Boston College Officially Joins Atlantic Coast Conference
July 01, 2005 | Boston College Athletics
July 1, 2005
Boston College officially became the 12th member of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Friday, July 1, one day after celebrating the move with a media luncheon in the new Yawkey Athletic Center and an evening barbeque for athletics department staff and their families at Fenway Park.
Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo and ACC Commissioner John Swofford spoke before nearly 80 members of the media and Boston College athletics department staff at Thursday's luncheon.
"I am absolutely thrilled that we are joining the ACC as the 12th member, making it a conference that truly stretches down the Atlantic seaboard," DeFilippo said at the luncheon. "It's been a bumpy road and a roller coaster ride, but we are joining the best academic and athletic conference in the nation."
Boston College administrators and ACC officials continued the celebration later that evening at Fenway Park with a family barbeque as the countdown to midnight continued.
The university formally accepted an invitation to join the ACC on October 12, 2003. Boston College will compete with Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest in the Atlantic Division. Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia and Virginia Tech comprise the Coastal Division.
The Eagles' first ACC contest will take place on Saturday, Sept. 17, when the football team hosts the Florida State Seminoles at Alumni Stadium (game time is to be determined).
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