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I won't deny that the ACC is awful at football. I've been to a handful of NC State football games, and have only seen one game where the passion from the crowd rivaled that of a Big 12 fanbase (that game was the 27 point comeback against Maryland at the end of the 2011 season which clinched a bowl berth for NCSU). In general there just isn't the passion for football. My experience may be limited as I've only been to NCSU home games, but NCSU is supposed to be one of the most rabid football fan bases in the conference behind FSU, Clemson, and VT, so that doesn't say much for the likes of the rest of the conference.

Everybody should hate on Vitale. Vitale and flopping are probably the two worst things about the sport of basketball.
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I went to a Miami vs Duke football game in 2005 where it was a 52-7 win for the Hurricanes and the crowd was never out of it. Hester ran 2 kicks back for a score (although one was called back)

Definitely would say the U has a solid fanbase
 
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CLONECONES said:
I went to a Miami vs Duke football game in 2005 where it was a 52-7 win for the Hurricanes and the crowd was never out of it. Hester ran 2 kicks back for a score (although one was called back)

Definitely would say the U had a solid fanbase
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FIFY

The U fan base fell off after they tore down the Orange Bowl sometime around 2008 I believe.
 
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Miami fans have ADD. Sports fans in that city attend the games of whatever college or pro team is doing well, but not when they're doing badly.

Miami fans don't travel outside of Miami either.

FWIW, I know more people from the city of Miami that are FSU or Clemson fans than I know Hurricanes fans.
 
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Did the Miami Ohio State game last year at SunLife tailgaing was insane (now that they can actually have tailgating)... game was sold out and was about 70/30 Miami/tOSU

they still have fans even though they have 6/7 win seasons
 
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CLONECONES said:
I went to a Miami vs Duke football game in 2005 where it was a 52-7 win for the Hurricanes and the crowd was never out of it. Hester ran 2 kicks back for a score (although one was called back)

Definitely would say the U has a solid fanbase
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They averaged about 60% capacity last year for every game except Ohio State
2011 Miami Hurricanes football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miami's fanbase f*cking blows.
 
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colbycheese said:
I've been out of town and away from MEGATRHEAD, but here are a few thoughts.

Baseball...
A couple of years ago I emailed Pollard (yes, I emailed Pollard) asking for baseball to be brought back. He replied within 15 minutes and said that if ISU would add baseball, Title 9 would not be an issue in any way. He said that a Big 12-caliber baseball facility would cost around $15-20 million, and the average cost to field baseball teams in the Big 12 is $2 million per year. The rest of the response was basically saying how the facility was the limiting factor. Note that this response also occurred at the bottom of the recession and he said that expanding the athletic department while tuition was going up and positions were getting cut at ISU would not look favorably on the university.

A few months ago (at the start of college baseball season) I sent another email with a possible solution. As some of you may know, I'm currently a grad student at NC State, and a huge college baseball fan. Duke plays all of their conference games at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and plays non-conference games on campus. I suggested that IF ISU were to field a baseball team, it seems like a good idea to have the team play at Principle Park in the city that contains the largest group of ISU alumni and fans. It would be a win for the university (not having to build a $15 million facility) and for the I-Cubs (getting use out of their field when it would normally not be used). Attendance would also be higher than it would be in Ames since there would be more fans to draw from (plus it wouldn't be at an ISU-owned facility so fans could probably boose it up there!!!) He sent a quick reply saying he'd pass that idea along to his staff.

I go to a college baseball game at least once a week each spring. ISU is missing out big time, IMO. If they would have had a team when I was there (2004-2008) I definitely would have attended as many games as I could


ACC...
What's with all of the ACC hate? Just because there's the potential that some ACC schools may jump ship to the Big 12 doesn't mean you have to hate on the ACC. Have they ACC ever done anything to hurt the Big 12? No. Have they done anything to help the Big 12's expansion position? Yes, by pillaging and weekening the Big East, and by being a crappy football conference, thus allowing the opportunity for the ACC itself to be pillaged by the Big 12.

If you're going to hate... hate on the Tar Holes, not the rest of the ACC and the ISU peer institutions like NC State.



Nobel Prizes and such...
...FYI for whoever asked, the last time an NC State faculty member won a Nobel Prize was 2007. I'm not sure about the rest of the ACC. I also know several NCSU faculty that attend our ISU gamewatches who were recently "stolen" from ISU.
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I don't hate the ACC really, my comment was more just directed to some of the academic snobbery that has been coming from some over there.
 
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Didn't they have a similar timeline during the meetings for the announcement about 'this is how we play' marketing campaign? I'm guessing it's something in line with the lack of actual importance of that.
 
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CAA is getting worked lately. VCU is leaving for the A10 and now ODU to conf USA. The A10 should swipe George mason, Drexel, and richmond, ect. And that'd make a pretty good bball conference that would be a multiple bid league


Edit: looks like the a10 is getting Butler too
 
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Lots of folks guessing a scheduling deal with another conference.
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DO NOT WANT, unless it's basketball or in addition to going back to 8 game schedule then it would be pretty awesome.

You could be right though.

The other poster was right that this is NEVER the big announcement.

The big announcement comes shortly after someone from the rumored school has been given some kind of full authority to act.
 
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