Re: Miami AD, coaches talk to board about ACC move

[richard l. kandell]

I would think that those 2 schools would like to move as a package, along
with UC, if 3 schools were added by the Big East.  (UofL, at least its fans,
has been talking about leaving for greener pastures ever since they joined
C-USA.)  With the loss of Miami, Syracuse and BC, I'm not sure just how much
the football would improve by a move to the Big East, but if it kept the BCS
designation then it would be significant.  Even with the loss of Miami &
Syracuse, and without taking Marquette, the hoops would improve
dramatically.

Richard K.

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> Would Memphis and Louisville think of moving as well?
>
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> > From: Richard K.
> >
> > (Second try) - I just hope that Mr. Goin has us well positioned when the
> switching starts/stops.
> > --------------------
> > Miami AD, coaches talk to board about ACC move
> > --------------------
> >
> > By Craig Barnes
> > National Correspondent
> >
> > April 30, 2003
> >
> > CORAL GABLES -- Miami Athletic Director Paul Dee made a presentation to
the
> school's board of trustees Friday, discussing the pros and cons of leaving
> the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.
> > Dee's presentation, accompanied by comments by football Coach Larry Coker
> and women's volleyball Coach Nicole Lantagne Welsh, followed the board's
> scheduled business session.
> > According to sources familiar with the presentation, if UM were to choose
> to leave for the ACC, the Hurricanes would join Syracuse and Boston
College
> in a three-team package to expand the ACC to 12 teams, creating two
six-team
> divisions and a championship game. Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese
> recently accused the ACC of having talks with four of his schools.
Virginia
> Tech was the other school.
> > Dee and ACC Commissioner John Swofford weren't available for comment.
> >
> > The biggest snag for the Hurricanes could be Florida State on its
football
> schedule. With the teams in different conferences, it is possible for the
> loser of their annual game to still have a chance of playing in the Bowl
> Championship Series' national championship game. The loser also isn't
> eliminated from winning its conference and playing in a BCS bowl game,
where
> the payoff is substantially more than in other bowls.
> > In an expanded ACC, a team would play the five teams in its division
every
> year and three teams from the opposite division on a rotating basis,
similar
> to what the Southeastern Conference and Big 12 do.
> > The ACC last expanded in 1992 when it added Florida State.
> >
> > Craig Barnes writes for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, a Tribune
> Publishing newspaper.
> > Copyright (c) 2003, Orlando Sentinel
> >
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