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Message: [QUOTE="tep624, post: 15861, member: 430"] Are you delusional? If the ACC wanted to merge with the BE, they'd be talking to the conference leadership and not accepting individual applications from BE programs. An ACC/BE merger has no basis in reality. What does the BE have to add, other than WVU and maybe UCONN, that the ACC doesn't currently have? The ACC already has FL covered so no need for USF, Cincy and Louisville are outside it's geographic footprint, Rutgers is Rutgers, and then most of the BB onlies are has beens with the exception of Villanova and maybe a resurgent St. Johns. Plus, all signs point to ND moving it's athletic arrangement to the ACC along with the SU and Pitt defection. The ACC has no need to merge with the BE. The BE's best bet to remain a FB conference and not morph into just a BB conference is an east/west arrangement with the big 12's leftovers, some MWC teams, and then a few eastern upstarts. [/QUOTE]