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re: Miami is positioning itself to join another conference or go independent
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:24 pm to ScotlandAve
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:24 pm to ScotlandAve
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This is not 1992. Fanbase doesn't matter when you're a national TV draw which Miami is.
Miami is only a tv draw against Notre Dame.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:26 pm to saintsfan22
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Miami is only a tv draw against Notre Dame.
This is non-factual and ignorant.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:27 pm to ScotlandAve
Miami isn’t though
Iowa has more games in the top 10 of viewership than Miami this year
Iowa has more games in the top 10 of viewership than Miami this year
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:28 pm to DBG
I'll allow it. frick them. They already have enough money from their boosters. They can become the next UConn and I won't care.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:28 pm to DBG
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Miami going independent is suicide
Their fans are the epitome of band wagon. When they are losing, the FSU and Florida flags come out. When i was in Florida, and Canes were shitty, no one had a cane flag on their car. Cut to several years later and making a run for the playoffs and the Flags came back out of the closet.
And do they even have the boosters to go Independent?
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:32 pm to ScotlandAve
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Fanbase doesn't matter when you're a national TV draw which Miami is.
you contradicted yourself in your own post withquote:
This is not 1992
Exactly, it's not 1992. There's no massive national and international audience for Miami. They've sucked for a long time.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:37 pm to ScotlandAve
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This is non-factual and ignorant.
Among the most watched regular season games last season Miami/ND was 6th. From the top of the list to the next highest watched Miami game there were 8 Bama games, 6 UGA games, and 4 LSU games. The second Miami game was like 30th. It's a small school with a bandwagon fanbase. If there's slippage from a top 5 team to like top 20, independence would be disastrous.
This post was edited on 10/22/26 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:40 pm to Tiger Prawn
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Can we just add Miami, FSU, Clemson, and Virginia Tech to the SEC and then split into 2 divisions. One division with the 10 pre-1992 members and one division with everyone else added since then. 9 game round robin schedule within your own division and then an SECCG between the division winners.
Would be awesome which is how I know it won’t happen
Posted on 10/22/26 at 4:41 pm to ScotlandAve
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Miami is only a tv draw against Notre Dame.
This is non-factual and ignorant.
Miami had a nailbiter double OT game against their biggest in-state rival and it didn't even outdraw the terrible Penn State and Michigan game the same week. The whole state of Florida should have been watching that game.
This post was edited on 10/22/26 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:03 pm to ScotlandAve
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Fanbase doesn't matter when you're a national TV draw which Miami is.
Miami's most watched game averaged 4.63M viewers. There are a dozen teams that average that per game.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:12 pm to WestCoastAg
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Dont get why these schools continue to think they can beat the GOR
That's been reduced after the league settled with FSU and Clemson
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:22 pm to DBG
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Iowa has more games in the top 10 of viewership than Miami this year
Iowa doesn't move the needle with media companies like Miami. Do you think otherwise?
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:23 pm to Tiger Prawn
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FSU, Clemson
These are dying programs it makes no sense to throw them a lifeline. Especially Florida State.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:25 pm to ronricks
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These are dying programs it makes no sense to throw them a lifeline. Especially Florida State.
Dying? What? They are programs going through transitions and changes but those changes are not permanent. They are well funded programs that will cycle back into being contenders. We've all seen this happen time and again.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:26 pm to ScotlandAve
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They are well funded programs
Florida State is in severe debt. They are so desperate they are considering hiring Jimbo back
Posted on 10/22/26 at 5:31 pm to ronricks
A lot of universities are in debt. But, football program money isn't university money. That article about FSU being in debt grabbed the attention of ignorant people. It is a nothing burger in reality. FSU football money is private money like at all these upper tier programs.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 8:37 pm to RLDSC FAN
To go independent you have to have fan support, like LSU. Miami has the opposite of fan support, much like USC and UCLA. That's why the PAC-10 died and they had to go to the Big-10.
Posted on 10/22/26 at 8:38 pm to Cosmo
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Maybe. But netflix and amazon keep throwing around stupid money for sports content.
They may be able to get a 10 year contract for something close to what SEC and B1G schools are getting.
Who exactly are they gonna play besides FSU and MAYBE ND.
How in world are they gonna get a home and home against any P4 school outside of those 2?
Posted on 10/22/26 at 8:43 pm to RLDSC FAN
A small private school w/a small alumni base going independent sounds like suicide.
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