ACC Expantion

[PantherPaul]

Probably doesn't mean a thing but since UNCs new AD is a Notre Dame alum I wonder if the ACC would get him to help entice the Irish to join?

 

[Collin]

Actually, it is an answer and a quite accurate one at that.

No, it's not an answer at all. It's as "valid" as saying that Kate Upton might want to marry me just because she hasn't married someone else. The ACC invited Pittsburgh & Syracuse. They have no reason to wait any longer if they want to invite another school if that school wants in, and UConn clearly wants in. UConn hasn't been invited because the ACC doesn't want to invite them.

Probably doesn't mean a thing but since UNCs new AD is a Notre Dame alum I wonder if the ACC would get him to help entice the Irish to join?

 

[Collin]

And you rephrasing your unbacked assertions into a negative proof? With an actual article that contradicts your assertions already posted in the thread? Well, that's pretty much short bus stupid.

I realize that the article is the only thing you can cling to in order to avoid admitting how you embarrassed yourself, but I've already shown that the article is bullshit because no one school can block an invitation. It would take four. Therefore the article was false, just as so many others were when speculating about conference realignment. You refuse to answer my question because you're a coward who knows he's wrong, but doesn't want to admit it.

 

[kshead]

I realize that the article is the only thing you can cling to in order to avoid admitting how you embarrassed yourself, but I've already shown that the article is bullshit because no one school can block an invitation. It would take four. Therefore the article was false, just as so many others were when speculating about conference realignment.

Haven't stopped laughing...

While Syracuse presented no problem, UConn did - to BC, which was still fuming over what it perceived to be vitriolic comments made when BC was finally invited to join the ACC and started competing in 2005. UConn and Pittsburgh filed a lawsuit against BC, and Calhoun made comments about never playing BC again.

DeFilippo does not deny that BC opposed the inclusion of UConn.

“We didn’t want them in,’’ he said. “It was a matter of turf. We wanted to be the New England team.’’

Turning to Pittsburgh BC officials argued that Pittsburgh, with a stronger tradition in football, as well as a long-established - though dormant - rivalry with the Eagles, would be a better fit.

Although BC and UConn are the only FBS schools in New England, BC officials were reluctant to give UConn any more credence. Membership in the ACC would do that.

UConn had already reached milestones that BC had not - including national championships in men’s and women’s basketball and a BCS bid in football. And there was the lawsuit.

Duke and North Carolina, who have thrived as rivals and neighbors, didn’t quite understand the passion behind BC’s argument, but Pittsburgh seemed like a reasonable alternative. Under Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh had established itself as a national power in men’s basketball, so the Tobacco Road contingent didn’t argue. Calls were made and invitations were accepted.

 

[Collin]

The article was proven false, kshead. You cling to it because you've humiliated yourself and have nothing else to avoid admitting that you're a dumbass.

 

[kshead]

And again,

A real reporter trumps your assertions from your mommy and daddy's basement that the ACC didn't want them at all.

 

[kshead]

The article was proven false, kshead. You cling to it because you've humiliated yourself and have nothing else to avoid admitting that you're a dumbass.

LOL. No it wasn't. You're fucking stupid to the point of delusional. Or delusional to the point of stupid. Not sure which.

 

[Collin]

It takes four schools in order to block any school's invitation, therefore the author of your article was clearly either ignorant or a liar. In either case, he was undeniably wrong. You cling to that disproven article because you have nothing else. You're a dumbass who lost an argument yet again, but you don't want to admit to yourself or anyone else what useless garbage you truly are.

 

[Collin]

Someone in the Panthers forum posted a report that the Panthers were interested in trading for Brandon Lloyd. Because it appeared in the media, it has to be true, right?

 

[kshead]

It takes four schools in order to block any school's invitation, therefore the author of your article was clearly either ignorant or a liar. In either case, he was undeniably wrong. You cling to that disproven article because you have nothing else. You're a dumbass who lost an argument yet again, but you don't want to admit to yourself or anyone else what useless garbage you truly are.

Yawn.

Duke and North Carolina, who have thrived as rivals and neighbors, didn’t quite understand the passion behind BC’s argument, but Pittsburgh seemed like a reasonable alternative. Under Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh had established itself as a national power in men’s basketball, so the Tobacco Road contingent didn’t argue. Calls were made and invitations were accepted.

Don't forget this, which doesn't require invoking a negative proof.

The second target was Connecticut, which was part of the Northeast footprint the ACC wanted, and was coming off the daily double of a BCS bid in football and a championship in men’s basketball (the third for Jim Calhoun).