(12-11-2017 01:40 PM)SC-KNIGHT Wrote:  Villanova should have moved their FB up to FBS when the BE offer was on the table. If they played at the FBS level they would certainly be on the ACC's radar at any point in time for the Philly market and TV sets. I'd still try to move up if I were them at this point (MAC-AAC FB only) to position themselves for the next potential realignment period around 2024 / 2025. BC, Pitt, Cuse, Miami, L'Ville, and VT would vote for them in the ACC if they had FB at the FBS level to go along with their BB program.

So a Villanova program that is a start-up, and most likely not been competitive for the first several years, would have been seen as more valuable than a UConn/Cincinnati/USF/etc.? I don't think so. UConn was passed over due to its weak football program. No way Villanova would have been approved for similar reasons.

Villanova not starting up football was one of best decisions their administration could have made. There was simply too much money to be invested into a potential program with too little guarantees for return, with or without an ACC invitation.