Comments on: Expansion By The Numbers 5: Fertile Recruiting Ground

By: tabaquismo

tabaquismo — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:53:51 +0000

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By: NorthCarolinaACC

NorthCarolinaACC — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:02:40 +0000

Wake Forest "Demon Deacons" BEAT ranked Florida State "Seminoles" on Sat. 10-8-2011 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina—-score 35-30!! Wake Forest is not the bottom feeders of the Atlantic Coast Conference! That belongs to the Duke "Blue Devils"!! Duke, Vanderbilt, Northwestern and Baylor are the bottom feeders of the major conferences!! Wake Forest always gets a bad reputation just because it is the smallest school in one of the BIG Conferences!! In academics and a variety of different sports the "Demon Deacons" are a class above the rest!!! GO ACC!! Go Wake Forest "Demon Deacons"!!!

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Homepage | MrSEC.com — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:35:43 +0000

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By: DCTerp

DCTerp — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:38:55 +0000

As another ACC poster, we appreciate UNC's contributions to the league on the field and in the classroom. But really? You're giving the ACC a bad name with these posts.

The SEC doesn't need anyone to come to their defense so I won't. That being said, you're being a jackass.

By: Jack Edwards

Jack Edwards — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:04:29 +0000

No one watches college basketball outside of NC and Kentucky in any month but March anyhow.

By: Jack Edwards

Jack Edwards — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:57:33 +0000

Everyone in Eastern North Carolina knows the SEC is the best football conference. No one in the country watches college basketball in any other sport but March outside NC and Kentucky.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:20:15 +0000

This methodology is kind of flawed. If the argument for A&M adding recruiting turf is that high schoolers in Texas will go to an SEC school because they'll get a road game at A&M, the same applies to those within the footprint:

In a 14-team SEC: the West goes to A&M once every two years. But the East would visit A&M only once every seven years. The East can't offer a trip "home" to HALF their recruiting classes. The West is in the exact same situation now with the state of Florida.

But adding FSU to a 14-team SEC, the East will have a trip to Florida every year; and the West would go to Florida twice every seven years, and could tell every kid in Florida that they'll play in their home state once in their careers, some classes, twice.

By: AllTideUp

AllTideUp — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:01:54 +0000

Such a troll. People like you are one of the reasons I would never want UNC in the SEC in the first place. It's funny that you laud your own "class" and then fail to demonstrate it in any way.

By: Stan Cardwell

Stan Cardwell — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:21:50 +0000

pick a radius around the school to get a clearer pic of recruitment field. obviously a school like WVU is getting recruits from places other than WV. How about Baltimore, DC, Western PA, northern Ohio, Virginia. Because WVU will be on TV sets in DC and Pittsburgh, I would think recruits might look a little further south. the SEC would eat into ACC territory.

By: NorthCarolinaACC

NorthCarolinaACC — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:21:53 +0000

The other major conferences that put VALUE on ACADEMICS and SPORTS (ACC, BIG 10 & PAC 12) ALL LAUGH at the SEC except for Vanderbilt, which is a wonderful university in an academic NIGHTMARE of a conference—the SEC!!! The only thing you can brag on is football—so SAD!!!

By: NorthCarolinaACC

NorthCarolinaACC — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:09:02 +0000

If it makes you feel better, you keep thinking that!! The rest of the country laughs at you—IDIOT!!

By: BYRDDAWG62

BYRDDAWG62 — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:21:29 +0000

TOOOO funny! GT & NC are on PROBATION!!!!! Oh let's talk about the great pride of the ACC- Miami…..LOL you're a joke! SEC RULES

By: NorthCarolinaACC

NorthCarolinaACC — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:03:34 +0000

North Carolina & Virginia are the two SOUTHERN states that are NOT impressed with the SEC!! Never have been and NEVER will be!!!

By: NorthCarolinaACC

NorthCarolinaACC — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:52:06 +0000

Don't get me wrong, I love college football & basketball very much!!! BUT academics do matter in the long run!! I am a very PROUD fan of the ACC's SPORTS & ACADEMICS as a whole!! I know that the SEC would love to get its footprint in the state of North Carolina!! I feel sorry for poor Vanderbilt!! An ACC type school stuck in the middle of Tennessee!!! Don't think that Florida State, Virginia Tech or any other ACC team will jump to the SEC!! They know they have it GOOD in a very CLASSY ACC, that VALUES both SPORTS & ACADEMICS!! GO ACC!!!

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:55:07 +0000

I am a lifelong Mountaineer fan and none of this matters. It is amazing that the state of WV has been able to compete at this level or even close to this level and it is all about to come to an end.

When the SEC sells the SEC network to cable subscribers they will get a cut of every TV in that area regardless if the TV gets turned on or not that is why Missouri is their choice. WV may turn on more tv's but St Louis and Kansas City by themselves have more and it will not matter if they turn them on or not, they will already have their money.

I am tired of hearing about academics, it doesn't matter even to college presidents, when was the last time you refused to watch a college football game because one of them wasn't an AAU member, it is all money. They may say it does but in the end money makes the world go around.

By: Hillbillydelux

Hillbillydelux — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:26:15 +0000

Your comment regarding West Virginia again shows your misunderstanding of the school. Since Morgantown is a stone's throw from the Pennsylvania state line, it has always recruited heavily in PA, as well as neighboring states like Maryland. Since there are no other schools in the area that will ever be inclined to jump to the SEC (i.e., Virginia Tech), why not take WVU and open this area up to SEC recruiting (as well as an SEC television network?

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:24:00 +0000

John is saying that Louisville adds nothing because the SEC is already in Kentucky. Same goes for Georgia Tech, Miami, Florida State, Clemson and South Florida

By: JaxGator

JaxGator — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:46:33 +0000

Jeff, any Schools in an "SEC" state where given Zero recruits(NFL Picks). Hence GT and FSU have zero.

This measure also shows the amount of "Football" interest in a state, multiplied by its population. Compare the number of picks from MIssissippi to NY (34 to 35), yet in population the states are 3 million (31'st) to 20 million (3rd). Football intestest allows these smaller population areas to punch over thier weight class…same thing would drive better TV ratings…$ support, etc…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:32:52 +0000

Uh…you show Louisville in Kentucky with 0 picks. Then you show Kentucky in Kentucky with 17 picks. I think you might have overlooked something.

By: Otto

Otto — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:00:59 +0000

The advantage to FSU is not exposing recruits to the SEC but to keep the recruits from being exposed to ACC schools. The same goes for TV viewers.