to pay the bills and that the pro markets of the north were not into college football. He was hired by the basketball schools and thus he catered to them. The ACC could see that football was the cash cow and also saw that Flunky State could not continue to carry the torch for the ACC. Once VT and Miami bolted, and later BC, the Big East was mortally wounded. After Syracuse and Pitt left, the only thing left was the basketball schools, and we see what happened there.