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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4672103, member: 5685"]
I thought for awhile that the ACC should have added UCF. And to a lessor extent Cincy. They would not have increased the ACC payout but supposedly they would not have taken away from the payout. The main reason to add them is stability. Now that they are headed to the B12, the ACC is left having weak potential replacements should they lose schools. Now the B12 is better positioned going forward. If there was no risk short term, and adding them helped long term, shouldn't the ACC have pulled the trigger?

In hindsight the same thing happened with Rutgers. Had the ACC grabbed them, does the B16 take Maryland still? Who is the 2nd team? Both might be in the ACC right now.

And I think the same thing is about to happen with UConn. For the long term ACC, I think adding UConn is a smart thing. They don't move the needle short term, but losing them to the B12 shouldn't be an option.

The B12 commish seems to think that BBall is under valued. If that is the case why not kill off the Big East which creates less TV $ competition and makes the ACC the only Eastern BBall league of note. Take UConn all sports, and Georgetown/Nova/St Johns for non FB. You can play everyone once in BBall plus two rivals a 2nd time. Wouldn't that create a slight bump from ESPN?

Then convince ND to agree to a 6th FB game. That allows everyone to play both home and away over 5 years (better than the current 6 years). That extra game gives ESPN control over 3 ND games per year. That has to give a slight bump.

I think doing both of the above would keep the ACC a clear #3 and make it less likely for B12 defections.
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