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Pittsburgh is in a top 25 media market that is already covered by PSU and WVU. Again, you don't have to be top dog in the market. So I wouldn't feel completely safe.

Navy brings more than pomp and circumstance. It is one of the most popular teams in the US. It is close about as close to a national team as you can get outside Notre Dame. If it had any possibility of being competitive in basketball, it probably would be in a major conference already. The BE tried to get them in for football-only years ago but Navy didn't want to move. That has changed recently. It brings the exact same home market as Maryland does, and is probably just about as competitive these days. I can think of worse moves than having Navy as a football-only affiliate. Really, there just aren't great moves left.

I don't think the ACC is considering that move though.

They probably do have some political clout though I'm not sure how much it would help, considering they are basically on the outside as it stands now.

Anyway, the only way this could get any worse is for the federal government to step in.

It can get worse than it is now? That's a depressing thought but one i don't believe. The government stepping in and making sure moves are made in the best interest of the stakeholders would be just fine by me. We're on the verge of destroying interest and commerce in some fairly important US markets/regions.

BE was never going to be able to bring back BC.

Explain how the ACC was reactionary in 2003 and 2011. There hasn't been a more proactive conference.

I'd love Navy! The ACC needs only one thing, a team or two to become a yearly fixture in the National Championship race. FSU and VTech need to step it up. Navy is a perfect add. They won't challenge either of those schools. Teams like Pitt, Wake, NC State and GaTech are death to a conference. We never do anything positive we just ruin stuff for everyone else-LOL! I hope Pitt can break free of its shackles and be a relevant opponent for VaTech. You need a good dynamic amongst your teams.

You need the protagonist. The Mich's, Ohio States, Bama's and Florida's and such. They are the teams everyone watches because every game they play matters on the national scene and quite frankly, watching the best at anything always pays off.

You need a foil. The protagonist needs someone to fight against to get to the top. The foil is that nationally respected team that has the national media has circled on the calander as a team that could bring down the champ.

You need the supporting cast. Most teams in the conference need to sit back and know their role. Clean-up in OOC and compete with the other supporting folks in the din of background noise beneath the big boys. Don't get too crazy and do anything stupid like knock off the Protagonist or foil though. When a support knocks off one of the bigs, it brings them down to the level of the supporting cast not vice versa! If it happens too often, the national folks lose interest in the protagonist and the story (conference) altogether. See Big East.

Comic relief. You need to balance out the protagonist with the truely bad program(s) that can allow the supporting folks to be rewarded for knowing their place. The comic relief exists to get the support programs to bowl eligability. In turn, everyone in the conference lauds them for their academic greatness.

Navy, could be a good support program. FSU and VaTech are the protagonists. Clemson and hopefully Pitt could be the foils. Comic relief would be Duke and Wake Forest. Everyone else is in support.

Pappy, all three of those are currently on Notre Dame's schedule, but Boston College didn't really begin playing Notre Dame until they both had Big East ties. They are not traditional rivals, but yes, they have played every year since '92.

No sarcasm but sometimes my ramblings are so idiotic that people think I can't possibly be serious.

I'd love to see Navy in th ACC for all sports.