Brad Franklin said it originated from Larry Williams who writes for a Clemson website. Iām pretty skeptical but we shall seeā¦
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If true, we better be one of the departures
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Looks dreadful and incredibly boring.
I was on 247 yesterday finally getting around to doing homework on SMUās basketball team for next monthās Fort Meyers Tip Off event, looking for SMUās Transfer Portal page. But I couldnāt find them under the AAC drop-downā¦ Because they were already listed under the ACC, along with Stanford and Cal. Still weird to me.
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My younger daughter is looking at colleges, and Iāve told her a few times that Iād be fine with her attending any ACC school except Louisville (academics) or Duke (obviously) and if she went to VT sheād be signing up for a lifetime of mockery.
She just asked how Iād feel about SMU now that its an ACC school. I suspect sheās trolling me, but her best friend is from Texas and is strongly looking into UT and the like. I donāt have an answer for her yet. Iād have preferred if sheād asked about Stanford, though thatās, uh, unlikely to be realistic.
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I think itās a matter of when, not if, Clemson and FSU leave the ACC. Thereās been commentary that USC-e and Florida will try to block them from joining the SEC, but my guess is at the end of the day the SEC will see the light and realize itās better to invite those two schools than cede territory to the B1G.
After that, the ACC will either implode or become a tier two conference a la the AAC and the Big East. UNC will enjoy a bidding war between the P2 conferences, and the rest of the ACC members will be scrambling. I sincerely hope our leadership has a plan in place, because this day will be here before we know it, but Iām not holding my breath.
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LOL oh man love your series of logic.
At this point my daughter knows sheās allowed to go to UVa, maybe GT and where ever Dawn Staley is coaching.
My son is only allowed to go to UVa.
Neither are allowed to consider XU or UC. If either consider VT they are on their own and written out of the inheritance.
*All bets are off for the right NIL deal, my loyalty can be purchased.
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I thought adding Tulane as a semi-regional pairing with SMU would have made sense. And USF wouldnāt be bad. But the rest, ugh. I guess ECU would be kind of entertaining as a replacement if UNC left.
The Memphis comment about āas a replacement in case UNC or Duke boltsā. Ok, I get UNC, but Duke bolting? Whereās Duke going to go? The Big East?
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My sons were good students in HS, but a little more concerned with social life than putting together a UVa resume, so we knew it was probably a reach for both.
I told them any school in VA was fine except Liberty or Tech. I was (kind of) joking about Tech, but would have still given them crap.
They both went to VCU.
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Yeah, my older daughter was a little more together academically (inherited her momās ability to crank through homework like a machine rather than my elite procrastination skills) and would have been good for UVA but wanted a smaller, liberal arts school so sheās expensively out of state.
UVA would be a reach for younger daughter, though not completely out of the question. But the real issue is that for all UVAās rep for producing journalists, thereās relatively little attention given to Journalism/Communications (and Sports Marketing), while some other schools have really impressive departments in those areas.
Edit - Also worth noting, STAB sends a million kids to UVA. Which is great, but also means that if you arenāt 100% sure about applying Early Decision you shouldnāt bother because theyāll already have accepted ~20% of your classmates and may not take any more.
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Why would the ACC sans Clemson and FSU be any worse than the Big XII sans Texas and Oklahoma?
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Have her transfer to Nelson County for a year. Then she becomes the story of a girl coming from rural Virginia wanting to go to her dream school.
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You mentioned Tulane, and I thought for a minute our younger son might go there. We were a little over an hour from NOLA and loved the campus area (have since moved back to VA), but I would have been good with him going there or LSU and staying down in that part of the country a little longer.
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Tulane is an underrated fun campus. The Boot and the Maple or something like that 2 amazing bars Iāve lost a few nights in. And just overall a sleeper school IMO
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I like it because itās in NOLA city without the craziness of being right in the Quarter. We also liked Loyola literally right next door to Tulane, but it was a little too small. Son said it would have felt too much like HS where everyone knows everyone else.
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Ever read Confederacy of Dunces? I only been to Nola once when we played New Orleans
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Donāt think so, but might check it outā¦looks funny.
I like the Northshore area of town where UNO is, but the campus itself is a little underwhelming. And the Lakefront Arena (where the hoops team plays) needs some updatesā¦went there for a concert a couple of years ago, and it probably hasnāt changed much since you were there in the early 90ās.
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If you think UVA has been sitting back and inactive in conference realignment discussions and preparation, youād be incorrect.
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Thanks. Because itās coming.
Iāve pretty much told my three kids they have 3-optionsā¦
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UVa, W&M or Penn State (family legacy stuff)
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US Air Force Academy
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If they screw around and donāt get into a collegeā¦ they are going to MEPS and getting on the bus to Lackland to have fun with the Smokey Bear Hats.
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