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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 296329, member: 837"]
Eh, I agree and disagree. I agree that playing really good teams will draw interest regardless of who the teams are. But I think people who aren't at least a bit anxious over the move to the ACC are blinded by the dollar signs on the football side of things. The only thing that makes conference play relevant in any way is the fact that people actually care about the conference and respect it as something that transcends (in some way) what it really is (a collection of programs in the same general geographic vicinity). The Big East is obviously an example of this as the league's history, the site of its tournament and the quality of its programs made the league a force in recruiting and allowed downtrodden programs to continually ink coaches they wouldn't have had a prayer of getting (and keeping) if not for the BE.
 
The ACC has this to some degree as well but it is a vastly different identity deeply tied to Tobacco Road. 
 
I would assume we'd be fine but I still hope a couple more NE teams are added to even the balance and make this a true coastal conference as opposed to a southern dominated collection of schools that were once pretty good and three or four schools that actually are good (Duke/UNC/SU/Pitt?). Leaving a proven commodity that had been successful marketing itself in a way attractive to TV/media, fans and recruits is not a cause for celebration, IMO.
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