Today, from 40,000 feet, I carefully read through all the Stanford v. NC State posts. I do not know how good a coach TT is, but I do know that in contrast to many posters, he is living in the real world not a dream world. Stanford will never long survive without transfers, and Stanford's geography and academics scare off transfers.
The potential Stanford transfer has eyes. Stanford's empty football stadium tells him most Stanford's alumni and students do not think much about football. Stanford no longer dwells within the historic rivalries of the PAC 12; Stanford instead is mired in the distant Atlantic Coast Conference, whose very name is a tell-tale. The NC State student signs said correctly, "Wrong coast."
During the death rattle of the PAC 12, visionary university leaders should have said, yes, the football teams can leave, and they should send back money to the west coast, but the other sports should stay PACed together.
A visionary Congress should have said, yes, universities, you can have your conferences, but only of teams from contiguous states. We do not want our college students to live on airplanes.
Currently, our fatigued sports teams do live on airplanes, and they are under performing.
The potential Stanford transfer has eyes. Stanford's empty football stadium tells him most Stanford's alumni and students do not think much about football. Stanford no longer dwells within the historic rivalries of the PAC 12; Stanford instead is mired in the distant Atlantic Coast Conference, whose very name is a tell-tale. The NC State student signs said correctly, "Wrong coast."
During the death rattle of the PAC 12, visionary university leaders should have said, yes, the football teams can leave, and they should send back money to the west coast, but the other sports should stay PACed together.
A visionary Congress should have said, yes, universities, you can have your conferences, but only of teams from contiguous states. We do not want our college students to live on airplanes.
Currently, our fatigued sports teams do live on airplanes, and they are under performing.
