Non-Key Tweets

[NowInStorrs]

Wake up babe! New non-key tweet just dropped!

 

[ZooCougar]

LOL

https://x.com/bluebloodsbias/status/1733234674351460830?s=46

 

[CL82]

LOL

https://x.com/bluebloodsbias/status/1733234674351460830?s=46

I hear they're willing not to take a share for the first five years.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Only the first ten minutes and it's quite the doozy.

 

[hoopsfan22]

People at FSU and Clemson are unhappy to learn they are stuck in a not-power conference until 2036.

 

[billybud]

OMG...this realignment cottage industry tweets exact opposite tales...makes sure of clicks...and none know anything concrete..

For every..."ACC is stuck"...there is a :

 

[powerplay]

OMG...this realignment cottage industry tweets exact opposite tales...makes sure of clicks...and none know anything concrete..

For every..."ACC is stuck"...there is a :

I could be wrong, but FSU is not AAU, is the unofficial requirement being waived?

 

[CL82]

I could be wrong, but FSU is not AAU, is the unofficial requirement being waived?

FSU became AAU over the summer.

 

[John]

I could be wrong, but FSU is not AAU, is the unofficial requirement being waived?

Huge academic mismatch there, but not sure that matters anymore.

 

[Kolumbo]

FSU became AAU over the summer.

USF and Miami joined the AAU over the summer. FSU was snubbed.

Huge academic mismatch there, but not sure that matters anymore.

I'm not so sure either. Geography doesn't matter. FSU is still a top ranked public U and ranked higher than some AAU and B1G members.

 

[billybud]

I could be wrong, but FSU is not AAU, is the unofficial requirement being waived?

FSU does not have a research or teaching hospital but does have a med school on campus and a residency with Tallahassee Memorial.....total research money now...$328.6 million

USNWR academic rank is higher than Michigan State, Penn State, Indiana, Minnesota, Rutgers, Iowa, Oregon

 

[billybud]

FSU's President...

During the address, McCullough outlined the nine goals he presented to the Board of Trustees earlier this month, which include rising in the national rankings, investing in student success and expanding the university’s research enterprise.

He reaffirmed the university’s overarching goal to achieve recognition as one of the nation’s Top 15 public universities and make progress toward membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU). In September, U.S. News & World Report again ranked FSU No. 19 on its list of the top public universities, and McCullough said he is confident that the university will continue to rise.

Another major goal is to expand the university’s research enterprise. McCullough pointed to the new FSU Health initiative, which will create opportunities to attract significant National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and increase the university’s research portfolio exponentially.

Last spring, the Florida Legislature appropriated $125 million to build a new academic health center in Tallahassee. The project promises to transform health care delivery, education, and biomedical research in the region and make Tallahassee a health care destination. The vision for FSU Health extends to Panama City and throughout the booming Panhandle region.

 

[CL82]

USF and Miami joined the AAU over the summer. FSU was snubbed

You are right. I "misremembered" it the other way around.

 

[Tfoyle]

I can't remember, but doesn't the GOR only apply to home games. If that's the case, can't FSU just play a few BIG games in Jacksonville or Tampa (ie play OSU/Mich/Penn St/USC/ ect) and consider it a neutral site for a conference game. Then the BIG gets to keep the TV revenue from the game. Then when FSU plays Indiana or Rutgers, just let them play it in Tallahassee. Seems like an easy loophole, so I'm probably wrong.

 

[CL82]

I can't remember, but doesn't the GOR only apply to home games. If that's the case, can't FSU just play a few BIG games in Jacksonville or Tampa (ie play OSU/Mich/Penn St/USC/ ect) and consider it a neutral site for a conference game. Then the BIG gets to keep the TV revenue from the game. Then when FSU plays Indiana or Rutgers, just let them play it in Tallahassee. Seems like an easy loophole, so I'm probably wrong.

I actually think that works. You would just have to weigh the benefit of doing that versus the lost gate, concessions, and parking etc.

 

[billybud]

The GOR assigns the media rights to the ACC for the sole purpose of the conference being able to meet its obligations under the contract with ESPN....

ESPN is the key...they would have to change the contract obligations of the ACC....Why would they do that ?

Only reason I can think of is that they would have to profit by FSU playing elswhere.

 

[Vowelguy]

I could be wrong, but FSU is not AAU, is the unofficial requirement being waived?

There is no AAU requirement, unofficial or otherwise. There never was. Notre Dame could burn down its academic buildings and the BiG would still take them in a heartbeat.

 

[Vowelguy]

I can't remember, but doesn't the GOR only apply to home games. If that's the case, can't FSU just play a few BIG games in Jacksonville or Tampa (ie play OSU/Mich/Penn St/USC/ ect) and consider it a neutral site for a conference game. Then the BIG gets to keep the TV revenue from the game. Then when FSU plays Indiana or Rutgers, just let them play it in Tallahassee. Seems like an easy loophole, so I'm probably wrong.

Yes I'm sure average message board poster found a loophole that all the high priced university attorneys missed.

 

[Dizzy21]

I can't remember, but doesn't the GOR only apply to home games. If that's the case, can't FSU just play a few BIG games in Jacksonville or Tampa (ie play OSU/Mich/Penn St/USC/ ect) and consider it a neutral site for a conference game. Then the BIG gets to keep the TV revenue from the game. Then when FSU plays Indiana or Rutgers, just let them play it in Tallahassee. Seems like an easy loophole, so I'm probably wrong.

I am sure taking $50+ million dollars a year out of the local economy will go over well. Every game is an away game to play. Season tickets holders would be really happy I am sure and students have to shell hour $500+ to travel and get a hotel at each home game. And then they would have to do the same thing for basketball too and all the other sports.

Even if it was a loophole, they would lose more money doing it and probably destroy all their athletic programs too.

 

[Hondo 77]

There is no AAU requirement, unofficial or otherwise. There never was. Notre Dame could burn down its academic buildings and the BiG would still take them in a heartbeat.

Notre Dame is the exception to every rule.

 

[Travelman6]

destroy all their athletic programs too.

There already seem to be enough people keen on doing that, to begin with regarding major college sports (ex: insane amounts of CR over the past few years).

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[billybud]

It gets crazier...Florida AG launches anti trust investigation...

Florida AG launches antitrust investigation after FSU football snub

"I know injustice when I see it,” Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said in a statement.

www.politico.com

 

[Rufus]

If FSU, Clemson, UNC and UVA all have their pick of SEC or B1G, it will be interesting to see which ones go where.

I would be shocked if all 4 land in the same conference. I'm guessing it will be a 2/2 split.