The news out of the ACC on Friday morning that the league is bringing in Stanford, California and SMU marks another paradigm shift for both the Atlantic Coast Conference and the rapidly changing landscape of college sports.
The ACC now stretches to the Pacific Ocean and into the heart of Texas, as the league expands to 18 athletic departments and 17 football programs.
Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir said the news came to him at 2 a.m. in his hotel room in Hawai'i, where the Cardinal are playing Friday night.