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"We are a thousand percent committed to the ACC and committed to making this the best program and best conference we possibly can," Swinney told reporters Tuesday before the start of the Dabo Swinney Football Camp. "It has really been very frustrating (from a recruiting standpoint). I think there has been a lot of irresponsible blogging, reporting or whatever you want to call it (about changing conferences). It has been a real distraction."

The boosters, bloggers and fans driving the "ditch the ACC" agenda could not have orchestrated a more effective misinformation campaign. Their bluster and volume have drowned out the more reserved voices which have called for a deeper inspection of this issue. Any one of these myths taking hold would be powerful, all five taking hold has had extraordinary influence.