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True about Notre Dame
However would FSU ever join the B1G? Would FSU rather play games in Gainesville, Athens, Auburn & Knoxville or head off to East Lansing, Minneapolis, Madison & Iowa City? Any disparity between the B1G having a possibly slightly larger payout over the SEC would be more than erased by travel costs for all those teams in all sports. I don't think the B1G has any more chance of getting FSU than the SEC has getting Notre Dame.
You look at all those potential Pac candidates left for the B1G. Washington, Oregon, Stanford and Cal are all AAU. The B1G will have no problem there with AAU requirements being met. Now let's look at the ACC. North Carolina, UVA, Duke and Georgia Tech are all AAU. If UVA and North Carolina both enter the SEC. Would the B1G then take Duke, Georgia Tech and then add VT & Miami to have four instead of just two? I don't know.
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this aau membersip is BS. Use something objective like NNSF Research Rank
-- LocalExperts
Aug 11, 2022 at 05:48 PM ET
LocalExperts
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08/11/22 05:48 PM ET
AAU membership will remain a requirement for joining The B1G...
-- 33laszlo99
Aug 11, 2022 at 07:02 PM ET
33laszlo99
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08/11/22 07:02 PM ET
Nebraska is in the BIG and not an AAU member.**
-- Lerxst
Aug 12, 2022 at 12:09 PM ET
Lerxst
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08/12/22 12:09 PM ET
Nebraska was an AAU member at the time it joined the Big Ten and it didn't
-- VTHokie2000
Aug 12, 2022 at 12:47 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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08/12/22 12:47 PM ET
The B1X knew well in advance that Nebraska was being kicked out of the AAU
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 12, 2022 at 03:28 PM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/12/22 03:28 PM ET
Maybe so, but from a PR standpoint the Big Ten can still make a statement
-- VTHokie2000
Aug 14, 2022 at 07:20 AM ET
VTHokie2000
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08/14/22 07:20 AM ET
Thanks for educating me on this. Did not know they were AAU at one time.**
-- Lerxst
Aug 12, 2022 at 02:30 PM ET
Lerxst
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08/12/22 02:30 PM ET
Kind like how academics were important to the ACC until they were not**
-- 133193Hokie
Aug 12, 2022 at 11:11 AM ET
133193Hokie
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08/12/22 11:11 AM ET
Here in FL, UF and UCF are more popular than FSU and Miami
-- OrlandoHokie
Aug 11, 2022 at 10:07 PM ET
OrlandoHokie
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08/11/22 10:07 PM ET
Down in South FL, UF and F$U are more popular than Miami
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 12, 2022 at 05:19 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/12/22 05:19 AM ET
UCF is enormous - second largest enrollment in the US
-- VPI_1998
Aug 12, 2022 at 05:12 AM ET
VPI_1998
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08/12/22 05:12 AM ET
It can’t REMAIN a requirement because it has NEVER been a requirement**
-- marcbvtgm
Aug 11, 2022 at 08:19 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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08/11/22 08:19 PM ET
...more of a guideline actually...lol**
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 12, 2022 at 05:22 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/12/22 05:22 AM ET
...more like a phony rejection criterion to protect the bottom half of
-- Maroon Baboon
Aug 12, 2022 at 07:52 AM ET
Maroon Baboon
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08/12/22 07:52 AM ET
Rutsgers was picked because they now get "in state" fees for the B1XN in NJ
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 12, 2022 at 08:14 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/12/22 08:14 AM ET
They are also a joke in football.**
-- Maroon Baboon
Aug 12, 2022 at 09:52 AM ET
Maroon Baboon
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08/12/22 09:52 AM ET
FTR, they've outrecruited VT the past 3 years and only won 1 fewer
-- reestuart
Aug 12, 2022 at 12:45 PM ET
reestuart
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08/12/22 12:45 PM ET
Always have been, and always will...**
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 12, 2022 at 10:25 AM ET
EDGEMAN
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08/12/22 10:25 AM ET
The B1G just got rid of geographical contiguousness. AAU will follow.**
-- Old Line Hokie
Aug 11, 2022 at 07:17 PM ET
Old Line Hokie
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08/11/22 07:17 PM ET