Happy for my Cards but with the craziness of realignment I think it could be a short term gain. I've heard its a possibility for Clemson, Ga Tech, and FSU to join SEC. I feel the ACC could become like the Big East with other conferences taking their schools. Wonder how WV is feeling now? Having to travel all the way to the Big 12 Schools with no rivalries. Would they have been invited to ACC if they were still in Big East? For the record I hate that the Big East is breaking apart in basketball. Best Basketball conference ever. In my opinion the Big East helped build ESPN in to the empire it is with all those great rivalry games and Big Monday. Now most people feel ESPN is the reason for its demise.

 

I'm not buying it on Clemson, Ga. Tech and FSU. This whole thing has been about "markets" and "expanding footprints." None of those three schools do that for the SEC. To my mind, the Big XII is the bigger worry on those three but unless Texas gives up its prime place of dominance for the good of the league, I don't know that it'll happen. As for SEC expansion, if I'm the ACC, I'm watching the backdoor for Va. Tech or NC State.

Huge! This is great from both a basketball and football standpoint. I hope the league can stay together too...

A pundit noted that you will not hear any ACC presidents or the commish say this was a move about academics.

 

No one bought the Big 10 using that when they recently added MD and RU.

I was just discussing with my rideshare this morning what a huge deal it would be for the non-revenue sports. UL vs Duke Lacrosse! Woot!

 

Is Louisville looking to go D1 in Lacrosse?

Is Louisville looking to go D1 in Lacrosse?

 

The women already are. Louisville uses it to even out Title IX considerations. They have Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Rowing and Volleyball as women's-only sports to try and even out football.

 

I don't see the men going D-I anytime soon though moving to the ACC could change that if they figure out the Title IX issues.

The women already are. Louisville uses it to even out Title IX considerations.

 

I don't see the men going D-I anytime soon though moving to the ACC could change that if they figure out the Title IX issues.

 

Thanks. It would interesting to have 2 D1 programs in the state.

I think this was a great move for UL. It keeps them in 'football league' which was key since that is where the money is. But also moves them in with other great basketball programs. Regular matchups with Duke, NC, NC State, etc. Should be really fun when those match-ups kick in.

 

As pointed out above its about footprints now. UL had no shot of going to SEC since it did not expand the footprint (forget any issues with UK). Big XII was not a good fit from a basketball standpoint. And Petino was against the Big XII - no good Italian restaurants in Iowa!

 

This is a good move. Jurich has done well with this.

To someone who knows more:

 

The ACC just signed a 10-year deal with the Orange Bowl. Can realignment issues mess with that arrangement at all?

 

There's no doubt that the ACC is still on shaky ground but with the B1G, SEC and Big XII all possibly still looking for more teams; there's a lot that will still happen. As a fan, my primary concern remains a stable and top-notch home for football and basketball.

I guess Pitino is tired of getting beat by just Kentucky....now they can add Duke and UNC to the list

Well, I understand that North Carolina's Research Triangle was against Louisville, partly because of academic reasons. Well, clearly I need to just win Powerball tonight and use the money to start a research institute affiliated with the Speed School of Engineering.

 

Don't worry guys, I've got this...

The ACC gets the only school over the last 6 years that has had both a Men's and Women's basketball Final Four appearance, College World Series, NCAA Men's Soccer finals, and a BCS game. They get a school that annually is at the top of college basketball attendance. They get a school with some of the best athletic facilities anywhere. They get a school which may not be overall as academically elite as many others, has been quietly making strides over the last couple of decades.

The ACC gets the only school over the last 6 years that has had both a Men's and Women's basketball Final Four appearance, College World Series, NCAA Men's Soccer finals, and a BCS game. They get a school that annually is at the top of college basketball attendance. They get a school with some of the best athletic facilities anywhere. They get a school which may not be overall as academically elite as many others, has been quietly making strides over the last couple of decades.

 

 

But their member schools have to travel to Louisville at least once every two years.

 

But their member schools have to travel to Louisville at least once every two years.

 

Best place on Earth...ANOTHER bonus for them. . Thanks for reminding me.

They get a school which may not be overall as academically elite as many others, has been quietly making strides over the last couple of decades.

 

It's come a long way. I don't know that it matters to a lot of the people who consider this sort of thing, but they've done well.

 

The U.S. News rankings and garbage like that don't matter but it's not insignificant that UofL is still outside the Top 100 nationally in research and development spending. When college presidents talk about "academics," this is what they mean. Interestingly, Louisville is ahead of Clemson in that regard. It's ahead of a few other ACC schools, but in the case of Wake Forest, Boston College and Notre Dame, research and development aren't why those schools have the outstanding academic reputations they do.

 

Louisville's university endowment has skyrocketed from $315 million 15 years ago to over $700 million. Thanks again to Mr. Owsley Brown-Frazier, I'm sure. Requiescat in pace.

 

Among other interesting numbers, if Louisville were in the ACC this year, only Florida State, Clemson, Va Tech and North Carolina would have better home football attendance. If just 2,000 more fans showed up for each home game, Louisville would also be ahead of North Carolina.

 

It's come a long way. I don't know that it matters to a lot of the people who consider this sort of thing, but they've done well.

 

The U.S. News rankings and garbage like that don't matter but it's not insignificant that UofL is still outside the Top 100 nationally in research and development spending. When college presidents talk about "academics," this is what they mean. Interestingly, Louisville is ahead of Clemson in that regard. It's ahead of a few other ACC schools, but in the case of Wake Forest, Boston College and Notre Dame, research and development aren't why those schools have the outstanding academic reputations they do.

 

Louisville's university endowment has skyrocketed from $315 million 15 years ago to over $700 million. Thanks again to Mr. Owsley Brown-Frazier, I'm sure. Requiescat in pace.

 

Among other interesting numbers, if Louisville were in the ACC this year, only Florida State, Clemson, Va Tech and North Carolina would have better home football attendance. If just 2,000 more fans showed up for each home game, Louisville would also be ahead of North Carolina.

 

There's a significant push over the last 5 years to increase the R&D. The most well-known initiative is in the downtown Medical development. The new building going up on Market is solely for R&D. It won't be long till we make a bit of a jump, IMO. UL has been making a strong emphasis and shows firm commitment to that area. I think that will pay decent dividends in the next decade or so. That's merely my opinion though. You can probably blow holes the size of lunar craters in it. :lol: