I've only known the latter. But yeah, some hot chicks.is SMU a good school or just somewhere rich folks send their mediocre kids? I knew a few of those growing up.
ETA: tied with State and Indiana in US News. So I think my idea of it holds.
Ooh, let's add High Point University.is SMU a good school or just somewhere rich folks send their mediocre kids? I knew a few of those growing up.
ETA: tied with State and Indiana in US News. So I think my idea of it holds.
Wake “average” of 500k is based on 3 games with 6 million viewers and 9 games of unknowns which are counted as zerosMaybe but I didn't go back 3,000 posts to find it. I doubt the ACCN games change this very much especially considering ACCN was not on Cox for several years.
Were Pac12N games included?
Yea, this. We should add these 3 schools if we can. Don’t overthink it. Wake needs to be in one of the “big” conferences when the music stops. These are name schools. Adding these schools increases the chances that Wake will still be in a big-boy conference even were FSU and Clemson to leave. Wake needs a big conference much more than the other way around.Who cares? We need to put ourselves in a position where, if worse comes to worst and our biggest brands leave, we end up like the Big XII instead of the PAC 12. Adding mid-market schools while they're still there to add is the best, perhaps only, way to do that. Would you rather be Iowa State or Wazzu right now?
Agreed. As I've said before, I'm for whatever keeps Wake's seat at the adult table.Yea, this. We should add these 3 schools if we can. Don’t overthink it. Wake needs to be in one of the “big” conferences when the music stops. These are name schools. Adding these schools increases the chances that Wake will still be in a big-boy conference even were FSU and Clemson to leave. Wake needs a big conference much more than the other way around.
I just read that about the top 14, but US News designates law schools 51-100 to be second tier and third tier to be 100-150. #22 obviously isn’t close to being second tier.And Tier 1 is generally considered the T14. Wake has a very good law school, but it’s not an elite law school. It’s near the top of the second tier (which doesn’t mean second rate).
And Forsyth Tech.Add SMU, High Point and Elon.
Nah, Guilford TechAnd Forsyth Tech.
WGAF?!?I just read that about the top 14, but US News designates law schools 51-100 to be second tier and third tier to be 100-150. #22 obviously isn’t close to being second tier.
RJ is like that crazy hot ex, couldn't stand her when you were with her but the sex was so good you stayed longer than you should have. But now it's been some time and you've forgotten all about the crazy and kinda miss her.Bet the mods are now regretting approving the condition that RJ could return if the ACC ever expanded into California.
Just one question: If football is the only thing that matters on an athletic department’s spreadsheets, as these hyperkinetic, soul-less creatures in suits have affirmed with their actions, why drag the rest of college athletics down with it?
There has been speculation in recent years that the major-college football programs — let’s just say some-60 teams from the remains of the Power 5 — would be best served by breaking away from the NCAA. There was a time I considered the idea absurd. That was probably the final surviving tradition cell in my brain speaking for me. But that sucker is dead now. It has been run over so many times, it resembles what a UCLA volleyball player will look like after four connecting flights on a Rutgers road trip.
College football: Leave the nest now before you kill everybody else. One athletic director told me that West Coast schools will need to factor an extra $10 million in travel expenses into their annual budgets for non-football teams. That’s before even taking into account the physical and mental toll of added miles and time during the season, fewer chances to play in front of family and friends — a major attraction for athletes in all sports, not just non-revenue — the inability for other fans to travel long distances to watch their team and possibly a ripple effect on academics.
Actually, forget about academics. That hasn’t mattered for a while.
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College football: Just go. Let basketball, softball, baseball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, swimming and the rest stay behind in conferences that make geographical and economic sense, in a world that hasn’t been soiled by greed.
No school or conference powerbroker who made conference realignment decisions really thought this through for all sports. Because if he or she did, I would love to hear the explanation of why they believe this is a good thing.
Crickets.