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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 1684662, member: 5598"] Seriously the prior Brando tweets show just because you have "key tweet" status does not mean you understand what you are talking about.... I'm not sure what was more ridiculous.... Brando saying ND will join the ACC as a full member (prior to saying ND was joining the BIG) or saying AAC schools should be happy in the American cause the AAC is the tallest midget on the short bus . The great irony is the siren song of ND continues....how many times did we hear "if only ND would join our conference we'd be saved" in the Big East? It did not happen then it won't happen now. ND is not going foregoing football independence to save a conference...we've been down this road before. Bottom line is ESPN would love ND to join to ACC, the ACC would love ND to join the ACC, UConn would love ND to join the ACC if it included us as the second team. Unfortunately, there is only one problem, ND does not want to join the ACC as a full member, certainly not yet. IMO ND will only join a conference when they lose a place to stash their Olympic sports (currently ACC) and/or when they lose a path to the football playoff. If the above 2 things happen and ND does join a conference it is hard to imagine them joining a second tier conference like the ACC over the BIG. ND has everything they want right now in the ACC, why would they change it? If in 5 years the ACC falls apart then then ND can join a conference but only after trying to work another side deal. Suggesting ND will join the ACC and save it is nothing more than a conference realignment hail mary. The ACC needs a real plan...not a pipe dream. [/QUOTE]

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