http://www.the-a-line.com/2010/06/the-world-cup-of-expansions/ It is what it is, unless it is not Tue, 01 May 2012 06:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.the-a-line.com/2010/06/the-world-cup-of-expansions/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 JDanWuff Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:03:05 +0000 http://www.the-a-line.com/?p=1468#comment-1014 LOL!  ECTC will be forever left out of every conference expansion, simply because they are ECTC.  Jr Walker and the All-Stars, Booker T and the MG's, and the Doobie Brothers could form a BCS conference and the pie-rats would get bumped from that one, too. LOL!  ECTC will be forever left out of every conference expansion, simply because they are ECTC.  Jr Walker and the All-Stars, Booker T and the MG’s, and the Doobie Brothers could form a BCS conference and the pie-rats would get bumped from that one, too.

]]> http://www.the-a-line.com/2010/06/the-world-cup-of-expansions/comment-page-1/#comment-1013 BobLee Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:10:09 +0000 http://www.the-a-line.com/?p=1468#comment-1013 As is soooo often the case HJ ..... when you and I "wade in" on an issue .... "Clear The Pool" the party's over.  All that needed sayings been said. ..... www.bobleesays.com Don Beebe is the designated "funny looking guy" in this one.  There's always one of those. I hear Terry Holland is talking to Cameroon about cobbling together a mega-conference of "sleeping giants" with ECU.   As is soooo often the case HJ ….. when you and I “wade in” on an issue …. “Clear The Pool” the party’s over.  All that needed sayings been said. ….. http://www.bobleesays.com
Don Beebe is the designated “funny looking guy” in this one.  There’s always one of those.
I hear Terry Holland is talking to Cameroon about cobbling together a mega-conference of “sleeping giants” with ECU.
 

]]> http://www.the-a-line.com/2010/06/the-world-cup-of-expansions/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 Jay Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:08:26 +0000 http://www.the-a-line.com/?p=1468#comment-1012 I couldn't agree more about the geographic absurdity of a Pac(whatever) including teams in Texas. Travel expenses are going up and this trend will likely accelerate.  I suppose we'll see a Pac(whatever) north and south to mitigate the expense but that's too much geography. My other comment is that alignment essentially prevents 4 16 team conferences which make geographic sense - how can the SEC expand to 16 w/o looking west? If all the top schools in that direction have gone to the PAC 10 or the Big 10/teen/whatever, where does the SEC then go to expand? Could the SEC manage to persuade any or all of the best 4 ACC candidates (FSU, Miami, Clemson, and VT) to join? That seems unlikely to me. I couldn’t agree more about the geographic absurdity of a Pac(whatever) including teams in Texas. Travel expenses are going up and this trend will likely accelerate.  I suppose we’ll see a Pac(whatever) north and south to mitigate the expense but that’s too much geography.
My other comment is that alignment essentially prevents 4 16 team conferences which make geographic sense – how can the SEC expand to 16 w/o looking west? If all the top schools in that direction have gone to the PAC 10 or the Big 10/teen/whatever, where does the SEC then go to expand? Could the SEC manage to persuade any or all of the best 4 ACC candidates (FSU, Miami, Clemson, and VT) to join? That seems unlikely to me.

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