(11-02-2011 11:06 AM)ChooChoo Wrote:  It's just glaring when you look at a map of the south or eastern US on some of these conference fan maps and can't see the state of Georgia or Atlanta. Atlanta is the southern HUB of this country! Be it the airport, business, growth, TV, etc, Atlanta is a vital componet, some may say NESSARY componet. I PROMISE, if GSU had started this season off 7-2 instead of 2-7 people would be singing our praise and mentioning us more. This whole process should not be predicated on the 2011 standings or the number of BCS points. I heard ZERO mention of SMU in this process until they started this season on a hot streak, now they have a potential BCS bid coming! Really? Just as absurd as the BE being forced to invite a team from Idaho to their ranks to maintain the status the bully's at the front of the cafeteria say they need to sit at their table. I've been reading these boards for over 6 years and this round of expansion is by far the most desperate. It appears logic has completely gone by the wayside in favor of the quick buck. There is no way, NO WAY, I can be convinced the new proposed BE with the hodge podge of institutions is good for college football, good for college athletes, or will survive any longer than the BCS cartel want it to. Conferences were designed to be regional and competitve for the good of the fans and the athletes. Now it's going away because of greed. Well if greed is the new gravy train, we gotta a big ole sack of unopened potential in the heart of Atlanta waiting on the top bidder.

What he said + Goes DOUBLE for the Alliance. Absolutely nuts. If as it is as mid major schools we have a hard time getting fan bases to be interested about other mid majors 500 miles away why am I know going to be interested in mid major opponents 1500 miles away?