The wine and cheese go along with the self-elevated egos of B1G ''higher education'' institutions.Yeah, that's how they roll at Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State.I'll give you Wisconsin for the cheese.
Clem$on, F$U and Big 12?
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People don’t watch UVA football just look at the numbers. Which is why I believe it’s more about matchups which gets eyeballs more than the area.
UNC would be the lynchpin for a UVA move. If UNC comes, UVA would as well. The SEC would be more convenient for UNC traveling fans. And travel costs would be less for the sports teams. Also, the Southern culture would also better match up. I do not dismiss the academic argument. But it's not like the SEC lacks for good academic schools. VTech would be an option (football potential proved during Frank Beamer years) if UVA declined, which I don't think they would. Just my opinion, of course.
Football relevancy comes and goes. But geography is forever.
Sorry, Sankey - the states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas are not southeast.
I suspect he meant southern. I think Missouri was a "border state" in the Civil War. It does not matter. He/they will twist their logic whichever way they want in order to make the point they want.
Throw in Iowa, wine and cheese ? laughable.Yeah, that's how they roll at Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State.
Having all but one school being members of the AAU will do that for ones ego. Understandably so.
I read somewhere that the B1G is rather upset at Nebraska losing their AAU accreditation.
Highly.
I understand that the research activities that qualify schools for consideration are thusly funded, "Some primary sources of funding include government agencies, private foundations, industrial partners, and the universities themselves." Great universities cost something.
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Let’s hope they do it then and it will be the beginning of the end for the pussycats!!
Not sure how or why they could be highly upset. I believe they lost AAU status before they were formally inducted into the Big Ten. It was at least the same year so they knew their status was seriously in jeopardy.
Should that happen, who would be our new rival? Rivalries help give a sport attention.
The SEC would if our sorry asses and Florida's weren't already in there. On the other hand, nobody knows what's going to happen.
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I agree, except I would not call Florida a "sorry ***". They have been since Meyer left but have won 3 football national championships since the mid 1990s. We, on the other hand, well, you know.
There's just no way around the fact that Clemson and FSU are natural fits for the SEC.
As I noted elsewhere, the SEC has two teams in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, so it would hardly be novel for them to have 2 teams in SC and FL. Alabama and Mississippi are both smaller population-wise than SC and FL. Mississippi is tiny.
As I noted elsewhere, the SEC has two teams in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, so it would hardly be novel for them to have 2 teams in SC and FL. Alabama and Mississippi are both smaller population-wise than SC and FL. Mississippi is tiny.
18, the only example there that you gave that is pre-Big TV $$$$ is Texas. The Texas situation is different in that Texas is the big dog among fans of the Lone Star state, to the extent that they had their own TV network. The situations are just not the same with FSU and Clemson. And I have repeatedly said I have no problem with Clemson coming into the SEC due to it working in our favor and to Clemson's disadvantage regarding making the playoffs.
I understand the other teams are legacy teams, but some folks are making it sound like Clemson and FSU are automatically out simply b/c the SEC already has a team in the state.
Florida is more of a two-team state than Texas is, but FSU is arguably the bigger dog of the two. And Florida is the 3rd most populous state in the nation.
Too bad the commissioner of the big 12 just got done saying the exact opposite.
Did you not notice where I placed the phrase "sorry asses"? It was intentional, although Florida's asses are sorrier than they used to be.
Schools really don’t know until the list comes out. FSU was pissed they didn’t make it. Nebraska lost theirs for two primary reasons: a deemphasis on agricultural research by the AAU and because their medical school is located in Omaha and not Lincoln. I don’t doubt they will get it back within the next couple of cycles because their cancer research facility is top notch and that has become a major emphasis of the AAU.
Yeah, the Gators have had an especially rough road ever since the Muschamp era to this day. Sure hope that Muschamp "magic' does not endure here.
Florida is a charter SEC member who only started have some success on the gridiron under Ray Graves in the 1960s. Prior to that, UF was pretty much meh in all sports.
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Yes, I recall. That boy from UPC (he's dead now) went down there and woke 'em up in football - before getting them in all kinds of trouble. It was quite awhile before they hit the jackpot with Spurrier. Norm Sloan did pretty well down there in basketball before Donovan later took them to the top twice. But, yes, they were slow to develop. Having said that, they were just inept. They had, and still have, way more going for them potentially than we do.
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