC in 2011 but maybe being shunned in 2003 would've finally soured our opinion of the ACC? I'm sure the SEC would've loved to have Tech over Missouri. Any way, it's all history now and Tech is in the ACC for the long run. It's just too bad that our conference commissioner wasn't as savvy and forward thinking as the Big 10's Jim Delany or the SEC's Mike Slive. IMHO, Swofford missed the first bus and had to wait too long for the second one while the SEC and Big 10 were sitting around counting all their cash. Some say Tech had to wait for the SEC to get their ESPN network but that didn't stop Texas from getting their own LHN (with ESPN) or the Pac-12 starting theirs. Swofford got all his additions from the Big East while the SEC expanded with 2 teams from the Big 12 and the Big 10 expanded with a team from the Big 12, the ACC, and Big East. All of the SEC's and Big 10's additions were large state universities. Not so for Swofford's ACC additions. Tech was his only large state university (state-wide). The others were urban state universities or private institutions.
[Post edited by Old Line Hokie at 07/01/2018 2:51PM]

(In response to this post by 33laszlo99)

Posted: 07/01/2018 at 2:51PM



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