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[QUOTE="Resonator, post: 638687, member: 2824"]
[COLOR=#000000]If it were quite that simple, they'd probably have been invited by now.  But, its not that simple.  I know it, you know, they know it, everybody knows it.  [/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=#000000]I respectfully disagree that the ACC was at fault back in 2002-2003, even partially.[/COLOR]
 
The ACC's original expansion was going well, until VA's governor, Mark Warner, stepped in on VPI's behalf.  Thats when things went sideways.  I don't blame Gov Warner for intervening.  He was looking out for their best interests.  Thats what he is supposed to do.[COLOR=#000000]  Had he not done so, Miami, Syracuse, and, BC joining the ACC would've come off smoothly.[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=#000000]Truth be told, had Miami not demanded BC be included in the original expansion, they probably would not be in the ACC, either.  It most likely would have been Pitt.[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=#000000]Whether anybody likes it or not, the lawsuit is a consideration.  And, it will be for a long time, where UConn is concerned.  When Blumenthal made it personal, he alienated not just ACC officials, and, university administrators.  He alienated ACC fans, too.  Many will never forget that.  Hard feelings remain towards him, and, by connection, UConn.  Fairly, or, unfairly.  [/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=#000000]Lets be brutally honest here...UNC and Duke aside, they don't excite any other original ACC member (and thats strictly for hoops).  FSU neither.  Every expansion the league has undertaken has been for football.  This last one was no different.  They bring nothing to us in that regard.  No excitement, not buzz, no anticipation.  So, we have no reason to even entertain inviting them.[/COLOR]
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