I think he said he vacations there. He lives near FSU.
I split my time between my NC cabin and Tallahassee....I am currently in Tallahassee and will head back to the mountains in the spring.
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Re culture, regionalism, etc in CR.
I have always been a proponent of regional conferences that have something in common among programs...but, in truth, that seems to be an antique paradigm. Nebraska is now playing east of the Mississippi along with the Texas Aggies and WVU plays on the great plains.
It used to be that we had smaller issues of "fit"....like "high south" programs (Virginia, VT, UNC, Duke) vs "deep south" programs. FSU, Clemson. GT...
One of the aspects of the "new" ACC which has caused some assimilation problems, is that Syracuse and Boston don't seem on the same planet with their division partners GT and FSU. There are old Big East teams that have some rivalry lust with each other and some old ACC teams that do....but the amalgamation is yet a fledgling conference.
I marvel at how well Mizzou and the Aggies have fit into the SEC...