[jbock13]

How credible is your buddy?

His magic 8-ball has a 100% accuracy rate thus far.

[TH Spangler]

How credible is your buddy?

His magic 8-ball has a 100% accuracy rate thus far.

No inside info. Just a Jon and Sly type guy. Follows it closely.

[LUOrange]

UConn, USF, ECU, Temple & Memphis are at the top of my Magic 8 ball ACC backfill predictions.

[TH Spangler]

P5,P4,P3 or P2?

Im thinking it will be a P4.

[TH Spangler]

UConn, USF, ECU, Temple & Memphis are at the top of my Magic 8 ball ACC backfill predictions.

Missed Temple.

[flamehunter]

Someone do a quick welfare check on ballcoach.

[ATrain]

What does the Magic 8 ball say about the 6 that are leaving? That could determine who gets the invites.

[cruzan_flame13]

UConn, USF, ECU, Temple & Memphis are at the top of my Magic 8 ball ACC backfill predictions.

Should be noted that the teams mentioned, if not all, have a nice size of enrollment and alumni backing. I should also mentioned, this past school year, Virginia Tech had 52k first year applicants which broke their own records. UVA is fully developing another campus in NOVA as well. LU focused so much on online, but doesn't help with its prestige amongst other schools. I used to hear in the last decade that LU used to reject a large amount of residential applications. Not sure how valid those rumors were. I mentioned this because, again, academic respect comes with the territory in getting into an autonomy conference. Unfortunately we are not looked at as such a school like those mentioned above. Will the $130 M funding planned for a new academic building plus forward accreditation for new academic programs (graduate) help move the school in that direction? Who knows; hopefully the strategic plan has more details and bigger planning to build the school/campus up to what is should be. Shouldn't depend on just 'online learning.' That money also fund upgrades in sports facilities, etc. (Hint hint @tyndal23? )

[Ill flame]

The only way LU can earn academic respect is through a higher carnegie classification and that's something they can just throw money at if they want. All they need to be R2 is $5 million a year in research spending plus 20 research doctorates which could easily be done in a few years with a solid plan. R1 would take more time but its very attainable too, requiring $50 million a year and 70 research doctorates. The long part would be bringing in a bunch of qualified Christians that want to do research. This is where the highest ROI is for both the academic reputation of the school and future conference affiliations, not throwing a bunch of NIL money at high schoolers.

[ATrain]

The only way LU can earn academic respect is through a higher carnegie classification and that's something they can just throw money at if they want. All they need to be R2 is $5 million a year in research spending plus 20 research doctorates which could easily be done in a few years with a solid plan. R1 would take more time but its very attainable too, requiring $50 million a year and 70 research doctorates. The long part would be bringing in a bunch of qualified Christians that want to do research. This is where the highest ROI is for both the academic reputation of the school and future conference affiliations, not throwing a bunch of NIL money at high schoolers.

The school should partner with BWXT and Framatone to focus on nuclear research, Centra to focus on medical research (similar to how Tech has partnered with Carilion in Roanoke), and local banks to focus on financial research. Getting trademarks/patents through those partnerships would improve the ROI on research spending, in addition to the returns that come from being part of a major athletic conference.

[cruzan_flame13]

The only way LU can earn academic respect is through a higher carnegie classification and that's something they can just throw money at if they want. All they need to be R2 is $5 million a year in research spending plus 20 research doctorates which could easily be done in a few years with a solid plan. R1 would take more time but its very attainable too, requiring $50 million a year and 70 research doctorates. The long part would be bringing in a bunch of qualified Christians that want to do research. This is where the highest ROI is for both the academic reputation of the school and future conference affiliations, not throwing a bunch of NIL money at high schoolers.

The school should partner with BWXT and Framatone to focus on nuclear research, Centra to focus on medical research (similar to how Tech has partnered with Carilion in Roanoke), and local banks to focus on financial research. Getting trademarks/patents through those partnerships would improve the ROI on research spending, in addition to the returns that come from being part of a major athletic conference.

If only that came to mind when the survey came out months ago . Would they have considered it? Who knows....

[ballcoach15]

I believe Liberty caps residential enrollment due to dorm space. I seem to recall reading this once upon a time. But Liberty would be a better fit for ACC than ANY of those schools mentioned, with maybe an exception for East Carolina, who along with Liberty should have been invited to ACC, instead of Stanford, California and SMU.

[TH Spangler]

Im hoping it ends up being 4 Power confs, with at least 18 per conf.

[ballcoach15]

18 per conference is too many. That creates unbalanced schedules, which are a problem now in some conferences.

[TH Spangler]

18 per conference is too many. That creates unbalanced schedules, which are a problem now in some conferences.

16 is more realistic. But 18 would give us a better shot of being one.

[ATrain]

So its July 9. We're 10 days away from the Magic 8 ball prediction that July 19 is when the next tectonic shift happens. Who does the Magic 8 ball predict is leaving the ACC and where are they going?

[JK37]

Sheesh, you must be bored

[TH Spangler]

Greg Swaim is hearing #FSU, #Clemson, #NCState, #CardNation, #TheU, #GT to the B12, although that could change.

If that happens UNC and UVA go to B10 or SEC.

https://x.com/GSwaim/status/18108461354 ... fntyg&s=19

[jmclaughlin]

#Nuts

[ballcoach15]

Greg Swaim is hearing #FSU, #Clemson, #NCState, #CardNation, #TheU, #GT to the B12, although that could change.

If that happens UNC and UVA go to B10 or SEC.

https://x.com/GSwaim/status/18108461354 ... fntyg&s=19

No ACC schools should go to Big 12. Only ones that should go to B10, are Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and probably Boston College.
What would any ACC school gain by going to Big 12 ?

[JK37]

Money.

[TH Spangler]

[TH Spangler]

Wow!!

[ballcoach15]

When the Apostle Paul said "the love of money is the root of all evil", I believe he had NCAA in mind. No where is this more true than in college sports today.

[ATrain]

Meanwhile, Clemson gets dealt a setback in court:

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... urt-denied