Country Roads Confidential

Yeah, and the Ramblin' Wreck has won National Championships in the not-too-distant-past. I just don't think school 14, IF you have added FSU, Clemson and Notre Dame to the existing line-up, needs to be any sort of powerhouse. The conference will be neck and neck with the SEC as the strongest football conference. Our boys may need a breather every now and then, ASSUMING that GT remains a bottom feeder. Someone is going to have to bring up the rear. I don't want it to be us. And, if they join the Big XII, I think it's far from certain that they would be a push over.

I'll admit that I can't figure out what to make of Louisville. They have nice facilities; their program seems to do well financially; we have a bit of a rivalry; they are close to us; they have a really good basketball program, and they have good fan support. Their football flirted with excellence, but really has not made the push into the big time.

I could live with them, but I think the three factors I listed for Ga Tech are more important, especiallt the TV market and the link to recruiting in Georgia, and there may be one more in Tech's favor- it is rumored that Notre Dame wants them to be in. And, if that is the price of getting Notre Dame in on FAIR terms, I would say do it.

The big 12 was already a stronger football conference top to bottem. The sec is mostly top heavy ... Alabama,LSU,and Florida what have the rest done? .

Where is this "GT is a bottom feeder" and "9 years out of 10 they won't be competitive" stuff coming from?

And to answer your question, even though I'm obviously not a WVU fan, I'd say Miami and GT to get to 14. I don't care about ND although I get the money aspect. I also don't see why they'd join a conference if there is an at-large bert to the playoffs. I would like VT but don't expect them to be interested if the SEC's an option. That leaves UMD (recruiting, markets, potential WVU rival), Pitt (strictly a WVU rival) and UL (basketball, good overall athletics, potential WVU rival).

Clemson and FSU in I would like to see VT and GT get in

The VT done WVU when they left the big east we shouldn't help them do anything.

I know I am going to get bashed for this, but I personally would just like to add markets and add a couple door mats. I would rather see Cincy over the Ville for the tv market, VIA, recruiting. I know Cincy has poor facilities. Also Is like the concept of adding Rutgers for the same reasons. Then id go to the BIG and try to still Illinois. If you can grab those and FSU, you have markets that you weren't covering and a recruiting advantage

I agree. It is cool to say you have the toughest schedule, but that more times than not leads to 3 or 4 losses per year. I say it on here constantly, but our fanbase is very fickle. I will guarantee that if we lose 2 games early in any season that the stadium will not be full unless we are playing OU or TX at the end of the season. I predict that winning more games against average competition will make the University more money than losing a couple to top notch talent.

The only reason I want to expand would be to split the conference into divisions. This would potentially allow for 1 or 2 more OOC games that could be scheduled by the AD and possibly getting an additional home game.

I have always wondered why the following would not work. For example in football, if you have a 16 team conference, divided into 2 divisions. Why can’t you make it to where only the wins and losses within your division count towards winning your division? You would still play 2 or 3 cross division games, but they would not count towards winning or losing your division. Because, unless the two best teams in a division play the same teams from the other division, one could play the best and the worst. This way if you win your division it would be outright and then you play the conference championship. You could do the same for all other sports and add in some opportunities for important games if you want.

ND would go to the Big East before the Big 10. Not sure why people think the Big 10 is an option for them.