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  1. Jae-VT

    Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

    Virginia Tech Alumni here. It was reported on VT message boards that President Sands, who attended Cal-Berkeley, voted for expansion over the recommendation from the Athletic Department to vote “No To Expansion”.
  2. Jae-VT

    Jacksonville State over FSU

    With all due respect, I believe you are ignoring the fact that Jacksonville State is located in Alabama which is located in a portion of the country where “Football” is a religion. I’m guessing there are more football players coming out of Alabama than Connecticut. Then there is the academic...
  3. Jae-VT

    OT: Realignment?

    SMH……conspiracy theories, practically a growing cottage industry in the USA….what happened to our society???
  4. Jae-VT

    OT: Realignment?

    A cogent observation and one I will not dispute, but one of the themes of the article is the strange societal phenomenon known as “Keeping up with the Jones’s“. Both Rutgers and Maryland joined the B1G to make more money, yet after 5-6 years, both athletic departments are drowning in debt. Seems...
  5. Jae-VT

    OT: Realignment?

    Hello All, I wanted to share this article with the UConn fans to give you all a cautionary tale: https://www.njherald.com/in-depth/news/watchdog/2021/09/04/rutgers-athletics-265-m-in-debt-borrows-to-keep-pace-in-big-ten/8047865002/ I have been a lurker on this site, off and on, for a while...
  6. Jae-VT

    ACC Network looking more like a sinking ship than the rising tide

    If I may, a different view on the ACC Network: https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2017/10/11/takeaways-from-the-surprise-altice-espn-deal.html From the article: ■Who won? ESPN is the clear winner, at least based on initial reports. It averted a standoff and added SEC Network and ACC...
  7. Jae-VT

    For the first time, I believe we may actually be screwed in the long run of conference realignment

    Hello Uconn Fans, I'm not sure if this is the best location for this story, and if not, I apologize. I just figured this thread fit better than any of the other semi-up to date threads as compared to those that have been inactive for a few days. Anyhow, enjoy the article: ACC needs to do...
  8. Jae-VT

    Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech

    FWIW, Frank Beamer's first six years were hobbled by reduced scholarships due to recruiting violations that occurred under Bill Dooley. It took six years to rebuild the program. Coach Beamer paid for Dooley's mistakes. That was one of the reasons why VT was willing to give coach Beamer time...
  9. Jae-VT

    Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

    Here is the money quote to remember whenever the conference realignment twitterati speaks from their mountain top again: "I do think Texas one day exits the Big 12, as Lebreton suggests, but the idea that any combination of Texas A&M, LSU, Nebraska and Arkansas would ever consider, let alone...
  10. Jae-VT

    Zero Trust: Inside Mizzou's Move To The Southeastern Conference

    I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the poster, Drew, for sharing such an excellent article. I am going through it now, but it sure is compelling. "Thank you." :)
  11. Jae-VT

    Zero Trust: Inside Mizzou's Move To The Southeastern Conference

    I am going to have to respectfully disagree with your post as far as it concerns Virginia Tech. The end game for Virginia Tech as always been to get into the ACC with the institutions that we viewed as our cultural and intellectual peers. This is not a knock on the schools of the B1G, PAC...
  12. Jae-VT

    Premium Ways the B12 Can Die in a Fire Thread

    I lived parts of that movie when I worked in Silicon Valley from 1997 - 2003. I still remember the electric shocks from the industrial carpets... ;)
  13. Jae-VT

    Conference realignment timeline going forward is pretty clear

    You would know better than I TerryD. I only know VT, Duke, NC State, Syracuse, MD, GT, Clemson and FSU alumni. I leave the reading of the tea leaves for ND to you and other ND alumni.
  14. Jae-VT

    Conference realignment timeline going forward is pretty clear

    Fair enough and I stand corrected. :)
  15. Jae-VT

    Conference realignment timeline going forward is pretty clear

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ND signed the ACC GOR and other attendant strings in the document/contract. So for the sake of this hypothetical situation, ND is off the table until 2036. Also, if Frank The Tank is correct concerning the P5 worthiness of Kansas, then all Texas and...
  16. Jae-VT

    Commentary Thread for Premium Top-Shelf Tweets

    For what it's worth UCONN fans, good luck today. I hope you guys get picked by Big 12.
  17. Jae-VT

    Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

    It is also likely that both OU and UT like their status within the Big-12 whereas in any other conference, they would not be the alpha males. I'm not even sure if OU is an alpha male in the Big-12, but at least the perception is there in the Big-12.
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    Premium Ways the B12 Can Die in a Fire Thread

    Sports Day article: With a potential Big 12 expansion decision coming next week, in some ways the conference has already lost | SportsDay
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    Non-Key Tweets

    I may be misreading/misinterpreting your post, but I believe that Flugaur's tweet is just letting people know that when OU thought Big-12 expansion was thought to be possible, these were the candidates that OU backed. What good it does to release this information now, who knows. Perhaps you...
  20. Jae-VT

    Non-Key Tweets

    I don't mean to disparage KU at all with the following post, but if my memory is correct, wasn't KU one of the schools left scrambling back in 2011 when it looked like the Big-12 might collapse with the rumored defection of OU, OSU, UT and TTech to the PAC? Nothing that has transpired since...
  21. Jae-VT

    So what's next?

    Both the AAC and MW would have to forego hosting a conference championship game if they were to go to a pod system. This might, theoretically, allow another G5 conference that does host a conference championship game to surpass a team from the AAC and MW in the final standings of the CFP...
  22. Jae-VT

    Momentum Building For 9 Game ACC Schedule

    I'm afraid there is a fatal flaw in your theory. Current NCAA rules basically make a three division system impossible for any conference that would like to host a conference championship game. Here is the presser from the NCAA when they changed the rule: Council members adopted a proposal...
  23. Jae-VT

    Non-Key Tweets

    If Flug is correct, then the answer to your question is that there are less than eight schools that will be looking for the controlled implosion plan to work. i.e. OU, UT, and ..... KU or OSU or (insert school X) will find landing spots in other power conferences. The information that Flug...
  24. Jae-VT

    Non-Key Tweets

    ^Basically this. Also, this would be an opportunity to add inventory for a reduced rate than the current contract. Furthermore, what if the existential threat of OU and UT leaving gives the impetus for the "Orphaned" schools to accept BYU, Houston, UConn and Cincinnati? Like I said earlier...
  25. Jae-VT

    Non-Key Tweets

    I don't quite know what to make of Flug or his hypothesis, but I do believe the logic of his are the following: OU and UT will be free agents by 2024/2025 when the current TV contract runs out. Big 12 tried to squeeze more money from ESPN and FOX through the threat of adding non-P5 schools into...
  26. Jae-VT

    So what's next?

    Assuming that was true, which is debatable; the ACC is not going to invite WVU. Many members of the ACC have had bad experiences with the WVU Faithful. And as I've said before, the ACC is a sports conference. The ACC does not have a research consortium like the B1G. The ACC does have an...
  27. Jae-VT

    So what's next?

    I'm sorry, let me elaborate. Both the SEC and the ACC passed on WVU. Not all of the football schools in the ACC wanted WVU and none of the academic schools wanted WVU. Same with the SEC. Until WVU fans lose their reputation for rowdiness and thuggishness, WVU is not only a "No, but a Hell No!"
  28. Jae-VT

    So what's next?

    Yea, NO!
  29. Jae-VT

    Momentum Building For 9 Game ACC Schedule

    Forgive me for being dense, but if we get to a world of "P4" conferences with each conference composed of 16 teams, why does the number of games increase? The regular schedule would still be 12 games. The College Football Playoff is expanded to 8 games, but now, in order to qualify, you just...
  30. Jae-VT

    Why doesn't the Pac-12 grab the Oklahoma schools now?

    If memory serves correctly, Boren mentioned recently in an interview that the PAC-12 rejection left a bad taste in his mouth and "bridges were burned" is the metaphor he used in the interview. So I believe the feeling is mutual between the PAC-12 and OU. If, and that is a big IF, OU does leave...
  31. Jae-VT

    Why doesn't the Pac-12 grab the Oklahoma schools now?

    Remember during the Cold War years, America and Russia never went to war because of M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction). Same principle applies, prove that the Big-12 G.O.R. is invalid could then be used to show that the PAC-12 G.O.R. could then be invalid. The stability brought about by the...
  32. Jae-VT

    Premium Ways the B12 Can Die in a Fire Thread

    An interesting article by Pete Thamel of SI: Oklahoma's pivot further muddles Big 12 expansion To the moderators of this site, if this does not qualify for this thread, please feel free to move it to the appropriate location. I leave it in your good hands. Good day to you all.
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    Commentary Thread for Premium Top-Shelf Tweets

    Hey UCONN fans, After reading my post again, I realized that it could be interpreted by some as being insensitive/tone deaf to the current plight of your fanbase; with that in mind, I hope you good people understand that my laughter was at the "leadership" of the Big 12 and not aimed at your...
  34. Jae-VT

    Commentary Thread for Premium Top-Shelf Tweets

    Love the reference to ancient Sparta.
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    Commentary Thread for Premium Top-Shelf Tweets

    Mark Berman ‏@MarkBermanFox2659m59 minutes ago Tx Lt Gov @DanPatrick continues his push 2get @UHouston & @SMU n@Big12Conference:"We'll c how@UofOklahoma votes. Could they really vote no? Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick continues his push to get the University of Houston and SMU into the...
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