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If Swarbrick were sincere he'd agree to have ND all in on the conference to which they are trying to recruit other schools. Thought FSU's response was probably what most of the ACC members were thinking.
 
Well...Stanford is a regular Notre Dame traditional opponent...Swarbrick would like to have them stabilized in the ACC...

Adelson (ESPN reporter) had this to say though...

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.
 
Storrs South said:
Stability. They need the ACC to survive so they have a place to park non-FB sports. If the ACC falls, they will be confronted with either having to 1) place non-FB in Big East and stay indy or 2) join the Big Ten in full. I don't think ND is interested in parking everything in the Big 12 sans FB.\

By adding schools they ensure the ACC will remain in existence through sheer numbers, something the PAC12 was incapable of understanding.
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Just as I thought. Swarbrick was FOS. Just like the Mag-7.
 
The SEC and Sankey are pretty arrogant...but they have reason to be....they have won more football national championships since 2019 than the Big Ten has won in 50 years.
 
billybud said:
The SEC and Sankey are pretty arrogant...but they have reason to be....they have won more football national championships since 2019 than the Big Ten has won in 50 years.
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Perception is a funny thing. I find the SEC justified to say what they want. I find the other three conferences arrogant. (and that one golden domed independent too)
 
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I thought it made more sense for the pac4 to join BE in everything but football. If you have them 4 plus Gonzaga. Then creighton Marquette an DePaul. You have a decent western side to go with the eastern side of BE. The rest go Indy for football which helps UConn. Plus it really helps BE baseball and women’s basketball
 
mike012 said:
I thought it made more sense for the pac4 to join BE in everything but football. If you have them 4 plus Gonzaga. Then creighton Marquette an DePaul. You have a decent western side to go with the eastern side of BE. The rest go Indy for football which helps UConn. Plus it really helps BE baseball and women’s basketball
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With 5 members (Pac 4 + UConn), they'd only need 3 more to keep the football conference alive.
 
billybud said:
The SEC (and like schools) embrace football. Football is a regressive phenomenon of a capitalistic bourgeois culture (tongue in cheek).

There are some schools more caught up with the woke preoccupations that go along with the avant garde of higher ed in the 2020"s.

Although I joke, there are culture differences....Stanford and their tree are an awkward fit with a school whose teams are named after a tribe. (Incidentally, the University of Wisconsin stated that they would not schedule a game with FSU until they changed their name).

(just wait until folks find out that LSU Tigers took their name from the Civil War brigade, the Louisiana Tigers.)
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Where did you read that about Wisconsin refusing to play FSU over their name?

That's pathetic if true.
 
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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:
What happens if Big12 invites St. Johns along with Gonzaga to Big12? ....
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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...
 
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Forte said:
What happens if Big12 invites St. Johns along with Gonzaga to Big12? ....
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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.
 
billybud said:
MHVER...LOL....another West Virginian in the cottage industry of tweeting from his basment.
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He was accurate this time around, so I would not completely ignore him.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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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No he hasn’t. He just throws everything out there that is plausible that he gleams from other sources.
 
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:
What happens if Big12 invites St. Johns along with Gonzaga to Big12? ....
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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?
 
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