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ACC Expantion

Discussion in 'College Football Forum' started by PantherPaul, Sep 16, 2011.

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  1. Sep 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM #101
    VA49er

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    It's not about academics. If there was not huge sums of dinero involved do you think we would even be discussing expansion and super conferences, etc? If the academics match that's great, but the impetus behind all this is money.
     
  2. Sep 21, 2011 at 12:54 PM #102
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    Yes, money is a factor. It's naive to think otherwise, but Collin is dead on about academics being a major concern in regards to the ACC.
     
  3. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM #103
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    Academics won't get you in, but academics will keep you out.

    [gottalaff/VA49er] It's just that simple. I don't see what's so hard to understand.[gottalaff/VA49er].
     
  4. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:15 PM #104
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    I think a fair way to look at it would be that the ACC realizes that the landscape is changing and is trying to get ahead of it so that academics can matter in who they take. If it were later in the process and they had to grab leftovers to get to 16, then academics wouldn't matter...but they're not there, so it does.
     
  5. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM #105
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    I can respect both you and Collin's opinions and can see where academics may play a minor role. However, I still contend that $$$ wins out over academics with regard to the current conference realignments.
     
  6. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM #106
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    Exactly. Adding Syracuse & Pittsburgh doesn't suddenly earn the ACC a lot more money.
     
  7. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:18 PM #107
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    Well sure, academics isn't the most important thing or conferences would be raiding the Ivy League. The problem was you saying that academics isn't a factor at all.
     
  8. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:37 PM #108
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    In case I wasn't the only one that didn't know some of the schools rankings.

    Here are a few schools rankings both already in the ACC and mentioned somewhere in this thread
    • Duke - 10
    • UVA - 25
    • Wake - 25
    • UNC - 29
    • Boston College - 31
    • Miami - 38
    • UConn - 58
    • Pittsburgh - 58
    • Syracuse - 62
    • Clemson - 68
    • Rutgers New Brunswick 68
    • Va Tech - 71
    • FSU -101
    • NCSU - 101
    • South Carolina - 111
    • Rutgers another campus (can't remember) 143
    • West Virginia - 164
    • South Florida - 181
    • UNC G - 190
    • ECU - 194
    • Charlotte - 194
    • Memphis UNRANKED
     
  9. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:40 PM #109
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    Well said.

    :party2:
     
  10. Sep 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM #110
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    Georgia Tech = #36
    Maryland = #55


    So the ACC has seven schools in the top 50. The Pac-12 has five, the Big 10+x has five, and the SEC has one.
     
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