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re: Interesting front on the rumor mill
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:25 pm to shinerfan
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:25 pm to shinerfan
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Every Miami grad I've met loathes the football program and would willingly abolish the entire Athletic Dept. just to get rid of football. Its not that big of a sample size, only five, but they're all pretty passionate on the subject.
you can look at their attendance to football games and realize there is not a whole lot of athletic passion in the fanbase.
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Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:31 pm to oklahogjr
Y'all need to pipe down about Missouri and the south.
This is old school, which means it's legit.
This is old school, which means it's legit.
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:34 pm to oklahogjr
Its a unique alumni base. The one's I've met have all been involved in Central and South American politics & commerce. They also seem to think Miami's academic standing is comparable to the Ivy League and its the football team singlehandedly bringing down their reputation.
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:37 pm to Cpt. Tiger
What happens to FSU in all of this? They go to Big12 too?
Madness
Madness
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:44 pm to Cpt. Tiger
I doubt it. I was listening to ESPN radio (not the best source but whatever), and the president of UNC said that he does not want to be the one that causes the ACC to fall apart. He also added that if it is evident that the ACC is doomed, they are gone, but that does not appear to be the case yet.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:51 pm to UAFanFromNOLA
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I doubt it. I was listening to ESPN radio (not the best source but whatever), and the president of UNC said that he does not want to be the one that causes the ACC to fall apart. He also added that if it is evident that the ACC is doomed, they are gone, but that does not appear to be the case yet.
Sounds like the PC thing to say... I remember going through this process and even when things were clear as day that we were trying to leave, for legal reasons they couldn't admit it.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:53 pm to Cpt. Tiger
I don't think anyone can trust any of those WVU guys now. They've just been throwing stuff out there for a long time now, and the only rhyme or reason behind any of it seems to be their hate for the ACC and their desire to see it stripped apart. I don't think any of those guys know anything. They're just generating hits now.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:54 pm to UAFanFromNOLA
Here's a potential 16-team, 4 pod scheduling system:
Pod 1 (Sunshine Peach Division): Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia
Pod 2 (Appalachian): Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Pod 3 (River Basin): Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Pod 4 (Gulf-Osark): Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Texas A&M
For scheduling:
Rule 1: You always play the teams in your pod. (3 conference games)
Rule 2: You must play the three equivalent teams in the other pods based off of the previous season's finish (example, Alabama would play LSU, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt based off first place finishes by all four teams)
Rule 3: You cannot play more than 2 schools in another pod in the same season unless it's during the championship game.
Rule 4: You can have one permanent cross-pod rivalry (Alabama/Tennessee, Georgia/South Carolina, can't think of any other one) in addition to rule 2 as applicable. Otherwise, the remaining two nonconference games are randomized between the 9 remaining schools not already on your schedule. (three in a 9-game noncon schedule)
Conference Championship game: Top two Division winners play for it all. Tiebreakers are head to head, record vs. cross-pod opponents, record vs. common opponents, record vs. common opponents, record vs. top teams in other pods, record vs. 2nd place teams in other pods, then a coin flip.
This would give Alabama a schedule of:
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
LSU
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
(1 other school in an 8-game conference schedule)
A&M would have a schedule of:
Arkansas
Florida
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri
North Carolina
(2 other schools in an 8-game schedule)
Pod 1 (Sunshine Peach Division): Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia
Pod 2 (Appalachian): Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Pod 3 (River Basin): Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Pod 4 (Gulf-Osark): Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Texas A&M
For scheduling:
Rule 1: You always play the teams in your pod. (3 conference games)
Rule 2: You must play the three equivalent teams in the other pods based off of the previous season's finish (example, Alabama would play LSU, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt based off first place finishes by all four teams)
Rule 3: You cannot play more than 2 schools in another pod in the same season unless it's during the championship game.
Rule 4: You can have one permanent cross-pod rivalry (Alabama/Tennessee, Georgia/South Carolina, can't think of any other one) in addition to rule 2 as applicable. Otherwise, the remaining two nonconference games are randomized between the 9 remaining schools not already on your schedule. (three in a 9-game noncon schedule)
Conference Championship game: Top two Division winners play for it all. Tiebreakers are head to head, record vs. cross-pod opponents, record vs. common opponents, record vs. common opponents, record vs. top teams in other pods, record vs. 2nd place teams in other pods, then a coin flip.
This would give Alabama a schedule of:
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
LSU
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
(1 other school in an 8-game conference schedule)
A&M would have a schedule of:
Arkansas
Florida
LSU
Mississippi State
Missouri
North Carolina
(2 other schools in an 8-game schedule)
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:59 pm to Palooza11
I like this map since it has the BCS school locations on it:
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:00 pm to mograyback
Damn you can tell that map is old when WV is not even a state yet 
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:04 pm to OBReb6
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We should add Maryland too and then only give them, Mizzou, and UK road games. fricking cowards.
I know that you like to live in the past a little in Mississippi, but the Civil War ended almost 148 years ago.
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:08 pm to DarthRebel
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Um, WV borders KY and VA borders TN/KY.
My bad..geography fail.
to myself
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:18 pm to Chadaristic
Could you imagine how dominate the sec would be in basketball if we added unc and duke along with Kentucky and Florida? Holy crap batman. The sec east would Canabalize each other though.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:19 pm to BossaGator
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I don't think anyone can trust any of those WVU guys now. They've just been throwing stuff out there for a long time now, and the only rhyme or reason behind any of it seems to be their hate for the ACC and their desire to see it stripped apart. I don't think any of those guys know anything. They're just generating hits now.
This 100%.
WVU signed onto the Big 12 expecting to not be on a island forever. Well that is a bad decision because Texas doesn't want to expand more because it makes it much harder to fold the Big 12 in ten years if things don't work out with the LHN.
So here they are stuck flying to almost every game and coming back in the wee morning hours. The only hope they have for relief is a "scheduling alliance" with the ACC.
That pain creates a need to lash out, and they do that via conference realignment speculation.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:22 pm to cjared036
The thing about TCU is they have fewer living alumni than A&M or UF have current students. Think about that.
If the SEC gets UNC it really doesn't matter if the 16th is Duke or VTech. UNC is the prize and if UVA won't come with them either Duke or VTech have benefits to them. UNC/Duke completely changes the academic and basketball reputations of the SEC. UNC/VTech adds the last 2 true Southern states to the SEC and gives access to the DC TV market.
The one I really didn't want is NC State.
If the SEC gets UNC it really doesn't matter if the 16th is Duke or VTech. UNC is the prize and if UVA won't come with them either Duke or VTech have benefits to them. UNC/Duke completely changes the academic and basketball reputations of the SEC. UNC/VTech adds the last 2 true Southern states to the SEC and gives access to the DC TV market.
The one I really didn't want is NC State.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:27 pm to DarthRebel
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Missouri Compromise
Still Southern
Kentucky 
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:27 pm to Cpt. Tiger
What a great rumor! Its like no one has broke this rumor til now!! 
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:30 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
I like what your doing with the "Pods" I've said the same thing with just a few differences.
You play the 3 teams in your pod and 2 from each of the other. With no permanent. And you rotate all three Pods every year so you play every team in the conference every couple years.
You still have East and West and the champ game goes to winner of East/West.
Then again if 4 conferences went to 16 teams and all did the same then you could make the playoffs start In conference.
I dunno shite gets crazy. What I just said I confused myself. If you can understand what I'm saying cool. If not Sony waste your time calling me dumb. I'm already calling myself dumb. Haha
You play the 3 teams in your pod and 2 from each of the other. With no permanent. And you rotate all three Pods every year so you play every team in the conference every couple years.
You still have East and West and the champ game goes to winner of East/West.
Then again if 4 conferences went to 16 teams and all did the same then you could make the playoffs start In conference.
I dunno shite gets crazy. What I just said I confused myself. If you can understand what I'm saying cool. If not Sony waste your time calling me dumb. I'm already calling myself dumb. Haha
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:30 pm to Chadaristic
That might give Vandy someone to beat up on.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 2:31 pm to KCM0Tiger
Tenn and VA border each other.
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