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VTHokie2000

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If the ACC was looking to have members for individual sports


instead of full membership, then I would gladly trade ECU football for either Duke football or Wake football. ECU has a higher upside than either Duke or Wake because it is a public school and will have an easier time building a large fanbase. Right now ECU football is not too far away from becoming another NC State which I would consider to have a solid program.

The problem Duke and Wake will always have in football is that they will never have a football fanbase large enough to where the program is considered to be relevant on the national stage compared to how both schools are viewed in basketball. Even if either program is able to obtain the success of Da U, you won't see the national media talk about them in the same light they talk about Miami, Notre Dame, or USC. Heck if they go into the same decline as the Da U has experienced, then you definitely won't see the media proclaim every year that they are back.

Now if you are talking about as a full member, then I would say no because 4 NC schools is enough.

(In response to this post by crabcake77)

Posted: 04/13/2017 at 12:27PM


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  An actual Conference Realignment article out of Wake Forest media. -- HOO86 04/11/2017 8:26PM
  I think his WVU/SEC thoughts are on point, i.e., SEC would give them a -- daveinop 04/13/2017 08:33AM
  Bite the bullet... #15 = UConn, #16 = WVU. ND isn't going to budge. ** -- Calamitous 04/12/2017 7:25PM
  NLT 2025 ** -- daveinop 04/13/2017 08:34AM
  Very very basketball centric article...which I expect from a Wake writer. -- Stech 04/12/2017 6:47PM
  Reading that made me nauseous. Know what would help ACC scheduling? -- crabcake77 04/12/2017 12:18PM
  Syracuse did beat Tech last season... -- Ricky LaBlue 04/12/2017 12:33PM
  ECU and JMU have both recently beaten VT in football. -- crabcake77 04/12/2017 4:52PM
  From a purely football position, you could make the argument -- VTHokie2000 04/12/2017 9:33PM
  Are you making that argument to add them?** -- crabcake77 04/13/2017 11:48AM
  If the ACC was looking to have members for individual sports -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 12:27PM
  You'd just be trading one 2nd tier FB program for another. -- crabcake77 04/13/2017 3:46PM
  I disagree because public schools (especially ones located in hotbeds -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 4:30PM
  Those conferences also have a max of two schools per state. -- crabcake77 04/13/2017 5:14PM
  The Pac-12 does have 4 Cali schools (2 public and 2 private) -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 5:15PM
  Lol ** -- crabcake77 04/13/2017 5:15PM
  Sorry. Just seems like subtraction by addition to me. -- crabcake77 04/13/2017 5:21PM
  VT may not care since it gets a good percentage of its students -- VTHokie2000 04/13/2017 11:11PM
  A pod with VT, UVA, Louisville, and either WVU or Pitt would be fine. -- crabcake77 04/14/2017 08:15AM
  My point was there is a possibility that VT and UVA may not -- VTHokie2000 04/14/2017 2:06PM
  The likelihood of that happening is close to nil. -- crabcake77 04/14/2017 3:44PM
  Even if VT won the next 200 games, it would still be a rivalry -- VTHokie2000 04/14/2017 4:21PM
  The ACC will have to choose. -- crabcake77 04/14/2017 6:12PM
  The ACC may not have to choose if it keeps the divisions -- VTHokie2000 04/17/2017 12:42AM
  The article is 2 months early, conference realignment season doesn't ... -- Old Line Hokie 04/11/2017 10:07PM
  Assuming the ACC wants to expand to 16 members and Notre Dame -- VTHokie2000 04/11/2017 10:44PM
  I'd do that a little different. -- HOO86 04/12/2017 7:24PM
  The problem with UConn is you will never be able to sell -- VTHokie2000 04/12/2017 9:32PM
  In a combo with WVU you could. -- HOO86 04/12/2017 10:25PM
  I believe you are correct. The football schools would -- RJHokie 04/12/2017 9:42PM
  Now you are talking, let ND stay status quo and ..... -- TerryD 04/12/2017 08:26AM
  "Let"? ND will do what it darn well pleases... -- Calamitous 04/12/2017 7:35PM
  Re: Now you are talking, let ND stay status quo and ..... -- SoCloseHokie 04/12/2017 09:23AM
  For Notre Dame the status quo is really maintaining its TV -- VTHokie2000 04/12/2017 2:34PM
  It is, but -- RTFC 04/12/2017 9:47PM
  People were saying that in 2010 -- TerryD 04/13/2017 07:40AM
  Things can change, maybe slowly. ND shared it's first title with Harvard ** -- RTFC 04/13/2017 3:23PM
  See ya in 2056, then..... ** -- TerryD 04/13/2017 9:00PM
  The real problem is.... -- 2hhoop3 04/13/2017 12:01PM
  You are right that the trend has been shifting to conference -- VTHokie2000 04/12/2017 9:56PM
  Or 7 years too late, a lot has been stated over the years** -- goldendomer 04/11/2017 10:18PM
  UConn would not be our pick, this is just lazy imo -- goldendomer 04/11/2017 10:06PM
  Too much power and easy travel for N.C. schools ** -- eokhokie 04/11/2017 9:50PM
  VT and UVA would get the shaft if placed in a northern -- jboyhokie 04/11/2017 9:37PM
  There would never be static divisions of 8 teams. -- HOO86 04/11/2017 10:07PM
  If the ACC looks at the pod options, then it will discover -- VTHokie2000 04/11/2017 10:30PM
  Did author mention the fact that Ohio State just got selected -- Colonel Jessup 04/11/2017 9:07PM

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