I recognize that here a lot of the posters are - well - pups.
The ACC adventure has been a relative disaster for UM - and very few here recall our days in the Big East.
SOME of us recall UM Football before we joined the Big East, and we were independent. Our first National Championship - we were independent.
We played almost anyone and everyone back then - it was fun as even when we got our butts waxed - we were not only scaring lots of large programs - we were learning the different types of football that other conferences preferred.
We learned. We saw everything - Big lumbering Nebraska, SEC football, all kinds.
It was like the Wild, Wild West.
Just my opinion, but I'd suggest conferences can become a bit too large. The chase for additional TV revenue via conferences - also has costs - as do most business transactions.
More and larger mergers rather than a small independent "schools" - gets a bit more boring.
In 1981, Clemson shocked everyone when they notched their National Championship by beating - Nebraska! What a season they had, started out unranked.
We were supposed to get our butts kicked when we played Nebraska and won our first championship in 1983. We were Giant Killers.
DIfferent regions, different type of football, different types of players, different speed.
Once again, our program is back among the Big Boys.
UM might not be Universally welcomed into whatever Conference tries to suck us in - for more revenue.
We keep rolling - we're going to be as welcome as lepers.