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The Notorious ZSB posted:I argued for the all coast conference last year and everyone said i was crazy now here we are. I think they'll be friendly, and leave the 5th autobid, but $$ is going to be based on teams represented rather than the more even split they currently have, so getting 4 teams in is going to earn your conference a whole lot more than getting 1 team in.
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Komet posted:I have to strongly disagree on the WVU market value. I've made this argument before, but WVU has more fans in West Virginia than Rutgers does in the New York metro area. No one gives a gently caress about Rutgers, but almost every West Virginian is a die hard fan. WVU does actually bring more to the table financially than UVA, Rutgers, or Maryland. UVA is attractive to the Big Ten because of academics, and it has good basketball and baseball and some great Olympic sports programs (especially swimming). But if we are looking only at football for a superconference, then give me WVU. When I went to law school one of my roommates went to Rutgers undergrad, and I can remember multiple weekends where he invited friends from Rutgers up to hang, and I'm pretty sure I've still never met anyone that cares about Rutgers football.
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Sash! posted:In the old days, Penn State found mountains of guys in the mill towns and coal camps that the snootier elite schools turned their nose up at for one reason or another, then used those guys to bludgeon everyone else to death. Pitt used largely the same tactic, which worked for decades. They were really the only two Northeastern teams by 1970. I think Matt Ryan's BC got up to number 2 at some point in '07 as well.
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Aug 8, 2023 18:45
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Greg Schiano is back at Rutgers, isn't he? I'm kind of interested in seeing if he can make them relevant again
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Sash! posted:In the old days, Penn State found mountains of guys in the mill towns and coal camps that the snootier elite schools turned their nose up at for one reason or another, then used those guys to bludgeon everyone else to death. Pitt used largely the same tactic, which worked for decades. They were really the only two Northeastern teams by 1970. WVU also went undefeated before their bowl game in 1988 (legit, Major Harris clowned Penn State so bad the latter refused to play WVU once they went to the Big 10) and 1993 (not a bad team but not a real contender, destroyed by Spur-dog in the bowl game).
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Aug 8, 2023 18:59
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Sash! posted:In the old days, Penn State found mountains of guys in the mill towns and coal camps that the snootier elite schools turned their nose up at for one reason or another, then used those guys to bludgeon everyone else to death. Pitt used largely the same tactic, which worked for decades. They were really the only two Northeastern teams by 1970. BC in 07 and VT in 99 both got up the num 2. VT is probably as far south as I'd go and consider Northeast, but if you're including WVU I'd argue to include VT.
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I rooted for Notre Dame to beat WVU in 1988 as a 5 year old and almost got thrown out of the neighbor's house. They were loving pissed
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Aug 8, 2023 19:43
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drunk leprechaun posted:BC in 07 and VT in 99 both got up the num 2. VT is probably as far south as I'd go and consider Northeast, but if you're including WVU I'd argue to include VT. VT is definitely Mid Atlantic. WVU is in a weird spot for cultural and historical reasons that tie them to the Northeast more than the Mid Atlantic. Morgantown is a Rust Belt city.
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Aug 8, 2023 20:00
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Sash! posted:VT is definitely Mid Atlantic. WVU is mountain Pittsburgh.
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Aug 8, 2023 20:15
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kayakyakr posted:WVU is mountain Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is mountain Pittsburgh
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zimbomonkey posted:Adrian Peterson's younger brother committed to UCF yesterday. He will start his college career 17 years after big brother's ended. Has there ever been a bigger gap between two brothers playing in the NCAA? The Marinovich half-brothers are pretty close. Todd was born in 1969 and Mikhail in 1988.
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Aug 8, 2023 21:45
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Why do so many people apparently think that Texas is going to be better than last year, having lost human cheat code Bijan Robinson and bonus DC Gary Patterson?
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Thermos H Christ posted:Why do so many people apparently think that Texas is going to be better than last year, having lost human cheat code Bijan Robinson and bonus DC Gary Patterson? It isn’t cfb season without an overrated Texas thinking they are back.
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Thermos H Christ posted:Why do so many people apparently think that Texas is going to be better than last year, having lost human cheat code Bijan Robinson and bonus DC Gary Patterson? Promising QB and a conference with no top dog. TCU and K-State are probably both regressing.
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^^--I do keep forgetting they're still stuck in the Big 12 for a year, that probably goes into it.Thermos H Christ posted:Why do so many people apparently think that Texas is going to be better than last year, having lost human cheat code Bijan Robinson and bonus DC Gary Patterson? Hyped QB with a year under his belt if I were trying to make an argument I guess. Apparently the receivers are good and they just return a lot of guys who are not Bijan? Eh...I'm not the one making this argument but that seems to be the idea.
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Spacebump posted:It isn’t cfb season without an overrated Texas thinking they are back. Hopefully Texas can finally get the monkey off their back
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Grittybeard posted:Hyped QB with a year under his belt if I were trying to make an argument I guess. Apparently the receivers are good and they just return a lot of guys who are not Bijan? Eh...I'm not the one making this argument but that seems to be the idea. Counterpoint: Sark
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I love Gus Malzahn
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Thermos H Christ posted:Why do so many people apparently think that Texas is going to be better than last year, having lost human cheat code Bijan Robinson and bonus DC Gary Patterson? The only games they watched was almost beating the weakest Alabama team in years at home and destroying Oklahoma who didn't even have a quarterback.
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I was at the Texas/Oklahoma game last season, and it was hilarious/sad. There was a point in the first half when OU looked like they had figured out Texas was weak against their rushing attack, and then they decided to pass (despite, as mentioned, them having no quarterback).
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Komet posted:I rooted for Notre Dame to beat WVU in 1988 as a 5 year old and almost got thrown out of the neighbor's house. They were loving pissed as they should have been.
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Calidus posted:Pitt and WVU are definitely fringe teams without much media market when you already have PSU. The pick team for the DC/Maryland market is hard. Does Tech have that big of fan base? I am not sure I ever really understand how PSU in middle of central PA cow fields became the only elite football school in northeast. Pitt divested from football heavily in the mid 80s in favor of academic spending. This basically didn't change until we joined the ACC and funnily enough now actually spending money Pitt has the second best ACC conference record behind Clemson. Still no respect cause of those down years though even putting all pro after all pro into the NFL.
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Demolishing the football stadium and building a basketball stadium in the exact same spot also sent a bit of a message
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Sash! posted:Demolishing the football stadium and building a basketball stadium in the exact same spot also sent a bit of a message and they're still bad at basketball too lol
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speaking of football stadiums... https://twitter.com/GTAthletics/status/1689002302739517440
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Joey Freshwater posted:Do you pronounce the Y when you say Hyundai? hyundai rhymes with sunday e: not sure if correct or if i just have it that way bc of the kanye west song tbqh
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Soul Glo posted:hyundai rhymes with sunday It’s funny because I work in freight forwarding and one of the ocean carriers is Hyundai Merchant Marine but everyone just calls them Hyundai. It’s not related to the car manufacturer as far as I know. Anyway everyone pronounces the Y so it’s Hyun-day. So now whenever I see the car I can’t help but pronounce it that way
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Joey Freshwater posted:It’s funny because I work in freight forwarding and one of the ocean carriers is Hyundai Merchant Marine but everyone just calls them Hyundai. It’s not related to the car manufacturer as far as I know. Looks like HMM isn't connected, but Hyundai Glovis is.
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I own a Hyundai. I'm from Texas originally, so it's Hyun-Die.
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https://apnews.com/article/georgia-tech-hyundai-bobby-dodd-stadium-naming-rights-7efc03a1c8f00edabf4b5c5e0b60b42dquote:“Like Georgia Tech, Hyundai is a global brand that is synonymous with quality” Heh
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I had to actively hold my brain from leaking out of nose when I saw the Quikrete patches on the Braves unis. loving corpo pig poo poo.
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Cthulu Carl posted:Looks like HMM isn't connected, but Hyundai Glovis is. It’s all connected. If you want to learn more this is a decent start: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaebol Anyway I missed all the realignment stuff due to vacation and have come back to a very strange world. RIP conference of champions. Oregon in the big 10 is going to be weird and cause strife in my house.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Anyway I missed all the realignment stuff due to vacation and have come back to a very strange world. RIP conference of champions. Oregon in the big 10 is going to be weird and cause strife in my house. It's crazy how quick it went down, you didn't even need to be a long vacation to miss all of it.
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LeeMajors posted:I had to actively hold my brain from leaking out of nose when I saw the Quikrete patches on the Braves unis. Quikrete sucks rear end anyway, they don't use enough portland cement. PakMix supremacy. Good luck finding it, though.
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LeeMajors posted:I had to actively hold my brain from leaking out of nose when I saw the Quikrete patches on the Braves unis. It makes me so mad every time I see it. I was blown away the Yankees got one too. I thought for sure they’d hold out because of all their No Names No Facial hair tradition BS
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Joey Freshwater posted:It makes me so mad every time I see it. I was blown away the Yankees got one too. I thought for sure they’d hold out because of all their No Names No Facial hair tradition BS But the no names and no facial hair bs aren't a new revenue stream.
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