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October 11, 2003
Boston College to Join A.C.C.
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Boston College will agree to leave the Big East Conference to become the 12th member of the Atlantic Coast Conference when an official invitation is offered tomorrow, an A.C.C. university official said yesterday.
The presidents of the 11 A.C.C. universities will hold a conference call tomorrow to vote, and Boston College is expected to be overwhelmingly approved. Boston College will immediately accept, the university official said.
In June, Miami and Virginia Tech announced that they would leave the Big East for the A.C.C. starting next season. With the addition of Boston College, the A.C.C. will be in position to hold a football championship game worth an additional $10 million.
Spokesmen for Boston College and the Big East declined to comment. A.C.C. officials could not be reached for comment.
The defection of Boston College would leave the Big East severely weakened and set the stage for more conference jumping. The Big East is pursuing four colleges from Conference USA, university officials from both conferences said.
Louisville and Cincinnati have improving football programs to go with established basketball programs. They would join Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Syracuse, Connecticut and Rutgers in a Big East football division (Temple has been voted out after 2004). Conference USA's Marquette and DePaul, which do not play football but have excellent basketball reputations, are being courted to join the Big East's nonfootball sports.
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At least they picked a school who's state is on the Atlantic Coast, hint Atlantic Coast Conference. I think the ACC may become one of the premier football conferences now.
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