"schools w/ large, rabid alumni bases will remain targets rather than cable

markets. If you’re a have-not football school right now in a Power Five conference, you need to up your game immediately. Your fan base must begin to care in volume and soon."

Another thing that came to light on this board and has been discussed lately.

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Posted: 06/29/2017 at 6:12PM

If B1G expands, keep an eye on Kansas and Oklahoma. -- HOO86 06/29/2017 4:11PM

As for the political ramifications re: OK State and K State -- I85Hokie 06/30/2017 05:58AM

Ok State and K-State have passionate football fans, I can see them fitting -- Stech 06/30/2017 07:09AM

Re: Ok State and K-State have passionate football fans, I can see them fitting -- SoCloseHokie 06/30/2017 08:36AM

That's a great question. It is definitely possible, but not probable. -- Stech 06/30/2017 11:48AM

Re: That's a great question. It is definitely possible, but not probable. -- SoCloseHokie 06/30/2017 2:16PM

Keep an eye on what happens with the PAC 12 Network -- HOO86 06/30/2017 2:33PM

Re: Keep an eye on what happens with the PAC 12 Network -- SoCloseHokie 06/30/2017 2:51PM

Re: Keep an eye on what happens with the PAC 12 Network -- Stech 06/30/2017 4:37PM

Re: Keep an eye on what happens with the PAC 12 Network -- Millpoint 07/01/2017 08:53AM

Yes, KS and OU to the B1G. ** -- nebraskafaninwi 06/29/2017 10:09PM

"schools w/ large, rabid alumni bases will remain targets rather than cable -- Stech 06/29/2017 6:12PM

Looking at you Pitt, WFU, UVa, UNC, Duke, Syracuse, BC, GT -- crabcake77 06/30/2017 09:51AM

Yep. 3 of the last 4 additions have middlin' fanbases. At best. -- reestuart 06/30/2017 1:24PM

If 2/3 of ACC should be nervous then so should the other 1/3 -- hokeyhokie 06/30/2017 10:35AM

Yup. Doesn't seem all that stable an arrangement, does it? -- crabcake77 06/30/2017 11:12AM

You are what you are in football basically -- Colonel Jessup 06/30/2017 3:27PM

Culture can be directed, if not created. -- crabcake77 06/30/2017 3:37PM

Conversely will add that ACC is always #1 in b-ball -- Colonel Jessup 06/30/2017 3:31PM

It's not a zero sum game. -- crabcake77 06/30/2017 3:39PM

So when will UVA up their game in football? lol ** -- Lakeridgehokie 06/30/2017 09:05AM

That may have come to light for some on this board... -- Calamitous 06/29/2017 10:55PM

For sure. Many VT fans said this when BC was added and later w/ Pitt/Syr -- Colonel Jessup 06/30/2017 09:39AM

Northeastern college football (minus PSU) just doesn't move the needle... -- Calamitous 07/01/2017 08:17AM

Cable Hook ups dominated the conversation on the athletic side of expansion -- Stech 06/30/2017 07:08AM

It doesn't bode well for for the ACC. -- crabcake77 07/01/2017 05:15AM

The ACC is in better shape than it has ever been in. -- HOO86 07/01/2017 5:22PM

Keep them excited and grow the number of them, significantly. -- crabcake77 07/01/2017 7:24PM

One of the reasons I support WVU in ACC is the passionate fans. -- HOO86 07/02/2017 10:16PM

WADR the ACC is fine, it's not going anywhere. It does give some of the -- Stech 07/01/2017 08:01AM

Hope you're right. But... -- crabcake77 07/01/2017 07:57AM

Plenty of money for those with a conf channel. Four conferences makes the -- Stech 07/01/2017 08:16AM

We'll see said the blind man. -- crabcake77 07/01/2017 12:26PM

It's being applied...Duke's spending 100 million on their stadium. -- Stech 07/02/2017 07:32AM

Construction has begun on BC's new Indoor Practice Facility -- HOO86 07/02/2017 4:26PM

Duke's improvements are a good thing. But -- crabcake77 07/02/2017 10:00AM

For me it's not an either or, I want Duke to be Stanford like, Miami to be -- Stech 07/02/2017 12:18PM

It's a strange dynamic. -- crabcake77 07/03/2017 1:53PM

"schools w/ large, rabid alumni bases will remain targets rather than cable

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