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[QUOTE="billybud, post: 1302475, member: 3850"]
Conference realignment may not be about regionality....but great rivalries and fan interest are.

The SEC and their block of fans care about the regional aspect of the conference....the SEC, SEC, SEC chant is about regional pride that morphs into conference pride.  No such counterpart exists in the ACC.

Rivalry and regional proximity go hand in hand.  Alabama-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan, VT-WVU, FSU-Miami, Texas-Oklahoma.

Boston College and Syracuse will never develop a rival in the southern ACC and FSU, Clemson, and GT will never develop a northern rival.

Sure a team can fly to any engagement....WVU playing west of the Mississippi is the poster child of CR non regionalism.  But WVU fans probably miss the Backyard Brawl and the intensity of the rivalry with Virginia Tech.  They comment that WVU has not been able to recruit in Texas and that not playing in their eastern recruiting grounds is starting to affect their ability to draw elite recruits.

They are making do with CR because that is what must be done.
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