I think it is time to go on offense again...

Remember 13 years ago....

The ACC met at beautiful Amelia Island or Ponte Vedra Beach to create their strategy to rock college sports. They decided it was time to kill the Big East and expand to 12 by adding Syracuse, BC and Miami.

We all know that the rest is history with a crazy process that included our inclusion into the ACC with Miami. Later BC, then SU and Pitt, and later Loserville following the departure of Maryland. Also ND came in for a friendly relationship.

The Big East was crushed and is now a shadow of itself. Yes..I know Villanova just won the basketball championship.

To me, it looks like the Big XII is on the ropes. Texas has decided that by holding the Longhorn Network and the substantial windfall of cash that they make from it, that the rest of the league has no chance of obtaining a network. Therefore, if an ACC Network truly does happen, I think the Big XII is in a big mess.

I believe that the ACC Network will be the big lynch pin that will set off another tectonic round of conference reshuffling as the Big XII either implodes or changes character. I also believe that the ACC will go to 16 or maybe even 20.

Now if we can just sort out this network thing...

Posted: 05/19/2016 at 4:39PM

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I think it is time to go on offense again... -- CobbCountyHokie 05/19/2016 4:39PM

LHN "merely" requires Big Tex to remain with ESPN -- East Cobb Hokie 05/19/2016 5:42PM

I always thought the lhn -- ahokie4u 05/19/2016 6:31PM

Last contract was 15, this is rumored to be 22-25 million ** -- goldendomer 05/19/2016 6:14PM

Thanks for the updated numbers -- ahokie4u 05/19/2016 6:29PM

Whether Texas can even take one for the team is up to ESPN. I wonder -- daveinop 05/19/2016 5:35PM

Is the ACC interested in Texas/LHN + 3 tagalongs? -- Colonel Jessup 05/19/2016 5:15PM

Yes -- ahokie4u 05/19/2016 5:33PM

Let's see the pods -- Colonel Jessup 05/19/2016 6:14PM

ACC goes to 20, ND + Texas + four more from Big XII... -- Freddyburg Hokie 05/23/2016 4:59PM

The solution seems really obvious to me. -- lawhokie 05/20/2016 09:00AM

Heck, if OU comes just about anything will look good. ND loses leverage -- Colonel Jessup 05/20/2016 09:42AM

If the big boys announce their intentions, the GoR would unravel, imo. -- daveinop 05/20/2016 10:12AM

It needs 7 votes based on my understanding. Why would schools vote to -- Colonel Jessup 05/20/2016 10:43AM

Well I don't think OU or anyone can just slip out -- daveinop 05/20/2016 12:10PM

Why not 6 three team pods? Rotate pods -- Red Hokie 05/19/2016 6:47PM

If you are going there might as well do no pods and 2 or 3 -- Colonel Jessup 05/19/2016 7:47PM

Pods rotate to create divisions -- Red Hokie 05/20/2016 05:42AM

Stech has steadily said things are Event Driven -- Red Hokie 05/19/2016 4:58PM

IMO if the ACC gets a network the Big 12 will become even more unstable -- goldendomer 05/19/2016 5:22PM

Big 12 could have FOX or (gasp) NBC develop their network -- East Cobb Hokie 05/19/2016 5:50PM

There are 11.8 million people in Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, and West Virginia. -- HOO86 05/19/2016 6:38PM

A Texas pod in acc is also similar to old swc -- ahokie4u 05/19/2016 6:53PM

No way we could take that many -- EDGEMAN 05/19/2016 7:40PM

History repeats itself -- ahokie4u 05/20/2016 07:15AM

I have a feeling the money will continue to be diluted due to... -- EDGEMAN 05/20/2016 08:46AM

I think it is time to go on offense again...

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