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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 657836, member: 636"]
Yep, a lot can happen in 15 years - 1998-2012 - from the meeting where Tranghese proposed a merger of ACC/Big East football to the end of Big East football altogether.
 
The ACC now is in a much stronger position than the Big East of 1998, but the BiG now is in a much stronger position than the ACC of 1998 as well.  
 
And while I agree that I don't see anyone likely leaving prior to the end of the GOR, the fight for identity (will the ACC truly become the conference of the entire East Coast conference or will it try to remain what it was the past 8 years or so as SEC-lite with satellites not just in Boston, but now Pittsburgh, and Syracuse as well) might have some influence on the willingness or unwillingness to move once the GOR has ended
 
Let's face it, the future health of the ACC resides in two programs, FSU and UNC.  Just as the future health of the BiG resides in Ohio State and Michigan.  But how well the northeastern strategies of both conferences pan out could be more influenced by how BC, Pitt, and SU do in the ACC and how PSU, Maryland, and Rutgers do in the BiG going forward as well as which conference markets itself better in the area.
 
Cheers,
Neil
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