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    B1G Realignment through an Academic Lens

    Words, no paper though. No deliverables or obligations. Window dressing. But yeah I hear you.
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    B1G Realignment through an Academic Lens

    It might. But I am being told by someone knowledgable (usual disclaimers) that Miami and Clemson to the SEC is almost done. So it seems some more dominoes are falling soon. We will see. I'm a little weirded out. SEC is legit, and the money is there, but culturally its a terrible fit. Miami is...
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    B1G Realignment through an Academic Lens

    Good stuff. I get that I am guilty of recency bias, but trust what I wrote about FSU. Yes, they have three national championships, two under their one great sustained run (where Miami ate their lunch more often then not) under Bowden, but only one in this century, and those close to the program...
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    B1G Realignment through an Academic Lens

    What you have and what you'd add are two different things IMO. Iowa doesn't bring much that is special but they are fully embedded in the culture, tradition, geography and history of the B1G. Nebraska, Iowa, Maryland and Rutgers are the preeminent Universities in their states with large, loyal...
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    B1G Realignment through an Academic Lens

    FSU is a laughingstock of a regional university with poor leadership and financial issues located in an inconsequential media market in the panhandle of Florida. No one in legitimate academic circles gives a flying you-know-what about US News' opinion. Their criteria is ridiculous and it's...