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23 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Why would they take less money after whining publicly for months?

Maybe they can help secure a better deal for the conference with the new additions?  Clemson and FSU make a pretty decent swap for Oklahoma and Texas.  

1 hour ago, Peatearpan said:

Agreed. The man was full of hot takes, but 61 years old seems terribly young to be in hospice? What illness does he have?

I assume it is cancer but the illness has not been released.  If you are hospice that usually means you have less than 6 months to live.  

It is easy to get pissed at people but this is all just football.

14 minutes ago, BULLSHTR said:

Idk, Swaim specifically asked us all to not feel bad for him:

 

Guys, come on.  We can be better than that.

17 hours ago, Rocky Style said:

Alright I no longer feel bad about this guy being in hospice.  

What a horrible thing to say.  

4 hours ago, USF_Bullsharks said:

I don't think the ACC will NEED USF after FSU leaves, but I think it makes a large amount of sense to maintain 2 teams in Florida, and many ACC opinions I've read over the last few months agree. 

Any chance you read them here?

20 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

footballscoop.com

FOOTBALLSCOOP.COM

https://footballscoop.com/news/every-fbs-school-ranked-by-how-attractive-theyd-be-in-conference-realignment

69. UCF -- 114.4
70. Wake Forest -- 113.9
71. BYU -- 111.8
72. South Florida -- 104.7
73. SMU -- 102
74. UConn -- 99.8

Seems about right to me.  That would put us in strong contention for the next round.

42 minutes ago, TallyBull said:

I'm far from an expert on realignment. I'm intrigued but don't keep up with it as closely as others. That said, to understand realignment, I think you have to understand primarily two things: (1) how much money a university is bringing in and (2) how does it compare academically to its fellow conference members. 

Currently, I'm not sure how Duke ends up with more money in the Big 12, provided it enjoys a portion of any large exit fee/GoR settlement from departing members, and provided the conference TV and CFP money ends up being similar to what the Big 12 gets. And academically, Duke doesn't fit in with the (mostly) rabble in the Big 12. Nothing is impossible, but all signs point to Duke staying with Cal, Stanford, ND (at least, for now), Georgia Tech, and other AAU institutions (Miami, possibly USF later). 

Note that for FSU and Clemson, they don't necessarily see things this way. They care less about academics and more about money/access, which seems to be driving their current attempts to get out of the ACC. In fact, that's been their frustration all along - they care more about athletic success than the other denizens of the ACC, but all of the other teams benefit financially from them. But I suspect the president at Duke is more concerned about academics and fielding a strong basketball team and good, but not necessarily great, other teams.

Again, nothing is impossible, but that's my take on the Duke rumors.

Yea, I am more likely to believe Duke to the B1G

11 hours ago, Outlaw said:

They sacrificed the leader with a vison in Leavitt so we could lose in the AAC. 

That is not quite how I remember it.  

12 hours ago, DontPushMe said:

It's hilarious that any of you think a conference improvement is in the cards for us. We just had a chance to go to the tournament and blew it by losing to a school that the sun belt would turn their nose up at. This whole athletic program should be burned to the ground before it embarrasses us any further. 

We should be dominating it year after year if we expect to move up.  Hopefully we can build on this.

2 hours ago, Peatearpan said:

New school mascot, The Fighting Kylo Rens.

This got me thinking.  Clearly tradition is out the window and it's all about the money, how long before schools start selling their mascots?  Like the fighting Irish mascot wearing a Guinness T-shirt.  Texas could promote the Texas Longhorn Steakhouse.  

NCAA or bust.

4 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

Exactly! Either USF stays in the AAC & dominates which could always be worse or gets called up. I do believe the ACC will be the 3rd best conference. And I do believe USF will eventually be part of the 3rd best conference 

Its these unfounded little rays of hope that keep me coming back here.  

6 minutes ago, Bob Loblaw said:

No crap the goal is to win the tourney. I believe in sports winning is always the goal but I could be wrong. 

People are genuinely curious about whether or not the team can still make the NCAAT if they don’t win the AAC tourney. The likelihood is probably 10% but this is part of the fun of March Madness. 

Yea, I get it, I am just contrasting this thread with the other threads that craps all over this league, or insists we deserve better or that we are better than our conference mates.  

On the one hand we deserve to be in the B1G or the ACC but on the other we are not dominating our current league.

1 hour ago, Bull Matrix said:

The easiest way to overcome these rankings is to win the next three games.. 

Yea, I am confused, I always thought the goal was to win the AAC tournament.  Winning the league seems superfluous.  I could see if we were in a league that gets tons of invites but it is not so we need to win the tournament. 

People around here like to complain about the AAC but have we ever won it for football or the tournament for BB?  Shouldn't we be setting our sites on dominating this league?    

33 minutes ago, michibull said:

I’m with you on this. Like most have said, it’s the B1G, SEC and everyone else. B12 will just get more money because they have all the leftovers. I just want USF in a respectable league and if that means the ACC and have BC, Wake, Syracuse, Louisville and NC State or any other leftovers, I’ll like that a lot more than the AAC. Other than USF, College sports are dead to me because of the B1G/SEC and NIL. 

Yea, I just don't see how this ends well for us.  I have resigned myself to be a fan of the team regardless of who they play.  Don't get me wrong, I come here to check to see if my wildest dreams come true but it is a little like stalkng an ex.

10 hours ago, Bull Matrix said:

Maybe I’m biased or something. To me the rumors that seem more believable are the ones that have USF getting the call up. Everything else seems too far fetched….

I hear you.  I think I'm still spoiled over the Big East invite.  I think it made me, and others, feel special.

In reality we are not and we will only get "called up" as part of a desperate backfill for a dying league; hated for what we represent by those who feel we diminish their prestige by being associated with us.

47 minutes ago, michibull said:

Honestly, this would be a way more interesting league than what the B12 has going. B12 is a dis functional array of leftovers from the Midwest/southwest. The ACC/AAC/P2/MWC has better markets and teams. I would laugh if this happens and the new ACC becomes more valuable that the monstrosity that is the B12, haha. 

I thought that comment was tongue in cheek.

What would the Big "Creme De La Creme" look like?

Standford, Cali, Oregon State, Washington State, Duke, Wake Forest, NC State, BC, Syracuse.... Who am I missing?

I think there was a Pitt coach back in the day.  What about the Auburn coach?

I was just mentioning to my son there have been a few over the years.

18 minutes ago, Cat941 said:

So G5 have no influence at all?  This is likely behind a paywall but you get the gist of it:

 

We got dumped about 10 years ago and it sucked.  I felt like the rest of the college football world was - sucks for you.  Now it sucks for everyone not in the B10/SEC.

19 hours ago, 2000bull said:

so is the invite coming once we hit 4,000 pages on this thread? 

I was thinking about that.  This thread will never die as long as conference realignment is in progress. 

2 hours ago, Friscobull said:

You guys are a little too optimistic, we are still on the outside looking in.  I still feel like a heavier chick against the wall at a dance waiting for a partner.  We can boost up each other’s confidence in the bathroom as we touch up our makeup but we are still desperate no matter what we tell ourselves.

You are not fat!  

4 hours ago, Bull Matrix said:

This ain’t the same Ol’ SOUTH FLORIDA my brother!! 

**** right!  

1 hour ago, Bull Matrix said:

ACC schools have no interest in leaving an eastern time zone conference to play in a western conference. I do believe ACC will eventually take Kansas and Baylor when all said is done.

But do they have an interest in playing in a league with us?  Pitt, Syracuse hated being in the Big East with us.

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