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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:26 AM
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Yep, they’d join for free for at least 7 years. Their boosters, and they have boosters with very deep pockets, would make up the difference. They’ve been trying to get in a Power 5 Conference since getting the death penalty for cheating (buying players). They helped write the book on cheating but everything is legal now. It’s coming, they’ll join with the other two left coast teams.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:27 AM
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They currently have a 32,000 seat stadium. It would be such an embarrassing move to add them. Cal and Stanford make more sense, even though we would all hate that as well.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:30 AM
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The death penalty imposed on that program set it back to depths that have still not been restored. Not sure the NCAA would ever impose that type of penalty again.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:34 AM
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Wake seats 31K, Duke 40K and BC 44K. GT, Miami and UVA seat more but have half empty stadiums for most games. So how is adding SMU embarrassing? Assuming it is a full stadium and a good environment, I would prefer a small stadium experience over a Billy Brice or UGA where the fans are out of control.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:35 AM
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Wake seats 31K, Duke 40K and BC 44K. GT, Miami and UVA seat more but have half empty stadiums for most games. So how is adding SMU embarrassing? Assuming it is a full stadium and a good environment, I would prefer a small stadium experience over a Billy Brice or UGA where the fans are out of control.
I agree.
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Re: SMU
Aug 30, 2023, 11:54 AM
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Adding another bottom feeder to the conference is embarrassing. It would be the equivalent on the SEC getting another Vandy. Or the Big 10 getting another Northwestern.
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80,000 plus stadiums is college football at
Aug 30, 2023, 12:28 PM
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It's finest on the national level. You can attend Furman or Citadel games if you like what we mostly get in the ACC: only lukewarm college football fans buying a ticket because it ain't basketball season. It's pretty sorry as far as GameDay environments. But, hey to each his own.
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Re: 80,000 plus stadiums is college football at
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Aug 30, 2023, 12:40 PM
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Would we say that Oregon has a rabid fan base?
I would say they are a top 15 fan base in the Country and yet Autzen stadium holds a mere 54,000. Size of stadium does not matter.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:34 AM
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True, but I would not mind the ACC having a footprint in Texas. Could also assist us with recruiting.
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Re: SMU
Aug 30, 2023, 11:48 AM
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Memphis, if we want to totally throw out academic credibility. According to US News, it's a full 80 slots lower than Louisville (#263 v. #182; CU is #77). Miss. St. (#194) is the lowest-ranked in the SEC.
A bridge too far, IMO.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 11:13 AM
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We already have a foot print in Texas and a Paw print. Klubnik
came to Clemson...Our OC coached there.What more could you ask
for? Our best prints are in Ga.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:50 AM
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And you can guarantee that this clown conference would make Clemson go down there to open the season as SMU's first opponent in the ACC. They've had us kick off our season in prime time with GT and Duke these past two years as if it's Clemson's job to elevate them.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 11:10 AM
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You realize ESPN is the one setting these matchups, not the ACC?
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Re: SMU
Aug 30, 2023, 12:03 PM
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No. ESPN has input, but the conference sets the schedule. You would not see Georgia or Bama opening up on the road at Vandy on a Monday night in prime time.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 11:58 AM
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My observation is SMU has more attendees in the stands than Cal and maybe Stanford.
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Re: SMU
Aug 30, 2023, 2:34 PM
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Like half the ACC schools stadiums are better? Miami playing in an empty stadium is hard to top on the embarrassing list.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 10:54 AM
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I don't have a problem adding SMU to the ACC, too bad other Texas teams are not available to include in the expansion.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 11:01 AM
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Yeah they know a thing or 2 about making purchases and money and stuff.
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Re: SMU
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Aug 30, 2023, 11:31 AM
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Hopefully it will not be our problem
In the very near future.
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SMU
Aug 30, 2023, 12:09 PM
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Is gross.
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