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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: B1G Expansion Opinion Poll
« Reply #14 on: Today at 11:49:26 AM »
SEC gets the CSA including the disputed territories which they already have. 

Big Ten gets everything else.

It's the only geography that we haven't annihilated yet with the Conference realignment, might as well hang onto it. 


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« Reply #15 on: Today at 12:09:58 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on Today at 09:28:02 AM
Yeah, we already have one self-righteous, holier-than-thou, entitled a-hole fanbase.
One?


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« Reply #16 on: Today at 12:53:46 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: Today at 02:37:59 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on Today at 09:28:02 AM
Yeah, we already have one self-righteous, holier-than-thou, entitled a-hole fanbase.
Oregon is all of that. The B1G invited F'ing cancer into its own body.

IF they are going to 20, they absolutely must get into Florida and Georgia.

FSU and GT fit that bill.
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medinabuckeye1

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Re: B1G Expansion Opinion Poll
« Reply #18 on: Today at 02:50:15 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 02:37:59 PM
IF they are going to 20, they absolutely must get into Florida and Georgia.

FSU and GT fit that bill.
Are you not at all concerned about being the second league in a state?  Per my previous post, UF and UGA are clearly the #1 schools in those states so if we were to grab FSU/GaTech we would be a CLEAR junior league in those states relative to the SEC.  

I think we'd be better off being the undisputed top dog in VA and NC than being a secondary league in FL and GA.  
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« Reply #19 on: Today at 03:03:12 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on Today at 02:50:15 PM
Are you not at all concerned about being the second league in a state?  Per my previous post, UF and UGA are clearly the #1 schools in those states so if we were to grab FSU/GaTech we would be a CLEAR junior league in those states relative to the SEC. 

I think we'd be better off being the undisputed top dog in VA and NC than being a secondary league in FL and GA. 
Atlanta would be a solid place to go watch a game for most of the fanbases is in the B1G, and Georgia recruiting is very fertile.

We all know about Florida recruiting.
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« Reply #20 on: Today at 03:04:34 PM »
Florida/FSU is arguable about who is bigger in this state.

Clearly both are ahead of Miami, but it's not clear that Florida actually has more fans than FSU.
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Re: B1G Expansion Opinion Poll
« Reply #21 on: Today at 03:09:24 PM »
I voted Arizona State because of how stupid and ridiculous it would be to pursue them.

What? Michigan includes Kenny Dillingham in their coaching search and suddenly Sun Devils sports are worthy of the Big Ten?
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« Reply #22 on: Today at 03:34:17 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 03:04:34 PM
Florida/FSU is arguable about who is bigger in this state.

Clearly both are ahead of Miami, but it's not clear that Florida actually has more fans than FSU.
When I've looked into it in the past, it wasn't arguable, UF was WAY ahead.  

The only semi-scientific based article I have that touches on this issue is a bit dated but back in 2011 the NYT made an attempt to quantify college football fandom, they found that UF has more than twice as many fans as FSU.  It has always been my impression that UF more-or-less dominates in Florida with the exception of the immediate areas around Tallahassee and Miami where FSU and Miami reign.  
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« Reply #23 on: Today at 03:42:02 PM »
That's different from what I see here. Going by license plates on cars, it's about equal.

I see lots of these





And only a few of these



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« Reply #24 on: Today at 03:47:02 PM »
Also lets not forget that UF was coming off of a couple of MNC's when that WSJ article was penned. FSU has mostly been the better program since.

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« Reply #25 on: Today at 03:56:55 PM »
F all 3 Floridah programs

just steal their recruits and let them shrivel on the vine
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Re: B1G Expansion Opinion Poll
« Reply #26 on: Today at 04:02:38 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 03:47:02 PM
Also lets not forget that UF was coming off of a couple of MNC's when that WSJ article was penned. FSU has mostly been the better program since.
It was NYT not WSJ but yeah.  I wish they'd update it because I wonder how much recent success impacted things.  It came out at the beginning of the 2011 season.  End of 2010:
  • Auburn
  • TCU
  • Oregon
  • Stanford
  • Ohio State
2009:
  • Bama
  • Texas
  • Florida
  • Boise
  • Ohio State
2008:
  • Florida
  • Utah
  • USC
  • Texas
  • Oklahoma
2007:
  • LSU
  • UGA
  • USC
  • Mizzou
  • Ohio State

Based on their method, I'm not sure how much difference it makes.  Obviously there are a lot of bandwagon fans out there but I think the serious CFB fans are pretty loyal.  A lot of us (like you and I for example) are alums.  It isn't like we can erase our diplomas and write "this year's NC" on them.  
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Re: B1G Expansion Opinion Poll
« Reply #27 on: Today at 04:12:00 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on Today at 03:42:02 PM
That's different from what I see here. Going by license plates on cars, it's about equal.

I see lots of these





And only a few of these




I want to get a map and sit down with you and draw a dot where you live and draw a circle of your visible 360 degrees around you.  And then show you the 99.9% of the state outside of that circle.  

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