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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1690039, member: 1737"] David Teel ‏@DavidTeelatDP · 8h8 hours ago Blog: Swofford vague on potential channel, more forceful on HB2 as #ACC spring meetings open. # Swofford addressed one other perennial with Fischel: league expansion. The [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/big-12-conference-ORSPT00000245-topic.html']Big 12[/URL]’s current expansion debate is [URL='http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/theres-infighting-at-oklahoma-over-potential-big-12-expansion/']not only public but also messy[/URL], and Swofford, as usual, derailed any notion of the ACC growing beyond its 14 members for football and 15 for other sports. Indeed, the only reason for the ACC to expand would be if [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/topic/sports/college-sports/notre-dame-fighting-irish-ORSPT00000148-topic.html']Notre Dame[/URL] joined for football, prompting a search for a 16th. “I think our group is very comfortable with where we are,” Swofford said. “One thing I’ve learned in this business and on this subject is you never say never in terms of would there ever be discussion about that. But it is not a point of discussion in any way, shape or form right now.” [URL='http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-swofford-meetings-post.html']Swofford vague on potential channel, more forceful on HB2 as ACC meetings open[/URL] [/QUOTE]