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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4285927, member: 10"] The narrative about a school's academics and expansion is a bunch of BS. Arizona State has an acceptance rate of 88%. I know some of its programs, like engineering, are very competitive. When the PAC-12 went to expand they took University of Colorado (84% acceptance rate) and the University of Utah (79%). Not bad schools but not exactly academic powerhouses. The PAC-12 took them because they had decent football programs. The question of taking Boise St. is how would adding them add to the coffers of the conference. The analysis starts and ends with that question. The ACC was supposedly all about academics but when they went looking for another school, they took Louisville, another not so highly rated university. Expansion is just a business decision. It's all about the Benjamins. [/QUOTE]