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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 617130, member: 2531"] RE: #2 What you did wasn't a hop. It was a logic face plant. You missed the point entirely. If ND was to join the ACC as a 16th school, the ACC would almost certainly jump to a 9 game schedule. In a 12 game regular season, that leave 3 OOC games. ND needs to play Navy. That means that ND would only have two open slots for their traditional rivals (purdue, MSU, USC, and Stanford), which are their mos tprofitable games. By not adding Navy, ND has to trade two of their most profitable games for what ever team joins with them, which would be a less profitabel game. RE: #3 This is honestly the dumbest thing that I've read on the internet. The entire reason why the ACC would listen to ND is for "money reasons." Keep in mind that half the ACC has flirted with other conferences. And no, I'm not talking about the WVU-inspired rumors, I'm talking about well-reported actions, like FSU's BoT member publicly supporting joining the Big XII last May, and FSU's AD publicly asking for a SEC invite last month. That's with ND. Imagine the ACC w/o ND. Keep in mind that Clemson, the ACC's #2 fb program, has publicly called for ND's entrance into the conference (Clemson and Wake are the schools the headed the effort to add ND), and if ND were to jump, they might start looking for other options. So no, the ACC might very well not be fine w/o ND. All it takes is one of UNC, FSU, Clemson, VT, UVA, or GT to leave and the entire house of cards comes down, because there would be an atmosphere of distrust like there was in the BIG EAST. It takes a special kind of person to think that adding ND as a full member isn't in the financial best interest of the conference, and wouldn't lead to increased stability. It also takes a special kind of person to think that the ACC doesn't need both and wouldn't bend over backwards to attach itself to ND's instant football legitimacy (see ND's current arrangement). Finally, it takes a special kind of person to think that ND wouldn't listen to their financial base when making decisions. Now that I think about it. I'm pretty sure I remember you when I first posted the idea. I'm pretty sure you said that the ACC would never have a partial. How'd that prediction go for ya? At this point, if you still disagree, you are either phenomenally stupid or a troll. Either way, you aren't worth my time. Peace. [/QUOTE]

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