We have too much history with UNC and Duke to just throw away, and I've got fond memories of the Tecmo bowls that decided the Coastal champ for so many years. I'd like to play UVA regularly as well, though they are lower priority.
We could really be good in the BIG. They have 1 outstanding program who is clicking in all facets- coaches, recruiting, money, and school support. They have 2 teams that are usually very good (PSU and Michigan) but have tended to struggle in at least one area. PSU hasn’t had a championship caliber QB and Michigan lacks coaching right now. Oregon is on the cusp as Lanning is a great coach, but they lack players which will eventually push Lanning back to the SEC. The rest are ACC level. GT with a line on southern recruits would be a consistent contender in the BIG.
i agree with this
This is an excelllent point. If the ACC is crashing (for whatever reason) I hope we have a working parachute. And I hope it allows us to land in a spot where we are still competing at the top level of college football. But we may not be able to control the options for that landing spot.
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I will believe that when it happens.Sources: Big Ten discussing $2 billion private capital deal
The Big Ten is in talks about a private capital deal, which includes a 10-year grant of rights extension through 2046, that would infuse at least $2 billion into the league and its schools, sources told ESPN.www.espn.com
B1G looking at a 2 BILLION dollar private equity deal.
GOR being extended to 2046 as part of this
Bill Connelly (@espnbillc.bsky.social)
I always assumed the Big 12 would end up being the one who invited the vampire into the house, but the Big Ten always likes to be the trendsetter...
Have you seen the MLB playoffs? Multiple logos on jerseys. Logos on the batting helmets. Logo on the mounds. Endless logos behind the batters box.
No, I haven't paid attention to MLB for a very long time. (I did watch the last couple of World Series games a few years ago when the Braves won, but that is the extent of my viewership)
Give me the sec all day long. I want the regional rivals
Same, but there are conditions. We have to do it after making at least the national semifinals where Alabama and Georgia did not. And we have to announce it by our coach, flanked by our AD and president, tells the press that Bear Bryant was a yellow bellied worm. Anything less and the ghost of Bobby Dodd will pursue us to the ends of the earth for our betrayal.
Bobby Dodd and his decisions have haunted GT for over half a century or so. His damn ghost needs to leave us be for a bit.
I get crucified by older Tech fans for suggesting this, but it's the truth. Pulling out of the SEC effectively hamstrung this program. It was a massive misstep. At the time nobody could have foreseen the direction college football would go and how technology would change the landscape, but the net outcome is that we screwed ourselves over.
The arrogance of our fanbase is unbelievable. Get over yourselves.
To borrow a line from the advertising world. It was the worst decision in the history of decisions.
But, to be fair, that’s 20/20 hindsight. The game was being rigged against us in the SEC, and what Bryant was doing at Alabama was unfair to college athletes and an affront to Dodd’s philosophy of college football as a method to nurture kids into young men while instilling in them a sense of fair play. The SEC gave not the slightest hint that they would rein in some of Alabama’s excesses after Tech departed.
