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[QUOTE="Shrmdougluvr, post: 2613259, member: 396"]
The ACC inviting Syracuse in 2004, and thus making an invitation inevitable in 2011, is a presupposition.  The landscape changed a lot during that time.  Rutgers and Connecticut were both now viable in football, with Connecticut being a National power in basketball.  Notre Dame's national football presence was diminishing, calling into question its status as an independent.  Our football program had been irrelevant for almost a decade, and downright dreadful for most of that time.  We are a relatively small private school without a really concentrated alumni base and lacking in legislative clout.  Superconferences were all the discussion, and with Nebraska shaking up the Big 12, our place at the big boy table was not assured.  NYC is the largest media market in the Country by far, and what's driving conference revenues certainly isnt lacrosse.  Being relevant in NYC was important (otherwise why wouldnt the ACC just have grabbed a directional Florida with a better geographic fit).

Despite all this, i am not saying Gross got us in.  I think we were the best fit for the ACC at the time as you note.  But, let's not act like this was a foregone conclusions because we were offered in 2004.
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