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DAILY DEBATE: What conference do you want Miami to join?

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423Hurricane said:
Logistically, the SEC makes the most sense but I just don’t see them being very welcoming and I doubt the gator would be accepting.

The B1G makes sense from an academic and profile sense but away games would be a nightmare logistically.

At this point, beggars can’t be choosy so whichever one would accept us is the way forward as long as we get out of the ACC.
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As opposed to the current state of affairs - where we will be playing an Atlantic Coast Conference game 3,000 miles away from the Atlantic coast this October.
 
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B10 > SEC > ACC > Independent/B12.

But ideally the top 40 or so programs all bail out of the NCAA for Football. Form 8 divisions of 6 (but maybe 7) which would be 48. You play your division opponents yearly, and have have 1-2 permanant non division games (to preserve some rivalries) plus like 3-4 rotating non-division games

Top of each division makes CFP, plus next 4 best. And we can rock with: (This is an attempt to make a pretty even playing field. Some rivalries will be preserved by using 2 permanent non-division opponents). The top 6 are what I'd do. Last row is just if there were 7 each, which I wouldn't prefer.

PacificSouthWestCentralNorthernSouthernSouthEasternEasternAtlantic
USCTexasOklahomaMichiganAlabamaGeorgiaMiamiFSU
OregonTexas A&MOk StOhio StLSUFloridaNotre DameClemson
WashingtonArkansasNebraskaIowaTennesseeAuburnPSUUNC
UCLATCUMissouriWisconsinOle MissSouth CarolinaVTechNC St
StanfordASUColoradoMich StKentuckyGTechWVUUVA
UtahLouisvilleKSUIllinoisMiss StUCFPittMaryland
1 of Cal, OregonSt, Wazzu?1 of SMU, Baylor, Houston?Kansas?1 of Minnesota,
Indiana,
Purdue?		someone left1 of Boston College, Syracuse, Rutgers1 of Boston College, Syracuse, Rutgers?1 of Duke, USF, Wake?
 
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Either the B1G or SEC. It doesn't matter. Any other option, the program is dead. Period.

ACC, program is dead. Big 12 LMAO...deceased.

If we don't get into the B1G or SEC, REALLY soon, the program will never be able to catch up and compete. The money is just too significantly different.

So the answer to this question is, without question, B1G or SEC. End of story. ACC or any other conference is not an option. Those conferences are a morgue.
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
Either the B1G or SEC. It doesn't matter. Any other option, the program is dead. Period.

ACC, program is dead. Big 12 LMAO...deceased.

If we don't get into the B1G or SEC, REALLY soon, the program will never be able to catch up and compete. The money is just too significantly different.

So the answer to this question is, without question, B1G or SEC. End of story. ACC or any other conference is not an option. Those conferences are a morgue.
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Agree
Move to either. Stay put and we are playing uconn navy army ecu and all remaining ACC leftovers
And, honestly, no disrespect to those programs, but if we are turning the page, the big east look alike is not the next step.
 
-I think Miami is much more valuable to the BIG10 than it is the SEC, regardless of how much that value is, and I think that's really important in how the conference as a whole would view a Miami addition
-Miami has many more alumni and connections in the Northeast and adjacent than it does the Southern states. That's important for viewership and engagement.
-Miami, academically, aligns more to BIG10 schools than it does SEC schools
-I love the West Coast matchups being in the BIG10 would produce. Miami v USC and Miami v UCLA are just fun games, both for fans of those teams and nationally. I think it's also good for recruiting
-The athletes Miami produces are a better matchup against BIG10 teams
-I absolutely hate the SEC for many, many, many reasons

BIG10 all the way.
 
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hurricaneman said:
-I think Miami is much more valuable to the BIG10 than it is the SEC, regardless of how much that value is, and I think that's really important in how the conference as a whole would view a Miami addition
-Miami has many more alumni and connections in the Northeast and adjacent than it does the Southern states
-Miami, academically, aligns more to BIG10 schools than it does SEC schools
-I love the West Coast matchups being in the BIG10 would produce. Miami v USC and Miami v UCLA are just fun games, both for fans of those teams and nationally. I think it's also good for recruiting
-The athletes Miami produces are a better matchup against BIG10 teams
-I absolutely hate the SEC for many, many, many reasons

BIG10 all the way.
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Agree. Especially if Rutgers, Maryland, and StatePenn are on schedule which is good for recruiting exposure plus many alums within comfortable driving distance to those away games. I always thought we wouldn't be a good fit with B10 because we have a small athletics department with no men's soccer, hockey, lacrosse and other non-revenue sports, but in a way this may be a good thing for the other B10 schools as they won't have to travel to soFla for games.
 
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