The Goat Pen

The ACC should be frozen out. Once FSU bolts there really is nothing left, much like the Big East.

anyone hearing rumors as to why SMU fired their AD?

Probably over money.

aTm wrote:Or alternatively, could result in the Sugar and Rose Bowls being national semi-final matchups with the ACC frozen out of a conference champions only playoff system.

I think one of the intended consequences of this deal is to further establish a top 4 conference pecking-order; another is to have a bargaining chip there to counter the inevitable wailings of jim delaney about the rose bowl; a third might be to have a bowl game owned by the two conferences instead of by a "bowl," a la the conference championship games, especially in light of the Sugar Bowl's price gouging tactics applied to Lsu/bammer this past January....

eCat wrote:anyone hearing rumors as to why SMU fired their AD?

Was he dipping his wick in the Tri-Delt box. Did that once. Never again.

seems odd after his relative success with Football and then snagging Larry Brown.

I guess the demise of the big 12 naysayers might have gotten it wrong. maybe notredame will come knocking when they get essentially frozen out of a national championship formula

Frozen out? Nope. The powers that be are still planning on treating them like a one-team conference.

Well, that's been one shitty conference for the past 2 decades...

No doubt. They, however, still have a large following.

So does Justin Beiber.

Well, I found where the missing L went

Nice crowd

so is it true that Swofford saddled the ACC with a sub-par media deal in order to benefit his son's company?

Wow, when even Tim Tebow trashes your program...

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-footba ... ida-gators

So, the MIF's son (WR, 6-4, 200 lbs, ran a consistent 4.43 40 at the summer camps with a best of 4.39 and a worst of 4.49) has four full ride offers from MAC schools, but got a call from Butch Jones last night wanting him to Gray Shirt at UC. He's got stars in his eyes regarding the Bearcats, but I think it's a mistake. Any advice on how to steer him back towards his choice of Ball State (where I think he would be happiest), Bowling Green, Akron or Eastern Michigan?

Bluecat wrote:So, the MIF's son (WR, 6-4, 200 lbs, ran a consistent 4.43 40 at the summer camps with a best of 4.39 and a worst of 4.49) has four full ride offers from MAC schools, but got a call from Butch Jones last night wanting him to Gray Shirt at UC. He's got stars in his eyes regarding the Bearcats, but I think it's a mistake. Any advice on how to steer him back towards his choice of Ball State (where I think he would be happiest), Bowling Green, Akron or Eastern Michigan?

can you get him in contact with any athletes who made a similar decision and it worked out favorably for them?