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Those were charter members when the ACC formed in 1953. This example is not relevant in todays environmentDuke, North Carolina, wake forest, nc state
Those were charter members when the ACC formed in 1953. This example is not relevant in todays environmentDuke, North Carolina, wake forest, nc state
ND and UConn are on ACC’s radar.
NO AAC will join the ACC. Can we stop bringing them up.
Tulane LMFAO
Memphis - Football probation waiting to happen
Cincy - Maybe but WVU is a stronger option.
Temple - HA!!!!
UCONN - Hard Pass
UCONN brings nothing to the ACC
Miami Clemson and FSU all on the same side? Wouldn’t be great for conference championship game.
They do in Basketball.
They do in Basketball.
UCONN tried to join before and got turned down in favor of Lville
Lets see
1. They are at a HUGE Recruiting disadvantage verse the rest of their conference.
2. Their sports can actually bus to the majority of their games. Louisville, Pitt, VT, UVA, Syracuse
3. The Big XII is very unstable. There is going to come a day when Texas and Texas Tech head to the Pac-12, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State head to the SEC.
4. They are in the middle of the ACC footprint which brings back point #2
5. They are in the Big XII because of Oliver Luck and there is some power people at WVU that still hate the move will will fork up the money to get them into the ACC.
Before you rule out UCONN (and I’m not saying to rule them in …) remember UCONN (basketball) has 3 homes: Storrs, Hartford and Madison Square Garden. B1G grabbed Rutgers to get into MSG and the NYC market (though I’m sure they regret it).
I’d grab Houston over any other G5. Houston market. Houston recruits.
The ACC likes to tout itself as an academic conference. No chance they would allow a glorified community college like WVU to join the ACC.
Yes, I know Lousiville and FSU are not great academic schools, but they are head and shoulders above WVU.
Why would you want to legitimize UCF or USF?
I'd imagine most will disagree but I have my doubts over whether the ACC would want UCF and USF. I think their reasoning would be similar to what kept Houston out of the Big12.
"If Houston got into the Big 12, it’d further muddy the waters of a high-stakes recruiting area. Why should Texas, Oklahoma, TCU, or Baylor want to validate any more competition in the state?"
As ridiculous as it sounds I'm not so sure they'd want two additional Florida teams to join due to recruiting AND TV markets. The ACC doesn't want to take either away from Miami or FSU. Florida is already a pillaged state recruiting wise. Moving either up to the ACC would be a major selling point for both UCF and USF. Why give them that?
I just don't see the ACC ever putting 4 instate teams in the same conference.
Notre Dame and Navy
North:
Notre Dame
Navy
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Boston College
South:
Miami
Florida State
Clemson
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
NC State
Duke
Wake Forest
Those were charter members when the ACC formed in 1953. This example is not relevant in todays environment
Can’t have Miami, Clemson, and FSU in the same division.