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Big 5 conferences pondering move to Division IV led by the SEC & Commish Slive

In today's NCAA and ACC and especially if Wake was to become part of a DIV with new rules, I fail to see why what Wake offers would not allow Wake to be great in basically every sport except for men's basketball and football...especially women's sports. Heck, I still don't understand why Wake doesn't clean up in sports like tennis, soccer, golf, etc where even the most special players typically still live the college life that BKF talks about in his post.
 
Y'all do realize that the ACC was created because the football schools wanted autonomy and more money, right? It was a lot less money, but the rationale was the same.
 
Serious question for BKF - why don't you just pick a D III school and start cheering for them? WLU maybe? Let that be your college sports outlet with real student athletes who are pursuing degrees and aren't that different from the average student on campus and then let MSD/ACC Sports/"Div IV" be more like NFL/NBA lite to you. The things BKF describes still exist, just not at ACC schools.
 
Serious question for BKF - why don't you just pick a D III school and start cheering for them? WLU maybe? Let that be your college sports outlet with real student athletes who are pursuing degrees and aren't that different from the average student on campus and then let MSD/ACC Sports/"Div IV" be more like NFL/NBA lite to you. The things BKF describes still exist, just not at ACC schools.

He needs something to complain about more than anything else. #getoffmylawn
 
In today's NCAA and ACC and especially if Wake was to become part of a DIV with new rules, I fail to see why what Wake offers would not allow Wake to be great in basically every sport except for men's basketball and football...especially women's sports. Heck, I still don't understand why Wake doesn't clean up in sports like tennis, soccer, golf, etc where even the most special players typically still live the college life that BKF talks about in his post.

There's no reason we shouldn't be great in basketball.
 
Wake basketball has been strong in the regular season and weak in the postseason. No mystery.
 
I used to feel the way that many of you do now. I lived & died with every WF win or loss. Hell, I was a guy who was so upset after the scoreboard game in 1975 that I left the coliseum and walked 13 miles while the 2nd game of the tournament was being played.
I bet it was in the snow, and uphill both ways.
 
So BKF, what do you think about Duke University getting their own porn star? Do you think the rest of the ACC will follow suit to keep up in recruiting?
 
The SEC just gave out 20+ million per school this year, a new record for them, and the SEC network hasn't even started yet.

But with 14 teams the per team payout was still not the highest of the conferences. Big 12 got a record $23 mill per team for full share. But as you said, the SEC Network has not yet started. This is getting rather insane but is the way of the world now. This Div IV thing could really take off if the big guys want it to & the others don't want to listen.
 
Remember, only one ACC team went to the NCAA Tournament in 1975....and Carolina was 4 points down with 25 seconds to play when that call was made.

1975 was actually the first year multiple teams from the same conference made it thanks to NC St Maryland the year before. Both UNC and Maryland were in the 1975 tournament.
 
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