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LOTS of chatter that Georgia Tech is on the verge of a B1G move.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:03 PM
LOTS of chatter that Georgia Tech is on the verge of a B1G move.
Coming from a number of sources...Mhver3, The Dude and Greg Swaim are all making wild predictions that this is going to happen within the next week or so. If this does go down, the ACC is going to come apart like the 6 million dollar man's rocket...could get very ugly.
No predictions...just reporting what's buzzing around tonight!
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:16 PM
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I would love North Carolina and GT to come here, at least on the surface. I would need to see numbers before I would for sure. Getting the Big 10 down south is HUGE and I would love to see a few others from down there as well, like a Texas school and then go towards the west. Open the recruiting door, no, KICK the recruiting door wide open!
Thanks Floaty
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:21 PM
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Greg Swaim is a recruiting analyst/media (i.e. twitter) commentator type. Last year he reported that FSU and Clemson to the Big 12 for 2013 was a done deal. The year before he reported that Texas and Oklahoma to the Pac 10 for 2012 was a done deal. The only moves he did not predict were Maryland & Rutgers to the Big 10 and Pitt, Syracuse, and Louisville to the ACC.
He is worse than azcyclone.
These types just take each others' rumors and spread them far and wide.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:23 PM
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DrHibbard wrote: Greg Swaim is a recruiting analyst/media (i.e. twitter) commentator type. Last year he reported that FSU and Clemson to the Big 12 for 2013 was a done deal. The year before he reported that Texas and Oklahoma to the Pac 10 for 2012 was a done deal. The only moves he did not predict were Maryland & Rutgers to the Big 10 and Pitt, Syracuse, and Louisville to the ACC.
He is worse than azcyclone.
These types just take each others' rumors and spread them far and wide. Well thank goodness you're here to protect everyone Hibby. God knows grown adults can't look at this stuff and make their own judgements without you to guide them.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:26 PM
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DrHibbard wrote: Greg Swaim is a recruiting analyst/media (i.e. twitter) commentator type. Last year he reported that FSU and Clemson to the Big 12 for 2013 was a done deal. The year before he reported that Texas and Oklahoma to the Pac 10 for 2012 was a done deal. The only moves he did not predict were Maryland & Rutgers to the Big 10 and Pitt, Syracuse, and Louisville to the ACC.
He is worse than azcyclone.
These types just take each others' rumors and spread them far and wide. I thought all those moves almost did happen but were stoped just short. It's not like they were made up.
Thanks Floaty
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:37 PM
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Coming from a number of sources...Mhver3, The Dude and Greg Swaim are all making wild predictions that this is going to happen within the next week or so. If this does go down, the ACC is going to come apart like the 6 million dollar man's rocket...could get very ugly.
No predictions...just reporting what's buzzing around tonight!
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Just curious, so please fill me in....why is, in your opinion, Tech the so called lynchpin in the demise of the ACC? I don't get it, why them?
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Posted: 11/29/2012 8:55 PM
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Fight4Iowa wrote:
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Coming from a number of sources...Mhver3, The Dude and Greg Swaim are all making wild predictions that this is going to happen within the next week or so. If this does go down, the ACC is going to come apart like the 6 million dollar man's rocket...could get very ugly.
No predictions...just reporting what's buzzing around tonight!
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Just curious, so please fill me in....why is, in your opinion, Tech the so called lynchpin in the demise of the ACC? I don't get it, why them? Because that conference is teetering on coming unglued. FSU and Miami are DEEP in talks with the B12 and at least 3 other schools are waiting for any sign of instability in order to bolt...no one wants to jump first. There are no guarantees in this stuff, but if GT breaks the ice, it could easily turn into a race for the exits. The wolves (B1G and SEC) are pounding at the door and a couple of the sheep are very interested in being stolen away (Vtech, NCSt). Once that jail break starts, Virginia is almost certain to reconsider the B1G...if ND does not show interest in that #16 spot.
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Posted: 11/29/2012 11:08 PM
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AZCyclone wrote: Coming from a number of sources...Mhver3, The Dude and Greg Swaim are all making wild predictions that this is going to happen within the next week or so. If this does go down, the ACC is going to come apart like the 6 million dollar man's rocket...could get very ugly.
No predictions...just reporting what's buzzing around tonight! I don't know anything about Mhver3, but Greg Swaim is the worst as far as realignment goes unless he's changed a lot. Through the last couple of years he's reported virtually every rumor as if it's fact. He posts so much though that his name gets out there. The Dude's not much better. He did say West Virginia going to the Big 12, but there were so many inaccurate/completely unbelievable things after that, it's clear he shouldn't be taken seriously. For the record, I do think Georgia Tech is possible. Those two just don't make believe it any more or less though. Traditional (Regular Season) Big Ten football champs 2011: Michigan State 7-1 (outright)
2012: Ohio State 8-0 (outright)
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Posted: 11/29/2012 11:33 PM
Re: LOTS of chatter that Georgia Tech is on the verge of a B1G
Gt unless someone comes with is a bad idea they would be isolated with only md being near.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 8:13 AM
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I can somewhat understand Maryland and Rutgers. But Georgia Tech??? That is going too far. They can't succeed in the ACC, why do you think they would in the Big Ten. But if they want to be "Iowa Hawkeyes of the South" and be mediocre to subpar in athletics, be my guest.
Commissioner Delany needs to stop at 14 teams, and tell all the other wannabes to go somewhere else or stay right where they are.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 8:23 AM
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For the B1G this is about markets, regional penetration and...admittedly to a lesser extent...academics. And GT is decent athletically, if far from a powerhouse....however, given a 35 million dollar annual athletic budget, they may improve that one weakness quite dramatically. Gaining the Atlanta market and some improved access to recruiting in the South is nothing to sneeze at. And I say that as someone who was really hoping GT might follow FSU and Clemson to the Big 12...so part of me is hoping this is not true. But I fear that it is.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 9:10 AM
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Maybe GT wants to take out revenge on us for the Orange Bowl loss. They are probably petitioning right now to become our rival game. Have we sunk that far?  Let's see what Rudock can do!
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Posted: 11/30/2012 10:18 AM
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DrHibbard wrote: Greg Swaim is a recruiting analyst/media (i.e. twitter) commentator type. Last year he reported that FSU and Clemson to the Big 12 for 2013 was a done deal. The year before he reported that Texas and Oklahoma to the Pac 10 for 2012 was a done deal. The only moves he did not predict were Maryland & Rutgers to the Big 10 and Pitt, Syracuse, and Louisville to the ACC.
He is worse than azcyclone.
These types just take each others' rumors and spread them far and wide. Whats worse is AZC can come on here talking about this stuff as if it is fact and post no links to corroborate what he is saying. Isn't that a violation of the board's posting rules? No unsubstantiated rumors?
Tell us AZC, who do you have connections to that can validate anything you are claiming? Is it part of your job to follow this stuff, are you in the media? Because the way you post about this stuff left and right one would think you actually cover this stuff for a job...only difference is that you're wrong more often than you are right...or maybe you have this in common with some of the media. The top Ferentz Appologist excuse:
"Look what happened when we forced Tom Davis out"
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Posted: 11/30/2012 10:43 AM
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hoxrock wrote:
DrHibbard wrote: Greg Swaim is a recruiting analyst/media (i.e. twitter) commentator type. Last year he reported that FSU and Clemson to the Big 12 for 2013 was a done deal. The year before he reported that Texas and Oklahoma to the Pac 10 for 2012 was a done deal. The only moves he did not predict were Maryland & Rutgers to the Big 10 and Pitt, Syracuse, and Louisville to the ACC.
He is worse than azcyclone.
These types just take each others' rumors and spread them far and wide. Whats worse is AZC can come on here talking about this stuff as if it is fact and post no links to corroborate what he is saying. Isn't that a violation of the board's posting rules? No unsubstantiated rumors?
Tell us AZC, who do you have connections to that can validate anything you are claiming? Is it part of your job to follow this stuff, are you in the media? Because the way you post about this stuff left and right one would think you actually cover this stuff for a job...only difference is that you're wrong more often than you are right...or maybe you have this in common with some of the media. Actually, I've been crystal clear that this is anything but "inside" information. This is information coming from guys like Ethridge at the 247 site...who in the past has been notoriously dependable on this realignment stuff. Other sources are less consistent and SHOULD be looked at with some skepticism...like Mhver, Swaim and the Dude. That said, 2 of 3 of these gentleman clearly have SOME access to some insider information...its an open question if they are being fed misinformation at times...but they are talking with people inside the WVU upper echelons IMHO. If you don't have an interest in this stuff, why not just avoid clicking on this thread which is anything but subtly headlined? Do you, like Hibby, feel yourself so superior that you must protect others from having to make their own judgements of this information?
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Posted: 11/30/2012 11:04 AM
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There are some wild curveballs being tossed around today, and schools are working the phones to find a landing spot. Hibby likes predictions, so I'll throw one out right here......perhaps a "best guess" more than a prediction...and NOT based on any "insiders" I know, just drawing from the range of rumor/speculation/information sources spewing about today.
B1G
Takes Georgia Tech and then goes back to UVA and offers them one last opportunity to join.
B12
Grabs FSU and Miami to de-stabilize the ACC remnants
SEC
Mostly wants VaTech and UNC...but will settle for NCState and VaTech...may even make a move for Clemson if those schools are stubborn.
ALL of the above are communicating outside the ACC...some schools (Clemson and GT) are now talking with multiple conferences in an effort to get the best deal. Its madness right now and any prior "handshake agreements" are up in the air. The B1G and SEC are DETERMINED to get to 16...the B12 is really just shooting for 12 right now but would consider 14 for the right teams. Grab your popcorn fellas, this is getting VERY interesting.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 11:44 AM
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If true, I hope we go to 20, with the following teams:
Georgia Tech
Virginia
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Boston College
Missouri (could use another West team)
ND brings another National Power allowing Michigan to join OSU. New divisions side by side to show how they line up competitively:
Heartland Division/SteelYard Division
Notre Dame/OSU
Nebraska/Michigan
Wisconsin/Penn St
Iowa/Michigan St
Illinois/North Carolina
Missouri/Georgia Tech
Minnesota/Virginia
Purdue/Rutgers
Northwestern/Boston College
Indiana/Maryland
Works out great for Iowa as we play solid Midwest schools and have 6 border state schools in Mizzou, Nebbie, Minny, Wiscy, Illini and NW.
We would play all Divisional goes each year, which would be great.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 12:05 PM
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Personally, a 20 team conference sounds like a nightmare. Would feel like two entirely separate entities. But who knows, anything seems possible today.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 1:47 PM
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floridahawk wrote: Maybe GT wants to take out revenge on us for the Orange Bowl loss. They are probably petitioning right now to become our rival game. Have we sunk that far? Actually I think we've pretty much forgotten about that game. Just don't remind us of it. We are hearing lots of rumors on our board too. Who knows which are true and which ones pure fiction. All this realignment talks reminds me of fantasy football. |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 1:51 PM
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Personally, a 20 team conference sounds like a nightmare. Would feel like two entirely separate entities. But who knows, anything seems possible today.
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That's kinda nice from an Iowa perspective. Our division will feel like the real conference we belong to, which is a solid group of Midwestern teams and many nice border wars. Yet we get our cut of the large East coast TV set income from the BIG Network and a bigger recruiting base. Best of both worlds.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 2:23 PM
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A twenty team conference sounds like a lot of money for all the teams. Its hard to believe that where the money is the conference won't follow suit. In about ten years, the haves will be pretty good, but the have nots are going to be pretty much bigger patsies than they are now. It will be interesting to see if a team like Iowa can be successful enough in recruiting to really be relevant in a super conference. I doubt that they will, but they should make a ton of money. |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 2:41 PM
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AZCyclone wrote: There are some wild curveballs being tossed around today, and schools are working the phones to find a landing spot. Hibby likes predictions, so I'll throw one out right here......perhaps a "best guess" more than a prediction...and NOT based on any "insiders" I know, just drawing from the range of rumor/speculation/information sources spewing about today.
B1G
Takes Georgia Tech and then goes back to UVA and offers them one last opportunity to join.
B12
Grabs FSU and Miami to de-stabilize the ACC remnants
SEC
Mostly wants VaTech and UNC...but will settle for NCState and VaTech...may even make a move for Clemson if those schools are stubborn.
ALL of the above are communicating outside the ACC...some schools (Clemson and GT) are now talking with multiple conferences in an effort to get the best deal. Its madness right now and any prior "handshake agreements" are up in the air. The B1G and SEC are DETERMINED to get to 16...the B12 is really just shooting for 12 right now but would consider 14 for the right teams. Grab your popcorn fellas, this is getting VERY interesting. Up until now, post after post after post, you said it was FSU and Clemson that were the sure things to join the Big 12. Then, even though it didn't happen, it was simply being delayed until next year, but that it was going to happen. Now all of a sudden it's Miami. What happened to your Clemson prediction? |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 3:32 PM
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Gonzai wrote:
AZCyclone wrote: There are some wild curveballs being tossed around today, and schools are working the phones to find a landing spot. Hibby likes predictions, so I'll throw one out right here......perhaps a "best guess" more than a prediction...and NOT based on any "insiders" I know, just drawing from the range of rumor/speculation/information sources spewing about today.
B1G
Takes Georgia Tech and then goes back to UVA and offers them one last opportunity to join.
B12
Grabs FSU and Miami to de-stabilize the ACC remnants
SEC
Mostly wants VaTech and UNC...but will settle for NCState and VaTech...may even make a move for Clemson if those schools are stubborn.
ALL of the above are communicating outside the ACC...some schools (Clemson and GT) are now talking with multiple conferences in an effort to get the best deal. Its madness right now and any prior "handshake agreements" are up in the air. The B1G and SEC are DETERMINED to get to 16...the B12 is really just shooting for 12 right now but would consider 14 for the right teams. Grab your popcorn fellas, this is getting VERY interesting. Up until now, post after post after post, you said it was FSU and Clemson that were the sure things to join the Big 12. Then, even though it didn't happen, it was simply being delayed until next year, but that it was going to happen. Now all of a sudden it's Miami. What happened to your Clemson prediction? Clemson is slow playing things right now, wanting to see how much the Maryland payout is going to be....so the Big 12 may be looking to grab Miami first as FSU's travel partner...but yes, Gonzai, the situation is very fluid and subject to maneuvering by both the schools and conferences. Just because a verbal agreement is made in the summer does NOT mean one party or another will not change their mind. I can tell you what the agreement WAS, it is not in my power to prevent that agreement from changing. Heck, Louisville was operating under the assumption it had been guaranteed a spot in the Big 12, till the Big 12 changed its mind in late summer. This stuff is anything but static, and as a conference collapses and other leagues are fighting to land teams, who are simultaneously striving to secure safe landings for their schools...new agreements can be made and strategies can shift. You misunderstand how information works...it is not prophecy. I was able to tell you where things stood late last summer based on solid and accurate information (a verbal agreement between CU/FSU and the Big 12, but that cannot guarantee where things will go moving forward. Till complete contractual agreements are signed, anything can shift...as TCU did last year after committing to the Big East, then shifting to the Big 12.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 3:43 PM
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Here's a good rule of thumb I've developed over the last few years ever since Delany kicked off this conference expansion bit: Don't believe anything until the deal is done and announced. Short of that, everything is speculation and nonsense.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 3:57 PM
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how would the BT get around the part in the charter that says states have to border each other?
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Posted: 11/30/2012 4:14 PM
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If we hold to that rule, we would need a NC school in order to bring in GT.
Let's see what Rudock can do!
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Posted: 11/30/2012 4:33 PM
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If this is true, North Carolina would make much more sense. Their basketball program would strengthen the BIG even more which means more $$$. They would also get an influx in cash flow to build their FB program. Adding them would also help to further destabalize the ACC which might pressure ND to rethink their decision regarding conference alignment. I would be shocked to see any conference expand beyond 16 teams. Two 8 team divisions with a conference title game is, in essence, round 1 of a national playoff system. Another option, with 16 teams, would be 4 divisions of 4 teams. Then the divisions could rotate their schedules to play all the other schools on a somewhat regular schedule similar to the NFL.
"If the other team doesn't score, the worst we can do is tie." - Hayden Fry
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Posted: 11/30/2012 4:40 PM
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again, all this (if reality) is moot as long as the Capt' is running the ship with his first-mate Barta.
the benefits gained from adding a GTech and or NC will be negated with indifference, obtuse thinking, lack of adapting and just downright behind-the-times action on his part.......let alone his impressive opening recruiting line of "we're just little ol' Iowa."
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Posted: 11/30/2012 4:52 PM
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floridahawk wrote: If we hold to that rule, we would need a NC school in order to bring in GT. I believe that is just a tradition, not a rule. However, rule or tradition, NC does not border any of the existing 12 schools nor either of the two newly proposed additions.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 5:31 PM
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theiowahawkeye wrote:
floridahawk wrote: If we hold to that rule, we would need a NC school in order to bring in GT. I believe that is just a tradition, not a rule. However, rule or tradition, NC does not border any of the existing 12 schools nor either of the two newly proposed additions. Need to get Virginia first. And even that, the connection between NC and Georgia is a strenuous one. Anyway, the BigTen territory with VA, NC and GA will look like the Map of Israel in the 1947 United Nation plan. The B1G will need to occupy West Virginia and South Carolina to make its land more defendable. Might as well shore up the west front with Missouri and make it a 20-school conference.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 5:32 PM
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AZCyclone wrote: Personally, a 20 team conference sounds like a nightmare. Would feel like two entirely separate entities. But who knows, anything seems possible today. Agreed, but 16 feels like two seperate entities as well. In this (anticipated) conference "arms race," unfortunately conference football will be adversely impacted. I could give a crap about the extra revenue. ND was one of the highest revenue generators for decades and they sucked for 20 years. The BIG has the most revenue currently and we've won ONE consensus national title in the past 40 years. The revenue doesn't always correlate with success on the field...so don't further sacrifice the product. (i.e. Iowa vs. Rutgers or Maryland instead of Iowa vs. Wisky or OSU) |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 6:51 PM
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FSU and Miami are DEEP in talks with the B12 No, they are not. |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 6:53 PM
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AZCyclone wrote:
The B1G and SEC are DETERMINED to get to 16...the B12 is really just shooting for 12 right now but would consider 14 for the right teams.
Also false.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 8:02 PM
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DrHibbard wrote:
AZCyclone wrote:
The B1G and SEC are DETERMINED to get to 16...the B12 is really just shooting for 12 right now but would consider 14 for the right teams.
Also false.
hmmm, how might you know this to be false? link? more attempts to start a pillow fight i presume. |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 9:25 PM
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Lucky77777s wrote: If true, I hope we go to 20, with the following teams:
Georgia Tech
Virginia
North Carolina
Notre Dame
Boston College
Missouri (could use another West team)
ND brings another National Power allowing Michigan to join OSU. New divisions side by side to show how they line up competitively:
Heartland Division/SteelYard Division
Notre Dame/OSU
Nebraska/Michigan
Wisconsin/Penn St
Iowa/Michigan St
Illinois/North Carolina
Missouri/Georgia Tech
Minnesota/Virginia
Purdue/Rutgers
Northwestern/Boston College
Indiana/Maryland
Works out great for Iowa as we play solid Midwest schools and have 6 border state schools in Mizzou, Nebbie, Minny, Wiscy, Illini and NW.
We would play all Divisional goes each year, which would be great. I like it, but I'd like to Switch Kansas for Mizzou and FSU for BC, if we could, that would be epic d have 4 5 team divisions and go to a 10 game conference schedule, sick of these MAC teams, no upside except a guaranteed home game. |
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Posted: 11/30/2012 9:54 PM
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Last I checked NC doesn't border Georgia. There is that little state of SC in between
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If we hold to that rule, we would need a NC school in order to bring in GT.
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Posted: 11/30/2012 10:07 PM
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Actually, JB, get the atlas out. Far NE Georgia borders the far SW edge of NC. This is "Deliverance" country.
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Posted: 12/1/2012 6:22 AM
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Last I checked NC doesn't border Georgia. There is that little state of SC in between
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If we hold to that rule, we would need a NC school in order to bring in GT.
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You, my friend, have failed Geography 101.
Let's see what Rudock can do!
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Posted: 12/1/2012 9:47 AM
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HawkOnTheBund wrote:
theiowahawkeye wrote:
floridahawk wrote: If we hold to that rule, we would need a NC school in order to bring in GT. I believe that is just a tradition, not a rule. However, rule or tradition, NC does not border any of the existing 12 schools nor either of the two newly proposed additions. Need to get Virginia first. And even that, the connection between NC and Georgia is a strenuous one. Anyway, the BigTen territory with VA, NC and GA will look like the Map of Israel in the 1947 United Nation plan. The B1G will need to occupy West Virginia and South Carolina to make its land more defendable. Might as well shore up the west front with Missouri and make it a 20-school conference. And if we got Virginia first, then NC we would be at 16 teams and there would be no room for GT.
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Posted: 12/1/2012 11:09 AM
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DrHibbard wrote:
AZCyclone wrote:
FSU and Miami are DEEP in talks with the B12
No, they are not. Agree with Hibbard. Miami recently voted in favor of raising the ACC exit fee to $50 million dollars. That's not typically something a school favors if they're in the midst of negotiating an exit.
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Posted: 12/1/2012 1:45 PM
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I think AZ is going on the ignore list. He's clearly more interested in trolling than anything else. He comes over here posting this information, not because we ask for it, but because he knows he will start an argument.
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