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[Vowelguy]

Seriously, do you people not "get" it? There is glee that the ACC is being squeezed out towards second tier status? Seriously? How dumb are we as a board?

If the ACC becomes a 2d tier league,

The ACC is not going to be squeezed out. There would be too much of an uproar if NC, Duke, VA, Maryland, Miami were left out.

In contrast, a decade ago, the BE had 0 good BCS FB teams, and just one major-conference BB power (UConn). They've been the have-nots before; I suspect most people would say "c'est la vie" about sending those teams back to mid-major status.

If the ACC gets weaker, it becomes harder to exclude the BE, since the two would be close in terms of strength.

 

[Husky68]

If Uconn is good enough to compete for a national championship, the demise of the ACC to second tier status will have no impact. Not saying good enough to go 11-1 and win some squeakers and be one of 10 teams with 1 loss and with the eye test not nearly one of top 2 or 4 teams. As you said "good enough to compete for a national championship", for next year with this schedule means wack the ACC crew, and beating a 10-0 Louisville team at their place on our way to 12-0.
Uconn needs to lift its own socks, play in the NBE, get a good contract signed for 2013. I for one, don't want to join BC, Miami, Syracuse and Pitt - I'd rather SMU, Houston, SDS, Boise, UCF and Navy. Even Temple and Memphis are not much of a step down from Syracuse or Pitt. I like playing BB against Providence, St. Johns and Georgetown.

Rankings for BE and ACC in 2011 and 2010 for NBE teams and ACC minus Clemson and FSU.

2011 8.BS, 18. Houston, 25 Cin, 31 Rutgers vs. 21 VT and 34 Virginia

2010 9 BS, 21 UCF, 28 SDS, 34 Ct, 36 Navy vs. 26 VT, 23 Maryland, 25 NCS

duckk the ACC and their weak football. The new BE will challenge the former BCS conferences not named the SEC on the field in 2013 and forward. The football elitest (kind of like lawyers who instead of measuring their dicks, measure their law schools) don't want the unwashed, recent additions in the club. We get in by play on the field.