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I'd agree with OBM here. At least this year...Says ****** who?
Texas
OU
K St
TCU
Texas Tech
is better than
FSU
Clemson
UNC
Miami
Louisville?
People are sleeping on some of the teams in the Big 12 this year. If Oregon doesn't take Tech seriously, they're going to find themselves in a dogfight late in the 4Q. Kansas State routinely does more with less, they've undoubtedly had more success than anyone not named FSU or Clemson in the ACC. Same with TCU.
Haven't even touched up on some teams like Baylor or Oklahoma St. They've all been better than most ACC teams in the past decade. Think about how trash some of our trash teams have been...BC, Syracuse was a flash in the pan one year, UVA, VT and GT have become disgustingly bad, Duke was pretty much a doormat for years, Wake had a decent run but it's probably going to regress again, etc.
Now going forward...I mean yeah I guess I'll give the ACC the edge against a Texas and OU-less BIG 12. But it's not some super wide gap, especially with the additions of Utah and BYU...two programs that traditionally should find some success moving there. UCF will recruit better. Iowa St has some huge gambling issues right now but for a while, Campbell was the hottest name on the coaching market. Speaking of hot names, Kansas has become respectable and would beat half of the teams in the ACC. It has better quality as a whole than what we have to offer, which is 1-2 nationally competitive teams....3-4 middling decent squads, and then bottom-barrel P5 teams.