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<div class="tweet-row"><div class="tweet-text tweet-text-large">Same university source who
told me Dana was getting hired--& was spot-on re: everything--says
WVU sent paperwork to SEC today. We'll see.

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@colin_dunlap<span class="tweet-user-block-full-name"></span></div>

<div class="tweet-row"><div class="tweet-text tweet-text-large">Same university source who
told me Dana was getting hired--& was spot-on re: everything--says
WVU sent paperwork to SEC today. We'll see.

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If this is true, at least they'll be in the east and we won't see them very often.
 
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The whole "we're not taking a team from a state that already has an SEC school" **** is going to possibly cost us. A lot of people who cover the SEC think Slive can still get pretty much whoever wants, and this may be true now that the gloves are off, but I'm not sure yet

I saw on Twitter earlier that Morgantown is only 60 miles from 17ing Pittsburgh. Those couch burning bastards don't have any business being in the SEC. Hell, if it were up to me, we would get kick out Kentucky and add Clemson, Florida State and TAMU. I don't think Kentucky is Southern either, and I'm a huge proponent of the SEC remaining a "Southern" conference.(And no, I'm not a racist. I just prefer that most schools in the SEC be a fit from a cultural perspective) If Slive wants to go to 16 teams, he should try to get UNC, VT, Virginia or even Maryland. Anyone but West Virginia or Missouri.

There may be a shot that some ACC schools aren't enamored about being a in a "super conference" that has Wake Forest, Duke, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Boston College and possibly Rutgers and UCONN. The ACC has ensured its survival, but it has also ensured that it will be the weakest of the super conferences.

I do love that Notre Dame is probably going to be forced to finally join the B1G. If that happens, I will consider to conference realignment to have been a success.
 
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What t.v. market do they bring in?
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addition to the conference, just turrible. They are not "southeastern" and just don't bring a fricken' thing to the table other than elevating U of Arkansas fans to suddenly becoming socially acceptable.

aTM fits. Clemson fits. VTech sort of fits. Baylor fits if you want a mirror image of Vanderbilt in the west. I still would prefer aTM and "Clempson". TCU wouldn't be a turrible choice. WVU just freakin stinks as a new member. On the bright side, those couch burning crystal meth addicts do make MSU and AU look mighty sophisticated though.
 
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1- with a 20 million dollar exit fee, ACC teams aren't going anywhere, unless they hit the lotto and blow it all on com in to the SEC.

2- who cares about geography at this point? Arkansas isn't at all in the Southeast, but they are in the SEC. A&M isn't in the Southeast, yet they have been accepted into the SEC.

I dont get why WVU is shat on so much...especially by fans of Mississippi State. My god, people need to gain some perspective. We are Mississippi State. We are the ones that are shat on and call others idiots for their ignorant comments. The first chance we get to do the same though? Bam.
Yep, they are a rural state with a less than impressive list of zip codes. Let's rip on em.
Couch burning? I can't even count the number of times I saw couches burn, take a swim in a pond, or both while at MSU.

You didn't even know that Morgantown is close to Pitt?!? Damn, talk about ignorant. That's one of the best rivalries in college sports. See this is what I find so funny. You and others rant about why this is a bad decision but know dick about the program much less where it even is.

WVU probably won't bring the TV numbers that FSU or someone could bring, sure. But they are a solid football team and a solid basketball team. In the big 2 sports, the ones that most everyone cares about(sorry, college baseball is a blip equal to college hockey on a national level), WVU is an excellent program to add in terms of reputation and competition.
They would give the rest of the SEC great football and basketball games. They would only further solidify our standing as the best football conference and they would help upgrade our conference's basketball reputation.
 
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mstateglfr said:
1- with a 20 million dollar exit fee, ACC teams aren't going anywhere, unless they hit the lotto and blow it all on com in to the SEC.

2- who cares about geography at this point? Arkansas isn't at all in the Southeast, but they are in the SEC. A&M isn't in the Southeast, yet they have been accepted into the SEC.

I dont get why WVU is shat on so much...especially by fans of Mississippi State. My god, people need to gain some perspective. We are Mississippi State. We are the ones that are shat on and call others idiots for their ignorant comments. The first chance we get to do the same though? Bam.
Yep, they are a rural state with a less than impressive list of zip codes. Let's rip on em.
Couch burning? I can't even count the number of times I saw couches burn, take a swim in a pond, or both while at MSU.

You didn't even know that Morgantown is close to Pitt?!? Damn, talk about ignorant. <span style="font-weight: bold;">That's one of the best rivalries in college sports.</span> See this is what I find so funny. You and others rant about why this is a bad decision but know dick about the program much less where it even is.

WVU probably won't bring the TV numbers that FSU or someone could bring, sure. But they are a solid football team and a solid basketball team. In the big 2 sports, the ones that most everyone cares about(sorry, college baseball is a blip equal to college hockey on a national level), WVU is an excellent program to add in terms of reputation and competition.
They would give the rest of the SEC great football and basketball games. They would only further solidify our standing as the best football conference and they would help upgrade our conference's basketball reputation.
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Nope.. nope it really isn't
 
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...to pay travel expenses for the Whites to travel to Oxford? I really, really want to make sure they enjoy themselves in the Grove.
 
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Numerous writers are firmly convinced that the SEC is powerful enough to overcome any conference exit fee. Slive and Delany aren't going to sit on their *** and allow the ACC to snatch up every decent school that would be coveted by the SEC or B1G. If the SEC were to decide that it absolutely must have a particular ACC school not named UNC, they could make a pretty damn good sales pitch. We shall see how it goes.

I've bitched about Arkansas being in the SEC on many an occasion, but they fit in far better than West Virginia. Eastern Arkansas is the exact same as the Mississippi Delta. Only NWA doesn't really fit in the SEC, and yes, I'm aware that is where Fayetteville is located.

West Virginia's rival is Pitt. Let that sink in. Please explain to me why a school that is weak academically, has a terrible fanbase (this is widely accepted as fact), brings in no significant market, and isn't in any way, shape or form a cultural fit for the SEC should be invited to the SEC. If we are desperate for a 14th school, we should take Missouri. They are better academically, bring in portions of the St. Louis and Kansas City markets, and Columbia would be a more enjoyable road trip than Morgantown.

The SEC isn't going to add a school just because it has a decent basketball program. I love basketball, but I don't give a **** about the positive benefits of adding West Virginia's basketball program to the SEC.

If you can't tell the difference between the fanbases of West Virgina and State, I can't help you. State isn't full of goatee sporting, gelled-hair rockin', meth-addicted hillbillies who like to burn coaches while wearing shirts that say "West F'ing Virginia" and dancing to Nickleback. 17 that school. Seriously.

Every school in the SEC might as well be in the Ivy League compared to West Virgina.

You're wrong.
 
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New flash. They have been more significant in football in the last 10 years then we have. <div>
</div><div>I don't even want to go in to the cultural stuff...pot meet kettle.</div>
 
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the desire on the part of the SEC office to try to find an entry into the East Coast TV market. WVU, while not the best option up that way by a longshot, gives you some sort of entry I guess. Click here to see their Alumni distribution http://alumni.wvu.edu/membership/maps , I guess it gets you a footprint in VA, PA, and to a lesser extent DC, NY and surrounding areas. HOWEVER, and I know we are located in Starkville, but Morgantown is as remote a campus as any around here with the possible exception of Fayettenam. I mean, Starkville is rural, but you can get there easily from a lot of places in the southeast now with all of the 4 lane roads that have been constructed. Combine that with the fact that their fanbase seems to be a little bit on the underdeveloped socially side, and I'm just not a fan of this move. I see how the SEC thinks it makes some sense on paper as they are competitive and beyond in some sports and they bring in a new market, but from a personal standpoint, the rest sux! I'd almost rather add East Carolina! Hey..that would open up Charlotte andsuch!

You know...if Oklahoma, Ok State, Texas, and Texas Tech move to the Pac 12 as is being speculated on ESPN right now, I'd almost rather go invite Kansas and Missouri than to add WVU. Kansas is a school that is getting really shafted in this whole deal. Mizzou needs to get off their high horse, call up the SEC, and offer to pick up Slive's slippers for a year in order to get an invite. And I'd MUCH rather have them than WVU.
 
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Pete Fiutak, publisher of Scout.com's College Football News, has this to say: <font size="2">"
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</font><span class="storybody"><span style="font-family:Arial"><font style="font-family: sans-serif;" size="2"> <span style="font-family: Georgia;">As good as the
new ACC might turn out to be, FSU and Virginia Tech are gone to the SEC
if they’re asked nicely, and Clemson and Georgia Tech already have their
bags packed in case they ever get the call." </span>
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<span style="font-family: serif;">Fiutak isn't an authority on conference alignment, but he isn't the only person who is saying such things.

When I copied and pasted that, it screwed the font up. That is why it looks weird.
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I have no clue if UGA is prestigious or not. I am guessing not.
I have no idea if South Carolina is prestigious or not. I am guessing not.

I know MSU is not prestigious. I spent half a decade there. I had the pleasure of looking around the room at some seriously stupid people. At least that is in reference to the business school.

We aren't talking about accepting DeVry here.
And the SEC isn't the Ivy League...regardless of how much OM claims.
 
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Andy Staples, who I trust on conference realignment, says that he is extremely confident West Virginia won't get the 14th spot. According to his source, who he seems to trust completely, Missouri will get the last sport IF the Big 12 does indeed fold.

Although television markets are obviously driving the move to super conferences, academics will always play at least a small factor. TAMU helps the SEC out immensely in that regard, and Missouri brings a top-flight J-school and a solid academic reputation. They also bring in a lot more television sets than WVU would.

Georgia is a good school. South Carolina is decent. Don't call me ignorant, and then profess to know nothing about the academic reputation of any SEC school or the reasons as to why academics will play a small role in conference realignment.

Of course State has stupid people, but so does every other school. State isn't full of idiots because it is in Mississippi; it has its fair share of idiots because we are required to have the same admissions as every other four-year public university in the state.

For someone who attended MSU, you sure do to seem to have contempt for Starkville, State, Mississippi and anything else associated with the Southeast. I now understand why you have had 1,241 screen names on Genespage and are content to spend the majority of your day arguing about some childish bull **** with "thebigM" on the Genespage free board.
 
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I'd rather the SEC stay at 13 teams than take West Virginia.<div>
</div><div>Schools that I'd take before West Virginia:</div><div>East Carolina</div><div>Memphis</div><div>Middle Tennessee</div><div>UAB</div><div>Louisiana-Lafayette</div><div>Appalachian State</div><div>Jackson State</div><div>Millsaps</div><div>Alaska-Anchorage</div>
 
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But there's no way in hell the SEC would even consider taking them. If the SEC expands beyond 13, it will be another home run like Texas A&M was. WVU is more like a bloop single.
 
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but damn are they gonna bring some hilarious enertainment with them. All 12 members will immediately love aTm and it will become 13 against the 1 retard in the room!! Haha WVU needs to seriously reconsider their interest in becoming an SEC member because they will NEVER be accepted by the other 13 schools. Is their a worse socially inept school in the USofA than WVU?
 
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The bankruptcy procedures must be beginning. I didn't know the SEC held WVU's loan paperwork because we know there ain't a dang thing in that state worth repossessing.
 
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