Sources: Texas Set To Vote Monday On Joining ACC
by BJohnston on Sep 18, 2011 12:25 AM EDT
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According to sources close to the situation, the Texas Board of Regents is set to vote Monday on joining the Atlantic Coast Conference. Earlier this weekend both Pittsburgh and Syracuse applied for admission to the ACC as the 13th and 14th members of the conference. The Big XII has existed in a state of limbo since news broke surrounding Texas A&M's leaving the conference to join the SEC.
Texas would bring one of the most lucrative and prominent collegiate athletic programs to the ACC. If sources are correct, and the majority votes to move to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, the terms of the move remain to be seen. Many rumors have circulated about Texas perhaps joining conferences as a partial member for non-revenue sports and basketball, with football remaining independent. Were the Longhorns to join the ACC, it would more than likely do so in all sports with the Longhorn Network being an intriguing part of the move.
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The end of the ACC
Expanding to sixteen teams by adding Texas, Syracuse, Pit and another will be the last nail in the coffin of what used to be the ACC.
That may still be the name on the door, but the rivalries are no more. This is the same as when the Big East took Villanova away from the Big Five.
No doubt this would make the conference much better in football
But this move doesn’t really make much sense to me. I don’t see texas as a good fit.
Well, it appears that the ACC is thinking through Tobacco Road. Only adding schools that are basketball first. Especially after the two teams you mentioned below.
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just heard that pitt and cuse just got voted in
by willisb_rad2 on Sep 18, 2011 2:05 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Was going to say that. Looks like Texas is #17?
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These are all good schools. They are academically strong, have competitive sports programs, enthusiastic alumni bases, etc. That said, I will always miss the ACC that was nearly half North Carolina schools. I believe that the conference was at its best in between 1991 and 2003. Our schools were winning national championships and every game seemed like a rivalry game.
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