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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think UNC is the school that is the most coveted by both the SEC and BIG10.

As an ACC fan I hope they make a play to bring in Notre Dame (as full time member) and two of its traditional rivals (Stanford and Navy) at the same time as a package deal.

Fingers crossed.

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Almost all analysts agree that the SEC wants Clemson & FSU from the ACC and,maybe, Miami. [/quote]

It depends on the analysts that you're talking about. The sports analysts, especially former players, agree. The analysts who write about sports business are less sure. Clemson shares a market with South Carolina and has a football team that has been good for all of 5 minutes. FSU is a declining program in geographic proximity to Florida. If the SEC wants another Florida school, and that's a big if, Miami makes much more sense. People look at the SEC and see two teams in Mississippi and two teams in Alabama and think that's the norm, but those schools are charter members. The only time they have let in a school in the same state as a member is Texas. Letting in Clemson gives a local rival a life line- which do people think is more likely, that South Carolina and Georgia bail Clemson out of a terrible ACC deal or that they let them wither? I think NC State and Virginia Tech make much more sense that Clemson because the expand the League's footprint and add additional markets while still keeping the league southern [/quote]

It is the tv networks driving the bus on expansion.   It is also becoming less about geographic footprint and more about streaming numbers. Here are the top 15 teams in terms streaming from last year:

Ohio State — 5.80M
Alabama — 5.11M
Michigan — 4.37M
Tennessee — 4.13M
Georgia — 3.50M
Notre Dame — 3.30M
LSU — 3.22M
Texas — 3.06M
Penn State — 3.05M
Clemson — 2.59M
Florida — 2.57M
Oregon — 2.21M
TCU — 2.20M
Southern Cal — 2.07M
Florida State — 2.03 M

The BIG or SEC are going to want FSU and Clemson well before NC State or VA TECH. [/quote]

Neither FSU nor Clemson are academic fits for the B1G.

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