nc state might get in the discussion


If it happens, might as well buy some bar property on Hillsborough Street, cause its gonna be hoppin again when 30,000 redneck SEC fans come rolling in on Wednesday nites and stay til Sunday

8/13/2011 10:47:08 PM

no words

8/13/2011 10:47:43 PM

Especially the LSU fans in gold and purple pimp suits, but we are not going to the SEC

8/13/2011 10:49:48 PM

State to the SEC is never gonna happen.

8/13/2011 11:01:56 PM

Maybe not, maybe a chance. Either way it's fun to discuss argue.

I'm for it if we get offered, I look at it this way: You can be a good basketball team in any conference, but the top football programs are in the best conferences. I also think we have been unable to compete with Duke/UNC in bball for the last 20 years, so why not, it's not like we're competing for the ACC title anyway.

8/13/2011 11:11:14 PM

How can anyone ever be for this? We would never go to another bowl game.

8/14/2011 12:24:24 AM

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"How can anyone ever be for this?"

More money?
Better recruiting?
Easier to get into NCAA Tournament?

8/14/2011 12:33:53 AM

Worse academics?
Worse basketball recruiting?
Harder to make a bowl game?

Every football and basketball pro of moving has a con in the other sport

8/14/2011 12:39:16 AM

You can't break up Tobacco Road.

8/14/2011 12:40:17 AM

I hate all of this expansion. One thing that makes college sports so great are the rivalries. Now Oklahoma and Nebraska aren't even in the same league anymore. Texas could end up in a different league than TEXAS A&M. The SWC already broke up. Colorado to the Pac-10 lol!

8/14/2011 12:46:38 AM

The SEC had more NCAA Tourney teams than the ACC did last year.

Would our basketball recruiting really suffer? I thought that duke and unc-cheat kept us from getting recruits and coaches? Now it helps us? I'm confused.

If NC State joined the SEC, we would lock down this state for football talent. Players like DJ Humphries or Keith Marshall wouldn't have to leave NC to play against the best. NC produces a lot of talent, so you can't tell me that wouldn't instantly help recruiting and the football program.

8/14/2011 12:55:24 AM

Last time i checked Harrison Barnes is from Iowa and Kyrie Irving grew up in New Jersey

I figured if he was using the SEC as being able to recruit better in football, then the ACC would be able to recruit better in basketball

(unless you're blatantly cheating like Calipari)

We couldn't sell basketball recruits on the idea that they're playing in arguably the top basketball conference in the nation and going up against teams like UNC and Duke, or the fact that we were as instrumental as any other school in creating the conference in the first place

[Edited on August 14, 2011 at 1:07 AM. Reason : v VT has no television market?]

8/14/2011 1:04:18 AM

The SEC is after money and television markets. They will not come after a North Carolina School. We don't offer a big enough TV market like FSU does. That's the same reason why they will not go after VT. VT has no television market for the SEC to take control of. College athletics is sadly about the money now.

8/14/2011 1:05:49 AM

^agree

Quote :

"Big4Country: I hate all of this expansion. One thing that makes college sports so great are the rivalries."

The fact that the rivalries meant so much more than money was one of the things that has always made me like college football better than the NFL (not that I don't like the NFL). The games seem more meaningful and personal when pride and bragging rights are the driving force behind everything, rather than money.
There is already a league to watch if I just want to see teams make decisions based on the monetary gain.

8/14/2011 8:40:35 AM

I do not want us to join the SEC.

Fuck. That. Shit.

That being said, I would think we would be a better choice over Florida St. if "untapped market share" is the goal of all this. The SEC already has a foothold in Florida. Meanwhile it has no presence in NC. I'm not sure which school offers the bigger alumni base, but I would think people in FL who watch Florida St. probably already tune in to catch Florida or Georgia or LSU play anyway.

8/14/2011 10:34:06 AM

I know we don't like the super threads, but a discussion has been going on for two days here: message_topic.aspx?topic=592805&page=10

8/14/2011 11:14:40 AM