The invitation is now official:
http://www.sportsline.com/general/story/6715523
Quote:
ACC votes to invite BC, will get conference title game
Oct. 12, 2003
SportsLine.com wire reports
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Atlantic Coast Conference's presidents and chancellors voted Sunday to invite Boston College to join the league as its 12th member.
If the school accepts, the ACC would have enough members to stage a lucrative league championship football game.
"Now that the vote has been taken, we look forward to a strong academic partnership and collaboration should Boston College accept," North Carolina State chancellor Marye Anne Fox told the Associated Press on Sunday.
Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo would only say Sunday morning that he had "no confirmation" of the offer.
A message left for an ACC spokesman wasn't immediately returned. The league was expected to make a formal announcement later Sunday.
Miami and Virginia Tech were added to the nine-team conference in June and will begin play in 2004.
Boston College and Syracuse were in the ACC's original expansion plans, but were voted down in favor of adding the Hurricanes and Hokies.
ACC bylaws require campus visits of each school being considered for prospective membership. That requirement was satisfied before ACC presidents initially rejected Boston College for membership in June.
NCAA rules require that a conference have 12 schools to stage a league championship game.
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Personally, I don't think Boston College should accept. Travel expenses would be through the roof, and now they're at the top of the heap (albeit a diminished heap) of the "Big" East that will still be part of the BCS on the next go-around.