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Message: [QUOTE="Lou_C, post: 686881, member: 3201"] Haha, I don't know about that, but thanks for the kind words. I was fairly positive about the ACC in the beginning of FSU's entrance, but slowly lost my patience over the years with the conference. Then excited again with the 2005 expansion, then disappointed again. I've been pretty anti-ACC, and I was probably one of the torch-bearers for FSU looking at the Big 12 (not joining the Big 12, but exploring options) on some FSU boards and Twitter. In full disclosure, I did not support the SU/Pitt expansion at the time. BUT...as I said previously, the last year or two, I've seen a business acumen and a talent for deal-making that the ACC just simply hadn't shown in recent decades. I've seen the football schools assert themselves more in the league. Unlike many, I don't necessarilly place the full blame on Tobacco Road/Swofford for the shortsightedness toward football, I really think schools like FSU and Clemson have abdicated their responsibility to make themselves heard and understood in recent years. FSU's most recent AD was an absolute black hole that had no ability to make a compelling case for football or FSU interests. Conference football scheduling has gotten MUCH more reasonable the past two seasons, previous to which it seemed pretty clear the scheduling goal was to handicap the stronger programs to create as much parity as possible. The jury is out on whether are new wave of coaches is the answer to football woes, but I'm encouraged by the fact that most of them seem to really understand the recruiting game, and that it seems that recruiting chops will finally be considered when the conference makes hires. So I'm put myself all in on the ACC again. But I'm still acutely aware of some fundamental things about the conference that require acute vigilance. I think the ACC leadership is aware of those things too, but if it looks like they aren't I'll be calling them on that in a second. And just a side note...I'm not a football only guy, I absolutely love FSU basketball. I don't think this conference can thrive without much better football though. I'm quite optimistic at the moment on the ACC at the moment now, and I actually think long term it may be in better shape than the Big 12 and even the Big 10. [/QUOTE]

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