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Message: [QUOTE="Whitey23, post: 1791654, member: 216"] When you had Tim Brando [URL='https://soundcloud.com/the-audible/6-2-full-tim-brando-on-verne']on your podcast[/URL] recently, he said he expected Notre Dame to become a full member of the ACC within a few years. For scheduling, it probably makes sense that the ACC would want to go to 16 members. Who would be your pick? [I]-- Ryan Gavin, Columbia, MO[/I] I'm not as confident as Tim that's going to happen, but he still calls ACC basketball for Raycom and is well-connected in that conference so his word is certainly worth taking seriously. Perhaps the fact the Irish will soon be the only Power 5 team with no opportunity to play a 13th game becomes a factor. Connecticut has always been the low-hanging fruit if that conference ever chose to expand again. For one thing, it's a natural fit to reunite that Northeast school with former Big East foes Syracuse and Boston College. Also, while football drives all realignment, basketball is a bigger priority for the ACC than others. With the Huskies you're bringing in a four-time recent national champ along with the sport's preeminent women's program. My concern would be the viability of UConn becoming consistently competitive in football in a league full of schools with far better recruiting footholds. This is a program that's posted a winning record in the Big East/AAC twice in 12 seasons. But that risk is hardly a deal-breaker if it's part of a coupling with the most famous program in college football history. (Cue hate mail from Alabama and Michigan.) [URL="http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/mailbag-baylor-bears-art-briles-auburn-gus-malzahn-verne-lundquist-michigan-state-061616"]Mailbag: Could the Big 12 just kick Baylor out?[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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