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Forte said:
What happens if Big12 invites St. Johns along with Gonzaga to Big12? ....
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It puts us in a panic.

Its going to be a crazy fall.

The ACC seems to be ready to tear itself apart....the B12/B1G/SEC want to see it happen....the PAC4 need a new home and there are 1/2 dozen ideas for said home.

Friday August 4th when OR/WA went to the B1G a match was lit.
 
Forte said:
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HartbeatHusky said:
With 5 members (Pac 4 + UConn), they'd only need 3 more to keep the football conference alive.
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Why not a football only conference that expressly doesn't offer basketball of the following?

West
Stanford (Olympic in WCC)
Cal (Olympic in WCC)
OSU (Olympic in WCC)
WSU (Olympic in WCC)

East
UConn (Olympic in Big East)
Army (Olympic in Patriot)
Navy (Olympic in Patriot)
Temple (Olympic in A10 or Big East)

Would be an interesting football conference that has no impact on basketball/Olympic. Could even get some baseball series with Stanford/Cal/OSU...
 
Forte said:
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I'm not worried about losing St John's. I don't see the B-12 moving that far east and even if they do, St John's wouldn't be much of a loss.

If they were to take any of our hoops schools Creighton and Marquette are in a far better geographic location for the B-12.

If they decided in four non football (basically basketball) adds and took Gonzaga, Marquette, Creighton and Nova, then I would be very concerned.
 
Been more wrong then right the last few weeks....if there are meetings, we should see a fresh round of leaks by tomorrow evening.
 
billybud said:
Andrea Adelson ESPN....responding to Notre Dame's Swarbrick.

Every other league makes biz decisions on realignment but the ACC should be charitable and not abandon two of the best academic institutions in the world? From a school that does not play football in said league facing significant revenue gaps w/SEC, Big Ten. Make it make sense.
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Every other school makes business decisions but UConn has to stay in big east.
 
Exit 4 said:
Been more wrong then right the last few weeks....if there are meetings, we should see a fresh round of leaks by tomorrow evening.
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He has been a lot more right than most of the actual sportswriters. I can't take any more Sheer tweets trying to cover every possible base.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
He has been a lot more right than most of the actual sportswriters. I can't take any more Sheer tweets trying to cover every possible base.
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crud, meant to say more right than wrong.
 
superjohn said:
Where did you read that about Wisconsin refusing to play FSU over their name?

That's pathetic if true.
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It was all over Nole sites..back in 2005

UW-Madison only schedules competitions with schools that are not on the NCAA’s list of colleges and universities subject to the restrictions on the use of Native American mascots, names and imagery at NCAA championships.

CMU appeared on this list in 2005, but appealed the decision with support of Michigan’s Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. CMU was granted an exception, similar to Florida State and Utah.

UW-Madison further discourages all teams from bringing Native American mascots to UW–Madison athletic facilities. The CMU mascot is not a representation of a Chippewa.

FSU did end up playing Wisconsin in the 2008 bowl...and Osceola and Renegade planted the spear....


Background...

In 2005, the NCAA took a step in the direction of banning Native American nicknames. The NCAA sent a letter to 18 universities, warning them if they didn’t change their “hostile and abusive” nicknames, their teams would be prohibited from participating in any NCAA postseason championships.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida shot a letter back noting that once again it was the white man telling the indian how to think. They noted that Osceola's clothing was fashioned and designed by the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Tribe supported the school,,,caused a rift betwwen the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma and Florida because the Oklahoma tribe felt that they were ignored.
 
Forte said:
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The big 12 would never be able to pay St. John’s enough money to make it worth leaving the big east.. the travel would be awful
 
Exit 4 said:
Been more wrong then right the last few weeks....if there are meetings, we should see a fresh round of leaks by tomorrow evening.
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Cant believe im entertaining this but...IF true, are we still potentially being discussed?
 
Exit 4 said:
Some think so.... we shall see what the twitterati and national reporters put out there tomorrow.
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i just hope its not being discussed basketball only. Gotta be full member or nothing.

My guess is Yormak actually will still vouch for us, and may finally get what he wanted before the PAC got blown up.
 
Exit 4 said:
Some think so.... we shall see what the twitterati and national reporters put out there tomorrow.
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Never say never. Not gonna let ourselves get would around the axle like last week though.

I posted an Athletic article somewhere on this board but can't find it now. As we all know, Thursday and Friday of last week were absolute chaos for the principals. Much like this board.

EDIT: The Athletic article is on the For Those Who Think We Got Played thread.
 
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PLAYOFFS said:
i just hope its not being discussed basketball only. Gotta be full member or nothing.

My guess is Yormak actually will still vouch for us, and may finally get what he wanted before the PAC got blown up.
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Paired with whom, though? SMU? That doesn't seem realistic.
 
Forte said:
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No one cares. St. John’s is fool’s gold and a small catholic school from queens would fail miserably in the big 12. The travel alone makes this senseless. And they wouldn’t deliver the NY market. Can only imagine tcu or Texas tech in carnesseca, no one would go.
 
We’re not even on the radar.

Andrea Adelson was on Sirius just now and they talked ACC prospects.

We weren’t even mentioned when the hosts asked what schools were being considered outside Cal-Stanford and SMU. The only school mentioned was Tulane, and New Orleans isn’t really a prize.

SMU there is no rush on. They will always be available. Cal and Stanford don’t seem to add much. SMU is interesting because they are in Texas.

They are trying to increase the value of the ACC Network.


Reading between the lines, winning championships doesn’t even figure into this (obviously). UConn doesn’t deliver the ACC anything they don’t have already.

But there is nothing out there that they can get that will strengthen their position. They have hit the ceiling.
 
I've been to Tulane. Both the stadium and arena. If they get picked up, you'll know it ain't about facilities. Or markets. NOLA is an LSU town.
 
PLAYOFFS said:
i just hope its not being discussed basketball only. Gotta be full member or nothing.

My guess is Yormak actually will still vouch for us, and may finally get what he wanted before the PAC got blown up.
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We’re not in any Big 12 discussions anymore.

There is no more money. Move on.
 

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