Search results

I didn’t say that. Please refer to what I did say. Many on this board think Tech should average 8-9 wins per year. That‘s a rate that would place us in the Top Ten Lifetime. Now, look at the Top Ten and ask yourself if we have the resources to be in that club? We don’t. That’s not being...

Many of the posts here are unrealistic. Winning 0.686 is the same as 8+ games a year would place Tech at the tenth best program lifetime in the NCAA. Do I want to win? Yes. It is realistic to win at that rate today? No. Tech was a 7-5 team hoping, by ditching the TO, to move to a 8-4 team. If...

Auburn University is funded by property taxes. It is at zero risk. As to athletics, they did well last year because expenses were extremely low.

I’m not sure money is the long-term problem. It is necessary of course, but what concerns me are the changing demographics. 33% of Tech’s enrollment are Asian and International. Of the remainder, sixty percent of those are from GA and 60% of those are men. If we assume HALF of those are...

The point of the post was that Tech DOES have an amazing football history. That means it happened in the past.

There are 130 teams in FBS. For 100, the season will be over by the end of September.

This is really the crux of it. The only reason for the ACC to add anyone is to force a renegotiation of their existing deal. If they can’t, it makes no sense. But, if they can’t... it makes sense for Clemson and FSU to bolt for the SEC and hope the ACC collapses. There are no good options and...

No. Even TStan said ... they look at total attendance. FWIW, even Alabama has attendance problems.

I think you are 100% right. SEC Commissioner Sankey has complained about the NCAA taking forever to address almost every issue confronting it ... which is a large reason why the SEC is attractive. Loads of cash and able to hire tons of lawyers to figure it out. Even the NCAA predicted that it...

To be clear, "game day experience" is not just "entertainment". It's the whole package of the team walk, the band coming down Third Street, the food trucks, the tailgating, etc. Atlanta United is a good example of a great game day experience and I know many "fans" who attend those games and have...

Easy enough. Just change the name to the Academics and Coeds Conference. Now we can admit anyone.

No one cares. Attendance? ESPN doesn't care if ANYONE shows up. It's all just content now. That's why this is a mess. As far as content providers, it may as well be Gilligan's Island.

Great question. The SEC has the most rock-solid "current" media contract. But it is all changing. I recall TStan talking about this a few years ago. He opined that ... there *will* be a realignment and his goal was to make sure GT was on the right side of the realignment and NOT relegated to...

You're joking, right?

I think, for Notre Dame ... this is a huge pucker factor decision. If they choose wrong, they are toast.

Is it? This is no longer about student athletes ... or fans. It's about money.

It's ND or bust. If we don't get ND into the ACC on favorable terms, the best option for the ACC is to merge with the SEC. That combines Football and Basketball into a killer viewership model. I fear if we don't get the football thing right, the ACC is toast. And the key is ND. (Same for ND...

No one cares about regionalization anymore. If we are willing to have Syracuse in the ACC, we may as well include Nebraska. It's the same distance.

I think the reality is ... attendance is in long-term decline. Big stadiums don't make economic sense because there are so many more options today. I would far prefer a great 30,000 seat stadium than a 100,000 seat that is half full, and I've gone to a few of those. I hear you on MBS, but the...

I don't disagree, but the likelihood of a replacement stadium (IMO) is zero. The two things that are most problematic are a) parking incl ingress and egress, and b) tailgating. BDS is just not set up well for the current preferences. If it were me, I would bulldoze Peters Park and create an...