(02-21-2018 06:52 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  I doubt SC would go for the ACC, considering the circumstances of their departure and the fact that the SEC desired them. VT would have been a good choice. If at that time they're willing to add Miami, with such a poor basketball pedigree until then, why not VT? WV might be problematic due to academics. Wasn't Syracuse considered?

South Carolina has attempted to rejoin the ACC twice since the left.

Syracuse was contacted before the call was made to Florida State.

At the annual ACC meetings on May 22 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Florida State was mentioned for the first time. The discussions led Corrigan to schedule another meeting on July 25 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., in the exact room where the conference was formed in 1953.

Frustrated by the league's lack of focus on the expansion issue, Corrigan opted for a different approach at the Sedgefield meeting.

"I said, 'Let's make believe that we've agreed to expand. Each one of you has to write down a name of school,' " Corrigan recalled.

The secret ballot of member schools turned up four votes each for Syracuse and Florida State.

By the close of the four-hour meeting, Corrigan had permission from the ACC athletic directors to approach both schools to gauge interest. His first call was to Syracuse A.D. Jake Crouthamel. Crouthamel expressed interest, but because the Orangemen were charter members of the Big East, said the ACC would have to build a strong case. Corrigan, however, was not interested in wining and dining and told Crouthamel: "Just forget I called."

His call to Goin, however, yielded a different response.

"Bob said, 'Oh my goodness, I was hoping there was some interest [from] the ACC,'" Corrigan said.

http://nolefan.org/summary/fsu_acc.html


Miami BTW rejected the SEC too!
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-26/s...1_big-east

Miami Decides Against Joining the SEC : College football: School says it will still consider membership in Big East or ACC.
September 26, 1990|STEVEN WINE | ASSOCIATED PRESS
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The University of Miami will continue to study possible affiliation with the Big East and Atlantic Coast conferences, and has eliminated the Southeastern Conference and Metro Conference from consideration, school president Edward Foote said today.