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  1. Sounds great. My top 3 parks are Rocky Mnt., Yellowstone, then Glacier. Research in case you haven't already. In many parks (Rocky Mnt., Glacier and Arches to name 3 I'm sure of), you have to have reservations to get in during normal hours. Pretty much impossible if you don't plan 6 months in advance. They do allow people in early in the morning and later at night. A couple years ago we went to Glacier and had to enter before 6 am. After leaving we tried to go into one of the remote entrances on the other side that didn't require reservations, but they had closed it temporarily because they didn't have enough parking.
  2. Wilner seems convinced. Just doesn't believe its happening now.
  3. A side note--of the top 63, 58 are P5, 3 are future P5, 2 are military academies. The other 8 current and future P5: 67 Colorado 70 BC 71 Arizona St. 76 Virginia Tech (surprise) 78 Houston 79 Virginia 91 Duke Vanderbilt I didn't see listed.
  4. As tough as Nebraska has had it, they were still #19 in that Sic-em TV analysis. They're a big name. If they were winning, they would have been higher. That put them ahead of USC and behind only 5 Big 10 schools (UM, tOSU, PSU, WI, MSU). They were a plus to Tier I.
  5. https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/2020-21-ACC-Manual-2020-9-17-2.pdf ACC manual. Key parts; "...Each Director shall be entitled to one vote each. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Bylaws, if a quorum is present when a vote of the Directors is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of all Directors present for such vote shall be an act of the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, all references in this Constitution or the Bylaws to the affirmative vote of: (a) a majority or two-thirds (2/3) of all “Directors present”, shall mean a majority or two-thirds (2/3) of all the Directors who are present at a Board meeting at which a quorum exists; (b) two-thirds (2/3) of all the Directors, shall mean two-thirds (2/3) of all the Directors of the Board, even if one or more of such Directors is not present for such vote (“Absolute Two-Thirds Matters”); and (c) three-fourths (3/4) of all the Directors, shall mean three-fourths (3/4) of all the Directors of the Board, even if one or more of such Directors is not present for such vote (“Absolute Three-Fourths Matters”). The Absolute Two-Thirds Matters are as follows: (i) any amendment to Article 2.5 of the Bylaws (Finances), (ii) selecting or changing the location of the Conference office, (iii) entering into or amending any Material Media Rights Agreement (as defined in Section 2.3.1(q)), (iv) the appointment, extension of the term, or removal of the Commissioner or the other matters set forth in Section 1.5.2.1.1, and (v) the initiation of any material litigation involving the Conference (but not, for clarity, the settlement of any 22 2020-21 ACC MANUAL ACC | CONSTITUTION litigation involving the Conference, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of all Directors present for such vote). The Absolute Three-Fourths Matters are as follows: (i) the admission of new Members to the Conference pursuant to Section 1.4.3, (ii) the expulsion, suspension or probation of a Member pursuant to Section 1.4.4, (iii) any amendment of this Constitution, (iv) any amendment of the Bylaws (except amendments to Article 2.5), and (v) waiver of notice or other required process for a Board meeting pursuant to Section 1.5.1.5..."
  6. I think that is a state law, but I doubt it supersedes conference by-laws. As I recall, they need 75% for major changes.
  7. FWIW (which is not much), a Washington fan site, RealDawgs, is claiming the Washington/Oregon Big 10 invite is coming around Memorial Day. If it happens, I guess that guy gets his Flugaur moment in the LA Times.
  8. I mostly agree with you. The problem isn't so much the mid-majors, its the bottom 10 conferences. I have no interest in the 1-16 and 2-15 games. 3-14 are usually pretty one sided as well. FIU barely even qualifies as a mid-major (or was it FAU-I can't even tell you a month later). And the other two schools weren't basketball brands. In 1983 North Carolina St. was a Cinderella. It was all relative. The tourney was just fine back in 1983 were 250-270 schools. Now there are 364 in Division I. They need a breakaway in basketball more than in football. In football they just need to quit incentivizing CUSA and Sun Belt picking up FCS schools. There are only a half dozen FCS schools that have the size and potential base to do better than average G5. And a half dozen more that are small but with good traditions who might have some good seasons (Dakotas, Montanas). But we don't need more Wyomings. And most of the schools added are Sam Houstons and Jacksonville St.s that have no business in FBS.
  9. And that extra hour of Milwaukee vs. Seattle adds up. After a certain point, if any of you have flown much, it starts to get wearing. It also makes it more difficult to get back or leave at a reasonable hour.
  10. Stanford and Cal will go indie before staying in a conference that is majority MWC. Oregon St. and Washington St. don't have the leverage to dictate terms to MWC schools. If 2 schools join the Big 12 and Oregon and Washington join the Big 10, Pac is dead. At least 2 more will join the Big 12. Stanford and Cal will join the Big 12, ACC or go indie with other sports in the Big West. Oregon St. and Washington St. will join the Big 12 or the MWC.
  11. Brett McMurphy on 365. Talks about Big 10 schedules, then Pac 10 media deal. Summary on Pac 10-things aren't looking good, but Big 10 seems to want someone else to leave before going after UW and Oregon.
  12. They already dropped that rule. They are supposed to be going over the alternatives in their mid-May meetings.
  13. Nah. Just scared ADs and coaches wanting to keep their jobs by playing weaker opponents, while shafting the fans.
  14. Its a play on OU and UT OUT of the Big 12. Soon to happen.
  15. We've accepted that getting 5 stars is rare for anybody but the top powers and the SEC. So its a stupid article.
  16. You didn't pay attention to my numbers. SEC got 20 of the 32 last year. You've only got a few outside the powers and SEC. nBig12 is on a par with the nPac10 and the ACC other than FSU, Clemson and Miami. Maybe Mack will pick up one occasionally.
  17. The pattern is pretty much the same. The top programs get the 5 stars. Purdue, Washington St., North Carolina St., Kentucky and Oklahoma St. don't. So its a stupid article.
  18. I never make my bed (except when I put on clean sheets). I just mess it up the next day. Its inefficient and unnecessary. Other than that, it was a good speech. But I do pick up water bottles.
  19. Yes. 2022 looked pretty similar. There was one year, 2021, maybe, where UGA, Alabama and A&M had about half the 5 stars themselves. (Hence Saban's complaint about A&M buying players also).
  20. Kind of a stupid story. How many 5 stars were there? According to 247 there were 32. UGA-4 Alabama-4 Texas-3 USC-3 OU-2 A&M-2 LSU-2 Miami-2 8 schools had 2/3 of them. The schools with one were pretty predictable-Clemson, Ohio St., Penn St., FSU, Oregon, Deion, UCLA and 3 more SEC schools-TN, S. Carolina and Ole Miss. So the ACC had zero other than Clemson, FSU and Miami (4 from those 3). The nPac 10 had 2. The nBig 10 had 2 other than USC/UCLA (4 from them), with Ohio St and Penn St. each getting 1. The nSEC had 20.
  21. Dennis Dodd repeats his story. And says he confirmed it with ESPN that they told the Big 12 ADs they were only going to have the 3 conferences. Also says 4 corners schools have regularly been in talks with the Big 12, but adds that they wouldn't be doing due diligence if they weren't.
  22. The Tennessee guy tells a story totally different than the UT president at the time, Bill Cunningham. Who knows what Deloss wanted, but Cunningham was not interested in the SEC, even though the SEC was interested in Texas. And Texas A&M and the SEC were interested in each other. There WAS a deal for Texas to go to the Pac, A&M to go to the SEC and the UT/aggy game to stay on Thanksgiving. But shortly after Arkansas announced for the SEC, Stanford vetoed Texas and it shut everything else down. South Carolina was admitted to the SEC not too long after A&M shut down talks.
  23. Well Texas A&M, Arkansas, Missouri and South Carolina's attributes were nothing like Texas brought, but the SEC added them.
  24. Washington has recruits. Ohio St. picked off #1 and #3 in Washington a couple years ago. Its one of the largest states not in the P2. Both Washington and Oregon are likely to be contenders for the CFP. So the people who vote for them are the same ones who voted for UCLA. Plus, you have the whole west coast, not just an outpost and enough schools for an after dark contract. Some reports do have them raising the overall contract slightly (of course others don't). The West Coast becomes fully Big 10.
  25. Jason Scheer tweeted that you should look for a Pac response soon. Sure enough....
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