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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 5005020, member: 173"]
Syracuse ABSOLUTELY benefitted more than the ACC.  But - and this is really, really, really important - a big part of why Syracuse benefitted more than the ACC is that after that expansion, the ACC sat on their hands while the world changed around them.  There was lots of speculation about what the next move the ACC was going to make - maybe add Rutgers and UConn and lock up the northeast, or maybe convince Texas and Oklahoma to join since they were exploring options outside the Big 12, or maybe they’d convince ND to join for all sports…nobody expected the ACC was going to pick the least viable, worst possible, incredibly poorly thought out strategy of “do nothing”.

If adding Syracuse was actually part of a coherent strategy by the ACC, then they would have kept moving.  Instead it was a reactive move as the Big Ten was looking at expansion, not part of a sound plan.  Unshockingly, businesses without good long term strategies don’t often benefit from the few, short-term decisions they do make.  And it could be argued that joining this provincial trainwreck of a conference when other options were potentially going to be available might have been the wrong long term decision for Syracuse.  It solved the short term issue - but right now I doubt anyone is comfortable with where we stand.
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