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UNC officialy invited to join B1G

  • Would be interesting to see what Carolina would do with baseball. They'd be the equivalent of Boise State football in the WAC in the Big Ten.

    Brian Henry

  • MZizzle2 said...

    Big 10 is king, deal with it

    No, we really aren't

    IDWIW ●

  • MZizzle2 said...

    Big 10 is king, deal with it

    And it's really not that close

    copemoney0

  • Brian Henry said...

    Would be interesting to see what Carolina would do with baseball. They'd be the equivalent of Boise State football in the WAC in the Big Ten.

    If the Big Ten adds more ACC teams (it will), that will be less of an issue.

    getmyjive11 ●

  • Brian Henry said...

    Would be interesting to see what Carolina would do with baseball. They'd be the equivalent of Boise State football in the WAC in the Big Ten.

    Is baseball that big of a deal? That's maybe the number 3 revenue sport. We talking big $$$ in B1G football, plus this would make the B1G even more of a national power in bball

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    Sir Mix A Lot

  • ScarletnCream said...

    No, we really aren't

    crackwhip

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    MZizzle2

  • getmyjive11 said...

    If the Big Ten adds more ACC teams (it will), that will be less of an issue.

    Virginia is about the only one of the Big Ten's board that is nationally competitive in baseball.

    Brian Henry

  • Sir Mix A Lot said...

    Is baseball that big of a deal? That's maybe the number 3 revenue sport. We talking big $$$ in B1G football, plus this would make the B1G even more of a national power in bball

    That mindset is why it will be interesting to see how Carolina's baseball folks respond to all this. College baseball in a big deal in the Southern Atlantic and Deep South (SEC, FSU, Carolinas, CUSA, Sun Belt, etc).

    Now I wasn't implying this would even have any impact on UNC leaving the ACC or not (it would not), but it would an interesting side-note to follow. My guess is their baseball people won't be very happy at all.

    Brian Henry

  • MZizzle2 said...

    crackwhip

    Sorry boss, but football is king and that belongs to the SEC unfortunately. At least for now

    IDWIW ●

  • ScarletnCream said...

    Sorry boss, but football is king and that belongs to the SEC unfortunately. At least for now

    Money is king

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    MZizzle2

  • Brian Henry said...

    That mindset is why it will be interesting to see how Carolina's baseball folks respond to all this. College baseball in a big deal in the Southern Atlantic and Deep South (SEC, FSU, Carolinas, CUSA, Sun Belt, etc).

    Now I wasn't implying this would even have any impact on UNC leaving the ACC or not (it would not), but it would an interesting side-note to follow. My guess is their baseball people won't be very happy at all.

    And soccer and lacrosse. They would basically be eliminating their athletic programs except for fball/bball.

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    Status

  • MZizzle2 said...

    Money is king

    That's what Texas fans used to tell us.

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    Status

  • Brian Henry said...

    Virginia is about the only one of the Big Ten's board that is nationally competitive in baseball.

    GT is being targeted as well and don't forget about Nebraksa. Look, it's not going to be a great baseball conference, but it will have some good teams.

    getmyjive11 ●

  • Status said...

    And soccer and lacrosse. They would basically be eliminating their athletic programs except for fball/bball.

    LAX will be fine. The Big Ten will have enough teams to form a league... if you add UVA to the mix, you will have some really good teams. PSU, UVA, UNC and Maryland... Duke will likely get an invite as well.

    getmyjive11 ●

  • Status said...

    And soccer and lacrosse. They would basically be eliminating their athletic programs except for fball/bball.

    Soccer in the Big 10 is improving, Indiana won the NC this year and Maryland is going to be in the Big 10.

    Lacrosse the Big 10 is improving too and if the Big 10 adds UVA with UMD then UNC would have two other ACC powers. They only would be missing Duke.

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  • Here is the Final 2012 NCAA Baseball Average Attendance Report from the NCBWA.
    LSU 10,736
    Arkansas 7,924
    South Carolina 7,574
    Ole Miss 7,471
    Texas 6,337
    Mississippi State 6,131
    Florida State 4,583
    Clemson 4,405
    Texas A&M 4,369
    Creighton 4,268
    TCU 4,112
    Florida 3,935
    Nebraska 3,760
    Alabama 3,458
    Rice 3,455
    Southern Miss 3,424
    Hawaii 3,340
    Baylor 3,255
    Virginia 3,208
    Wichita State 3,013
    Texas Tech 2,853
    Arizona State 2,834
    Auburn 2,794
    Tulane 2,699
    East Carolina 2,685
    Arizona 2,628
    Miami, Fla. 2,512
    Vanderbilt 2,412
    Oregon 2,128
    Stanford 2,121
    Louisiana-Lafayette 2,078
    Georgia 2,050
    Kentucky 1,950
    Tennessee 1,911
    Oregon State 1,846
    Cal State Fullerton 1,730
    Fresno State 1,641
    New Mexico 1,618
    Louisiana-Monroe 1,604
    Georgia Tech 1,586
    North Carolina 1,483
    UCF 1,476
    NC State 1,464
    Louisville 1,436
    South Alabama 1,414
    Long Beach State 1,391
    Georgia Southern 1,298
    Texas State 1,287
    Troy 1,204

    35 of the top 50 in attendance are from the SEC, ACC, Sun Belt, SoCon, CUSA or Texas. The only program from the Big Ten is Nebraska.

    The rest of the Big Ten outside of Michigan and Ohio State every few years are basically the equivalent of club teams and the support is too. So it would be a pretty big change for Carolina's baseball program.

    This post was edited by Brian Henry on 2/19/2013 at 3:51 PM

    Brian Henry

  • getmyjive11 said...

    GT is being targeted as well and don't forget about Nebraksa. Look, it's not going to be a great baseball conference, but it will have some good teams.

    I can guarantee Tech's baseball folks will be irate. Their recruiting machine out of East Cobb will take a major hit if they moved to the Big Ten.

    Brian Henry

  • Status said...

    That's what Texas fans used to tell us.

    Do you think that Texas A&M is better than Texas?

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    MZizzle2

  • MZizzle2 said...

    Do you think that Texas A&M is better than Texas?

    At what? Football? Fundraising? Quidditch? Running into buses?

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    Status

  • Status said...

    At what? Football? Fundraising? Quidditch? Running into buses?

    At pretty much anything. Texas is the king in Texas and always will be. A few down years in football isn't going to change that.

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    MZizzle2

  • MZizzle2 said...

    At pretty much anything. Texas is the king in Texas and always will be. A few down years in football isn't going to change that.

    Yep all the hispanics down here are still buying longhorn tshirts even though they suck. Im not sure they know. shrug

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  • Status said...

    Yep all the hispanics down here are still buying longhorn tshirts even though they suck. Im not sure they know. shrug

    Do you honestly think a few years will change all of history?

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    MZizzle2

  • Status said...

    And soccer and lacrosse. They would basically be eliminating their athletic programs except for fball/bball.

    John Hopkins is one of the traditionally great LAX teams as is Maryland...

    Are they not? We still play those sports.

    dkerns

  • Status said...

    Yep all the hispanics down here are still buying longhorn tshirts even though they suck. Im not sure they know. shrug

    Must be the Hispanics up there in Austin cuz down here in the valley Walmart has a huge clearance section nothing but longhorn merchandise

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    Ahcoo ●

  • Status said...

    And soccer and lacrosse. They would basically be eliminating their athletic programs except for fball/bball.

    Big Ten soccer and lacrosse are plenty good. This move would make the big the best hoops, women's hoops, field hockey, men's soccer and women's soccer conference in the country. Lacrosse too if UVA comes.

    Itzsessil

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