If Bevacqua wants to apologize for being an egregious jerk and instigating his program’s rather large fan base to be egregious jerks, fine. Otherwise, it really doesn’t matter how programs or their fans feel about one another or the ACC. We are in an every man for himself era. The ACC will cease to exist as we know it in five to eight years. If Notre Dame wants out, so be it. Unless Notre Dame is ready for membership in the Big Ten or SEC - and most think it isn’t - Notre Dame athletics will suffer as much or more than the ACC. The ACC does not need Notre Dame basketball or baseball or lacrosse or soccer. The ACC has plenty of that, usually at a higher quality, among its other members. The ACC does not need two or three Notre Dame football games per year. For most ACC schools, that means no more than one more visit from the Irish before the ACC is over. We are all too busy playing games against the Stanfords and Cals that Notre Dame played a large part in foisting upon us, or SMU that was brought in for a quick money grab, or the products of past mistakes like Syracuse and Boston College, or long time members like Wake Forest that are in over their head, or other members who haven’t been able to get out of their own way for too long, like Florida State and UNC and NC State and, honestly, Virginia Tech. I think I speak for most Virginia Tech fans in saying the ACC is not what we thought we we were joining in 2003. And it is no better and arguably worse than the particular iteration of the Big East we left. Blow it all up. Blow it all up this afternoon. If Notre Dame or UNC or anyone else wants to pull the pin, I am here to watch. Smoke’em while you got’em. I have no idea what the future holds for Virginia Tech. I just know it won’t be any worse than the mess that is the current ACC. So let’s just get on with it. ** Edited by Tailgate Guru at 12/11/2025, 8:36:34 AM