It's not an uncommon topic, and UCONN is always mentioned as a possibility. In fact they were a strong candidate during the original rounds of re-alignment but Boston College blocked them from joining because of some dormant ill-will and the desire to own the New England market. But it's time to stop being a petulant child, because truth be told, going winless in ACC football and basketball isn't helping anybody. Adding UCONN helps everyone.
Good to see fans of some other programs understand this, even if some posters on the BY don't.
This would have been discussed during the network talks. If not specifically UConn, the various options involving ND or XII refugees. The author'a divisions make perfect sense to me, ACC vs Non-Catholic Big East. Seems like that's what it was always meant to be. But, I'm biased.
The AAC contract has no where to go, so this shouldn't affect them until it is time to re-up. $2M for however many games is still a bargain. They'll be fine, they just won't get a chance to get a bigger deal.
Problem with this fantasy is forcing ND into the ACC. That won't happen until they get bypassed for the CFP, maybe it will take a few times.
If CFB is the cabal we all believe it to be, then what the P5 teams need to do is stop giving ND a schedule they can use for access. It requires some restraint and collusion that a squad like say, RU, wouldn't pass up. Same the B1G.
If ND's schedule is 5 vs ACC, navy USC and 5 scrubs, then they won't have the schedule to force their way in with 1 loss depending on who the ACC teams are.
They could also limit the CFP to conference champions and just get it over with.