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Message: [QUOTE="Orangemen, post: 428570, member: 106"] First, I think the ACC made the right move. This is about college football, and history matters in college football. Granted, Louisville isn't exactly Michigan when it comes to tradition, but they're still better than UConn. UConn's big mistake was not stepping up to 1A 20 years earlier. Had they done that, this vote probably goes differently today. UConn fans keep pointing to the BCS bowl as the reason they have fball credibility. They don't realize that the rest of the college fball world pointed to their BCS bowl as the reason the BE had no fball credibility. Every school that has joined a Big 5 conference has a fball history to fall back on. UConn doesn't, simple as that. If they had it, they would be in a Big 5 conference right now. Now, about the risk for the ACC in picking Louisville. I think UNC always looked at the ACC as an academic bball conference. That theory was basically blown up today. How will they react? Maybe they were placated enough to go along with the vote, but what about the long term? How many minutes did Delaney wait to start whispering in their ears about how the ACC ain't what it used to be? Will they start to believe it? The fball faction may be satisfied by this move, as the fball league clearly just got better, so I think we can count on FSU and Clemson being relatively safe for now. It's the academics I'm worried about. UConn is still sitting out there, and from the B1G standpoint, they are not a bad addition. The problems that the ACC had with UConn (namely fball) won't exist for the B1G. They have fball tradition overflowing from their league. UConn for them is a nice academic school, with great bball tradition, and in the NE, an area they are targeting. Could UConn be plucked along with UNC or UVA or ND? I think the ACC may be acting too confidently regarding UConn. To think they have no other options right now is one thing, they honestly may not. But to have that be one of their reported considerations regarding UConn is a mistake. UConn will not sit idly. The B1G will not sit idly. There is a mutual interest between those 2 parties that could hurt the ACC. I think the ACC made the right move in picking Louisville, and I understand why UConn could not come along at this point. I just hope this doesn't blow up in their (and our) face by having it result in UConn going to the B1G. [/QUOTE]

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