JJ is good. Anyone figure out how twitter decides an image of shoes deserves the "The following media includes potentially sensitive content." message?
Using 2025 numbers, I have
SEC: 16
Big 10: 16
ACC: 14
Big 12: 12
Pac-12: 10
Notre Dame
For a total of 69 teams. The five to dump (just thinking football) are what? Wake Forest, Rutgers, Kansas, Duke, Syracuse?
Maybe I should have said "Stanford and/or Cal." It doesn't make sense to me to expand west and skip the whole state of California. Utah can't provide much as the Big 12 is already getting BYU. Don't need both Arizona and ASU to claim the state for TV markets. So why not initially target
UW
UO
CU
One of Zona or ASU
One of Stanford or Cal
Another Pac-12 school - If this is ASU or Utah, it's still after a California-based school
Fine to skip Utah and CU, but then actively go for Oregon and Washington. Ask Oregon and Washington if they want their little brothers to come along since the Big 10 probably won't take OSU and WSU.
Everybody other than the SEC needs to be acting today.
ACC: Beg ND to fully join.
Big 10: Tell ND they have a spot, but if they decline, the Big 10 will add others. Heavily consider Washington and Oregon. Tell UNC and Virginia they can come.
Big 12: Try to go to 16 with UA, ASU, Utah, and CU.
Pac 12: Try to grab some Big 12 teams or propose a merger for the first 20+ team conference, the "Big Pac-2x".
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SEC: Do something anyway to go to 18 or 20.
Good match ups are entertaining no matter how physically far away they are. Some quotes from fans of ACC schools:
Georgia Tech and Clemson makes sense... Wake Forest and Louisville? What? Duke, FSU, Virginia, VT, UNC, Miami... anyone that was in the coastal... ANY of those make more sense than WF and Louisville.
Wake and NCSU was among the longest continuously played rivalries in the country.
Miami had to have FSU, VT, and then either BC or Pitt since Miami has Big East history with those teams. Not having Miami and VT is just... questionable.
July wedding checking in. Never had to miss a college baseball or football game for the anniversary. Suggest you gentlemen start looking for ladies who have the same mindset.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I like opponents doing horns down. If we're playing the team or fans doing horns down, it should piss off our players and motivate them in the game. If some fans or players are doing horns down in a non-UT game or non-game setting, it shows we're in their minds constantly and they don't care about their current opponent or situation.
Pony up the money, give OU a loan so they can get out, and make OU post signs all over campus including Gaylord Stadium saying 'Texas loaned OU money to leave the Big 12' until the loan plus interest is paid off.
If we're still in the Big 12 next year, then we'll just beat BYU, UCF, UH, and Cincy in every sport!