The Metro Conference never achieved the substantial expansion outlined by the booklet ; in 1991 , Florida State joined the ACC , South Carolina moved into the SEC , and Boston College , Miami , Pitt , Syracuse , and Virginia Tech began playing football in the Big East . However , Raycom 's plan established the blueprint for future superconference creation by emphasizing the importance of using conference expansion to add major markets and increase the conference footprint by expanding into new regions of the country and ultimately securing a significant number of the television households in the United States . According to former Louisville athletic director Bill Olsen , much of the move toward superconferences that has occurred since 2010 is reminiscent of the Metro Conference 's plans and ambitions . The Metro itself ultimately dissolved in 1995 , when its remnants joined a number of former members of the Great Midwest to form the football-sponsoring Conference USA ( C-USA )
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