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I agree totally. Academics is nice, but if they keep valuing it above all else we will be playing cornell in a couple years.

Does Pitt have anything the sec would want? I tend to think its not as crazy as it sounds. Am I fooling myself?

What if they don't want to join?

If I were them, I might wait to see if FSU leaves for the Big 12. If so, that would be a much more stable situation than the ACC would be.

Agree, add Ville. It's not even debatable.

The SEC doesn't and won't ever have any interest in Pitt. They can take whomever they want from the ACC or Big 12.

UL can't cut it academically for ACC standards. ACC not in a hurry to replace MD because the piece of the pie just got bigger for everyone else in the ACC. If ESPN coughs up more money to the ACC to expand again you can bet it will be for UCONN to join since ESPN is headquartered in Bristol Conn.

Conference expansion isnt about academics. If the ACC leadership still thinks Academics are important, then this conference is doomed to be a doormate like the Big least

It's not as if Uconn is an academic paherhause. Good grief.

True that. If ESPN really had any power in such things, the Hurricanes would still be the Whalers.

As a side note, I've seen plenty of Whalers jerseys in the stands at Canes games, BTW.

Lville is not going to make FSU happy.

FSU has too much pride to sit by as Rutgers cashes in. FSU is gone baby. Welcome to the new Big East.