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Point6 said:
Sorry if already posted - and I apologize to our future conference mates in the B1G if I am letting something out of the bag - but the NE play should be UConn and the Cuse now w/ an open invite to BC as #17 if ND is #18.
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ND is above it all until the final slots are ready to be filled. 15-16 may not concern them. By the time you get to 17-18 the music is about to stop.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
pfft, Braintree is the south, Worcester is the midwest and Springfield is the west coast.
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There's the I-95 crowd who think only one highway exists. I-95/128 North will get you to Portland if you like looking at provincials, and it will take you to Providence and then on to New Haven if you have to gamble or pee on the way to NYC.

There is no Springfield. Worcester is something their mother warned them about. Like getting VD.

Sometimes a bus or train goes through Hartford. This is OK because you can piss from the Amtrak Station on to Aslyum Avenue and water the natives. Don't eat the food there.

New Yorkers are queer because some take the Tappan Zee/I-84 route to Stockbridge which is still a Colonial town with outhouses and they cook in kettles. New Yorkers call that culture.
 
Meh. I lived in Quincy for a couple years (sorry, that's Quinzee, my bad) and there is general agreement that The South is where barbecue comes from. So it is acknowledged as existing in the Boston metro.

Anyway, so I'm listening my local (Pittsburgh) sports radio and a guy calls in who had the RU/MD a day before it was announced (host remembered the call and prediction) and the caller says his same sources have UNC/VA getting offers from B1G. More potential B.S. to throw on the fire. Or the barbecue if you believe in The South.
 
RS9999X said:
There's the I-95 crowd who think only one highway exists. I-95/128 North will get you to Portland if you like looking at provincials, and it will take you to Providence and then on to New Haven if you have to gamble or pee on the way to NYC.

There is no Springfield. Worcester is something their mother warned them about. Like getting VD.

Sometimes a bus or train goes through Hartford. This is OK because you can piss from the Amtrak Station on to Aslyum Avenue and water the natives. Don't eat the food there.

New Yorkers are queer because some take the Tappan Zee/I-84 route to Stockbridge which is still a Colonial town with outhouses and they cook in kettles. New Yorkers call that culture.
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Um.. Sturbridge?

Funny post, well done.
 
storrsroars said:
Anyway, so I'm listening my local (Pittsburgh) sports radio and a guy calls in who had the RU/MD a day before it was announced (host remembered the call and prediction) and the caller says his same sources have UNC/VA getting offers from B1G. More potential B.S. to throw on the fire. Or the barbecue if you believe in The South.
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It seems to me if they were going to off them, they'd have done it already. What would they be waiting for? If anything I'd expect it to come out at once to decrease the likelihood of UMD saying no. It seems they wanted to make sure UMD said yes before asking Rutgers, so it was obviously somewhat of a concern. Unless they're waiting to hear an answer to the covert invitation they sent to ND and UConn before inviting UVA and UNC;)
 
Marty Jackson said:
I've lived in Boston... never noticed the 'disdain' for anything from the south.
What would be the reason?
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Are you kidding? Bostonians have disdain for anybody west of Worchester, but southerners and the south are often viewed as nothing but ignorant rednecks.
 
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mattp said:
It seems to me if they were going to off them, they'd have done it already. What would they be waiting for? If anything I'd expect it to come out at once to decrease the likelihood of UMD saying no. It seems they wanted to make sure UMD said yes before asking Rutgers, so it was obviously somewhat of a concern. Unless they're waiting to hear an answer to the covert invitation they sent to ND and UConn before inviting UVA and UNC;)
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UNC wants to be able to say, "we weren't the 1st leave". If SEC ready for VTech and NCST, watch out.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Are you kidding? Bostonians have disdain for anybody west of Worchester, but southerners and the south are often viewed as nothing but ignorant rednecks.
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First, Bostonians think anything west of Brookline/Newton is too far... I had to convince my wife that Wellesley wasn't that far west.
Second, everyone outside the south thinks the south is a bunch of rednecks... That's not specific to Boston.
 
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VTech's loyalty to the ACC is starting to firm up.

It's president has spoken to Swofford and affirmed their loyalty.

I still say Big 10 won't enter VA or NC because of competition.

Another thing about UVA. They just went thru a horrific Board of whatever they call their trustees fight. As bad as politics get in academia.

That, combined with MD's way out, leaves no appetite to roil the campus further, and provide a pathway to NC. Since it's s few hours closer to christmas, it's getting clearer that UConn is in the Big 10 plans.
 
Rumrunner said:
VTech's loyalty to the ACC is starting to firm up.

It's president has spoken to Swofford and affirmed their loyalty.

I still say Big 10 won't enter VA or NC because of competition.

Another thing about UVA. They just went thru a horrific Board of whatever they call their trustees fight. As bad as politics get in academia.

That, combined with MD's way out, leaves no appetite to roil the campus further, and provide a pathway to NC. Since it's s few hours closer to christmas, it's getting clearer that UConn is in the Big 10 plans.
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So, you're saying VT is the first one out the door?

The fight in Virginia tells me it's MORE likely to leave. The fight was over the state legislature cutting funds to U. Va., and forcing classes online.
 
No, VTech's President Steger reportedly told Swofford VTech isn't leaving.

I thought the coup/fight was deeper, about direction of humanities.
 
upstater said:
So, you're saying VT is the first one out the door?

The fight in Virginia tells me it's MORE likely to leave. The fight was over the state legislature cutting funds to U. Va., and forcing classes online.
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No, the fight was about a small cadre of the Board of Trustees ousting the President.

When considering states with 2 state schools in play (Virginia, North Carolina) it's important not to underestimate state politics. The state government put huge pressure on UVA to make sure Va Tech made it into the ACC. It's going to be very hard for UVA, Va Tech, UNC or NC State to do anything quickly, and it's going to be hard for 1 state school to make a move period if the other state school is left in the lurch.
 
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Marty Jackson said:
you must have lived in Boston a long time ago...
395 is barely a highway in MA... It becomes 290 just south of Worcester. I think you might have meant 495 which goes around Boston... But I would say that most locals in Boston would say the line is more like 128...
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Ha yeah, 495 not 395, I lived there less than 5 years ago but that is how it was. Hartford might as well been on another planet. I'll always have a soft spot for Boston but they isolate themselves like none other.
 
Rumrunner said:
No, VTech's President Steger reportedly told Swofford VTech isn't leaving.

I thought the coup/fight was deeper, about direction of humanities.
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Yes, in other words, VT is out the door.

The fight was purely about ramping up a highly profitable online school.
 
selles said:
No, the fight was about a small cadre of the Board of Trustees ousting the President.

When considering states with 2 state schools in play (Virginia, North Carolina) it's important not to underestimate state politics. The state government put huge pressure on UVA to make sure Va Tech made it into the ACC. It's going to be very hard for UVA, Va Tech, UNC or NC State to do anything quickly, and it's going to be hard for 1 state school to make a move period if the other state school is left in the lurch.
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And why did that fight happen? Because the President told the Chair of the Board of Trustees that she was not going to install her pet project, a ridiculous online school. U. Virginia is the worldwide leader in digital education. They know more about how it works, how info is presented, what is effective, what is a ripoff and a waste of money, how databases are constructed, etc. There is no other school in the world better at this sort of stuff than U. Virginia. So along comes this trustee (who has absolutely no expertise in this field) and demands a highly profitable online school ala U. Phoenix. The President tells her that she will not go along with that, and she is then fired.
 
selles said:
No, the fight was about a small cadre of the Board of Trustees ousting the President.

When considering states with 2 state schools in play (Virginia, North Carolina) it's important not to underestimate state politics. The state government put huge pressure on UVA to make sure Va Tech made it into the ACC. It's going to be very hard for UVA, Va Tech, UNC or NC State to do anything quickly, and it's going to be hard for 1 state school to make a move period if the other state school is left in the lurch.
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Think that's why the people who play fantasy realignment on Twitter have UVA-UNC to the B1G and Hokies-NCSU to the SEC. Nice and easy! Because realignment always happens nicely and easily.
 
While I've beaten this horse to death, I still think that VA and NC don't present the Big 10 with a near monopoly on the state.

The Big 10 is successful because it has schools that dominate the entire state. In Virginia, as soon as they take UVA, VTech is now hosting Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Big 10 wants no part of that fight. Without UVA, no UNC, plus UNC would have NC State to battle.

So since the Big 10 went east, what is open territory?
 
Rumrunner said:
VTech's loyalty to the ACC is starting to firm up.

It's president has spoken to Swofford and affirmed their loyalty.

I still say Big 10 won't enter VA or NC because of competition.

Another thing about UVA. They just went thru a horrific Board of whatever they call their trustees fight. As bad as politics get in academia.

That, combined with MD's way out, leaves no appetite to roil the campus further, and provide a pathway to NC. Since it's s few hours closer to christmas, it's getting clearer that UConn is in the Big 10 plans.
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"It's president has spoken to Swofford and affirmed their loyalty."

You mean like Herbst did last year when Cuse/Pitt left? I appreciate your optimism though....
 
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upstater said:
And why did that fight happen? Because the President told the Chair of the Board of Trustees that she was not going to install her pet project, a ridiculous online school. U. Virginia is the worldwide leader in digital education. They know more about how it works, how info is presented, what is effective, what is a ripoff and a waste of money, how databases are constructed, etc. There is no other school in the world better at this sort of stuff than U. Virginia. So along comes this trustee (who has absolutely no expertise in this field) and demands a highly profitable online school ala U. Phoenix. The President tells her that she will not go along with that, and she is then fired.
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That's right. It was an internal dispute between some Trustees and the President, the legislature really wasn't involved. I guess I'm not following why you think the dispute makes UVA more likely to leave the ACC.
 
Rumrunner said:
While I've beaten this horse to death, I still think that VA and NC don't present the Big 10 with a near monopoly on the state.

The Big 10 is successful because it has schools that dominate the entire state. In Virginia, as soon as they take UVA, VTech is now hosting Alabama, Georgia, Florida. Big 10 wants no part of that fight. Without UVA, no UNC, plus UNC would have NC State to battle.

So since the Big 10 went east, what is open territory?
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Michigan and Michigan St., Purdue and Indiana, Illinois and Northwestern. Half the conference comes from states with multiple teams.
 
selles said:
That's right. It was an internal dispute between some Trustees and the President, the legislature really wasn't involved. I guess I'm not following why you think the dispute makes UVA more likely to leave the ACC.
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Because of budget cuts and the fact that the online thing was an attempt to make money, shave expenses, etc. Virginia too is looking at cutting programs.
 
Michigan and Michigan St., Purdue and Indiana, Illinois and Northwestern. Half the conference comes from states with multiple teams.

I'm writing of the Big 10 in the aggregate. Those teams are all in the Big 10, so the Big 10 has a monopoly on the state, so that buttresses my premise. Monopolization of a state is a hallmark of the Big 10. As noted above, some small exceptions (IA State, Pitt, Cincy) but these are pesky threats.

A team like Virginia Tech threatens UVA.

Would the Big 10 want to go into a southern culture with the weaker team? That question answers itself. That's why UNC and Va Tech are nonstarters. GTech even worse-further south and deeeeep into UGA territory.
 
I think buttresses might be my new favorite word.
 
Rumrunner said:
Michigan and Michigan St., Purdue and Indiana, Illinois and Northwestern. Half the conference comes from states with multiple teams.

I'm writing of the Big 10 in the aggregate. Those teams are all in the Big 10, so the Big 10 has a monopoly on the state, so that buttresses my premise. Monopolization of a state is a hallmark of the Big 10. As noted above, some small exceptions (IA State, Pitt, Cincy) but these are pesky threats.

A team like Virginia Tech threatens UVA.

Would the Big 10 want to go into a southern culture with the weaker team? That question answers itself. That's why UNC and Va Tech are nonstarters. GTech even worse-further south and deeeeep into UGA territory.
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Market expansion. 3 conferences accomplish that with:

B1G: UNC / UVA
SEC: NCST / VTCH
B12: ND/FLST/CLEM/GTCH/LSVL/BYU
 
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