Quote:Virginia’s Governor issued marching orders: UVA President John Casteen could only support an ACC Expansion vote that included Virginia Tech.

Quote:On June 18, 2003, the ACC Presidents voted to include Virginia Tech in the expansion process. The league’s CEOs made the decision when it appeared the league could not get the required seven votes for expansion any other way.

Things got really wild on June 24, 2003, as a league wide conference call was held to consider various routes to expand the membership. The Presidents voted to expand from nine-to eleven!??? Miami and Virginia Tech were invited to join the ACC. No one else.

Once sure of their direction, the ACC CEO’s were forced by Mark Warner’s power play to chart a new course for expansion on the fly.