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<blockquote data-quote="WVex-pat in GA" data-source="post: 129421841" data-attributes="member: 1118784">The 18 teams from 2014 are:ACC: FSU-Clemson-Georgia Tech&nbsp; /&nbsp;&nbsp; B12: Baylor-TCU-KSU&nbsp;&nbsp; / B10: tOSU-MSU-Wisc&nbsp; /&nbsp; P12: Ore-AZ-AZ St.-UCLA-USC&nbsp; /&nbsp; SEC: Mizzou-UGA-Bama-MS St.I think the claims of better facilities, better recruiting areas, better fan support are pretty subjective. I don't really know much about what kinds of facilities these teams have, but I doubt that WVU by comparison is in the lower half of this group in that regard.Salaries: Only the HC at GT, Wisc, USC, Mizzou are paid less than DH. (from USA Today-see link)<a href="http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/">http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/</a>Recruiting: Obviously Bama, UGA, FSU, Baylor, TCU, tOSU and UCLA all have great in-state recruiting areas. The others may have some of the same challenges as WVU having to get many recruits from out-of-state or poach other areas like Texas, Florida, etc.,&nbsp; which is what almost all schools do to some extent. I'm not personally in-tune to what the recruiting atmosphere is like in Wisc or Miss.Fan Support: Really? Unless you mean financial support.So the final point is that we will end up with 5 wins in conference if we win out. Leaving that one signature win against a B12 team that we should have beat (OK St.) but didn't.That is the difference between a 5 conference win season and a 6 conference win season for 2015 and no one can deny that is a fact!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WVex-pat in GA, post: 129421841, member: 1118784"] The 18 teams from 2014 are: ACC: FSU-Clemson-Georgia Tech / B12: Baylor-TCU-KSU / B10: tOSU-MSU-Wisc / P12: Ore-AZ-AZ St.-UCLA-USC / SEC: Mizzou-UGA-Bama-MS St. I think the claims of better facilities, better recruiting areas, better fan support are pretty subjective. I don't really know much about what kinds of facilities these teams have, but I doubt that WVU by comparison is in the lower half of this group in that regard. Salaries: Only the HC at GT, Wisc, USC, Mizzou are paid less than DH. (from USA Today-see link)[URL]http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/[/URL] Recruiting: Obviously Bama, UGA, FSU, Baylor, TCU, tOSU and UCLA all have great in-state recruiting areas. The others may have some of the same challenges as WVU having to get many recruits from out-of-state or poach other areas like Texas, Florida, etc., which is what almost all schools do to some extent. I'm not personally in-tune to what the recruiting atmosphere is like in Wisc or Miss. Fan Support: Really? Unless you mean financial support. So the final point is that we will end up with 5 wins in conference if we win out. Leaving that one signature win against a B12 team that we should have beat (OK St.) but didn't. That is the difference between a 5 conference win season and a 6 conference win season for 2015 and no one can deny that is a fact! [/QUOTE]

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