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You lost me at "cost the remaining teams a ton of money". It seems that the current GoR means that the remaining 10 teams would still be operating under the same ESPN contract and would split the same size pie as before, but then bigger slices for each. What am I missing? Also, the ACC's...

To be fair, I had originally intended to respond separately to your quote, but then I saw @g0lftime's message and lumped y'all's together. More specific to your question, I haven't seen the current GoR (and it doesn't seem like any of the sport's writers commenting in articles and in the...

You know, maybe a mod could make a sticky thread that captures what @slugboy and to a degree @RonJohn have been trying to explain to everyone but doesn't seem to be sinking in.

Well if an authority as solid as a National Sports Writer said it, it must be true. /s

I don't disagree that being in Atlanta is an advantage for GT, but like others have said, it's really more about eyeballs - the size of the team's audience determines the value of the product.

I think the end game for the mega conferences will be to end up with geographical divisions like the pros. That will mitigate the travel issues to a degree. It also will help deal with the scheduling challenges when you have 24 teams in a conference.

There’s a lot of speculation about what conferences and teams should do next. When in doubt, follow the money. More and more, the media providers will be calling the shots. If ESPN or Fox, or the streamers want to form a league, or leagues, that look different from what conferences are today...

ACC never does us any favors for sure. I still like the 3-5-5 concept better than the current divisions. At least if there's a team from the Atlantic (such as FSU) that you wished we played more often, you'll get your wish.

Now that is the best idea that I've seen lately! Expensive, but it would align with what MBS does for the game experience.

I'm in a similar situation. I'd be interested in meeting up with you at the games - I live in the Buford area if that matters.

"Our schedule is tough because we suck." "Our schedule is tough (period)." Both statements can be true. It doesn't have to be just one or the other, which we seem to be arguing about.

I think the presentation is interesting and is directionally correct as long as you don't look too closely at the absolute rankings. I was curious about their methodology, so I looked into their data sources. Turns out that the rankings are not much more than educated guesses with various...

Glad I was able to provide some amusement for you! You are dating yourself with the reference to the old Batman show. :) Seriously, while I don't disagree in general with your sentiment regarding the NCAA's lack of enforcement on cheating, I thought some folks might be interested in the...

There’s been some mention in other threads about NCAA activity, or lack of, with respect to the changes taking place in football lately. I was curious about what might actually be happening behind the scenes so I did a bit of research. The NCAA, despite some comments otherwise, isn’t going...

This is interesting. ESPN article in April said only 22 of 130 FBS schools contacted said they will pay bonuses in 2022. At that time GT was not in the 22. Surprisingly (at least to me), many schools said they had no plans to participate in this award program. Link to ESPN article...

The ACC AD’s are holding their spring meetings now. Media interviews suggest that the 3-5-5 model is favored, with the possibility that it could begin as soon as next year (2023 season). Agree that the proposed pairings are just speculation at this point, but it makes sense that they may want to...

Welcome to the GT family! MBS is about 2 miles south of Bobby Dodd, so no, the options being cited don't really apply. I'm no expert on tailgating at MBS, but I did find the MBS info here: https://mercedesbenzstadium.com/parking-tailgate-guidelines/

You know, I had been getting a bit annoyed at some of the more repetitive posts denigrating our coach/program, but you make a good point. Going forward I'm going to try and view these posts as "gallows humor". :D

I stand corrected - looks like I need to check my own math before posting! :ROFLMAO:

I know some folks just can't resist the drive-bys, but in this case, you may want to check your math first.