ACC and other leagues celebrate official additions of new members

Several conferences are welcoming new schools to the fold on Monday.

By Steven Muma@akulawolf Jul 1, 2013, 9:28am EDT

It's July 1, and that means several conferences are celebrating the official additions of new schools, which may or may not render some regionally-themed conference names ridiculous. But then again, we're already well beyond the point where the actual official number included in a conference name should be presumed accurate.

The ACC is in New York City to celebrate the additions of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame -- the Irish joining in every sport save football, of course -- and they brought the mascots with them. Let's just check in to see how that trip is going --

"@cu_athletics: @TheTiger_CU takes a Harbor Cruise on the Hudson River headed to the Statue of Liberty! #ACCTakesNYC pic.twitter.com/SdyTjcaJ9D"
— The ACC (@theACC) June 30, 2013

AAAH

Well that got weird in a hurry.

Here we see N.C. State's Mr. Wuf, who appears to have caught a bra and several anterior cruciate ligaments:

A couple more highlights from the ACC boat cruise:

(photos via the ACC)

In other and generally less awkward expansion announcements, both the AAC and the Mountain West released videos to commemorate their respective additions: