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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 1224073, member: 636"] Thank you for acknowledging my point about the Irish not being truly independent. As for the ACC, it is what it probably always should have been since the 80s - an East Coast conference (since they were never going to be the conference of the South over the SEC). Too bad two key pieces are missing in PSU and Maryland. In regards to the bolded part, they have addressed this already, imho, with the pseudo conference they have created of 5 ACC opponents which gives them appearances up and down the East Coast, their 2 West Coast opponents USC and Stanford, their playing home games in the Midwest and playing Navy who can take them all of the country (including the state of Texas if need be). Heck, weren't they the opponent recently when the Irish played in Dublin, Ireland? Joining the BiG might regionalize them more so than the ACC, but joining a conference fully doesn't negate a national schedule. Cheers, Neil [/QUOTE]