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<blockquote data-quote="GTrob21" data-source="post: 881591" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Take this for what it is worth, but I was talking with a friend of mine who is a very old, very big Penn State donor. We have talked for years about how the ACC missed the boat and should have gone after Penn State when FSU was on the table. They should have created an ACC north, anchored with Penn State, old Big East teams, which are now in the ACC anyway, and then an ACC south, with FSU, GaTech etc. Regional rivals, great institutions, great basketball, and football. </p><p></p><p>But of course, it never happened. When this news broke about USC and UCLA we connected again, and I wanted to get his opinion. He laughed and said it was a counter move to the SEC, and yes, like everybody else, he sees this going to two major conferences and then several conferences that are good but don't have the relevance like these major 2.</p><p></p><p>Just like we have today, in the P5, except it will be the P2.</p><p></p><p>For what it is worth, he feels the ACC will be the best out of the rest, but yes, he feels the demise of the ACC is inevitable.</p><p></p><p>This is where the conversation got interesting. I asked him what he is hearing about the end of all of this, and he really said that one topic of conversation that comes up all the time in the Penn State circles is the lack of drivable regional rivalries. He said that the opinion of the people he talks with, and they are connected to at least Penn State, is that the B1G is going to target AAU institutions and create 3 conferences that are regional in focus, but national in media rights. A B1G west, A B1G central, and a B1G east. Whether those regional conferences under the B1G are 8, 9, or 10 schools in nature doesn't really matter. So the B1G would land somewhere between 24-30 schools. Three regional conferences are all anchored with big land grant schools, that have big regional followings. The B1G are national in presence and regional in rivalries. </p><p></p><p>So a B1G west, with USC, UCLA, </p><p>B1G central with OSU, Mich, Mich State</p><p>B1G East with Penn State</p><p></p><p>And then the SEC was going to be the counter conference to all of this. He said he felt like Miami, Clemson, FSU, Va Tech were going to pulled into the SEC.</p><p></p><p>He looked at me and said, Look at the AAU schools in the ACC, and some combination of that with Penn State, Rutgers, and Maryland is going to end up being the B1G East.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTrob21, post: 881591, member: 84"] Take this for what it is worth, but I was talking with a friend of mine who is a very old, very big Penn State donor. We have talked for years about how the ACC missed the boat and should have gone after Penn State when FSU was on the table. They should have created an ACC north, anchored with Penn State, old Big East teams, which are now in the ACC anyway, and then an ACC south, with FSU, GaTech etc. Regional rivals, great institutions, great basketball, and football. But of course, it never happened. When this news broke about USC and UCLA we connected again, and I wanted to get his opinion. He laughed and said it was a counter move to the SEC, and yes, like everybody else, he sees this going to two major conferences and then several conferences that are good but don't have the relevance like these major 2. Just like we have today, in the P5, except it will be the P2. For what it is worth, he feels the ACC will be the best out of the rest, but yes, he feels the demise of the ACC is inevitable. This is where the conversation got interesting. I asked him what he is hearing about the end of all of this, and he really said that one topic of conversation that comes up all the time in the Penn State circles is the lack of drivable regional rivalries. He said that the opinion of the people he talks with, and they are connected to at least Penn State, is that the B1G is going to target AAU institutions and create 3 conferences that are regional in focus, but national in media rights. A B1G west, A B1G central, and a B1G east. Whether those regional conferences under the B1G are 8, 9, or 10 schools in nature doesn't really matter. So the B1G would land somewhere between 24-30 schools. Three regional conferences are all anchored with big land grant schools, that have big regional followings. The B1G are national in presence and regional in rivalries. So a B1G west, with USC, UCLA, B1G central with OSU, Mich, Mich State B1G East with Penn State And then the SEC was going to be the counter conference to all of this. He said he felt like Miami, Clemson, FSU, Va Tech were going to pulled into the SEC. He looked at me and said, Look at the AAU schools in the ACC, and some combination of that with Penn State, Rutgers, and Maryland is going to end up being the B1G East. [/QUOTE]
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