Realignment Hypothetical: West Virginia To The ACC
Eat your heart out, West Virginia bloggers.
Eat your heart out, West Virginia bloggers.
With conference realignment rumors in full swing, two things to keep in mind for any rumors that are floated.
The ACC is set to vote on the Maryland replacement for #14, which could very well be the University of Louisville.
West Virginia University filed a lawsuit against the Big East Conference today in an attempt to begin play in the Big 12 next year.
Interesting study in the Indiana Business Journal from IU finance professor Ryan Brewer, who gave a valuation to college football programs as if they were a business for sale. Brewer valued the 100 Division I-A public schools the way a Wall Street analyst would value a business, based on assets, liabilities, cash flows and a number of different factors.
According to a CBSSports.com report, the Big East "will be aggressive" in replacing Pittsburgh and Syracuse as the conference continues to talk to Navy and Air Force about becoming football-only members.
So was West Virginia rejected by both the SEC and the ACC today, or what? What is going on here?
Conference Realignment: Oklahoma To Decide Nation's Fate On Monday?
According to Kirk Bohls and Alan Trubow of the Austin American-Statesman, if the Big 12 does in fact implode, Texas would decide between pushing for membership in the Pac-12 or Atlantic Coast Conference.
If either Florida State or Clemson leaves the ACC, who replaces them? A look at possible candidates based on SB Nation's Conference Re-Draft project.