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TKthunder2

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  1. Many people think it will come to an extreme but I predict a more logical conclusion for all involved is to break up the ACC keep the current conference model then breakaway with the P3 conferences. You’ll have the B1G/SEC on the major network spots with a few B12 games sprinkled in but mainly filling up tier 2 cable. You keep the Big 12 around to not piss off the government too much as they have 5 states that wouldn’t be included otherwise (and the #2/3 public schools in 5 other states as well). The Vandy and Northwesterns of the world will eventually be convinced to take a pay cut as the leagues shift to a performance/viewership payout model, as you can clearly see what happens if you piss off your money makers like USC and FSU, and being in the club at reduced shares is far better than being out of the club like WSU/OSU. I see this as a breakaway for most major team sports: football, m/w basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, w soccer; but I’m less sure about those with team and individual components like tennis, golf, t&f, cross country, swim/dive (as those might benefit from remaining with the NCAA and still competing with the Ivy League and Big West type schools) or more regional sports like m soccer, Hockey, LAX, FH (as those are not played significantly by this group of 60ish schools). I think the walk-ons might be one of the biggest reasons to breakaway as it seems most of the big name teams want the walk-ons not to count against the total roster spots.
  2. 50-59k (16) = NC State, Arizona, AZ State, GA Tech, Oregon, Indiana, Rutgers, Maryland, Utah, East Carolina, Minnesota, North Carolina, Stanford, Colorado, Kansas, K State Others who seat between 45-49k but could fudge the numbers to get to 50k because their single largest all time attendance is 50k+ (5) = Syracuse, Rice, UTEP, Baylor, TCU,
  3. What’s with the gap?
  4. Anyone not already in the Big Ten or SEC that has a stadium with less than 50k seats is highly unlikely to make it into a super league.
  5. They only go as west as Colorado, but if they were in the Northwest it would be a perfect fit for Oregon State.
  6. Sonny Dykes does not like the way this conversation is going…
  7. I think most people agree/concede that the SEC is virtually guaranteed 4 spots and the Big Ten 3, plus the 3 auto bids for the Big12/ACC/G5 and you’re at 10 with 2 spots left for: Notre Dame #2 Big 12 team #2 ACC team #4 Big Ten team #5 SEC team I have a hard time seeing a committee made out of people geographically dispersed across the county giving the SEC a 5th spot when they already have a third of the field.
  8. Pass. I think you’ll end up with 3 conferences ranging from 20 teams (like the SEC) to 24 teams like the Big12.
  9. If that’s the case, explain all the other aggy games… (Don’t really just seems odd)
  10. aggy at Florida is a 9.4 but Florida at Texas is a 8.5? This seems guy seems to really like him some aggy. If I remember I’d like to go back after the season and see how right/wrong his predictions are…
  11. S Tier: Playing 2 Power 4 teams, one of which is a blueblood or near blueblood status, and a solid G5 school (Florida this year*) A Tier: Playing a blueblood/near blueblood school along with another P4 team (WVU) B Tier: Playing a blueblood P4 team (Texas this year) or 2 non blueblood P4 teams (TCU) C Tier: Playing a non blueblood P4 team and a solid G5 team (Okie State) D Tier: Playing a non blueblood P4 team and a weak G5 team (Kansas) F Tier: No power 4 teams Note: if you play an FCS team with an 8 game conference schedule you drop down a tier.
  12. It’s better than WE ARE COMING! TO YOUR CITAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY (insert generic college reference here x40)
  13. We got hacked again…or a cert expired not sure which…
  14. Waymo has plenty of issues too (a 2 second google search would tell you that). I follow the self driving cars very closely and there are numerous issues each month amount all companies. Tesla has the most miles on the road so they obviously have the most visibility. It’s risky for everyone at this moment, but innovation requires some element of risk.
  15. Was it scheduled back in the 1960s?
  16. Huge IF true
  17. “The Quality is Totally Acceptable”
  18. West Virginia behind Colorado is certainly an opinion from someone who has never been to either.
  19. This photo shop is just amazing. Clearly, you spent a ton of time on this. 😂
  20. Those spheres can grow and shift over time. Look at cities like Waco and Laredo, eventually they will be their own economic spheres rather than simply sphere adjacent. The cities and suburbs will continue to grow, but if you want to help small towns Texas really should be pushing for more Federal interstate dollars. While we have the most miles of interstate in the US, the majority of those are taken up by just a handful of routes. As far as number of interstate highways Texas only has 16 while California has 26 connecting early every major city to each other. Interstate 14 is going to be very beneficial for many of those communities West of I35, and I69 will help connect South Texas>Corpus>Houston>Deep East Texas>Texarkana but there are clearly other areas of opportunities in this state that could benefit from this type of expanded infrastructure. Austin>Houston, DFW>WF>Amarillo(w/ a Spur to Lubbock), Deep East Texas>Central Texas (mirror of IH14). Just look at a map and see all the small town that this could benefit. Clearly this is a double edge sword as they could just turn into glorified suburbs down the road, but if we are worried about these towns truly dying, this is a great way to increase population.
  21. Give them time.They will. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEC_Football_Legends Just claiming people from teams who leave you seems weird. Both just feel odd.
  22. Yeah, my first reaction was to cringe, but it would be worse if the Big 12 posted it I suppose.
  23. Doubly so if that 9-4 champ is Iowa State.
  24. Yeah that’s not how the smash burger looks.
  25. Yep, they want to see how these new 16-18 team conferences and 12 team CFP shake out before investing anymore. If ratings go up, like they hope, we may see another round of realignment in 2030 or so.
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