re: Florida State evaluating their options for their future...

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They’d just be 8 more Northeastern teams in a mediocre G5 conference now

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Harvard, Princeton, and Yale could have easily followed the route of Michigan and Notre Dame in having a different sent of criteria for admitting athletes. They could have had majors or programs for student athletes and steer athletes toward certain majors and courses as do so many schools.

As private schools they could have easily created a different path for some athletes it's what Michigan and ND do now.

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What are you, nineteen?

Ohio state is never leaving the Big Ten, kid. They’re not shelling 100 years of tradition and academic research affiliation just to say they play in the best football conference. It would take the entire league imploding for them to leave.

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Nineteen? I wish. Did you gloss over the first portion of my sentence - i.e., "It'll likely never happen..."?

Also, while if I were a betting man, I'd undoubtedly agree with you; however, nothing, including "100 years of tradition and academic research affiliation", would surprise me anymore (see Nebraska, USC and UCLA to the Big 10, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma to SEC, Notre Dame's half-assed ACC affiliation, and so on).

Sure, Ohio State is likely to never leave. That said, top to bottom, they are the premier athletic program in the Big 10 - it isn't Michigan.

Also, Notre Dame will fight tooth and nail to maintain its football independence. I don't see the need for them to join a conference with the Playoff expansion, but if gun head to their head, they'd undoubtedly prefer the Big Ten. It makes sense, they are a better cultural fit.

That said, if you had the chance to poach them, it would be unparalleled. Notre Dame + Ohio State > Texas + Oklahoma and USC + UCLA.

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Harvard, Princeton, and Yale could have easily followed the route of Michigan and Notre Dame in having a different sent of criteria for admitting athletes. They could have had majors or programs for student athletes and steer athletes toward certain majors and courses as do so many schools.

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UConn and Boston College aren’t exactly lighting the world on fire. I fail to see how the Ivy Leaguers would be that much better

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Did you gloss over the first portion of my sentence - i.e., "It'll likely never happen..."?

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No, I read it—it should have said, “it will never happen, and it would be a terrible move for Ohio state on every level, so I have no idea why I am even saying this”

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Sure, Ohio State is likely to never leave. That said, top to bottom, they are the premier athletic program in the Big 10 - it isn't Michigan.

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Again, it isn’t a likely scenario that they never leave, it is a total certainty. They’re the flagship program of the biggest revenue engine in college athletics and they have a significant research affiliation through the league. The entire league would have to implode for it to make any sense for them to even consider leaving, and if that happens to the Big Ten, college athletics is going to be completely torn down and rebuilt.

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Again, it isn’t a likely scenario that they never leave, it is a total certainty. They’re the flagship program of the biggest revenue engine in college athletics and they have a significant research affiliation through the league. The entire league would have to implode for it to make any sense for them to even consider leaving, and if that happens to the Big Ten, college athletics is going to be completely torn down and rebuilt.

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The revenue is essentially the same. That said, I'm curious as to what they'll be following the additions of Texas + Oklahoma and USC + UCLA.

Eh A&M is a good fit despite being so easy to make fun of.

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Harvard, Princeton, and Yale could have easily followed the route of Michigan and Notre Dame in having a different sent of criteria for admitting athletes. They could have had majors or programs for student athletes and steer athletes toward certain majors and courses as do so many schools.

As private schools they could have easily created a different path for some athletes it's what Michigan and ND do now.

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psst---they already do to some extent. The athletes they are recruiting are still better students on average than a typical decent school with more of an emphasis on athletics, but the majority of their applications would not have been given a second glance without the athletics there. As a matter of fact, it is usually the coaches presenting these applications to the admissions office.

Interesting. I always thought of FSU as a half-assed school filled with UF rejects. I thought that their facilities were also less than impressive and they have trouble filling them up.

I don’t think there is any way that fsu brings in more than the big boys of the SEC or even some of the mid tiers. I have a ton of Nole friends and they basically always say that they can’t compare to what the top half of the SEC is making.

yall are stuck in the ACC until 2036