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First of all what does "joined at the hip" even mean?
I listened to the episode as well. It was a cross between the self-evident and the clueless.
1. He talked about them being "tied at the hip" but used as evidence that the two schools "coordinate" on everything. Talked about academic connections, etc. But the things he mentioned don't even require schools to be in the same conference. There seemed to be no evidence that they actually said to each other "we are leaving and going to the same conference."
2. He also left out any discussion of VT or NC State. Now I think in the end, if only one school per state has a P2 invite, I don't think the other in-state school will hold them back. But I don't know this for sure, and certainly Flugaur doesn't either. I think him and many of the CR hustlers think they can almost speak this stuff into existence. The in-state politics stuff matters, even if they won't stop it in the end.
3. Lastly, he was acting surprised by what he was reporting. But for anyone who even has a rudimentary knowledge of the ACC knows that UNC and UVa have the (Co-) Oldest Rivalry in the South and they view each other as peer institutions--Public Ivies if you will. That being said, none of this means they will be in the same conference. I will say this about UVa--they think they are a superior school to UNC and they will likely make their OWN decision in the end an what's best for them, regardless of what Chapel Hill thinks.
** Edited by Maroon Baboon at 3/27/2025, 11:28:03 PM
Thread Replies (25)
Fluguar lost all credibility by saying UNC and UVA are "joined at the hip"
-- Athens
Mar 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM ET
Athens
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03/27/25 11:01 PM ET
Might be right on this 1, UNC loves UVA according 2 ESPN sources, and
-- Stech
Mar 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM ET
Stech
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03/28/25 10:23 PM ET
Exactly what is happening IMHO, but Va Tech &UVA would be better off in B1G**
-- Stech
Mar 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM ET
Stech
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03/28/25 11:23 PM ET
Yeah, that's just silly to think it is actually true.**
-- reestuart
Mar 28, 2025 at 01:56 PM ET
reestuart
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03/28/25 01:56 PM ET
The south's oldest and most irrelevant rivalry.**
-- HokieNoVA
Mar 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM ET
HokieNoVA
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03/28/25 11:10 AM ET
Sounds like one of the few things he may get right actually. **
-- drb
Mar 28, 2025 at 09:02 AM ET
drb
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03/28/25 09:02 AM ET
I used to watch several of those podcast, not any more.
-- VTCALS72
Mar 28, 2025 at 08:45 AM ET
VTCALS72
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03/28/25 08:45 AM ET
I'm afraid you're wrong about almost everything in this post.
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Mar 28, 2025 at 09:58 AM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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03/28/25 09:58 AM ET
Actually I am not making a comparison to VT at all
-- VTCALS72
Mar 28, 2025 at 01:07 PM ET
VTCALS72
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03/28/25 01:07 PM ET
"...both of which would be much more lucrative for ND"
-- VT757to276
Mar 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM ET
VT757to276
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03/28/25 10:17 AM ET
Think ND is open to a Big East re-up w/Duke/Cuse/UConn/BC/Cal/Stanford/etc?
-- hokieZ71
Mar 28, 2025 at 01:22 PM ET
hokieZ71
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03/28/25 01:22 PM ET
I think they just see the $. **
-- Big12 guy
Mar 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM ET
Big12 guy
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03/28/25 12:14 PM ET
ND has all the money it needs and more.
-- Baltimore_Hokie
Mar 28, 2025 at 03:24 PM ET
Baltimore_Hokie
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03/28/25 03:24 PM ET
I meant the posters on this board thinking that they will join a
-- Big12 guy
Mar 28, 2025 at 07:44 PM ET
Big12 guy
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03/28/25 07:44 PM ET
Even so, when it comes to building conferences, UNC/UVA2SEC makes sense
-- hokieZ71
Mar 28, 2025 at 07:44 AM ET
hokieZ71
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03/28/25 07:44 AM ET
I think UVA / UNC to the Big Ten makes more sense than the SEC and
-- MVIII
Mar 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM ET
MVIII
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03/28/25 10:02 AM ET
This is the best case scenario for VT getting into the P2.
-- Maroon Baboon
Mar 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM ET
Maroon Baboon
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03/28/25 10:24 PM ET
false narrative.......
-- 1947Sunbowl
Mar 28, 2025 at 07:04 AM ET
1947Sunbowl
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03/28/25 07:04 AM ET
UVa hates(sports related) UNC as much as VT
-- MrFantastic!
Mar 28, 2025 at 06:58 AM ET
MrFantastic!
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03/28/25 06:58 AM ET
You’re dead wrong about UVA Carolina…
-- ombandit
Mar 28, 2025 at 02:00 AM ET
ombandit
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03/28/25 02:00 AM ET
First of all what does "joined at the hip" even mean?
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-- Maroon Baboon
Mar 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM ET
Maroon Baboon
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03/27/25 11:25 PM ET