Luke DeCock, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) 3 hrs ago
RALEIGH, N.C. — Everyone's wondering what the ACC will do in response to the SEC adding Oklahoma and Texas, imminently, but the question shouldn't be what the ACC should do but whether it should do anything at all.
It seems a little crazy to stand still and do nothing as expansion panic sweeps the land, yet again, but the ACC's best move is just that. Nothing.
On the one hand, there aren't any good options out there, no schools to poach who would be a net gain in terms of revenue or interest. On the other, the only move that does make sense for the ACC — adding Notre Dame as a full member — doesn't make any sense for Notre Dame.
As long as Notre Dame holds all the cards, the ACC's best move is not to move at all.
As for scheduling, the ACC accidentally dug its own hole on that one. Notre Dame is guaranteed five ACC games and in a pinch could play all three service academies. The Irish can cobble a respectable schedule together at that point no matter what else happens elsewhere.
Which makes what happened a year ago, when the ACC had all the leverage, such a missed opportunity.
Adding Notre Dame is likely the only thing that's going to prise more money out of ESPN before 2036. West Virginia isn't going to move the needle. Nor is Cincinnati or Kansas or anyone else. Not compared to the super-sized SEC.