I read with interest and an open mind Ed Hardin’s N&R column on the ACC’s hand in this big game of conference poker going on.

Hardin has a tendency to ramble and repeat himself, and this column is no exception. But he’s right when he says “(r)eason has no cards in this game.” And yes, the SEC is going to go looking, and it is possible that they could squire a couple of ACC schools.

But the Big East luring Duke and Carolina? That’s plain whack, in my humble opinion.