Garcia Vega
Active Member
Virginia Tech has established itself as the powerhouse of the new-look ACC. It has won three of the last five ACC championship games and has finished in the Top 20 of the Associated Press poll eight of the last 10 seasons.
More importantly, it would bring the coveted Washington, D.C. television market into the SEC footprint. Expansion is all about television revenue, and adding the No. 8 television market in the country to the SEC's growing list of cities would undoubtedly add to the bottom line. It may be a four-hour drive to Blacksburg, but the Hokies have a big following in the D.C./Northern Virginia area.
I know, I know; it took a lot of political wrangling in the state of Virginia to get Virginia Tech into the ACC to begin with. But if the Big 12 takes two, three or even four ACC teams, the ACC could start crumbling even with the additions of Pittsburgh and Syracuse. At that point, politics would take a back seat in favor of self-preservation.
More importantly, it would bring the coveted Washington, D.C. television market into the SEC footprint. Expansion is all about television revenue, and adding the No. 8 television market in the country to the SEC's growing list of cities would undoubtedly add to the bottom line. It may be a four-hour drive to Blacksburg, but the Hokies have a big following in the D.C./Northern Virginia area.
I know, I know; it took a lot of political wrangling in the state of Virginia to get Virginia Tech into the ACC to begin with. But if the Big 12 takes two, three or even four ACC teams, the ACC could start crumbling even with the additions of Pittsburgh and Syracuse. At that point, politics would take a back seat in favor of self-preservation.