Diseqc
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Sure GT has done well against the SEC under Paul Johnson. But he hasn't played LSU yet.
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Sure GT has done well against the SEC under Paul Johnson. But he hasn't played LSU yet.
I have literally no interest what-so-ever in playing the Big Ten based on the Orange Bowl. I watched an offense that would make even Chan Gailey giggle with it's unimaginative, vanilla, precocious play ... which is bad enough before we bring Wommack's epic fail into the equation. Most of the Big Ten plays that way.
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Which do you value more, the success of our program or being entertained by flashy offense?
Well it's more than just boring play from the Big Ten. I am not at all excited to play Minnesota. Or Indiana. Or Michigan State. Or Iowa. Or Illinois. Or Purdue. Or Northwestern. Or Wisconsin.
Among the leftovers Ohio State has its own problems. They're like the midwestern UGAg. Having been to the Ohio Linuxfest in Columbus when there was an OSU game, I can say that OSU fans are genetically engineered to retain twice the alcohol of a normal human being. They're cocky. They're obnoxious. You think Iowa fans at the OB were bad? Holllllllllllyyyyyyy ****. Moreover, NONE of those matchups is in a nice regional footprint. Not a damn one of them. From where I am, I can hop in the car and in 4 hours be there in person for a football game in Atlanta, Clemson, Raliegh, Winston-Salem, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Even UVA, VT, and FSU aren't that unreasonable of a car drive. I don't need to catch a plane to see the majority of the conference in other words. I'd need a plane to see every damn body in the Big Ten. The shortest drive is probably Indiana ... and that's 9 hours. Failllllll!
Well, I'm sure DRad and Peterson's first thought is of your ability to drive to away games. :rolleyes: The long term health of the Institute is the #1 priority. Academically the SEC is a joke. Even Texas knows this, that's why they are looking at the PAC-10 or Big 10.
So you've opened up a rift in the fabric of space time for GT's women's basketball, golf, etc teams to travel to all those destinations as easily as they currently travel to most of the ACC? It's a bus trip until you head down to Miami or beyond NC.
No fans in the Big 10 are worse than Bama fans, UGA fans, Miami fans, or VT fans.
I think I'd rather join the SEC and be an also-ran than completely lose our heavy southern schedule, identity, and rivalries.
I don't want to give up the academic side of the mission.
I don't want to give up the southern matchups, traditions, rivalries, and identity.
(But if it's one of the above or get stuck in an ACC w/o Clemson and FSU ... I'll take either of the former.)
The best is if ND accepts the Big 10 invite, they stay at 12 and the Pac-10 pick up 2 more. The ACC and SEC stay put and status quo maintained.
These two are complete opposites. If we go to the SEC, we are not looking at the academic mission nor our student athlete side. Being an also ran in the SEC would turn out football program into Vandy's. Good every so often but pretty much crap the rest of the time. Unless we complete do away with our standards for SAs.
The best is if ND accepts the Big 10 invite, they stay at 12 and the Pac-10 pick up 2 more. The ACC and SEC stay put and status quo maintained.
No fans in the Big 10 are worse than Bama fans, UGA fans, Miami fans, or VT fans.