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Wow. Good for him. Definitely the smart play and smart previous plays to have protected whatever leverage he had over all the intellectual property. He kind of merged the Lebatard/Clay Travis models here. Doesn't have to sell to a network as an endpoint like Travis did as he already has the CBS...

It's not a serious story though if it includes Washington & Oregon. The only way they jump on this ship is if the B1G has told them both an unequivocal no about a potential offer- something I don't think has happened yet. That said the Big 12 and other Pac 10 HAVE to try to do something now so...

I believe it. Would be really interesting to get all the details on the SC/UCLA maneuvers because mannnn was that successfully kept almost completely quiet- aside from a few dudes like your guy here and maybe a few others that didn't get massive traction with their info.

Imagine Gopher Illustrated being more plugged into what's happening in Coral Gables than a lifetime local hack. Unbelievable. Not.

I'm as big an SEC hater as you'll find but I like your future plans. Oxford is on my tailgate bucket list. I think it's nice when dudes set out to hit up every MLB ballpark but I always thought doing a national tailgate tour would be much more fun- especially if you're looking for some...

6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other. For every Alabaga and Jawja and Texas there's an OSU and Michigan and USC and probably Notre Dame. Not to mention our history with Nebraska and Pedo State. For every Northwestern and Rutgers and Maryland there's also a Vandy and Mississippi State and...

Yup. I don't always agree with his conclusions (would be kind of boring if I did) but you can tell he's at least trying to reach them from a base of knowledge and actual independent thought. Plus the guy is fairly personable and good on TV so there's really no reason a bigger outlet hasn't come...

Pate is a guy that will occasionally **** you off but he does solid work and at least you know he's intellectually honest and not a narrative/water carrier. The fact that he hasn't been offered a bigger job yet shows you what's wrong with the CFB media landscape.

He made multiple demands that we were too slow to meet so he told us to come back when we grow up and immediately flew back to New Mexico. Happened just like that. Yup. No doubt. Our loss.

Oh, I don't disagree. They'll be an attractive school and market(s). I just disagreed with the level that Thamel was running propaganda on their behalf as almost essentially them being the most attractive school in the conference. He didn't cross the final line and say they'd be more attractive...

I don't want to derail this thread but just a potential sidebar vent of......f*ck all those shortsighted simple people that used to hem and haw and throw around fake/erroneously interpreted stats about major college football not being profitable and essentially not worth a big time investment...

I have no idea where we actually end up aside from an almost absolute belief that we're going somewhere. There are obviously other issues that could be factors but I think people are also potentially unaware of which conference would probably offer us more money too if this is a situation of...

He's also running with the narrative that originated solely with Pete Thamel that UNC is some superrrrrr attractive program. These guys are that intellectually lazy. They all just feed off of each other's assertions and pure opinions. Sure, UNC is a "nice" program but it ain't moving any...

Exactly. I think people are also taking too narrow a view here when worrying about our prospects. They're possibly still thinking the decision making on this rests with a few stodgy B1G presidents or just Sabag and a few other SEC power coaches/ADs. It's much bigger than that now. Like I keep...

While I don't think that notion of not taking us so they can destroy us will still carry enough weight in the godforsaken SEC, I also think it'd be a completely idiotic maneuver if they truly believe their strategy. They'd have to really believe the B1G wouldn't take us for this idea to truly...

To be honest, we already ARE their one option for expansion into this state. The only question is if they'd bring FSU with us the way SC brought UCLA to preserve the rivalry and take ALL of the LA market.

At this point we're just making up "media markets" then. UVag isn't the DC market (that's Maryland) and the Richmond type markets are actually smaller than the Ft. Myers/Naples one here that we don't even really acknowledge.

Has it been noted that Notre Dame IS NOT an AAU school? Sadly, that officially takes the B1G off the table for the Irish. Sorry. No exceptions. I don't makes the rules. Rutgers has an academic standard to protect. Hopefully we're in the same SEC pod with the Golden Domers.

Exactly. What happens with UCF after this all shakes out could be pretty interesting too. When/if the Arizonas and the Georgia Techs and Okie States and Iowa States get added somewhere then does UCF too or do they even jump some traditional P5 teams? I personally think they would've greatly...