Good mornin' everybody, news of the day............

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Good mornin\' everybody, news of the day............

Pasqualoni believes Orange will recover (Syracuse Post Standard)

Painful process yields joy (Roanoke.com)

Saying goodbye tougher for women (Roanoke.com)

Hokies have arrived (News Observer)

Hokie dream a reality (News Observer)

Beaming with pride about his program (News Observer)

Rumors plentiful about potential 12th member of ACC (Winston-Salem Journal)

It's time for USC to think about ACC (The State)

Barker says expansion strengthens ACC (The State)

Braine makes right move on Hewitt (AJC)


ABC to televise UM-UF (Miami Herald)

UConn an option in Big East for '04 (Boston Globe)

UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway may watch UConn football play in the Big East sooner than expected. (AP Photo)

 

[ahsoisee]

Re: Good mornin\' everybody, news of the day............

Pasqualoni has the right idea and mentality. Sometimes things do work out for the better.

I can see many bright spots that could be workable. As stated previously, they have really gotten rid of a team that is a big burden on the Big East for travel. Like another article stated, "how did Miami ever become a member of the BE anyway".

If they get with some schools and work with those schools and let them have a say in the expansion partners, I believe they could do quite well.

All the present schools could set up a meeting with their ADs, Penn State, and Notre Dame. If Penn State and Notre Dame thought each other would enter the league together, it is a very viable possibility.

Now you have Syracuse, Boston College, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Connecticutt, Notre Dame, and Penn State in the same conference. That is not a shabby start. Pull in Cincinnati and it looks better.

Pull in a Marshall and possibly a Saint Louis and the prospects begin to look good.

They always have Rutgers and Temple, and Navy could be a possibility. Who knows, they might snatch Maryland away eventually.

There are possibilities there. It is all in the perspective and ability of the leaders of that conference to be persuasive.