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ACC needs Miami, Florida State to thrive

By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

PINEHURST, N.C. -- When the ACC raided the Big East for Boston College, Miami and Virginia Tech, the longtime college basketball superconference was supposed to become just as successful in football. But as the ACC enters its third season with 12 teams, two divisions and a conference championship game, it's not any better than when it started. In fact, it's not any better than the depleted Big East -- let alone the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 or SEC. Wake Forest, which never had won more tha ...

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