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Been a Golden Hokie for almost 15 years and been on this site

since it was called Hokie Central. And, I am a college football crazy. Some would have said that the "ACC was/is a ruthless, capitalist force" when they were "raiding" the Big East - there were lots of articles about how the ACC was destroying the Big East and changing the college football landscape (and not in a good way). When it looked like VT was going to be left out of ACC expansion, there were many/most Hokie fans that agreed with that perspective. The minute VT was included, our perspectives changed and we were happier than pigs in poop - screw the Big East was our mindset. How do you think UConn feels and do you think many VT fans feel sorry for them? Nope.
ALL of college football is a ruthless, capitalist force - it is a multi $b business - always has been and always will be. There is no putting the Genie back into the bottle - it has been out of it for over 50 years. VT/ACC can sit back and wish for things to be different or they/we can actually do something about it.
[Post edited by 133193Hokie at 09/22/2021 12:21PM]

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College Football Playoff vote unlikely at September 28th meeting (LINK) -- Stech 09/21/2021 07:28AM

So.., back to my original question. What schools no longer trust each -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 09:18AM

Here you go if you need more information on it thanks to Domer (LINK) -- Stech 09/22/2021 1:00PM

Agreed. I dont think any of them trust each other - nor should they. This -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 1:11PM

I'd like to see the eight best teams with no more than 2 from 1 conference -- Flanker 09/21/2021 10:48PM

Well, no one trusted TX or Okl before the move to the SEC -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 2:48PM

And to add -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 3:22PM

No other conference was in the same position of strength as the SEC -- EDGEMAN 09/22/2021 09:18AM

The B1G was/is, and you better bet they would have taken TX/Okl -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 10:02AM

Of course, most of the angst is because the other conferences ALL hoped -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 3:18PM

As expected. When someone has it out for you, you don't hand them a gun. ** -- tarheelblue 09/21/2021 12:30PM

I thought the ACC, B1G, PAC12 Alliance showed a lot of Trust. -- HOO86 09/21/2021 12:19PM

The most they should do is punt this down the road several years... -- EDGEMAN 09/21/2021 1:40PM

Why. I get that everyone hates the SEC, but dont you -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 3:14PM

If you are a Hokie, you're not thinking this through -- VT ChemE 1986 09/22/2021 11:45AM

Been a Golden Hokie for almost 15 years and been on this site -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 12:21PM

The Big Least was a dysfunctional conference, just waiting to be broken up -- EDGEMAN 09/22/2021 2:56PM

Only a little. You can say that the ACC based its -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 4:19PM

No one wants to see one conference dominate a small tournament -- EDGEMAN 09/21/2021 3:17PM

The CFP should be a National Event. -- HOO86 09/21/2021 4:10PM

So, you want to watch inferior teams make a playoff? Not me, I want -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 3:30PM

I have zero interest in watching 4 SEC teams in a CFP. -- Hokester 09/21/2021 11:05PM

So, has any team made the playoff that you think the commitee got wrong? ** -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 09:16AM

Yep. Ohio State instead of Bama couple years ago. -- Hokester 09/22/2021 11:04AM

Well if it is conf champs than hopefully VT moves to the -- 133193Hokie 09/22/2021 11:14AM

There has to be balance. If you finish 4th (or 3rd) in the conference -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 3:52PM

So, in 2018 you would have had Wash in the playoff since they were the -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 4:04PM

Michigan ** -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 4:08PM

I guess you would have actually left out UGA since they -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 4:36PM

Yes absolutely. That's the way it works in all other sports -- HokieAl 09/21/2021 3:51PM

And you watch a crappy NFC east team get their ass handed to them -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 3:56PM

Last year, that crappy team was behind by 5 with 5 minutes left -- WestyHokie 09/21/2021 4:52PM

If the team left out was deserving then they should have won more games -- HokieAl 09/21/2021 4:28PM

Shouldn't the 8-4 PAC Champ have won more games if they were deserving ** -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 4:33PM

8-4 Champ has not happened since 1999 (before champ game) -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 4:37PM

My point was hypothetical - Wash was 10-3 that year and NOT a good team -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 4:41PM

I understand your point. But the fact is each major conference will want -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 4:44PM

You are proving the need for expanded playoffs -- HokieAl 09/21/2021 4:43PM

I dont care if it is 4-8-12-32 but it should be the best teams. No auto -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 5:06PM

But that's just it. Who decides who the best teams are? -- Hokester 09/21/2021 11:16PM

I agree. The playoff should not turn into a SEC invitational. -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 3:23PM

I imagine 2025 will be the earliest. Stopping at 8 seems to be gaining -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 11:04AM

Than 8 wont be enough and we will move past 8 at some point. ** -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 2:54PM

If money is involved greed will enter. I hope they move to 6 (won't happen) -- goldendomer 09/21/2021 2:58PM

No byes for anyone - any format that includes byes -- 133966Hokie 09/21/2021 6:12PM

And from 12 to 16 at some point. No matter what, you -- 133193Hokie 09/21/2021 3:02PM

8 is best number. -- Hokester 09/21/2021 2:20PM

Can't imagine why that would happen...lol ** -- EDGEMAN 09/21/2021 08:50AM

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