Okay, what if Duke and North Carolina nixes expansion and one of the other two North Carolina schools join with them. It means expansion is dead.
What do the rest of the schools do at this time. I believe most of the remaining schools would be willing to withdraw from the ACC and form a new super conference.
Who would be the twelve teams in the new conference consisting of teams on the Eastern Seaboard?
I have compiled a short list of teams who might possibly be interested with a few statistics. Make up your own twelve teams. Have fun!
POSSIBLE SELECTIONS
East Carolina
18,000 Students, Greenville, Stadium Capacity 43,000
Southern Mississippi
14,300 Students, Hattiesburg, Stadium Capacity 33,000
Tulane
12,300 Students, New Orleans, Stadium Capacity 72,200
Central Florida
38,700 Students, Orlando, Stadium Capacity 70,000
Miami
15,000 Students, Miami, Stadium Capacity 72,300
FSU
30,000 Students, Tallahassee, Stadium Capacity 83,000
Georgia Tech
15,000 Students, Atlanta, Stadium Capacity 55,000
Virginia Tech
25,000 Students, Blacksburg, Stadium Capacity 64,000
Syracuse
14,421 Students, Syracuse, Stadium Capacity 52,000
Boston College
13,500 Students, Boston, Stadium Capacity 44,500
West Virginia
23,500 Students, Morgantown, Stadium Capacity 63,500
Pittsburgh
32,000 Students, Pittsburgh, Stadium Capacity 65,000
Rutgers
48,000 Students, Camden, Stadium Capacity 42,000
Connecticutt
25,800 Students, Hartford, Stadium Capacity 40,000
Clemson
16,000 Students, Clemson, Stadium Capacity 81,500
Maryland
34,800 Students, College Park, Stadium Capacity 48,000
Virginia
18,000 Students, Charlottesville, Stadium Capacity 61,500
Wake Forest
Duke
North Carolina
NCSU
Presuming Duke and North Carolina nix expansion and Wake Forest or NCSU joins them, the other team would probably remain with the other three. I will leave them out for sake of this argument.
I am not going to be logical and include Miami, because I do not care to go to Miami and have lost nothing down there. Anyway, we would most likely still be playing one Florida team (FSU).
Southern Division:
Georgia Tech (GA)
Clemson (SC)
FSU (FL) or Central Florida (FL)
East Carolina (NC)
Tulane (LA)
Southern Mississippi (MS)
Northern Division:
Maryland (MD)
Virginia (VA)
Boston College (BS)
Syracuse (NY)
West Virginia (WV)
Pittsburgh (PH)
That would represent 12 States in the East. It should help all twelve teams recruit across the whole Eastern part of the U.S., and would give us good media and TV exposure. There would be no two teams from the same State.
By the way, although Southern Miss only has a stadium capacity of 33,000, I would be willing to bet they would increase the size if placed in conference such as the above. They have always had a pretty good team and coach.
Also, the division playoffs could be in Boston and Atlanta Stadium on alterate years.