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UT was delusional if they thought ND would go to the Big XII. They don't even play several Olympic sports where the Irish excel and with St. Louis no longer in the mix, the whole region has very few Catholics (unless you want to count San Antonio). It was B1G all-in of ACC for olympics. It's a good deal for the ACC and the Irish, regardless of what the geniuses that hired Randy Edsall think.
Delusional was certainly possible, but Chip Brown (main Texas rivals guy) released aritcle shortly after the ND to ACC announement saying that Deloss Dodd was 'shocked' that ND joined the ACC as the Big 12-10 was in serious discussion with ND to join that league.
Their was discussion between ND and the Big 12 which may have been an attempt to gain levarage over the ACC.
Again, the ND ACC deal is a slam dunk for ND and not so much for the ACC.