(05-28-2020 09:11 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(05-27-2020 11:31 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(05-27-2020 08:47 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(05-27-2020 05:22 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(05-26-2020 07:03 PM)CrazyPaco Wrote:  Pitt wasn't never PSU's friend and would never be a poke in the eye to OSU. Whether or not the ACC was interested, Pitt was still nationally relevant and a peer program to PSU at the end of the 80s. There couldn't be an eastern conference formed in the 80s without Pitt and PSU. You needed both. They wouldn't submit to the other for various reasons and egos that are out of the scope of this thread and that is why it never happened. In 1981 Pitt was invited into the Big East in a strategic move to keep Syracuse and BC in place because PSU was trying to rip them out. Joe Paterno would never have allowed Pitt to move to the ACC if they had gone there, and PSU still will never allow Pitt into the B10, and that has been spoken to publicly by Ohio State's former AD.

If Corriagan had been successful in landing both Syracuse and Florida State to expand to 10, his next move to get to 12 (championship game/match the SEC), would have been to add Pitt and Notre Dame.

When Syracuse (AD, Jake Crouthamel) showed little interest only Florida State was added.

Notre Dame almost joined anyway even after Corrigan retired and was replaced by Swofford, but the ACC Presidents foolishly rejected the 7 year phase in plan that Swofford had previously negotiated with the Irish.

When the ACC finally got around to talking about moving to 12 members (in order to add a championship game for football), the ACC presidents opted to utilize a TV consulting firm to evaluate potential candidates.
The consulting's firm suggestion was: Boston College, Syracuse and Miami.

What was the 7 year phase in plan?

Is there a link talking about the 7 year phase in plan?

None, because it never happened. The ACC fans claimed back in 2003 that this was a done deal but......nothing.

There may have been some talks between the ACC and Kevin White (whom ND could not wait to get well rid of) but nothing formal ever came from it.

Certainly, the idea was never given over to the ND Board of Trustees to vote on, like their London rejection of the Big Ten in 1999.

P.S. I was also assured back in 2012-13 that there was a "secret deal" between ND and the ACC on football membership that was being "hidden" from ND fans so the latter could get used to ACC membership. That fantasy never happened, either.

That's what I figured. Spent an hour yesterday scouring google and the internet for information on this:

Quote:Notre Dame almost joined anyway even after Corrigan retired and was replaced by Swofford, but the ACC Presidents foolishly rejected the 7 year phase in plan that Swofford had previously negotiated with the Irish.

and came up empty-handed. It's being referenced like it's fact, but there's nothing verifying it.