It's no secret why the ACC is considered a weakling football league and doesn't have the drawing power or TV allure of the big-boy conferences. It's not that the ACC has let down Florida State; it's that Florida State – and Miami – have let down the ACC. If these two programs had remained the dominant, dynastic powers they were a decade ago, the ACC would be considered one of the premier leagues in college football. Instead, the Seminoles and Hurricanes have become the biggest disappointment along Tobacco Road since the Marlboro Man snuffed out his last cigarette.

This is not to say the Seminoles don't have every right to explore the possibility of moving to the Big 12 and making significantly more TV money, but spare us the whining about the ACC being a basketball conference. The reason it's a basketball conference is because FSU and Miami have failed miserably in making it a football conference.