Watching the Miami FSU games, they crushed the ACC football being bad!!!!

I still think Shalala moving the games an hours drive to the stadium (traffic is horrendous) and her wanting BC and Syracuse instead of VT and WVU first was a huge huge mistake for ACC Football. They could have grabbed BC, Syracuse and Pitt later, but the order of it was terrible for the conference.

Many of you blame Swofford, but Swofford knew either the ACC or the Big East would survive and he wanted Miami like anybody would have at the time. So he said to Shalala what schools do you want to come with you. She said BC and Syracuse first...what a huge huge mistake!!!! Then she signs a 25 year deal to make the games an hours drive away instead of doing something near the campus!!! She not only hurt Miami, but she hurt the whole ACC!!!
What a frickin waste!!!!

Rant over for now!!!

Posted: 05/14/2020 at 9:10PM

Watching the Miami FSU games, they crushed the ACC football being bad!!!! -- Stech 05/14/2020 9:10PM

Orange Bowl was falling apart - useful life coming to an end. ** -- PadrosWindup 05/15/2020 1:59PM

True, but should have worked with the Marlins to rebuild it instead of an -- Stech 05/15/2020 7:33PM

Rebuild it? The plan was always to build the Marlins a baseball stadium. -- GreencastleHokie 05/16/2020 4:56PM

Again work with the Marlins, they have not had the fans or recruiting since -- Stech 05/16/2020 5:25PM

Pitt has had the same problem -- UpperQuad 06/12/2020 01:56AM

That assumes that the Marlins were willing. I doubt they -- GreencastleHokie 05/16/2020 5:27PM

Ideally a multiple National Champion builds it’s own stadium, but the Canes -- Stech 05/17/2020 01:04AM

I agree, I thought the orange bowl and that neighborhood revitalized -- Mercury 05/18/2020 4:29PM

The time period on the lease was the worst part of it. ** -- Stech 05/18/2020 7:11PM

Miami is not one of the more wealthy members of the ACC. -- HOO86 05/17/2020 12:38AM

I understand, that’s why I said ideally, again to bad they didn’t work with -- Stech 05/17/2020 01:09AM

Ok. Understand. She tried to deal with David Beckham, but it fell through -- HOO86 05/17/2020 01:19AM

However, the business decisions at universities are largely made by the -- Gadfly 05/17/2020 08:39AM

17 years left killed it, she admitted her mistake, but she couldn’t change -- Stech 05/17/2020 06:43AM

Exactly. Add to that . -- MrFantastic! 05/18/2020 08:33AM

Totally disagree. Neither site was on the U campus Google the drive time -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 05/16/2020 07:25AM

I have family down there, it’s an hour drive with traffic, big difference -- Stech 05/16/2020 08:28AM

ACC allowing her to dictate was telling. YES WVU, VT and the U ** -- MrFantastic! 05/15/2020 06:42AM

Two basketball conferences fighting out for football, he had no leverage, -- Stech 05/15/2020 07:52AM

And I think the Big Least was slightly better in football than the ACC -- EDGEMAN 05/15/2020 08:49AM

Too many agendas in the Big East for it to be successful in all sports ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 05/15/2020 7:34PM

The only way would have survived is if football broke off & grabbed P5 -- Stech 05/16/2020 08:36AM

I will always take BEFC football 1990-2003 over ACC 2004-2019 -- PadrosWindup 05/15/2020 2:04PM

5 of the 6 members of the BEFC you're referring to are in the ACC now. -- HOO86 05/16/2020 10:52PM

Not the ACC, Shalala, she blew it! ** -- Stech 05/15/2020 7:34PM

Watching the Miami FSU games, they crushed the ACC football being bad!!!!

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