re: Tennessean: SEC expansion to 16 coming, Expect VaTech+NCState

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Not sure why the towns really matter.

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As far as geographic footprint, tv market, money, etc., they don't. I'm just talking about this as a fan of college football who enjoys going to away games. If you're a die hard NCSU fan, sorry, everything I'm about to say is probably going to piss you off.

I'd much rather see Ole Miss play a cross divisional game in Chapel Hill rather than Raleigh though. Tailgating at NC State sucks. The location of the stadium is inconvenient as hell, and once you get there, all of the tailgating is scattered in dirt parking lots (at least the fraternity ones/ones with college aged kids). Hillsborough Street is alright (I love East Village), but pretty meh as far as college bars go.

In contrast, everything in Chapel Hill is far more centralized. I'll take Franklin Street over Hillsborough any day, and the tailgating reminds me a lot of Ole Miss. Don't know, maybe it's just because Chapel Hill is so reminiscent of Athens and Oxford to me.

At the end of the day though, if UNC is out of the picture, I definitely want NC State in the conference considering I live in Raleigh. Sorry to bash your school, hope y'all wind up in the SEC, .....if UNC can't