Unlike Notre Dame, Texas does not have a significant history with playing ACC schools in football, basketball, and baseball, other than rare bowl matchups, tournament encounters, and random scheduling by individual schools over long periods of time. The travel distances and the geography doesn't lend itself to a natural fit.

Frankly, Texas is fretting and projecting being coy. Their attitude always gets in the way.

As to the ACC, a situation of housing two prominent schools that refuse to give their all to the conference in football, is not a characterization of strength. The BIG, SEC, and PAC12 would not accommodate a hybrid situation unless it is for one olympic-style team sport whereby the conference doesn't have the full contingent of conference members sponsoring the sport.

Notre Dame doesn't want to be in the BIG; and Texas in the past has rejected the SEC. Fine, but don't contribute to the enabling.