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Fri May 24 2013, 02:01 PM?: If the courts rule that UMd has to pay, would part of the deal be that UMd can change her mind and stay? And if so, would UMd actually come...9 replies | 417 view(s) -
Mon May 20 2013, 01:44 PMa) I'm not doing it on the past 2-3 years, but am doing it based on other factors. Clemson's 80,000 seat stadium was not built in the last 2-3 years....77 replies | 2295 view(s)
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Mon May 20 2013, 12:55 AMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread If you want to know why 83 and I felt confident over a year ago, read this article in Conference RealignmentIf you look at the history of the award, it shows the lack of football cache by the ACC. If you take your data back a bit further, you'll find a...80 replies | 3683 view(s)
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Sun May 19 2013, 11:36 PMThis^^^ But I'd make an exception if both teams were undefeated 12-0. Then I'd schedule it at a neutral site located somewhere between the two...77 replies | 2295 view(s)
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Sun May 19 2013, 06:14 PMOOPS, made a mistake. I meant to say FSU in NEW ACC division. In other words, the Old ACC division would be pre-1990s expansion. This would also...77 replies | 2295 view(s)
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Sun May 19 2013, 01:26 PMI'm speaking more broadly than W-L in the last decade wrt Clemson. I'm talking fanbase, stadium size, football gravitas, etc. If you were on the...77 replies | 2295 view(s)
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Sun May 19 2013, 01:13 PMWhat does preseason prediction have to do with anything? My only reason to rotate teams regularly is so they PLAY each other regularly. As of now, we...77 replies | 2295 view(s)
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Sat May 18 2013, 12:49 PMClemson and FSU need to be in separate divisions. I've been saying this years. These are the top two overall programs, and having them in the same...77 replies | 2295 view(s)
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Fri May 17 2013, 03:19 PMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread If you want to know why 83 and I felt confident over a year ago, read this article in Conference RealignmentACC has no Heisman winners save 2 from FSU. ACC has not played in the BCSCG since expansion to 12. And the bowl record is misleading since we have a...80 replies | 3683 view(s)
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Fri May 17 2013, 03:07 PMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread If you want to know why 83 and I felt confident over a year ago, read this article in Conference RealignmentGOR didn't make ACC more competitive; it just insured that everyone is stuck going down with the ship if that occurs. Throwing a few extra bucks...80 replies | 3683 view(s)
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Thu May 16 2013, 02:55 PMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread If you want to know why 83 and I felt confident over a year ago, read this article in Conference RealignmentThe fear was that VT would be hopelessly devoted to an ACC that was seeing the competition and financial gaps between it and the SEC, B1G, and Pac12...80 replies | 3683 view(s)
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Wed May 15 2013, 08:00 PMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread If the 5 conferences do break away, the Big 12 may struggle to move to 16 teams. in Conference RealignmentThere's nothing magical about 16 teams. And adding marginal teams just to get to that number does not improve the quality of the conference or the...38 replies | 1703 view(s)
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Mon May 13 2013, 11:39 AMHaving 4 school from one state surely is one of the problems, especially with football non-rates like Duke and Wake. Only the state of Texas has more...37 replies | 2707 view(s)
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Mon May 13 2013, 10:40 AMI see what you are saying, but if these programs are so terrible, then contraction should be in order. And if it isn't in order, then VT to the SEC...37 replies | 2707 view(s)
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Mon May 13 2013, 09:33 AMHaving Wake win the ACC is no different than Stanford winning the Pac12. Stanford's fanbase sucks too. The material point here is that when Wake was...37 replies | 2707 view(s)
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Mon May 13 2013, 08:46 AMACC needs to get good at football the old-fashioned way, by earning it. It seems that expansion 2003 was about expanding into success. Repining for...37 replies | 2707 view(s)
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Sun May 12 2013, 08:18 PMTexas is so much more valuable than anyone else in the conference...I see a lot of teams getting left out if Texas leaves. Oklahoma is valuable...37 replies | 2707 view(s)
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Sat May 11 2013, 01:22 PMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread USA Today Athletics revenues released - Texas is King. in Conference RealignmentDoes a lack a revenue cause us not to compete for a national title? Of does a lack of competing for a national title cause a lack of revenue? I...40 replies | 2470 view(s)
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Fri May 10 2013, 02:55 PMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread Texas & Oklahoma Crazy With Jealousy Toward A&M in Conference RealignmentDisagree. The academic side is debatable I suppose, but I viewed the conferences as equal until the B1G picked off Maryland and the ACC took...45 replies | 5525 view(s)
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Fri May 10 2013, 12:34 AMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread Texas & Oklahoma Crazy With Jealousy Toward A&M in Conference RealignmentBig10 would be front-runner for UT imho. And fwiw, I don't think the ACC gives ND the same deal five years ago. The ND deal showed desperation on the...45 replies | 5525 view(s)
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Thu May 09 2013, 10:57 AMMaroon Baboon replied to a thread Texas & Oklahoma Crazy With Jealousy Toward A&M in Conference RealignmentIf A&M starts dominating the SEC as you predict, don't be surprised if the SEC stalwarts then try to invite UT to have a balance of power in the...45 replies | 5525 view(s)
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Mon May 06 2013, 08:32 PMDid the B1G offer all of them at the same time? Or were they hoping that after getting UMd that they could pick away. Gt first maybe, then work on...23 replies | 1075 view(s)
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Mon May 06 2013, 06:32 PMThat was helpful. Thanks. The most interesting part of that was exposing how the Pac was trying to lure OU to get to UT. So UT contacting the ACC in...23 replies | 1075 view(s)
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Mon May 06 2013, 06:27 PMI'd like to think Clemson would be picked up by the SEC if FSU/GT/UNC/UVa had went to the B1G. I know USCe prefer they not be in, but if the...23 replies | 1075 view(s)
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Mon May 06 2013, 02:59 PMI'm not sure why everyone is talking about breaking up the BigXII. Under the same rationale, the ACC could dissolve just as easily. If Slive and...23 replies | 1075 view(s)
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Mon May 06 2013, 10:55 AMSEC not interested in WVU and KSU. They could have already had them if they wanted them. I imagine in-state politics will keep the BigXII together...48 replies | 3144 view(s)
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Mon May 06 2013, 10:44 AMEastern Time Zone. Parts of the Indiana are Central Time however.23 replies | 1075 view(s)
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Fri May 03 2013, 05:29 PMAnd the SEC teams are already having difficulty playing all the schools in conference that they want play. And the SEC is the top dog. They are...48 replies | 3144 view(s)
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Fri May 03 2013, 05:17 PMNot happening. If there is one thing that is clear from the last decade it is that there in no top down coordination to this. And most of what you...48 replies | 3144 view(s)
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Fri May 03 2013, 04:55 PMYes. I think the B12 has a similar dynamic going on as the ACC. For example, the VT isn't going to just get up and go to the SEC due to politics....48 replies | 3144 view(s)
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