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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2755989, member: 405"] I think ours was different because the ACC was taking all the best programs from the old Big East and we were left out in the first go round. The Old Big East that we were founding members of no longer existed, as a practical matter. Most of our rivals had gone (or wound up going) to the ACC. Maryland, on the other hand, already had a P-5 seat in a great league. They just ran their finances into the ground. (I recall that they were about $50M in debt in the Athletic Dept just before their move.) I also recall reading that the President and AD kind of did it on the sly, without really reaching out to the alumni and big donors for input/feedback. It was like the Colts sneaking out of Baltimore, and most of the alumni were PISSED. [/QUOTE]