Skeeter210

UNC has a football team?

It will change shortly anyway. Another round of expansion is about to happen. Main reason why GT, Clemson and FSU are the best three for the SEC to pick up. Matchups and eyeballs on the tv are the new driver, not as much new cities and areas. Bringing in those three clears a lot of scheduling problems.

Their football team would thrive in the SEC. I am not saying they are going to be in the conference championship hunt every year but that they would be a solid team that could contend at times. Might also be able to pull some attention from the SEC’s biggest competition, OSU. Other sports more of a meh but that doesn’t matter these days.

You guys need to stop always thinking about what teams offer as soon as they join and be proud of your brand. Your brand and money will make whoever joins a better fit over time. Look for schools with big money outside of sports that have a president or administration willing to spend dollars on football. Everything else will grow in time.

It’s best to take the three schools tied to your current conference membership. GT, Clemson and FSU. You get the full credit ($) for the rivalry matchups and it clears scheduling hurdles for future changes. Those three will also allow geographic rivalries to grow with existing SEC members like Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina.


The ACC missed in its expansion by passing on West Virginia. Natural matchups with Pitt and Virginia Tech. History playing Syracuse and Boston College. A move into North Carolina or Virginia does the same unless the conference takes two schools from each state.

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You rank 12 teams...those are your 12 teams, and that's how you seed them. frick AQs

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Who does the ranking? Do you remember there was a time when southern teams were at a disadvantage in the ranking system?

1). Twelve teams are too many. Should be the top six with the top two ranked teams receiving a bye.
2). Bowl system after the playoffs needs an overhaul to create more attractive games and viewing.
3). Transfer portal needs a change to offer more attractive bowl games and viewing.
4). NIL contracts structured through the bowl season/playoffs to limit player opting out.

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Georgia Tech is an excellent university and has always been part of why the Empire State of the south is exactly that. Atlanta and Georgia Tech are the difference between Georgia being what it is and not another South Carolina or Alabama, That said the idea that Tech is above taking student athletes who aren't academically up to the standard for traditional students at Tech is ludicrous and a crutch for under performing at Tech. I have a good friend, Tech alumnus with a Masters Degree in Math, who played football at Tech and just retired from the GT AD where he spent the last 36 years keeping GT Student Athletes academically eligible. That was his job and he was apparently good at it or he would not have made 36 years in it. He will tell anyone who will listen that the whole academic issue at Tech is blown completely out of proportion to what actually takes place. According to him the issue is not the rigor of academics, which are indeed difficult, it is the institutional support for ensuring student athletes remain academically eligible. GT spends substantially less keeping student athletes eligible than schools in similar situations. The reason is pretty dark....the alumni are pretty much in agreement that a student athlete is incapable of making progress at Tech because of the majority of student athletes backgrounds. Again, this man worked in the system and will tell anyone who will listen that there is a path at Tech for athletes to succeed academically which is nearly identical to that at state schools elsewhere. The difference is the institutional support for that path. Imagine the conversation with a single parent where you tell them their child is going to struggle academically when other schools are telling that same child that they will provide the support needed to see to it that they succeed academically. It is the height of hubris that prevents Tech from being competitive. Atlanta is about as fertile a recruiting ground as exists in the US. Atlanta metro area public and private schools prepare students to succeed in college. Many do indeed succeed at Georgia Tech which is as good a university as one can find in the world. The problem is not academic rigor, it is institutional support and parents of kids being recruited are well aware of this early on in the process....they are told their child is going to struggle, not that their child is going to have the support needed to be successful.

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Most of the time when dwag fans don’t like something they just lie.

If we don’t kick our own arse. We win.

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On Stingtalk

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What are you doing there? Also, you really believe a few people on a message board are the equivalent of a fan base? Nice to know.

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Wut.

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That may be the most 10rc response ever. You win the interwebs today.