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What if: Miami Hurricanes in the SEC...

3GC said:
Our team is not built to compete with the SEC.
With our academic standards we'd be a perpetual Vanderbilt..
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Suddenly, I just became scared to run to Vandys win loss and bowl totals versus ours over say 15 years?
 
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ShlomoShekelberg said:
Honest question here, so please be honest in your responses. If you could press a button that would somehow put the Miami Hurricanes in the SEC as a permanent member going forward, would you press it? We're talking all sports here. Football, basketball, baseball, etc... This would mean a renewal of the annual series against Florida, since Miami would likely be placed in the East division of the SEC. It would also mean regular games against Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Just for the record, I would be in favor of this. I can imagine a dozen different upsides to such a move, but only a few downsides. If you would oppose such a move, what are the reasons?
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I'd like to press a button and go back to the Big lEast.
 
Honestly, it could actually be a boon to the program. I recall Texas A&M being an absolute dumpster fire for a decade, and then joining the SEC. Based on how they were playing in the Big 12, I thought that they easily would be a 3 to 4 win program once in the SEC. Instead they have actually been quite competitive, and competitive from the first year forward.
 
I’m tired of playing UNC and Virginia every year.

But **** the SEC.

I want Miami to go independent, like the old days.
 
cane14 said:
We apparently turned them down when we were still independent. We wanted a conference with a better academic reputation. This is back around the late 80s/90s. SEC ended up adding Arkansas/South Carolina in 1992 I think. Don’t think our BOT would want to join now either. I think the ACC as a whole has great potential. We’re fine where we are. Just wish we had the gator on our schedule on a consistent basis.
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How is playing Duke, Virginia, UNC and Georgia tech every year a good thing?

We have no rivalry or history with the ACC. Those are boring *** games that don’t sell out.

And why the **** is Wake Forest even in the ACC?

I want Clemson, FSU, Virginia Tech, and that’s it. **** maybe GA tech too. But otherwise the ACC is a boring *** conference.
 
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I see the puss fans are scared and thinking what we are now is what we will always be. And that would suggest that they have zero faith in Manny's or anybody's ability to turn the program around.

My first preference would be to go back to being an independent. However, I understand conference affiliation means more revenue. That said, my first conference choice would be South Eastern Conference. Put on the Big Boy pants and prove what you are!

Since we are in the Atlantic Coast Conference, let's shoot for Clemson and place our name at the top of the ACC and CFB world.

#DONTBESCARED!
 
RightSaidFred said:
How is playing Duke, Virginia, UNC and Georgia tech every year a good thing?

We have no rivalry or history with the ACC. Those are boring *** games that don’t sell out.

And why the **** is Wake Forest even in the ACC?

I want Clemson, FSU, Virginia Tech, and that’s it. **** maybe GA tech too. But otherwise the ACC is a boring *** conference.
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We haven’t been able to beat any of those teams on a consistent basis minus GT.

FWIW, since we’ve been in the ACC, Wake has won an ACC championship. We haven’t.

We have no rivalry with any SEC teams minus the Gator...

I’d like to play more SEC teams and maybe in 10-20 years they might form one of those superconferences they were talking about a few years back and we’d possibly join.
 
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RightSaidFred said:
How is playing Duke, Virginia, UNC and Georgia tech every year a good thing?

We have no rivalry or history with the ACC. Those are boring *** games that don’t sell out.

And why the **** is Wake Forest even in the ACC?

I want Clemson, FSU, Virginia Tech, and that’s it. **** maybe GA tech too. But otherwise the ACC is a boring *** conference.
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I don't know, by now I think we have legitimate rivalries with UVA, UNC, and GT. Judging from the way they get up to play us, their teams and fans certainly think so, even if our fans may not.
 
TheMatador said:
We WERE independent. Did not work.
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It worked just fine. In Schnellenberger's early years at UM - we were a traveling show - played teams from all over the country - and we were learning at the same time the different "game" that different regions produced.

SOB. We finally got a shot at a team that was had unbelievable statistics - unbelievable strength - they were the boss team in America - and UM didn't have a dog's chance - per all the experts.

But we'd seen some teams like them - and we relied on our speed to offset their strength - and while it was close - we won our first National Championship.

Now, we and all other teams play conference-heavy schedules. Then the Alabama's of the world - as great as they are - can get their heads handed to them by a team that's faster, quicker, more resilient, and more open in their offense than the SEC run-heavy teams. That's the downside to heavy conference play.

If you're in a conference - yeah - you can be a really ****-poor team and share in the revenues. You can coast. You can live off the efforts and successes of others.

When you're independent - you gotta be good - and the upside is the TV and bowl game revenues - that's all yours. Your schedule - it's wide open.

And that's how Miami soon became Giant Killers.
 
cane14 said:
We haven’t been able to beat any of those teams on a consistent basis minus GT.

FWIW, since we’ve been in the ACC, Wake has won an ACC championship. We haven’t.

We have no rivalry with any SEC teams minus the Gator...

I’d like to play more SEC teams and maybe in 10-20 years they might form one of those superconferences they were talking about a few years back and we’d possibly join.
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So what. They’re still boring games against bland opponents. It’s hard for me as a fan to get excited about Duke. Doesn’t matter how competitive they are. It’s still Duke.

Some programs are just marquee and others aren’t. Nebraska sucks balls, but I would love to see Miami vs Nebraska.
 
ShlomoShekelberg said:
Honest question here, so please be honest in your responses. If you could press a button that would somehow put the Miami Hurricanes in the SEC as a permanent member going forward, would you press it? We're talking all sports here. Football, basketball, baseball, etc... This would mean a renewal of the annual series against Florida, since Miami would likely be placed in the East division of the SEC. It would also mean regular games against Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Just for the record, I would be in favor of this. I can imagine a dozen different upsides to such a move, but only a few downsides. If you would oppose such a move, what are the reasons?
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what do playing the bolded teams do for us. We currently play better matchups in the acc.
I really dont see much upside to it though. UF wouldnt allow it...they are not that good a basketball conference and we do pretty well in the acc. I dont know if Um just gets on the right track the acc on the whole is right there with the sec or marginally below year in year out. Or if the acc forced notre dame hand and makes them a full member. We dont even fit the hill billy nature of the conference. We would be similar to a vandy in the sec. We're not a big state school or anything. **** we barely fit in the acc if at all...imagine the sec schmucks.
 
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