Back when that prospective Paterno led conference could have been formed Paterno had a very low opinion of Miami's image and ethics, and I really doubt Miami would have been invited to join that conference that early on. I think the more likely candidate would have been Florida State coached by Bobby Bowden who Paterno really liked. It's been so long ago I can't be sure but I think South Carolina would have still been available to be added if Paterno had wanted to do it. Who knows where it might have gone from there! Maryland was sick and tired of not receiving the respect and power they felt, as a 1952 founding member of the ACC, they deserved and to which they were entitled. They were so frustrated (and who wasn't?) with all the power Tobacco Road possessed. In the old days I had infinitely better sources than I have today (they all retired or passed away!) but I was told nearly every time there was the possibility of a new conference forming or an existing conference expanding Maryland nearly always had a rep on the teleconference call or in attendance at the prearranged meetings that were conducted face to face in some out of the way place like a lounge in an airport somewhere. [The only exception was when the long defunct Metro Conference (when they still had FSU, Louisville, etc) wanted to invite WVU, Pitt, Syracuse and BC to join ranks with the Metro back in the 1980s.] Now some of that may have been Maryland just being curious and some of it may have been about doing competitor intelligence but my friends and I knew people who were on those teleconference calls or attended those meetings and they sincerely believed Maryland genuinely wanted to find a new conference home for a long time. I had no reason to doubt what they told me way back then and I still believe them to this day. Rest in peace my dear friends! By the way, how do you go about editing a post on this message board??? Thank you!😁😁😁