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Message: [QUOTE="btstimpy, post: 2107203, member: 2673"] Cincinnati and Houston aren't good fits for the ACC. Both would be taking the ACC into a region the ACC knows little about, and neither would bring a rivalry with an existing ACC school or another P5 school. Cincinnati's rival is Miami, OH. The P5 in their state is Ohio State, who doesn't view Cincinnati as a rival and barely ever plays Cincinnati. Houston was a great fit for the Big XII, but that group was too dysfunctional to ever see it. Houston is way outside a region the ACC understands. To move into that region, the ACC should only do so with existing Big XII members. The ACC should stick to Eastern Seaboard states and look for historical rivalries with existing ACC members or SEC/B1G members. The ACC didn't know much about the Northeast when moving into it, but we've been in the northeast a while now learning as we go. Since the B1G doesn't allow rivalries outside the conference for November games, the ACC has done the best it can with Pitt/Penn State, but Pitt also has one with Notre Dame. The ACC already has all of the ones with the SEC along our eastern states. So I get back to rivals with existing ACC members. UConn with former Big East teams, BC most obvious. West Virginia with VT, Pitt, and Syracuse. Navy with Notre Dame and older ones with Virginia and Pitt. USF in a new one with FSU/Miami. Outside of that there are Temple and East Carolina. We don't need a 5th North Carolina team, and I'm not sure who Temple's Rival is? Maybe they can have one with Rutgers? [/QUOTE]

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