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Message: [QUOTE="Madbiker, post: 427326, member: 312"] Actually could make sense for the ACC. Louisville as #14 -- to satisfy (somewhat) football schools FSU and Clemson. Southern presence is attractive to schools that feel there too many northern schools. UConn as #15 - academics satisfy the presidents. Navy as #16 - for football and Lax only. Provides presence in DC/Balt media market. Strong academics. National name brand. Also attractive to ND who plays them every year. On paper it boosts the ACC deal to 6 games annually without actually subtracting anything from ND on the OOC side. ND remains football independent with 6 ACC games (including Navy every yr.) and 6 OOC. ND is the 16th team for basketball plus Olympic sports and lax. If the ACC is convinced they cannot attract schools to leave the other BCS conferences, this might be the best solution they can get. [/QUOTE]