Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Rocky Style]

2 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

This is a typical "discussion" when one side wears blinders. One says ACADEMICS ARE FIRST, and the other has no clue what academics are.

I was going to say, do we even pretend academics matter anymore?  That's a real question because I don't know.  It seems like it's all ESPN ad revenue driven.

[BDYZR]

2 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

I was going to say, do we even pretend academics matter anymore?  That's a real question because I don't know.  It seems like it's all ESPN ad revenue driven.

In the context of my post, no. And I have no idea if this gut knows anything or not. But he said academics first, then sports. Memphis immediately reply's, "But but but we beat Tulane...yada, yada, yada."

[Roaming Bull]

9 minutes ago, TallyBull said:

 

Memphis should be ahead of Tulane. New Orleans is too risky. No potable water, sinking city, and Memphis has the larger population. For those same reasons when the realignment draft occurs I believe the ACC should use their next pick to trade Miami to for App State or maybe to SEC Vandy. This may give them leverage for future draft picks.

 

[Bull Matrix]

8 minutes ago, TallyBull said:

Hope there aren’t many FSU fans lurking here, doubt there are, but Jim’s pulling no punches here (notably he’s a USF grad):

 

It is about time Jim started propping up USF lol. Now the peeps on X formerly known as Twitter are freaking out because USF is basically next in line to a power conference lol 

[TallyBull]

1 minute ago, BDYZR said:

In the context of my post, no. And I have no idea if this gut knows anything or not. But he said academics first, then sports. Memphis immediately reply's, "But but but we beat Tulane...yada, yada, yada."

Yeah, all of these posts go firmly in the "rumor" pile. But based on the ACC's decision to add Stanford and Cal, despite significant geographic challenges, ACC leadership clearly values academics. Jim's comments are consistent with that emphasis. USF's AAU designation couldn't have come at a better time. 

[Rocky Style]

5 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

In the context of my post, no. And I have no idea if this gut knows anything or not. But he said academics first, then sports. Memphis immediately reply's, "But but but we beat Tulane...yada, yada, yada."

Yeah I am wondering if the academic argument he was making is flimsy now.

[John Lewis]

Jim Williams sipping on the @Bull Matrix Kool Aid today.

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1 minute ago, John Lewis said:

Jim Williams sipping on the @Bull Matrix Kool Aid today.

This is why Bull Matrix is instrumental.  

[BDYZR]

40 minutes ago, Rocky Style said:

Yeah I am wondering if the academic argument he was making is flimsy now.

Why did the ACC add only the two west coast AAU teams?

[Rocky Style]

8 minutes ago, BDYZR said:

Why did the ACC add only the two west coast AAU teams?

They want to expand west and no one wants WSU or OSU.  Beavers are fun though.