Report: ACC Will Expand by Adding Pittsburgh and Syracuse
by furrer4heisman on Sep 18, 2011 12:43 AM EDT
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The presidents of the Atlantic Coast Conference voted Saturday morning to accept Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the league, according to an official in the ACC. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the league has not announced the move.
The ACC has scheduled a news media teleconference Sunday at 9:30 a.m., ET ostensibly to discuss the expansion, but no details were given.
I'm excited about the move because it means the ACC is being proactive in expansion. Our Pitt blog, Cardiac Hill, is also excited about the move, saying the Panthers are fortunate to be joining the ACC. Over on the Syracuse side of things, TNIAAM thinks this wouldn't have been done unless West Virginia-to-the-SEC was further along than we thought.
What do you guys think? Is this a good move for the ACC? Do you think the conference should stop at 14 or try to go to 16? Are you ready for the Hokies to replace their upcoming home-and-home non-conference series against Pitt with games against FCS bodybags?
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As a Cuse fan
I’m excited and sad. I will really miss the basketball rivalries and the BET at MSG, as well as WVU on the football schedule each year. I won’t miss seeing my alma mater in a conference run by what on the surface appears to be a reactive, bumbling ass clown.
Hello to our new Atlantic Coast Overlords. Guess the Syracuse/VaTech football series will resume sooner than anyone thought!
We will not rest until we see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.
-Che Marrone
Pitt fan
Glad to be on the way out of this poorly run conference. I will miss the rivalry games with UConn, but glad that the Cuse are coming. We have to continue our football and basketball domination of the Orange haha
The Backyard Brawl won’t be the same, but perhaps if WVU is going to the SEC it’ll give the ACC another ACC-SEC end of season rivalry game
Cardiac Hill contributor
There's no point to 14
If we’re going 14 it means the eventual goal is 16. Because every other power conference going 16 then again, ACC not wanting to be behind the 8-ball, 16 is next.
Hopefully the additions bring more logical divisions
I’m thinking North and South. Miami and FSU were split up in the hopes of having 2 BCS spots but:
1) that hasn’t happened, and
2) there have been years where two teams from the same division made it: Auburn and Arkansas – 2010, Texas and Oklahoma – 2008, 2004, Colorado and Nebraska – 2001, Florida and Tennessee – 1998
RE: Hopefully the additions bring more logical divisions
I don’t think so. I believe the divisional alignments will remain “Atlantic” and “Coastal.” My guess is that Syracuse is going into the coastal division — SU has a rivalry with UVA (okay entirely in Lacrosse but…), Tech and SU had a fun series of games back in the Big East days, and so did Miami and SU. I’ll admit that Pitt’s connection with the Atlantic division teams is tenuous but so has BC’s. The divisional alignments are the way they are probably to preserve tobacco road rivalries.
I do kind of wonder how the conference will set its basketball schedule. I’m guessing they may adopt divisional play like the SEC does.
ACC first super conference?
Since it is apparent the ACC is bringing in Pitt and Cuse, what about WVU? i know there is talk of them going to the SEC, but wouldn’t they be a better fit for the ACC? The rivalry between Va Tech, Maryland and Pitt could continue, and with bringing in WVU, it could justify bringing in Texas as well, even though i doubt those talks are even serious.
WVU not happening
WVU academics are acceptable, but when the rest of the ACC, cuse and pitt? they’re embarassing. WVU wont come to the acc cause the acc doesn’t want them (both academic and fanbase-behavior issues) and wvu doesn’t want anything to do with the ACC…we did just t-totally screw them if the WVU-sec thing falls thru.
by redneckwes387 on Sep 19, 2011 4:12 AM EDT up reply actions
The SEC of bball
That’s why this was done, the ACC will be outright dominant on the hardwood, even more so once we get UCONN in the fold. As far as the 16th team goes who knows. Rutgers really doesn’t pump my nards and wvu just doesn’t have the academics. Culturally I feel the couchburners are a better fit for the SEC.
All this talk of Notre Dame and Texas seems far fetched but it would fun having those teams come to Lane every other year.
by bluecollarhokie on Sep 18, 2011 3:51 PM EDT reply actions
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