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  • I heard on the radio today that it was UNC and Kansas that were the next rumored targets.

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    • If Talent's right about this TV rights situation in the Big 12 or however many it has, Kansas seems unlikely.

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      • FWIW: Maryland has the highest per capita income in the US (per household). NJ is # 3 (Alaska is # 2, but would be a hell of a roadtrip), Conn=4, DC=5 and Virginia=7. Best to pick off the mid-south states as long as we are ruling the world this afternoon. Ga Tech makes sense. No one has mentioned Pitt.

        Demography is destiny. Michigan was # 1 in 1950 in household income and Ohio not far behind

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        • There is zero way they're adding Kansas for a host of reasons.

          I'd start preparing for Virginia and UNC. UNC can't leave right now. They need to wait for other dominoes to fall, but I think that's what will happen.
          Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
          Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.

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          • NC ain't leaving till the ACC starts sinking...

            Pods, really tough to do but I think it could be done. I don't like committing for M to play programs like Maryland or Iowa every year. I'd like pods to be based upon rivalries/regions with competitive balance mixed in... These teams you're going to play every year, so it's wise to make distance close as possible while keeping things fair...

            Pod C is easy so I'll start there: Neb, Iowa, Minn & Wisky...
            Pod D: PSU and uhh; I want to put all of Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia & NC together... One of these are going to end up elsewhere...
            Pod A: Michigan, MSU; Indiana or Illinois schools or split them...
            Pod B: OSU + Ind/Ill schools + 1 from D who wants to be here...

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            • No, NC isn't leaving until another domino falls. But another domino will fall.
              Dan Patrick: What was your reaction to [Urban Meyer being hired]?
              Brady Hoke: You know.....not....good.

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              • I have yet to hear anyone argue that adding Maryland and Rutgers improves the product. Increases revenue, yes, but making the product better? Not a word.
                To be a professional means that you don't die. - Takeru "the Tsunami" Kobayashi

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                • They don't. At least not right away.

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                  • It's sounding like they are pawns in a bigger game.

                    UNC would be a big add in basketball and at least respectable in football.

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                    • If true about Fox packaging the YES Network and the BTN to NYC basic cable, they'll certainly add more to the pot than their share...

                      NC is a huge add too, it's basketball makes up for mediocre football. Like Maryland/Rutgers, they've been an underachiever in football given their local talent.

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                      • Well Hack, here is our formal grand plan:

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                        • The Big Double-Deuce, huh?

                          For football, I don't like that the east is a weaker division. Va Tech and (maybe) Penn State are the only traditionally (over the last 20 years) strong teams.

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                          • 16 teams is the limit and thank goodness it is!

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                            • is that really the truth WM? A League rule or something.

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                              • No, it's not a limit but it's imo a logical limit.

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