Rumors about UVA willing to make the jump...
Also UNC has received an offer to join the Big Ten
http://fansided.com/2013/02/19/north-carolina-tar-heels-receive-offer-to-join-big-ten/EDIT: I'm going to note here that there is only one guy who has said anything yet and it's a dude who reports for the Terps. (Granted he was also the guy who broke the news about MD making the jump)
If there truly is an offer to the Tar Heels this story will pick up steam and B1G will have to comment on it it.
EDIT: also forgot to mention that the report also states that Georga Tech is also being talked about..
UVA? UNC?
AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FO THAT!
UVA and UNC would be great additions. Opens the Southern corridor a bit more, adds academic prestige, and lots and lots of market value.
I would be a bit surprised though as I would have thought UVA (in particular) would be pushing hard for SEC admittance if they left the ACC. They are awfully proud of their Southern roots, no?
I could see UVa going and I don't see either way how that would make any difference for the ACC.
That is a program that outside of lax has been very well...lax in success. UNC wouldnt leave for the rivalries they would destroy. I understand that teams have done it, but what sense would it make for UNC to leave the ACC where it fits within its programs being the same caliber in all sports as its counter parts, increase travel (3 road games a year within a stones throw), and lessen their success probability? Seems dumb.
With Cuse and Pitt joining...the ACC stacks up to what UNC represents and is successful in. To leave it to join B1G doesnt make sense.
With UVA being mentioned, I wonder if Virginia Tech would be in the conversation as well.
if the superconferences come to fruition, then either the ACC or the BigXII is going to fall. it makes the most sense for ESPN for it to be the ACC to fall (having a strong foothold in each region with just some overlapping of the conferences).
No doubt in my mind that superconferences are coming to further put emphasis on the supposedly almighty dollar... Quantity doesn't always equal quality.
At what point is enough, enough?
I think the Big X needs to cool it for a while, as long as they want to preserve the NCAA.
I think you need 4-5 top level conferences. If one keeps raiding others we'll just end up with 2 or 3.....and maybe that's OK, but overall I think it will hurt the game.
i did think about that with the academics and UVA, but the SEC has gotten better academically with their latest adds (A&M, Mizzou) to go along with a few of their other strong programs (Florida, Vanderbilt). it's still not the ACC/Big10 though in terms of academics.
as far as UVA v. VaTech, it seems like UVA is always the rumored team and I don't think that the Big10 would want both teams. I agree that VaTech makes sense in alot of areas as well.
Agreed. At some point too many is too much. The "Bigger 37 Conference" lacks charm, just too large. How super a superconference do you need to assemble? Unless we are just trying to boost the TV network base to compete head on with ESPN's and such. Wonder what a game you don't "own" within the conference is worth if these talked about schools join . . . .
That's the thing, it's all about building their TV networks. Bigger is better (in that context).
the University of Chicago and Holy Cross (and plenty of others) welcome you with open arms. of course, they might warn you that long-term it hurt their academics and research programs.
i don't get why people are so up in arms. who really cares what conference teams are in? the whole point is to get a balanced offseason with a tournament and a fair way of evaluating a champion. if a 64team setup among 4 conferences accomplishes such a thing, why is that bad?