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[QUOTE="Btstimpy, post: 679384, member: 2043"]
We're supposed to be their rival in the conference, and I won't really miss them either.  I'm just as excited to form new rivalries with the new ACC members as I am Maryland.  And thank the heavens that the Administration and Athletic Department at UVA was smart enough not to follow them. 
 
I follow the realigment stories on many boards of schools involved in it.  I see a genuine excitement from Syracuse, Pitt, Notre Dame, Louisville, and even Rutgers on their moves.  When I go on the Maryland Board, I don't.  When I talk to Maryland alumns that I know, they aren't happy with their move.  In about a decade we'll know if Dr. Wallace Loh is viewed in the Maryland community as a hero or a goat.  They are entering a demographically challenged league that is trying to grab members outside its midwest home area to survive.    Notre Dame decided to join outside of the same area for its future.  The Big Ten has money today, but will that sustain itself?
 
I think the ACC's strategy is to be the East Coast League.  The ACC is new to the northeast, and will be trying to fit in there just like the Big Ten says it wants to do.  The Big Ten is trying a blocking strategy against the ACC.  I hope it fails.  I feel a whole lot better with Notre Dame, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Boston College  than I would with Maryland and Rutgers.  Penn State helps the Big Ten, but the ACC has some heavy hitters too.
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