Imagine the league if the Catholics were the ones that left. Not the football schools. Syracuse, Pitt, W. Virginia, Virginia Tech, Miami, BC, UConn, Louisville, Cincy. Rutgers.Then later Temple, Memphis, who knows even ND for B-ball with the same guarantee in football that they have with the ACC now. Hell, if they had bought the Catholics out early enough you'd be looking at Syracuse, Pitt, Penn St, W. Virginia, Virginia Tech, Miami, Uconn, Louisville, Cincy and Rutgers. And possibly Maryland and either Temple or Memphis.
What could have been