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QuadF said:
That would be a disaster. Rivalry is what makes college football fun. Why would we dump all of our regional rivals to fly to every game?
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Because the SEC fans are white trash, and the Big 10 fans are my "good" neighbors?
 
GTsapper said:
I don't know a lot about ADs or anything, but from the perspective of a fan - this is a great hire. This hire tells me Cabrera's words weren't just lip service. This seems like a guy who could bring Tech to the next level. Now, how long can we keep him?
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It's also a win in that I doubt he takes the job unless Cabrera sells him on future investments from the University side. Maybe I'm dreaming but this could be a very good sign of things to come.
 
QuadF said:
That would be a disaster. Rivalry is what makes college football fun. Why would we dump all of our regional rivals to fly to every game?
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Unless we want to be rivals with GSU (both of them) we need to exit the ACC ASAP.
 
gtg970g said:
It's also a win in that I doubt he takes the job unless Cabrera sells him on future investments from the University side. Maybe I'm dreaming but this could be a very good sign of things to come.
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Its probably a pretty enticing job for a new AD, he likely will get to make HC hires for our 3 biggest programs in the next couple years.
 
QuadF said:
Money follows engagement. Engagement follows interest. Rivals are probably the biggest driver of interest.

Do you think UF would dump the annual UGA game to play OSU every year?
Would Bama drop the iron bowl to play ND every year?
Should we drop COFH or CU to play PSU or USC?

I'd rather play auburn, bama, UF, UT.
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Hopefully we've earned enough goodwill from the Mississippi schools since we've scheduled games with them over the past few years to atone for Bobby Dodd's sins of the past. If we were to approach the SEC like Texas and Oklahoma, would they be more receptive to inviting us back this time?
 
QuadF said:
Money follows engagement. Engagement follows interest. Rivals are probably the biggest driver of interest.

Do you think UF would dump the annual UGA game to play OSU every year?
Would Bama drop the iron bowl to play ND every year?
Should we drop COFH or CU to play PSU or USC?

I'd rather play auburn, bama, UF, UT.
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Money follows TV contracts.
 
gtg970g said:
Unless we want to be rivals with GSU (both of them) we need to exit the ACC ASAP.
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The ACC needs to split into north & south conferences. South will dominate football, but at least we can play FSU every year as well. If they keep positioning as a basketball conference with alignments based on who was good 30 years ago in football it won't be competitive. They need to be doing everything they can to boost game attendance and increasing travel distance seems counter-productive.
 
QuadF said:
That would be a disaster. Rivalry is what makes college football fun. Why would we dump all of our regional rivals to fly to every game?
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gtg970g said:
It's also a win in that I doubt he takes the job unless Cabrera sells him on future investments from the University side. Maybe I'm dreaming but this could be a very good sign of things to come.
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I have the same line of thinking. Let's hope we all remember today as the day Tech athletics turned it all around.
 
LaFlavor said:
Usually it's done at the conference level, not the school level.
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True but what would get us into a new conference is that we're perceived to have good fan engagement and will be additive to the existing teams. If we don't travel well, don't show up to our own games, and don't boost tv ratings nobody is going to want to take us from the ACC. Hence why fan engagement is the all important factor.
 
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