JJacket
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Well, I have surfed the Big Ten boards pretty regularly the last few days and searched for all news articles and you are right, there is very little mention of GT as a candidate but, that doesn't mean jack .
These are the same posters/fans that thought Texas and Notre Dame were shoe-ins for the Big Ten and the same uninformed fans that missed this whole Pac-10 plan to admit 6 of the Big-12 into their conference.
Bottomline is this, 99.9% of these fans/posters (Including myself and GTH816F and all others here on Stingtalk have NO clue to the facts as to what is going on behind the scenes...A handful of AD's and College Presidents know what is actually going on. Only people privy to those actual sources know the real deal.
In other words, a small group of people actually know the likely outcome of all this.
I am hopeful Wes knows...One thing for sure, he knows beter than anyone on this board.
Spot on. The presidents and AD's will gather measurables from every school that could remotely be asked to be in the Big Ten and study them. More than the SEC would bother to do. Schools like GT, UNC, Maryland, Vanderbilt, VT, Miami, and a few others will be investigated by the Big Ten - guaranteed - if they aren't already doing it.
If the Big Ten could get UNC without strings (Duke, NC State), they'd probably take them. Maryland might be attractive, but the numbers will have to be run. GT is obviously and attractive get due to location. I'm sure there are a lot of metro Ohio State/Michigan fans that would take GT in a second.
Without the 100% support from UGAg - and Richt and Evans are wishy-washy on expansion - and the support of Georgia's Legislature (like Virginia legislature supporting VT to the ACC) we will definitely not get an invite to the SEC - ever. The SEC has already expanded twice and left us out - UGAg was a factor in keeping us out both times. We might have friends in Alabama, Tennessee and Florida, but the rest of the SEC would likely vote no to us.