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[QUOTE="Btstimpy, post: 639588, member: 2043"]
You are correct.  The ACC at the time had 4 schools wanting to pursue Syracuse and the other 4 wanting to pursue Florida State.  Gene Corrigan approached both Syracuse and FSU.  Jake Crauthamel wanted to join the ACC in football only and leave the rest of Syracuse athletics in the Big East.  The ACC wasn't entertaining any partial memberships at the time.  So that didn't go anywhere.
 
FSU wanted to join, and FSU picked the ACC over the SEC who also offered FSU.  That made Auburn so mad they dropped FSU from their schedule.   Then Gene Corrigan had a hard time getting the ACC Presidents to accept FSU.  The first vote on FSU was no because of the academics.  So here was FSU having turned down the SEC, and Corrigan couldn't get the votes.  He really had to work the ACC Presidents hard to get enough to change their mind and to agree to it.  I'm glad he did.   They had enough votes on the second vote to extend the invite to FSU. 
 
I don't think that the ACC has ever been involved with Penn State.
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