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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 2669796, member: 636"]
In truth Scooch is correct, expansion will only happen if the $$$ is there.  But how can the increase in $$$ be there when -

a) ND will never be in full;
b) the ACC needs to improve their football product on the field up and down the line-up; and
c) current divisional set-up fails to monetize the marquee match-ups the ACC does have to its fullest potential?

This is the dilemma the conference is faced with and why ACC expansion will likely always be reactionary than pro-active.

The only model I can think of that might be able to work to achieve monetary success (especially now in light of the slight move away from the cable households model to content demand model) is a 15-team set-up with realistic candidate WVU; increasing ND's commitment to 6 games annually with one of those games always being Miami, and the conference trying once again to get rid of the divisional requirement to hold a championship game and going to a 2-6-6 scheduling model (with 15 full members) that gets the more TV attractive regular season games that happen so rarely now (Clemson/Miami; Clemson/VT; FSU/VT; FSU/GT) cycled through quicker.

Obviously getting two of ND, Texas, and OU on board full-time would be best case scenario.  But that isn't happening folks.

Cheers,
Neil
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