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Recall, when the ACC first went after old Big East schools not many years ago, that was a stunning, entirely unexpected and unprecedented happening. That action triggered the entire conference "realignment" process.

And, it was all about money...nothing else.

The Big 12 will be satisfied with 10 schools until it's not.

Re the unexpected....on and off for years there has been talk that FSU is not satisfied with the ACC and that it is a better fit with the SEC. Should the day come that the SEC feels expanding to 16 schools will increase the size of the pie enough to increase revenue by $2 million, let's say, for each of the 16 schools....and the SEC goes after FSU and one other school, hang on to your hats. That sort of thing likely would trigger raids among the current Power 5 and the AAC.

None of this affects UD directly, of course, because FB drives the bus. But it is a reminder that unexpected things can happen. I think the AAC is dealing with its situation very well by recognizing that the only aspect of its future it can control is focusing on making its conference as good as it can possibly be.

The common sense of such an approach is entirely obvious. So obvious that one wonders why one or more BB-only conferences like the A10 don't adopt a similar strategy, i.e, "The best thing we can do to ensure a bright future is to do what it takes to be as good as we can possibly be".

I still think that is our best bet. A really good commissioner would help. Our's seems almost invisible....she's surely not an activist.