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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
I'd totally disagree that the Big Ten isn't paying attention. They're just waiting in the weeds for the SEC or Pac-XX to pull the trigger. There are a lot of panicked admins right now in the big conferences that don't sit as well as the schools you mention above.
Saw this from an A&M board. There's more than one B12 team that would love for the other SEC team to come from the east side so they don't have to be the one to push a conference past 13 teams.
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That actually sounds like it could be West Virginia, unless the "gentlemen's agreement" stuff is out the door.
If it isn't Clemson, FSU/Miami, Georgia Tech, or Louisville (due to the SEC already having an in-state presence) and it is an Eastern team, you would think that the other two more likely Eastern candidates (NC State and VPI) would have some hurdles to jump through (ie: not be considered in their back pocket). WVU has no political ties, would jump before the words came out, and would probably even take a reduced payout for a few years (the Big East's current deal is so miniscule compared to the other BCS conferences, nearly any table scraps from a legit TV contract would improve their revenue).