ACC Expansion

[orientalnc]

There was talk this summer about Notre Dame permanently joining the conference in football as a result of the ACC allowing them to compete as a member this season. If that were to happen the ACC will likely want another new member to join at the same time to balance the conference scheduling.

 

[smokey_wasp]

None and I don't even really want ND either. Lol

Picked Vandy but UCF would probably get it.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

Nobody in their right mind would leave the SEC - heck, if the SEC would let us back in, we would leave the ACC. I know - "but Vandy fits better from an academic standpoint", but bottomline, they need every penny to keep their athletic programs afloat, and the SEC still gets more overall revenue that any other conference.

I realize this post is probably just for "giggles", but reality has to be brought to the table. West Va. MIGHT be an option, and the other 2 non-P5 teams would join in a split second.

 

[bos]

lol no one should want UCF.

 

[nod]

I would like ND and US Naval Academy

 

[Coloradojacket]

No here is the pick....Army. That would really throw a rub in the conference.

 

[smokey_wasp]

Cant see an academy in p5. You've got to consider hoops too. Memphis?

 

[Jacketman]

None of them, but if I had to, Vandy. They fit the academics and would be an easier opponent in football.

 

[THWG]

I have thought about this recently and I would go with a surprise school. Either Tulane or Temple. Tulane would be fun because they are a program on the rise and it would bring back our old rivalry with them. They are also in a good media market in New Orleans. We have pretty much thrown out geography with ND and Louisville so Tulane would make since with their academic background. Same thing with Temple, but we open up a market in Philly and Temple and Pitt could become a rivalry.

 

[dmel25]

Of those I think West Virginia would likely be the one to join if Notre Dame came in and we wanted to make it an even 16 team conference. I would not be happy with any of these teams though.

 

[orientalnc]

My next door neighbor is a South Carolina grad. He follows their fan forums and has said several times in recent years that they hate the SEC, but the money is too good to pass up. He wonders if the COVID restrictions might change the financial benefit. Another neighbor is a WVU grad and they would love to be in a conference with Pitt and VT. They are natural rivals. ECU has wanted in the ACC for a while, but UNC and NC State have baulked. UCF is the largest university in Florida and has a huge medical center. While not respected in sports like FSU or Miami, they are a first rate university.

Vandy is the wild card in this post. I think they dislike the vast difference between their educational mission and that of most of the other SEC schools. With their huge (no, enormous) endowment do they really care about the money?

 

[MWBATL]

I have thought about this recently and I would go with a surprise school. Either Tulane or Temple. Tulane would be fun because they are a program on the rise and it would bring back our old rivalry with them. They are also in a good media market in New Orleans. We have pretty much thrown out geography with ND and Louisville so Tulane would make since with their academic background. Same thing with Temple, but we open up a market in Philly and Temple and Pitt could become a rivalry.

I like both of these ideas and completely agree with the thought process!

 

[MWBATL]

While not respected in sports like FSU or Miami, they are a first rate university.

Umm, no. Not even close. They are a glorified commuter college with very poor academic rankings. Look 'em up.

Their football team and to a lesser extent their medical program are the only respectable things about UCF.

 

[GT_EE78]

Can we eliminate a couple too?

 

[GTBillyJosh]

If anyone from this list, maybe Vanderbilt. But I'd be 100% on board with not expanding.

 

[joehamiltonfan14]

None. ACC is too big as it is. Even if ND joins, we should stay at 15 and go divisionless. We don’t play eachother enough.

 

[WrongShadeOfGold]

I sure as hell hope UCF never gets in a P5 conference. That program is a sleeping giant. Easy majors, huge enrollment, located in a recruiting hotbed. They would clean up in the ACC.

 

[VintageWreck]

I sure as hell hope UCF never gets in a P5 conference. That program is a sleeping giant. Easy majors, huge enrollment, located in a recruiting hotbed. They would clean up i

UCF is the model for Kennesaw State???
YES? NO? Why?

 

[gtstinger776]

I would love Tulane and Vandy - that’s the ACC’s legacy identity - elite southern universities in cool cities.

WVU accomplishes nothing for me - it’s just another former Big East school invited b/c we’re just trying to win the arms race.

Im ambivalent on UCF - a commuter school, but they have Disney world.

Academies - I can’t decide whether I hate playing high tempo teams or TO teams more

 

[GT flunkout]

Lol at private schools with weak athletics or public commuter diploma mills