This could be the week to tell the tale for the ACC. This could be a very exciting week for college football.
While Florida State has had the luxury to slow-play the B12, since it is obvious that only FSU sufficiently moves the television meter for the B12 at the #11 slot, nevertheless I'm not sure that slow-playing the B12 is FSU's primary gameplan right now.
Personally, I think everyone is waiting to see what move Delany and the B1G make. Speculation is rampant that the B1G is moving to (at least) 16, and Delany sure isn't issuing any denials to squelch the rumors. If, in fact, Georgia Tech, or Virginia, or both, follow Maryland to the B1G, as most rumors suggest, then I think it is fairly reasonable to conclude that the ACC schools being targeted by the SEC will also make final decisions in the very near future. In this scenario, the SEC targets would probably be VPI, and one of UNC or NCSU.
If the B1G does move on the ACC again, causing the SEC to follow suit, and if FSU is not a part of their plans, then FSU will default to its third option -- the B12. Louisville may have been Florida State's addition, but in the end it will be the B1G that determines if the remaining ACC schools remain intact.
If the B1G raids the ACC again for one or two major schools, then I see the ACC losing the entire top half of the conference, including North Carolina, the ACC bell-cow. How can it be otherwise when the ACC contract is so disadvantageous and so many other schools would have defected?
While I have no doubt Florida State and North Carolina want to make things "work" in the ACC, the problem is money. The ACC television contract is just so deficient. How ironic would it be if FSU and UNC remained conference members, but in a different conference, and making significantly more money?
What I find particularly fascinating, given my B12 allegiance, via Texas, is Guy Jones' prediction for the outcome of the B12: Connecticut, Florida State, North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, and San Diego State. If that lineup panned out for the B12, it would make for one helluva league, if far-flung. I realize the B12 would not exactly thrill most adherents of this board, but don't shoot the messenger (Guy Jones).
Anyhow, as I say, this could be the single most important week for college realignment since Oklahoma/Georgia vs. NCAA was decided in 1984. It's been a long time coming, too. We'll see soon enough now.