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So we are for Expansion as long as we are the one Expanding. 🤔 -- Stech 08/27/2021 12:20PM Not exactly the same. Anyone that the B12 adds will likely get more money -- HokieAl 08/27/2021 5:08PM I think the difference is that the SEC was already in the best position. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 1:36PM BYU, Houston, Cincy, UCF -- hardcorpshokie 08/27/2021 12:06PM If I were the Big 12 Texas schools, I wouldn't want Houston. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 1:55PM There are a lot of fans in the Big-12 that agree with you but, -- M-I-C 08/27/2021 3:39PM If you're mentioned in the title of a ZZ Top song.... -- Hokie Fiji 08/27/2021 2:39PM Houston would be only the fourth school in a very large state that includes -- IB4TECH 08/27/2021 2:33PM Bringing Houston up to your level and competing with them for recruits -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 2:55PM It's not so much the state as the markets. And more so, it is about -- IB4TECH 08/27/2021 2:56PM And the ACC having 4 schools in North Carolina is a big disadvantage. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 2:58PM North Carolina isn't as big as the state of Texas and California -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 3:03PM While technically NCState and Wake are power conference schools in NC, -- saret 08/27/2021 3:12PM Even though Duke is a considered a "blue blood" in basketball, -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 3:25PM Oh, I'm not disagreeing. You said ",,,4-6 power conference schools." All -- saret 08/27/2021 3:30PM I should clarify the 4-6 is referencing CA and TX only -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 3:43PM North Carolina is the 9th largest state. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 3:10PM According to a website I found, here is NC's rankings in the following cat. -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 3:18PM Like I mentioned earlier, TX is almost 3x more populated than NC. Texas -- IB4TECH 08/28/2021 10:32AM Exactly. Plus, Texas is a much larger state in terms of land mass -- VTHokie2000 08/28/2021 1:09PM The only metric that matters is population size. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 3:40PM That doesn't change the fact that the TX population is almost 3x larger -- IB4TECH 08/28/2021 10:34AM Even if NC is ranked 9th, it doesn't change that the state probably -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 3:56PM We know how that can be remedied. ** -- IB4TECH 08/27/2021 3:00PM Andy Staples: Big12 is seriously discussing BYU, Sources Say -- HOO86 08/27/2021 1:34PM Is Miami back? ** -- IB4TECH 08/27/2021 12:33PM I know nothing but my guess is BYU would only join PAC -- fnhokie 08/27/2021 12:19PM The Pac-12 will never add a religious school. ** -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 1:49PM Your move, ESPN. Another killshot needed. Bring WVU, Kansas, OSU -- Colonel Jessup 08/27/2021 11:56AM Would not include Kansas in any expansion plans for ACC. -- rmhokie 08/28/2021 11:02PM The Big 12 still has the stronger hand against the AAC. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 1:53PM I also wonder if AAC might move first... -- Hokie Fiji 08/27/2021 12:04PM It's sad ESPN could have so much influence. But it is intriguing what the -- IB4TECH 08/27/2021 12:32PM This is definitely more of a TV network battle than a Conference battle. ** -- Stech 08/27/2021 12:25PM Houston, SMU, Cinci, BYU, Boise, UNM, SDSU, UNLV…… -- CrystalCoveHokie 08/27/2021 11:55AM Would Cincy and WVU want to be apart of that conference though -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 12:29PM Expanding eastward probably makes more sense than expanding westward. -- tarheelblue 08/27/2021 2:16PM Glad to see ECU mentioned -- obguthr 08/28/2021 09:04AM Yeah don't get your hopes up for ECU. -- tarheelblue 08/28/2021 12:44PM As I have noted on other posts (I think on only on the subscriber's board) -- VTHokie2000 08/27/2021 2:22PM Houston might be tough sell to Big 12 schools after last time -- OU_Sooner 08/27/2021 11:44AM Denying UH due to a few mostly accurate words would be very -- fnhokie 08/27/2021 12:08PM If I'm picking teams -- Victor Tango 08/27/2021 11:27AM My choices...Boise State, Colorado St, UCF and Cinci -- tcc_dc 08/27/2021 12:01PM Same data, but the bar has been dramatically lowered -- VT ChemE 1986 08/27/2021 11:16AM
