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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 2194276, member: 2524"] FSU was worried about football quality because the ACC had recently gone 2-13 in BCS bowl games. Now they're going to be primarily concerned about revenue -- can they compete with Florida? -- and the success of their new linear network. If ESPN tells them UConn brings the biggest number of cable subscribers and the biggest revenue gain, they'll be for UConn. BC and FSU had their say the last few times and they got schools, Cuse and Louisville, heading into probation. I don't think Tobacco Road is going to lay down for them on the next add, and I don't think they'll see BC's local rivalry concerns as worth respecting given that BC is not going to deliver New England for the ACC Network and fear of local neighbors will seem ridiculous given the value UNC, Duke, NC State, and Wake have gotten out of having intense local rivalries. [/QUOTE]