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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Woody in Helvetia" data-source="post: 129567287" data-attributes="member: 1430938">Rootmaster - if Texas and Oklahoma bolt.  The remaining members of the Big 12 will not stay together as a Power Conference - If they stay together they will be dropped back to the same level as the AAC and MWC.  If Oklahoma and Texas bolt then the four remaining conferences will expand to at least 16.  The Big 10 or the SEC could poach an ACC team or two.  Thus the ACC would be looking for new members and they would not take any current group of 5 team over WVU.   The current 5 Power Conferences total 64 teams plus ND.  And in 1952 the ACC was very concerned that you could not get to Morgantown easily.  Also WVU voted to penalize MD and Clemson because they ignored the Southern Conference bowl ban in 1951.</blockquote>

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