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Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 12, 2013, 9:09 PM
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It is aweful what that school has to go through now that they joined the Big VII. I think the ACC should just make a charity offer and add the Mountaineers. Now that we have taken Louisville, its not like academics are as high of a priority anymore. Its all about the business.
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Sorry, I meant Big XII, not VII***
May 12, 2013, 9:10 PM
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Orange Blooded [4098]
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 12, 2013, 9:13 PM
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IMHO NO!! agree that academics have been hit with Louisville
but that is about it.. ACc waits for ND
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Virtuoso [667]
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Nope.
May 12, 2013, 9:13 PM
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WVU is stuck in the Big XII. They have a grant of rights for their TV revenue until 2026 or something. They aren't going anywhere.
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110%er [6781]
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I think the ACC saw in UofL what they saw in FSU
May 12, 2013, 9:14 PM
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An upward trajectory in everything including academics. FSU was not highly thought of when they joined but now they are about to become an AAU school. I don't think WVU is on the same track.
Unless Notre Dame is going to join full time there is no need to add another school and WVU doesn't really add anything anyway.
I vote for going after Penn State hard if ND would join. Or even if they dont for that matter.
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All-In [28802]
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yep... PSU seems more natural in the ACC now
May 13, 2013, 11:07 AM
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than they have ever been in the Big X.
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Legend [16263]
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Seems to me the Maryland and Rutgers deal was
May 13, 2013, 2:35 PM
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squarely aimed at keeping PSU content and ensuring an east coast market presence for the long haul.
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 12, 2013, 9:20 PM
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It surely would help the ACC in having just one more FB school. I wouldn't mind it that much. And it would give us more chances to even the score with them and their lies about our team begging them to let up. I didn't believe that then, and I don't believe it now....
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CU Guru [1679]
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Not even the remotest chance.
May 12, 2013, 9:30 PM
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 12, 2013, 9:33 PM
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West Virginia wanted to play the teams from Texas, they can stick with the long trips now. Conference should be geographically close. They decided that simply wasn't of importance to them, so it is their own fault.
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All-TigerNet [14090]
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Really wasn't their own fault, the Big East was falling…..
May 13, 2013, 12:01 AM
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apart. The ACC wasn't interested. The Big 12 was their only choice if they wanted be in a BCS conference and not end up a mid major.
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Orange Blooded [2755]
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I hope not
May 12, 2013, 9:37 PM
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WVU adds nothing but a recent successful football program. I don't understand why every thinks that adding WVU will help the ACC? If WVU had to answer academically they would not be any good in football. Hell they let it more question marks then Lou Holtz did at USUCK. Personally I want nothing to do with them.
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All-TigerNet [14090]
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They have been good over the years in Basketball too...
May 13, 2013, 12:03 AM
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they add something for Football and Basketball. Academically and other sports, they add pretty much nothing. But, Football and Basketball are the revenue generator's. So really those two sports are the only ones that matter.
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Re: I hope not... I agree
May 13, 2013, 8:31 AM
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They would bring NOTHING to the table, in fact just read a story yesterday that their graduation rate is at 57%...so their football, basketball and baseball programs have all declined. No reason to add them, unless some of you need your couches burned.
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All-TigerNet [14751]
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missed our chance, should of added them in first round back
May 12, 2013, 9:46 PM
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ten years ago with VT and Miami.
Now its impossible, they can't get out of B12 for same reason nobody can now get out of ACC.
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All-TigerNet [14090]
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Maryland got out of the ACC***
May 13, 2013, 12:04 AM
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That decision was made befoe the GOR came about***
May 13, 2013, 8:47 AM
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Legend [15749]
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And the exit fee issue is far from decided. ******
May 13, 2013, 9:49 AM
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Geno's mom sez. "Ain't no way we'uns gunna git lose"***
May 12, 2013, 9:55 PM
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 12, 2013, 10:19 PM
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not going to happen
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 12, 2013, 10:30 PM
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I could see it possibly happening if Texas, Oklahoma, and two others out of the Big 12 decide to go west to form the Pac16. That would destroy the conference and allow WVU to join either the ACC or SEC. The ACC would only add WVU if Notre Dame wanted to be a full member.
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ND has been promised Cincy would come as THEIR pick.
May 13, 2013, 9:00 AM
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All-TigerNet [12547]
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I really wish they would get an invite. 1. it would close
May 12, 2013, 10:50 PM
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the gap and make the footprint completely contiguous. 2. It would be adding a school with great fan support in football and basketball.
It will not happen because WVU is now tied to a Grant of Rights to the Big Twelve. They are obligated for about 13 years at least.
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110%er [5977]
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The ACC won't add any teams until ND joins full time
May 12, 2013, 11:11 PM
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if and when they do. The ACC will then add either UConn or Cinn. I don't think any of the Flordia schools will be invited and that doesn't leave anyone else.
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not a chance***
May 12, 2013, 11:28 PM
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All-TigerNet [14090]
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they would only get an invite if ND would join full time in
May 12, 2013, 11:57 PM
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football. And that's a big if. With taking a school with lower than normal ACC academic standards in Louisville, if ND joined full time, the ACC would most likely go after a different school other than WVU.
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 13, 2013, 7:33 AM
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Naw!
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All-Pro [698]
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ACC won't add unless ND ....
May 13, 2013, 8:34 AM
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Joins.
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CU Guru [1904]
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Sorry but no.***
May 13, 2013, 8:50 AM
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Legend [15749]
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I would love it if we got ND and WVU in football and were
May 13, 2013, 9:53 AM
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done.
I don't think ND joins for football at all, and I don't think WVU helps that. I think ND would want Navy. But if we were able to convince ND to join with WVU and someone was able to convince the Big 12 that eastern expansion is a bad fit and that they should cut ties with WVU without penalty, that would be great.
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FSU-AAU
May 13, 2013, 9:54 AM
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AAU membership is more about the total amount of research money than the overall quality of undergraduate education, the number one purpose of a university.
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Re: Any chance, the ACC makes the jump and finally invites WVU?
May 13, 2013, 10:17 AM
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WVU thought geno smith would be their QB forever. Oops. Their bad. Too much inbreeding results in bad decisions.
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All-In [28802]
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Should've invited them instead of Syracuse
May 13, 2013, 11:06 AM
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Would've really shored up the mid-Atlantic region with schools in Pennsylvania and WV that both have good football and basketball, although those aren't exactly coastal states.
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CU Guru [1400]
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I agree
May 13, 2013, 2:54 PM
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I see absolutely no worth in adding Syracuse except in basketball.
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Legend [16263]
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Yes, there's a chance. Not a very good one, but I could
May 13, 2013, 2:29 PM
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picture a scenario where the B12 opts to release WVa from the GOR due to the added costs of travel and other scheduling logistics that are arising from their isolated presence. They each might discover that is in neither's mutual interest to continue the association and thus part ways. Academics aside, which could improve with ACC affiliation, they are a natural geographic fit and would add some decent pop to the league in football and basketball.
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Legend [17626]
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About as much chance as Cindy Crawford calling
May 13, 2013, 3:03 PM
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to tell me she's horny.
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