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Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 4:57 PM
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opinion before I looked at a single other post about the interview. After reading the interview, my opinion is:
Yep, we're gone to the Big12
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Re: Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 5:06 PM
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i got the same takeaway.
death to the acc! let them burn!
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Re: Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 5:08 PM
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I read it and i think now we will stay, and FSU will too. He made a good point about playing uga and usc. We don't play two tough out of conference games in a tough big12.
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Why Not?
May 21, 2012, 5:22 PM
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What if the Big XII allows an 8 game conference schedule? That would, btw, cut conference expense for travel thereby leaving more money in the schools pocket.
Imagine a home and home series with UNC, UVA, etc?
Think it is not possible? I say it is.
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Re: Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 5:10 PM
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DITTO!
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Interesting how...
May 21, 2012, 5:12 PM
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he kept bringing up Arkansas' difficult decision to leave the SWC, as if he was making a comparison....
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Good point. I hadn't thought about that in the sense that
May 21, 2012, 5:17 PM
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maybe he was trying to say they had to do it at Arkansas and it turned out to be a great decision for them. Maybe getting us ready for a similar decision here.
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Athletic Dir [887]
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Re: Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 5:17 PM
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He's not hiding the issue that football is KING! Could be trouble for bluebellies!
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Nope, he was very clear on that****
May 21, 2012, 5:18 PM
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Re: Nope, he was very clear on that****
May 21, 2012, 5:21 PM
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He made it clear if the ACC goes to 16 it better be all about football. So who would it be? ND, Penn St. I don't see any other options out there as football schools.
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Can't answer that other than ND for sure...
May 21, 2012, 6:11 PM
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I think PSU would be almost impossible to get, but it would be HUGE!
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Re: Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 5:22 PM
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you got that by reading that article huh. lmao.
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Yes, what was your take. I knew his answers were going to
May 21, 2012, 5:27 PM
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limited and there were certain avenues he just couldn't go down. But I think from what I read, we have made our decision and we intend to leave unless something in the deal falls apart.
Seriously, not flaming, what was your take? Or did you come away with no more inclination either way than you had before reading it?
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Re: Yes, what was your take. I knew his answers were going to
May 21, 2012, 5:51 PM
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what i got from it and what a buddy of mine i just talked to got out of it was nothing really. tdp is being very smart, unlike the guys at fsu. he was just staying right along the company line.
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Fair enough, and true. I came to my conclusion based a lot
May 21, 2012, 6:04 PM
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on what he didn't say. I feel like if the plan was to stay, he would have been much more pro ACC than he was. He actually said the ACC wold have to do things very differently. Another thing he didn't say was an emphatic denial of any possibility of leaving the conference. Though he did say there were no talks between Clemson and Big12, but everyone expected him to say that.
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Re: Fair enough, and true. I came to my conclusion based a lot
May 21, 2012, 6:13 PM
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i can imagine that clemson, vpi and fsu had a come to jesus meeting with the powers that be in the acc at the acc meetings. i am of the opinion those 3 schools will not be left behind in the big picture whether that means moving or the acc getting off its ### and making it stronger. if it ever comes down to 4 power conferences teams like duke and vandy and iowa state and other should be the ones to start worrying imo.
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What I took from it is 1) Yes, we readying things to leave
May 21, 2012, 5:30 PM
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the ACC and 2) it is not the Big XII we are getting ready to leave for. He outright denied any Big XII contact. That leaves the SEC, which despite protests about TV markets yada yada yada is more about national branding and appeal.
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The last qtr of his response to"Does the ACC contract put
May 21, 2012, 5:38 PM
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conferences schools at a competitive disadvantage." says a lot. I cant copy and paste the article or I would.
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Re: Just read TDP interview and wanted to sum up my
May 21, 2012, 5:46 PM
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There is a strong tendency to read what you want into statements. Having said that, I am in favor of the move to the Big12, and I agree with you.
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