RE: New ACC targets

[Brian McCann]

Before all of the Forum members spend the better part of the rest of the summer "What iffing" about conference affiliation changes, please be aware that this process is going to take awhile.  It won't be done in a week or a month.  It may be six months or longer before plans start going public and you can be guaranteed that there will be much thought put into it to make sure that whatever moves are made are what the majority wants.

With that in mind, you can peruse the different papers across the country (I have attached below a set of links that a man in New Mexico puts together every day and disseminates) and come up with just about every rumor for every situation.  Somebody said this here and somebody said this there.  The papers all need something to right about and, in the absence of hard facts and breaking news, every columnist will become an expert and voice their opinions.  There have been no decisions made right now so all you are going to get is speculation and rumor.  If a president makes an off-hand comment, I wouldn't read too much into it.

With that in mind, here are Jim Todd's links for today:

Today's alpha listing followed by: 1) editorial pages,  2) men's basketball coaches, 3) women's basketball coaches, 4) football coaches, 5) baseball coaches, 6) Final Four sites selections, 7) ACC/Big East, and 8)  other conferences  Alabama - Commentary: Utah State? A sad state of  affairs (Birmingham News) http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/kscarbinsky.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/sports/105713795324910.xml Alabama State - Cramton Bowl upgrade still awaiting OK  (Montgomery Advertiser) http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWS/StorySportsCRAMTONBOWL.htm  Alabama State - State senator criticizes AD Richard Cosby  (Montgomery Advertiser) http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWS/StorySportsKELDRICKASU.htm  Clemson - Frank Broyles taught AD Terry Don  Phillips well (Greenville News) http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2003/07/01/200307019390.htm  Clemson - AD Terry Don Phillips: He's not waiting  for the cabin http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2003/07/01/200307019389.htm  Colorado State - Begins search for new AD (Denver  Post) http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~87~1489443,00.html  Colorado State - Sonny Lubick withdraws from AD  search (Fort Collins Coloradoan) http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20030702/sports/578910.html  Florida A&M - Welcomes new faces (Tallahassee  Democrat) http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/sports/colleges/florida_am_university/6214907.htm General - California budget failure keeps community  college athletics programs on the ropes (Los Angeles Daily News) http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20955~1489051,00.html  General - Group of Six huddle on academic reform (Raleigh  News-Observer) http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/story/2663681p-2470170c.html Georgia - Foundation trustees eye President Michael  Adams' use of funds (Athens Banner-Herald) http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/070203/uga_20030702072.shtml  Georgia - President Michael Adams' actions reviewed  (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) http://www.ajc.com/uga/content/metro/0703/02uga.html  Georgia - Commentary: In UGA dogfight, Vince Dooley's bark may  be worse than his bite (Nashville Tennessean) http://www.tennessean.com/sports/columnists/climer/archives/03/07/35340946.shtml?Element_ID=35340946 Ivy - Council of Ivy schools cracking down on athletes  (Providence Journal) http://www.projo.com/college/content/projo_20030702_02ivyrule.78b87.html LSU - Football season ticket promotion gets off to  roaring start (Baton Rouge Advocate) http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/070203/spo_report001.shtml  North Dakota State - AD Gene Taylor lays out plans  for Fargodome, Bison Sports Arena (Fargo Forum) http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=36079  Oberlin - Stanford track coach Vin Lananna named AD  (Cleveland Plain Dealer) http://www.cleveland.com/collegesports/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/sports/1057138686196641.xml Oklahoma State - Asks Big 12 for permission to webcast call  football and men's basketball games (Oklahoma City Oklahoman) http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=1044039&
getcowboys  Oregon State - Single-game football tickets on sale  via the web (Corvallis Gazette-Times) http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2003/07/02/sports/osu_beavers/osu1.txt Penn State - Athletic-academic adviser Don Ferrell  doing nothing and liking it (Centre Daily Times) http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/sports/colleges/pennsylvania_state_university/6217606.htm Purdue - Football uniform change aims to make  numbers readable (Indianapolis Star) http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/1/054863-2321-036.html  Southern Mississippi - Men's tennis will forfeit  all its 2003 victories due to NCAA violation (Hattiesburg American) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20030701/southernmissnews/575744.html Southern Mississippi - Baseball fans begin Dugout  Club (Hattiesburg American) http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20030701/localsports/575748.html Stanford - Big loss for Stanford; track coach Vin Lananna  quits to become AD at Oberlin (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/02/SP259739.DTL Texas Tech - Completes 2004 football schedule  (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/070203/col_070203011.shtml  UNLV - Search committee to consider candidates on  July 10 (Las Vegas Review-Journal) http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Jul-02-Wed-2003/sports/21645374.html UTEP - Commentary: Holiday basketball tournament  still not up to snuff (El Paso Times) http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/sports/joemuench/20030702-131689.shtml EDITORIAL PAGES  Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Ernie Salvatore: Money  driving the spirit of college athletics today http://www.herald-dispatch.com/2003/July/02/MUcol1.htm  MEN'S BASKETBALL  COACHES  Alabama - Mark Gottfried may get pay hike  (Huntsville Times) http://www.al.com/sports/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/sports/10570815276390.xml Bowling Green - Hires Shaun Vandiver as assistant  (Denver Post) http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~87~1489450,00.html  Georgia Tech - Paul Hewitt gets extension through  2007-08 (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) http://www.ajc.com/gatech/content/sports/gatech/0703/01hewitt.html  WOMEN'S BASKETBALL  COACHES  Bradley - Shannon Baugh hired as assistant (Peoria  Journal-Star) http://www.pjstar.com/sports/bu/g174780a.html  St. Francis (PA) - Duquesne assistant Jill Poe to be  named head coach (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/s_142717.html  Vermont - Catamounts' hardwood hopes now  rest with Sharon Dawley (Boston Globe) http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/183/sports/Catamounts_hardwood_hopes_now_rest_with_Dawley+.shtml FOOTBALL COACHES  Memphis - To hire two assistant coacnes; likely to be Johnson  "Jeep" Hunter and Chris Rumph (Memphis Commercial Appeal) http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/tigers_football/article/0,1426,MCA_651_2081556,00.html Washington - Rick Neuheisel down to final appeal (Seattle  Post-Intelligencer) http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/huskies/129094_husk02.html  Washington - AD Barbara Hedges sticks to original decision  (Seattle Times) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/135143949_uwfootball02.html Washington - Rick Neuheisel's lawyer threatens lawsuit (Tacoma  News Tribune) http://www.tribnet.com/sports/story/3394615p-3425276c.html  BASEBALL COACHES  Michigan State - Former coach Frank Pellerin dies  at age 81 (Lansing State Journal) http://www.greenandwhite.com/baseball/030702_msu_baseball_web.html  FINAL FOUR SELECTIONS   Dallas Morning News - San Antonio, Houston  land Final Fours http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/sports/colleges/topstories/stories/070203dnspofinalfour.9ebfd.html Denver Post - Denver comes up empty on women's  Final Fours  http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~87~1489134,00.html   Detroit Free Press - Ball bounces Detroit's  way for Final Four in '09 http://www.freep.com/sports/college/ncaa2_20030702.htm  Detroit Free Press  - Commentary: Auto  industry ad spending gives Detroit more clout http://www.freep.com/money/business/walsh2_20030702.htm  Detroit News - Detroit's Ford Field nets Final  Four http://www.detnews.com/2003/college/0307/02/a01-208116.htm   Detroit News - Commentary: NCAA wowed by Ford  Field http://www.detnews.com/2003/college/0307/02/e01-208226.htm  Detroit News - Commentary: Ford Field seals  the deal for NCAA  http://www.detnews.com/2003/college/0307/02/e02-208171.htm  Houston Chronicle - Women's Final Four  sites http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/bk/bkc/women/1976052  Indianapolis Star - Indy scores '10 Final  Four http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/8/054894-7748-036.html  Indianapolis Star - Commentary: Indy should cherish  return of Final Four http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/6/054858-5906-036.html  New Orleans Times-Picayune - New Orleans fouls out in big for  Final Four http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-3/1057125326230490.xml Philadelphia Inquirer - NCAA picks sites for Final  Fours http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/colleges/6214356.htm  Rocky Mountain News - Denver loses out on women's Final  Four http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/college/article/0,1299,DRMN_40_2082038,00.html San Antonio Express-News - San Antonio nets two Final  Fours http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=560&xlc=1019911&xld=560 St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis gets women's Final Four,  misses on men's http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Other+Sports/A647C4722E23BD3986256D5700173E4E?OpenDocument&Headline=St.+Louis+gets+women's+Final+Four,+misses+on+men's St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Despite recent men's Final Four  miss, St. Louis still is a hit with NCAA http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Other+Sports/44C4F41C00444DF886256D570015FCA7?OpenDocument&Headline=Despite+recent+men's+Final+Four+miss,+city+still+is+a+hit+with+NCAA St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Commentary: News from NCAA is heavy  ammo against negativity http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/Sports/Other+Sports/96459CDE47B4C2EA86256D570014839F?OpenDocument&Headline=News+from+NCAA+is+heavy+ammo+against+negativity St. Petersburg Times - Women's Final Four excites  fans http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/02/Sports/Final_Four_excites_fa.shtml  ACC/BIG EAST  Atlanta Journal-Constitution - ACC could target SEC  for No. 12; Louisville shopping around http://www.ajc.com/gatech/content/sports/gatech/0703/02acc.html  Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Commentary:  Mini-expansion doesn't elevate ACC http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/bradley/index.html  Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Commentary: Schools  have lost sight of their mission http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/columns/bisher/index.html  Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia Tech coaches  like look of new league http://www.ajc.com/gatech/content/sports/gatech/0703/02tech.html Baltimore Sun - Maryland won't be able to punt,  hide in new ACC http://www.sunspot.net/sports/college/football/bal-sp.preston02jul02,0,5879017.column?coll=bal-sports-headlines Baton Rouge Advocate - Commentary: Conference call  or margin call? http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/070203/spo_dubois001.shtml  Boston Globe - UConn is an option for Big East in  '04 http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/183/sports/UConn_an_option_in_Big_East_for_04+.shtml Charleston Gazette - TV revision key to Big East's  future http://wvgazette.com/section/Sports/2003070141  Charleston Gazette - West Virginia AD Ed Pastilong:  Big East has set no timetable http://wvgazette.com/section/Sports/2003070142  Charleston Gazette - Commentary: Big East should go  for quantity, not quality http://wvgazette.com/section/Sports/2003070143  Charlotte Observer - Miami, Virginia Tech to begin  conference action in 2004-05 http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/colleges/6215315.htm  Charlotte Observer - Commentary: Call the ACC  names, but this move was right http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/colleges/6207904.htm  Charlottesville Daily Progress - Commentary: ACC  introduces Virginia Tech, Miami http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle%2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031769923512&path=!news!sports Columbia-The State - Commissioner John Swofford  says league will try to preserve traditional rivalries http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/sports/6215966.htm  Columbia-The State - A look at the 11-member  ACC http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/sports/6217939.htm  Durham Herald-Sun - ACC enters era of "bad  feelings" http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/18-367630.html  Durham Herald-Sun - Virginia Tech AD Jim Weaver the  believer http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/18-367628.html  Durham Herald-Sun - Commentary: Commissioner John  Swofford deserves credit for his vision http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/18-367629.html  Durham Herald-Sun - ACC's addition of Miami and  Virginia Tech could cause a chain reaction in the college bowl  system http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/18-367627.html  Florida Times-Union - Florida State AD Dave Hart:  Expansion talks not over http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070203/spo_12932007.shtml  Florida Times-Union - Commissioner John Swofford:  'Canes, Hokies "fit" in ACC http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070203/spo_12932082.shtml  Greensboro News & Record - Balance shifts from  hoops to football http://www.news-record.com/sports/acc/acchoops02.htm  Greensboro News & Record - League learned  valuable lessons http://www.news-record.com/sports/acc/hardin02.htm  Greensboro News & Record - Members on board  with eyes on the future http://www.news-record.com/sports/acc/acc02a.htm  Greenville News - Is SEC in ACC's eye? http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2003/07/01/200307019411.htm  Greenville News - Clemson President James Barker  likes new ACC http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2003/07/01/200307019410.htm  Greenville News - ACC schedules may look like Big  Ten's http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2003/07/01/200307019425.htm  Greenville News - Commentary: An educational  experience http://greenvilleonline.com/news/sports/2003/07/01/200307019434.htm  Greenville Daily Reflector - Commentary: East  Carolina may be perfect fit for a new Big East http://www.reflector.com/sports/newsfd/auto/feed/sports/2003/07/02/1057120118.04889.3326.3671.html Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot - Commentary: A once  dignified league now looks tarnished http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=56358&ran=136343  Louisville Courier-Journal - Big East has quickly  gone boom to bust http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/07/02/spt-front-east0702-7057.html Louisville Courier-Journal - Big East expansion  wouldn't come quickly http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/07/02/spt-front-join0702-9181.html Louisville Courier-Journal - Commentary: Count  Louisville among the winners http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/endzone/comment/030702forde.html Miami Herald - ACC deal makes sense for Miami in the long  run http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/colleges/university_of_miami/6216019.htm Morgantown Dominion Post - Commentary: Big East's best bet: Be  a bastion of basketball http://www.dominionpost.com/a/sports/2003/07/02/aa/  Morgantown Dominion Post - Commentary: Big East in no hurry to  add teams, and that could be a huge mistake http://www.dominionpost.com/a/sports/2003/07/02/ab/  Morgantown Dominion Post - "Life is going to go on," two West  Virginia coaches say http://www.dominionpost.com/a/sports/2003/07/02/ac/  Morgantown Dominion Post - Marshall AD Bob Marcum saw it  coming; "Thought Big East vulnerable" http://www.dominionpost.com/a/sports/2003/07/02/ad/  Morgantown Dominion Post - Louisville steps it up in football;  however, school still about roundball first http://www.dominionpost.com/a/sports/2003/07/02/ae/  Orlando Sentinel - ACC parties, minus a guest http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/seminoles/orl-sptacc02070203jul02,0,1854681.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Commentary: Big East breakup  not all bad for Pittsburgh, West Virginia http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pitt/20030702future0702p1.asp  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Football coach Walt Harris says  Pitt's future still bright http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pitt/20030702beast0702p3.asp  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Commentary: Big East must define its  future http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/columnists/20030702smizik0702p1.asp  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Central Florida and Marshall would  be honored if called by Big East http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/s_142715.html  Providence Journal - Commentary: At least in the NFL they sell  it like it is http://www.projo.com/pc/content/projo_20030702_02jdcol.7878c.html Raleigh News-Observer - Now it's official http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/story/2663675p-2470069c.html Raleigh News-Observer - Commentary: 12th team may be .....  Kentucky? http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/story/2663676p-2470101c.html Richmond Times-Dispatch - Welcome aboard; Virginia Commonwealth  universities have a common conference http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/colleges/MGBDGS8TMHD.html  Richmond Times-Dispatch - Commentary: In case of ACC expansion, change  isn't always good http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/colleges/MGBSRQSOMHD.html  Richmond Times-Dispatch - Up next for the league, scheduling http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/colleges/MGBDN9DVMHD.html  Roanoke Times - Virginia Tech AD Jim Weaver enjoys night of  acceptance http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story151789.html  Roanoke Times - Big East vows not to punish Virginia Tech teams http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vt_football/9401.html  Syracuse Post-Standard - Big East looks outside the box http://www.syracuse.com/sports/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1036229807264110.xml OTHER CONFERENCES  Charlotte - AD Judy Rose expected more conference  shakeups (Charlotte Observer) http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/colleges/6215334.htm  Conference USA - Keeping one eye on shakeup  (Jackson Clarion-Ledger) http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0307/02/s03.html  Conference USA - Commentary: Don't panic: Still time for sane  thought (Memphis Commercial Appeal) http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/other_sports/article/0,1426,MCA_1757_2081925,00.html General - Commentary: Conference calls made  for change (Denver Post) http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~111~1489182,00.html  Hawaii - Commentary: WAC a bad fit for UH  volleyball (Honolulu Advertiser) http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/current/sp/ferd  MAC - Commentary: In the world of intercollegiate  athletics, don't ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee (DeKalb Daily  Chronicle) http://www.daily-chronicle.com/display/inn_sports/sports02.txt  PAC 10 - Prefers to leave expansion to others (Orange County  Register) http://www2.ocregister.com/ocrweb/ocr/article.do?id=46143&section=SPORTS&subsection=SPORTS&year=2003&month=7&day=2 UCF - New home for UCF still on horizon (Orlando  Sentinel) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/knights/orl-sptucf02a070203jul02,0,4631338.story?coll=orl-sports-headlines Western Michigan - Impact of conference  realignments could eventually be felt at WMU (Kalamazoo Gazette) http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/sports-0/1057141201180430.xml










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