Super news. Gotta love this addition.

Maryland who? We will miss you , but not for long) NandO sprtswriter, Luke maybe?

I think the ACC should stop beating around the bush and go ahead and grab UCONN and mabye Cincy and get to 16 teams. Essentially, the ACC has merged with the Big East and that is okay if the trend is towards a superconference. The new ACC will be on top of the basketball world again, and the 16 teams will be powerful enough in football to get a spot at the table for future playoff system that may involve conference champions.

The TV money for the new Big East will dry up once the smoke clears from everyone leaving the Big East. ECU joining the Big East will not be the windfall they had hoped for. The Big East is just an old name for what is essentially the new Conference USA. Who is left in football now, Cincy and South Florida? Those were the original members of Conference USA.

[quote=11820340]Post by eddybal[/quote]

How about the "BIG ACC"?

[quote=11821027]Post by jmwbrd[/quote]

Wasn't my point. Just meant that UM is within possible day-trip driving range from Raleigh, while UL really isn't.. But to your point, and at the risk of carbon-dating myself, Florida St. has "only" been in the ACC since '91 ... you recall the old Metro Conf.? BC has only been with us since '05?

[quote=11820980]Post by hpr641[/quote]

I believe Florida State was a longer drive than 5 hours as was Boston College.

i think Louisville would be a good addition..I agree, I need a chart to keep up with all the changes; and I think that if Notre Dame joins the ACC, it should have to be in football too or no invite. All sports should be in the same conference. I understand why cause of TV, but it is getting ridiculous.

291 miles to UM ... 571 miles to UL (both from Raleigh). 5 hours is a possible day-trip, while 9.5 hours isn't really.

I guess I just miss a few things - 1) Having EVERY conference member be within a reasonable driving day-trip range, 2) An 11-game regular season, 3) No conference championship games, 3) Only having 16 bowl games, 4) Bowl games not counting towards season/career statistics, and 5) College leaders at least appear to be working TOGETHER for the betterment of everyone involved (most especially, the student-athletes) not just the betterment of their own institution, even if at the expense of another institution(s).

Anyone remember all the college presidents 20 years ago arguing against a playoff D-IA playoff (similar to D-IAA's, D-II's, and D-III's? They said they couldn't possibly ask their student-athletes to play any additional games ... at the time, 2 would've had to play 15 games, 4 teams 14, 8 teams 13, 8 teams 12, and everyone else 11 ... This year, 12 teams will play 14 games, 58 will play 13, and everyone else 12. I guess their need to pay for all their reckless spending outweighed their nobleness.

[quote=11820839]Post by Ken D.[/quote]

Some good points. Not sure where they'd go though without football.

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