The commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference led his membership into the first large-scale "raid" of another big-time college athletic conference back in 2004 and 2005.  That expansion helped the ACC reach a lucrative increase in their football media rights with ABC/ESPN of over $35 million per year, but it created some bitter enemies from the remaining Big East members.

That deal expires after the 2011 spring semester, along with the basketball contract with long-time partner Raycom Sports.  By design, the ACC wanted to create leverage by having the two revenue sports deals offered up simultaneously.

But the recent collegiate conference landscape has some major rumblings that had many outsid...

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