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herndonvahokie

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I think that is shortsighted…


This is long game. We need to be thinking about recruiting, television, location, and the ability to play competitive schedules in the next 25 years. UConn is in the midst of the East Coast and Big Ten territory, and A Texas team places the ACC in one of the hotbeds of college football. And you’ve seen what UCF and the other second-tier Florida teams have done in the past decade. Do you think that other Texas teams won’t be better in the next 10 years… that is short sighted. 10 years ago, we used to laugh at UCF. But now Virginia Tech playing them would be a challenge. There needs to be an ACC team in Texas, in order to drive media in one of the largest football states in the country, and to be able to address recruiting in those areas. In addition West Virginia, if we could convince them to join the ACC, is a no-brainer. West Virginia is logically part of the ACC, based on its big east heritage. Getting them into The ACC, would make both the ACC and West Virginia stronger.

CONN is NOT anything like Duke. Right now we already have four teams in North Carolina, trying to recruit and drive success in the ACC from North Carolina is really kind of silly. The ACC has 4 North Carolina teams, that doesn’t really help our scope and scale in promoting the message, recruiting, and driving the ACC in a wider part of the country. But UCONN places THE ACC in a situation where IT CAN drive recruits not only to UCONN but also into the ACC and drive television revenue from Connecticut and other parts of the eastern seaboard, including New York and New Jersey. And lastly, University of Connecticut, would be a perfect fit within the basketball framework for the ACC.

We lost in Maryland for the same reason. Maybe picking up Connecticut could help the ACC regain some of what we lost when Maryland moved to the Big Ten.

At the end of the day, the ACC needs to aggressively find 3, 4 or five new teams to include in the current batch of conference members. Sitting back and watching, is not going to bode well for the conference.

Not only will it not help, but doing nothing shows a level of complacency, that I think the ACC needs to counteract with an aggressive stance towards adding new teams and making sure that the ACC has the same number of conference members as the other large big conferences.

(In response to this post by jesuisvtguy)

Posted: 09/05/2021 at 12:13AM


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  ACC Musta had some teams immediately. -- herndonvahokie 09/04/2021 10:27PM
  I'd add WVU just for rivalries and fan support... -- Old Line Hokie 09/05/2021 8:09PM
  That’s not how this works… that’s not how any of this works! -- VTHokieCub 09/05/2021 09:48AM
  The Big 12 is simply, and finally, going back to 12 ** -- daveinop 09/05/2021 08:26AM
  By adding teams that make it a G5 (now G6 conference) -- Vienna_Hokie 09/06/2021 5:31PM
  Perhaps 16 -- M-I-C 09/05/2021 08:34AM
  Sounds like Gee may have changed his mind on the expanded playoff? -- Stech 09/05/2021 08:57AM
  Gee for all that he looks like Deputy Fife -- M-I-C 09/05/2021 09:53AM
  For right now, I think 4 highest ranked Conference Champions, but ND & SEC -- Stech 09/05/2021 10:05AM
  I think all P5 conference champs should be in -- HokiePail 09/05/2021 1:02PM
  Question will SEC and ND Walk... someone needs ot call their bluff ** -- Mercury 09/05/2021 11:54AM
  The bigger question is the ACC the next Big East football Conference? -- Stech 09/06/2021 08:21AM
  Where do you..... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2021 1:15PM
  They don’t have that kind of power -- HokieAl 09/05/2021 12:09PM
  The precedence has been set by every other college sport -- M-I-C 09/05/2021 11:07AM
  Yep. This is the only sport that acts differently -- HokieAl 09/05/2021 11:35AM
  This is what protects college football. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 10:28AM
  Bingo! ** -- Stech 09/05/2021 10:30AM
  Need to see where the playoff vote is going at the end of the month. That -- Stech 09/05/2021 07:57AM
  Expansion must improve finances of the conference. UConn will not do that. -- wwhokie1 09/05/2021 07:45AM
  There is no “need” -- HokieAl 09/05/2021 12:28AM
  Huh? You only add teams that increase average value... -- jesuisvtguy 09/04/2021 11:50PM
  To me UConn is a mirror image of Maryland, not Duke. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 03:05AM
  Why is there so little curiosity around Jim Delany's return to ACC -- 33laszlo99 09/05/2021 1:05PM
  Could be. I was suspicious too. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 1:19PM
  Because there..... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2021 1:19PM
  Was comparing to Duke being a Bball school. NE is tough for CFB (SU, BC) -- jesuisvtguy 09/05/2021 08:14AM
  If UConn had value, the Big 12 would have taken them. ** -- tarheelblue 09/05/2021 03:54AM
  Or the B1X ** -- EDGEMAN 09/05/2021 5:19PM
  Oliver Luck is advising the Big XII on its choices. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 07:38AM
  UConn is where they want to be, emphasizing basketball n the Big East. They -- Stech 09/05/2021 08:05AM
  It doesn't help that UConn torn down its on-campus football stadium -- VTHokie2000 09/05/2021 11:25PM
  Yeah, the field is a good ways from campus. -- RJHokie 09/05/2021 11:28PM
  And they just lost to Holy Cross yesterday -- Hokie Fiji 09/05/2021 11:05AM
  I agree. Not a fit for football. ** -- HOO86 09/05/2021 08:28AM
  I think that is shortsighted… -- herndonvahokie 09/05/2021 12:13AM
  From the ACC's perspective, having a member in the state of Texas -- VTHokie2000 09/05/2021 12:28AM
  Having 1 team from Texas does not put the ACC in Texas -- HokieToph 09/07/2021 12:23PM
  Florida State is already in the ACC. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 02:50AM
  Texas is also considered apart of the Gulf Coast too since -- VTHokie2000 09/05/2021 9:28PM
  I like what UAB is doing, and Birmingham just built them a stadium. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 10:21PM
  I agree with you that the ACC doesn't view UAB in the same light -- VTHokie2000 09/05/2021 11:12PM
  One the ACC could add to get into that region is Tulane. -- HOO86 09/06/2021 12:27AM
  That's because Neal Brown has Alabama connections ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 09/05/2021 11:55PM
  Even if the coaching staff has connections within a state, -- VTHokie2000 09/06/2021 9:13PM
  Can't debate that ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 09/08/2021 05:45AM
  I’ll take that strategy,, at least it’s action. ** -- herndonvahokie 09/05/2021 12:59AM
  You would think so, but -- M-I-C 09/05/2021 12:06AM
  How do you define...... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2021 1:26PM
  At the present time -- M-I-C 09/05/2021 2:11PM
  ESPN has to have available time slots to realize those. -- HOO86 09/05/2021 5:16PM
  Your fantasy is entertaining...... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2021 2:22PM
  You may think so but Tier 3 rights do matter. -- M-I-C 09/05/2021 2:29PM
  Trust me...... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2021 5:17PM
  Let this play out - u dont jump yet -- Mercury 09/04/2021 10:40PM
  Not exactly on target. -- M-I-C 09/04/2021 10:50PM
  The Big 12 has lost 6 of its founding members in the last 10 years. -- tarheelblue 09/04/2021 10:58PM
  An the ACC could be next. ** -- herndonvahokie 09/05/2021 01:00AM
  Good point. ** -- herndonvahokie 09/04/2021 11:38PM
  Kind of -- M-I-C 09/04/2021 11:55PM
  And? -- M-I-C 09/04/2021 11:02PM
  I hear you… -- herndonvahokie 09/04/2021 11:21PM
  There are many who agree with you. -- M-I-C 09/04/2021 11:53PM
  Personally I like the Big 12 -- Millpoint 09/05/2021 8:37PM
  I think WVU would move in a heartbeat, if only for -- daveinop 09/05/2021 08:24AM
  Very rational -- herndonvahokie 09/05/2021 12:26AM
  Actually, it's the NCAA that designated who the power 5 conferences are. -- tarheelblue 09/04/2021 11:16PM
  I believe..... -- 2hhoop3 09/05/2021 5:40PM
  Not exactly. -- M-I-C 09/04/2021 11:44PM
  Love it. -- herndonvahokie 09/05/2021 12:35AM
  Sorry must add… ** -- herndonvahokie 09/04/2021 10:32PM
  You can edit your posts, a know. ** -- Maroon Baboon 09/05/2021 12:13AM

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