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Originally Posted by Toddzilla
Everything I'm hearing here in DC is "Texas to the ACC" this and "Texas to the ACC" that. Virginia Tech is not really happy about this - Texas is just a bigger and badder Louisville when it comes to conference politics - but if ESPN wants it to happen, it probably will since ESPN owns both the ACC contract and the Longhorn network.
If it does come to fruition, look for VT and FSU to make calls to the SEC in record time.
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I don't know...at some point the game of musical chairs has to stop, right? If Texas gets far enough along with the ACC that it becomes public like aTm has with the SEC, Texas and the ACC will have to be certain that all of its members are on board. So I couldn't see Texas joining the ACC and then FSU/VT bailing. It seems that if FSU/'VT were to bail because of Texas, the ACC just wouldn't accept Texas.
I like the idea of bringing in Texas from a competition standpoint, because the ACC sucks right now and it needs a credibility boost. But if bringing them in causes the same issues the Big 12 has a year or two from now, I don't want to see it happen. And that could happen, if FSU/VT are actually upset about Texas joining, but the SEC isn't interested in FSU/VT right now for whatever reason, then they really have no choice and would have to accept Texas.
There are really too many moving pieces for me to get a firm grasp on how this would all shake out. I tend to agree with MBBF, though, that Texas - as desirable as it is, in theory - really has very limited options if keeping the LHN is a top priority.