For the current Big Ten line-up:

Drop Nebraska, add Missouri.

(05-15-2013 09:55 PM)BirdstheWord Wrote:  For the current Big Ten line-up:

Drop Nebraska, add Missouri.

Tough choice there. Nebraska seems like a perfect fit for the Big Ten.

(05-15-2013 09:44 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  

(05-15-2013 08:48 PM)rknj8993 Wrote:  

(05-15-2013 08:07 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  ACC- Drop UNC-CH add ECU
AAC- Drop ECU add ASU

As much as I'd like to be on that level, App State and ECU will never be looked at as equals in UNC's eyes.

Yes I think ECU and ASU are above Chapel Hill. Neither has an inflated opinion of itself.

Well, that's true.

(05-15-2013 02:06 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  

(05-15-2013 02:02 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  Drop: Wake
Add one of: Florida, Penn State, Ohio State, UGA, or Alabama

I have thought for a while that Auburn would really be a great cultural fit in the ACC, especially with the Louisville add. Auburn fits like a glove with FSU, Ga. Tech, and Clemson especially.

I would almost call that funny, but the ACC doesn't need us. At Auburn they call Clemson Auburn with a lake. And that's a compliment. It simply means the ACC already has an Auburnesque school. Small town atmosphere with a major university in a beautiful setting.

Big Ten - drop Rutgers. add Missouri

Big Twelve - drop Baylor. add New Mexico

SEC - drop Miss state, add oklahoma State

PAC - drop Washington state, add UNLV

ACC - drop Wake, add uconn

AAC - drop Navy. add NIU

MWC - drop Utah State, add BYU

CUSA - drop UAB add ark st

MAC - drop east mich,, add northern iowa

Sb - drop idaho, add missouri state

big east - drop Seten Hall, add drake

I have many favorite conferences, so here goes.

SEC: Drop Kentucky, add Ball State
B1G: Drop Michigan, add Akron
Pac: Drop UCLA, add Idaho
B12: Drop Oklahoma, add South Alabama

Thanks for the opportunity to present my feelings in this important matter.

SEC: Drop Vandy, add Virginia Tech or WVU

Drop Texas in the Big XII.... add anyone...lol

Drop the SBC down to FCS level....

CUSA Drop FIU Add Louisiana

(05-15-2013 11:49 PM)Cardinals Wrote:  I have many favorite conferences, so here goes.

SEC: Drop Kentucky, add Ball State
B1G: Drop Michigan, add Akron
Pac: Drop UCLA, add Idaho
B12: Drop Oklahoma, add South Alabama

Thanks for the opportunity to present my feelings in this important matter.

We will pretend that you are kidding here...

Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Tulane being on drop lists tells us one thing: small private schools in the south have little to no value in the eyes of potential viewers.

Fun thread.

ACC: Drop no one, add WVU and ND full-time. Stop at 16.

Perfect.

AAC: Drop Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Navy. Add Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, Rutgers, WVU.

12 team all-sports league
East: Syracuse, Rutgers, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, USF
West: Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, ECU, Tulane, UCF

(05-15-2013 10:44 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(05-15-2013 02:06 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  

(05-15-2013 02:02 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  Drop: Wake
Add one of: Florida, Penn State, Ohio State, UGA, or Alabama

I have thought for a while that Auburn would really be a great cultural fit in the ACC, especially with the Louisville add. Auburn fits like a glove with FSU, Ga. Tech, and Clemson especially.

I would almost call that funny, but the ACC doesn't need us. At Auburn they call Clemson Auburn with a lake. And that's a compliment. It simply means the ACC already has an Auburnesque school. Small town atmosphere with a major university in a beautiful setting.

Yeah, we've talked about this before, JR. Auburn is ideal in the SEC, but they would also have fit great in the ACC. Ole Miss, for example, would be an awful fit in the current ACC. They would not transition well. Auburn's brand and culture would fit in with the SEC or ACC.

(05-16-2013 08:22 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Tulane being on drop lists tells us one thing: small private schools in the south have little to no value in the eyes of potential viewers.

To be fair, though, that is in comparison to the largely successful and popular flagship schools within their states. Out west, private schools not named USC, Stanford, and BYU are relegated to the WCC or lower. Private schools get more love in the northeast because they are not often competing with athletic giant flagship schools. Also, Baylor, TCU, Miami, and Duke are southern private schools geographically and do not have huge enrollments, and they are pretty popular. Anyway, I think a lot of the Tulane swap for USM on this board is the large presence of USM fans around here.

(05-16-2013 10:32 AM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  

(05-16-2013 08:22 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Tulane being on drop lists tells us one thing: small private schools in the south have little to no value in the eyes of potential viewers.

To be fair, though, that is in comparison to the largely successful and popular flagship schools within their states. Out west, private schools not named USC, Stanford, and BYU are relegated to the WCC or lower. Private schools get more love in the northeast because they are not often competing with athletic giant flagship schools. Also, Baylor, TCU, Miami, and Duke are southern private schools geographically and do not have huge enrollments, and they are pretty popular. Anyway, I think a lot of the Tulane swap for USM on this board is the large presence of USM fans around here.

BYU is in the WCC.

(05-16-2013 12:10 PM)jdgaucho Wrote:  

(05-16-2013 10:32 AM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  

(05-16-2013 08:22 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, and Tulane being on drop lists tells us one thing: small private schools in the south have little to no value in the eyes of potential viewers.

To be fair, though, that is in comparison to the largely successful and popular flagship schools within their states. Out west, private schools not named USC, Stanford, and BYU are relegated to the WCC or lower. Private schools get more love in the northeast because they are not often competing with athletic giant flagship schools. Also, Baylor, TCU, Miami, and Duke are southern private schools geographically and do not have huge enrollments, and they are pretty popular. Anyway, I think a lot of the Tulane swap for USM on this board is the large presence of USM fans around here.

BYU is in the WCC.

Football.

SEC:
Drop Vandy (sorry 'Dores)
Add Florida State

Personally, while I have great respect for Southern private universities, I would rather have a public school that has a brighter future, higher enrollment, affordable tuition, etc... over a private school that lives in the past, has an enrollment less than 15K, and tuition that only the richest in the area can pay.
For example, an USF (with an OCS) or UCF over Miami
An LaTech or Louisiana over Tulane.

JMO.