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Orange Blooded [4754]
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Does anyone else miss the days of smaller conferences?
Nov 15, 2015, 10:54 PM
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8-10 team conferences; where everyone played everyone makes much more sense. These mega conferences bring together uncommon opponents, like Clemson vs. yankee team Syracuse who belongs in the Big East w/ BC, Pitt, etc. and has absolutely nothing in common with Clemson. Plus now you're required to endure a jackwagon like Jim Boeheim every year now. Greed is gonna kill college athletics.
Smaller regional members saved big bucks on travel especially for the non-revenue sports. Like the old Southwest conference which had seven Texas teams and Arky. ACC has a footprint nearly the entire eastern time zone. Thanks a lot, Swofford.
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CU Medallion [58376]
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Sort of. I miss the days before TV, thanks to ESPN, ran
Nov 15, 2015, 10:57 PM
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college athletics.
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Re: Does anyone else miss the days of smaller conferences?
Nov 15, 2015, 11:08 PM
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Yep should play everyone once in football and twice in hoops
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Walk-On [128]
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That you blame Swofford on this is stunning......
Nov 15, 2015, 11:10 PM
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I don't think he is a great commish but he had no choice but to expand and 'save' Clemson. SEC would have liked nothing better than a weak, conference-less Clemson with not hope and no money. We make a ton more money now than we used to and the cost of travel it covered easily by TV contracts.
We expand and add Notre Dame or we might not have a team worth watching and no ACC.
Ole Swofford has done nothing but help us be #1 and possibly playing for NC.
Are you drinking?
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Orange Blooded [4754]
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I'm not drinking but thanks anyway Mama Swofford.
Nov 16, 2015, 6:03 AM
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True that he 'did what he had to do" but adding teams in the NE, where pro sports is king, adds just a bunch more mediocre fanbase teams to the ACC. I guess I'll become a selllout like you and just count the money. Greed will kill college athletics.
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Re: Does anyone else miss the days of smaller conferences?
Nov 15, 2015, 11:12 PM
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Did you say Yankee team?? I know you're missing days gone by but just how long do you want to go back? Cmon man you're the stereotype that " Yankees" make fun of. Jeez
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Orange Blooded [4754]
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Teams in the NE do not support college athletics like..
Nov 16, 2015, 6:07 AM
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southern schools. They're too busy rooting for the Sox or the Jets etc. I used the term yankee to describe an area geographically. Lighten up Francis.
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I'm offended***
Nov 16, 2015, 7:25 AM
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Re: Does anyone else miss the days of smaller conferences?
Nov 16, 2015, 12:19 AM
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Yep, I certainly do. I wish we could re-do the entire thing into 3 divisions instead of the current 2 of FBS and FCS. Make eight 10 team conferences in the top division. Play a round robin and schedule the other 3 games any way you want against whoever you want. (could do eight 11 team conf with round round robin + two additional as well) Then the Conf champs go to an 8 team playoff. The only speculation would be in how to seed the 8 conf champs.
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CU Medallion [55664]
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Yep. Amen. For that matter, I miss the pre-BCS era
Nov 16, 2015, 7:02 AM
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and far fewer bowls.
It's all about the money.
Bread and circuses.
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Re: Does anyone else miss the days of smaller conferences?
Nov 16, 2015, 7:13 AM
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Yeah, or a simple solution would be to have those traditional smaller conferences' champions play in the traditional bowl tie-ins, with the winners advancing...acc vs sec, such vs big 8, pac 8 vs big 10(?), big east(?) vs WHO KNOW lol...however you want to lay it out, I don't care, but I do miss the older ways...or just scrap the whole thing and realign regionally for divisions, and have the conferences "combine", then do the same as I said in the beginning. I like the way you think.
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Re: Does anyone else miss the days of smaller conferences?
Nov 16, 2015, 7:14 AM
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*swc...not *such lol
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