1st, ECU will never get an invite to the ACC. Pin that.
2nd, interesting to think if WVU and UL could convince Cindy to get the band back together in the ACC. Add UCONN and maybe some other AAC school to fill one or two holes and you'd have the BE 3.0 but a bit sturdier....
3rd, folks outside of NC don't understand the hate betweem Duke and UNC@Chap. If UNC@Chap moves on to greener pastures and the ACC gets watered down, Duke might just cancell football or go Indy. Think Utah and BYU....
4th, Not sure if I care too much at this point about realignment. We have a path to the playoff. About the best we could ever hope for.
5th, the distillation of college football to two Mega Conferences, SEC and BIG10, will have a leveling affect amongst the other conferences. Eventualy SEC and BIG will become officially semi-pro (hell already now with the $$$) and the rest of us will be playing college ball. Do well in the Bottom 10, you might get a call up to one of the Mega 2. They have already set this part up.
I could see a "regulaion: happening to the bottom teams in the SEC and BIG as they chase the $$$ to the bitter end...