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<blockquote data-quote="michaelwalkerbr" data-source="post: 129488718" data-attributes="member: 1601483">I respect Jake Trotter' writing, opinions and sometimes his predictions. Occasionally he is dead on, other times close, and then the rest. I think he's in the ballpark. I have no inside knowledge, but after 63 years I have made some observations that usually hold true. Humor my use of an analogy:A girl doesn't spend $1,000 of Daddy's money on a prom dress if she doesn't have a date. I have no idea where Ms. Bearcat is going, but she just finished spending $105 million on athletic facility upgrades from football to tennis, baseball, swimming, etc. You can bet she is about to go somewhere. The Big 12 or the ACC? I don't pretend to know. But she is not staying in the AAC. I don't care where she goes, but Stevie Wonder could see she's going somewhere.If I take the time to research it, I'll bet I can find another girl spending big money getting ready for the same prom that is being kept secret. It's not the overt flirting and hints of leaving you have to worry about. It's the secret conversations behind closed doors. Isn't that how Oklahoma nearly ended up in the Big 10? We may never know how close Clemson and FSU actually came to being in the Big 12. But there was a hell of a lot of flirting going on until they got caught.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="michaelwalkerbr, post: 129488718, member: 1601483"] I respect Jake Trotter' writing, opinions and sometimes his predictions. Occasionally he is dead on, other times close, and then the rest. I think he's in the ballpark. I have [U]no[/U] inside knowledge, but after 63 years I have made some observations that usually hold true. Humor my use of an analogy: A girl doesn't spend $1,000 of Daddy's money on a prom dress if she doesn't have a date. I have no idea where Ms. Bearcat is going, but she just finished spending $105 million on athletic facility upgrades from football to tennis, baseball, swimming, etc. You can bet she is about to go somewhere. The Big 12 or the ACC? I don't pretend to know. But she is not staying in the AAC. I don't care where she goes, but Stevie Wonder could see she's going somewhere. If I take the time to research it, I'll bet I can find another girl spending big money getting ready for the same prom that is being kept secret. It's not the overt flirting and hints of leaving you have to worry about. It's the secret conversations behind closed doors. Isn't that how Oklahoma nearly ended up in the Big 10? We may never know how close Clemson and FSU actually came to being in the Big 12. But there was a hell of a lot of flirting going on until they got caught. [/QUOTE]

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