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  1. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    Thanks, I had forgotten about that. I was not a big fan of the football program, so I admit to not paying close attention. When they briefly shut down the program I didn't complain.
  2. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    UAB (my grad school) never had intercollegiate sports until 1979 when they started men's basketball and soccer. I was at the first basketball game. They started football in 1991, then temporarily disbanded the program because of costs, only to restart it the next year when alums threw money at...
  3. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    BSC played football until 1939, when they disbanded the team due to costs. They restarted their football program as a DIII team in 2007 when they moved all their sports to DIII. They had DI sports, but not football, prior to 2007. Maybe they were wrong to have a football team at any level, but...
  4. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    BSC is located almost next door to Legion Field. I have not been to the campus since I left Bham, but I don't know that it will "easily be redeveloped." That part of the city (and it's in the city) is not what I would "prime" for redevelopment. But, I agree with you that the impact on Bham will...
  5. orientalnc

    Mutts

    "In addition to DUI, Etienne was also charged with reckless driving, failure to maintain lane/improper driving on the road and affixing materials that reduce visibility of windows/windshield." The uga penalty? One game suspension. This sounds like Duke's indefinite suspension of Grayson Allen.
  6. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    This is so wrong as to not warrant a comeback. You are completely wrong.
  7. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    My complaint about the seeding is the favoritism toward rich football schools overall. It's more money pouring into those programs at a time when money buys better and better players. The lack of upsets this year, especially on Sat and Sun last weekend took away from the fan interest..
  8. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    Not sure where to put this, it certainly impacts realignment at some level. Birmingham Southern is closing on May 31. It opened in 1856 as a private liberal arts college connected to the Methodist Church. In the 1960s it was the center of white support for the civil rights movement in Alabama...
  9. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    Ask and You Shall Receive
  10. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    The N&O hardly does any reporting. That's especially sad given what they once were as a home serious newspaper.
  11. orientalnc

    What music are you listening to?

    Before the littering, massacre and the draft:
  12. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    I understand the screaming about the SEC, but the Big East got the only three they deserved. Seton Hall and St Johns had some really ugly losses.
  13. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    This is street basketball.
  14. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    So the ACC was weak this year meme is not playing well right now. We beat three of the four ACC teams remaining in the tournament and NC State finished 10th. Maybe instead of weak the conference was pretty well balanced.0
  15. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    Clemson needs to bring their A+ game. Baylor is good. But, the ACC could have four teams in the S16. Duke needs to just be Duke and play solid D.
  16. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    I think you & I mostly agree about this, but the "modern era" begins when teams are not selected to be in the playoff. Every team should have to earn their way in by winning, or at least playing for, their conference championship. I believe it's fine to say some conferences are just not the big...
  17. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    I don't think anyone is arguing that the SEC and B1G are not the strongest conferences in football. How that strength should be recognized in the CFP is the point where opinions diverge.
  18. orientalnc

    Conference Realignment

    Isn't this what the SEC and B1G want? They want their two conferences to be on a level above the rest. Not playing B12, ACC, and G5 teams just re-enforces that perception.
  19. orientalnc

    WBB Postseason!

    Nicole Melious, a former GT commit, is in the portal. She averaged 11 ppg at LaSalle and was on the A10 all rookie team. She hit 35% 3p% and 80% FT% and played 30 mpg. She is still followed by Nell Fortner and Blanche Alverson and Lasondra Barrett. LaSalle was an awful team this year and she was...
  20. orientalnc

    Bracketology 2024

    Clemson still needs to hold the lead. It was 19. Now 14 at the half.
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