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Message: [QUOTE="orange79, post: 1211629, member: 159"] No, it did not. Saying today that everything would be fine is 20-20 hindsight. At the time, there were great worries that the league would fall apart/be raided again/etc. Huge worries. If the Big East had totally fallen apart (something that was inherently possible), cobbling together a league of leftovers would not have provided the safe haven you believe it would. The move to accept the ACC's invitation was one that fit the University's profile, and that assured the entire athletic department's future, not just football. [/QUOTE]