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Something that has really been eating at me, besides Marley and Me's depressing ending, is the fact that the ACC now not only has a grip on Dick Vitale's nuts, but also has a grip on his colleagues, in the form of their diplomas.

So now, not only do I have to be forcefed crappy-to-mediocre basketball played by overrated teams, but when one of them beats the latest 300-or higher rated RPI team, I have to either hear them talk about it during the game, or embellish it after the game.

A short list of the ESPN on-air employees and where they took their kegstands...

Jay Bilas, Jay Williams-Duke
Scott Van Pelt, Len Elmore-Maryland

Suzy Kolber-Miami

Hubert Davis, Stuart Scott, Brad Daughtery-North Carolina

And this doesn't include Duke's Mike Gminski and recently retired Wake Forest's Billy (Fudge) Packer from CBS. So far, thats all I got, if you think of anymore, feel free to comment and let me know so I can add to this arrogance orgy.

Yes, a majority of these people are relegated to college basketball. But as a person who treats the NCAA men's basketball tournament like the first time I saw boobies, this irks me like no other.

What could be the reason for this? Are graduates of the ACC simply better prepared for today's workforce? Are they that talented? Does Dick Vitale do the interviews? It's a conundrum, really.

I just don't see what the problem with hiring a few prime talents from other conferences, the Missouri Valley and Sun Belt Conferences are ripe with talent...and will be...say around December of 2009.