Southern Pigksin

“The Dude” Speaks…....

2012-05-16T16:18:19-05:00

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=72457&cmd=tc

From an Oklahoma fan site….....

Brando: FSU situation is funny and sad

2012-05-15T16:00:43-05:00

More sanity…

FSU has the inmates running the asylum. Your insecurity that Florida is better than you is going to force you to screw yourselves.

Listen before you attack.

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/colleges/audio/11101718/

If FSU was an independent…

2012-05-16T18:18:23-05:00

If FSU was an independent and looking to join a conference… Which conference would be the most appropriate in terms of geography and values toward sports & academics??

There’s too much talk

2012-05-16T14:06:12-05:00

Derrick Brooks on this issue:

http://www.yahoosportsradio.com/nfl/derrick-brooks-big-12-invitation-24115/

I just think that there is too much talk for something not to happen… right??

Bellamy out at Clemson

2012-05-15T20:46:35-05:00

Grades. Couldn’t get it together, shame he had so much potential.

Clemson is gone, straight from Honus “The Dude” Sneed

2012-05-16T11:31:46-05:00

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=46&f=3167&t=8992974

President Barron Clarifies Memo Regarding FSU To The Big XII

2012-05-15T13:59:40-05:00

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/5/15/3021769/president-barron-clarifies-memo-of-fsu-to-the-big-xii

FSU president Barron makes it clear nothing has been decided yet. One of his major concerns is travel for other sports than football. It is clear that other teams who join the big 12 will affect this. So it seems imperative that a teams in the south already are important, teams like Clemson, Miami, GT, Maryland, Louisville.

WVU is already on board and that helps. I don’t buy all of this as Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Boston college are not exactly a hop skip and a jump either. He is concerned about having some schools to play close by.

The buyout fee of 20 million is also a concern, as FSU is not a wealthy school by any means. The University of Florida played football for 50 years before FSU even began.

Iowa’s Nike combat uniforms

2012-05-15T20:44:51-05:00

Please do not click the link if you’re drinking coffee

http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2012/4/27/2978398/iowa-announces-new-anf-pro-combat-uniforms

Swofford and the ACC school’s presidents

2012-05-15T15:04:31-05:00

They have to pull their head’s out of their rears right now and realize that it’s a bad contract that the conference is stuck with, so the only way to insure that FSU and any other valuable member sticks around is to distribute money fairly which does not neccessarily mean equally.

I found this very very interesting, and although it’s posted on the FSU Blog at SB Nation, the guy is not an FSU homer twisting data to suite his agenda. Basically it confirms what all FSU fans (and most everybody else) suspected:

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/5/15/3021181/is-fsu-really-the-most-valuable-team-in-the-acc

If the ACC does not appease it’s top money makers, then the ACC as we know it will be changed forever. But will the rest of the conference swallow it’s pride and do the right thing? I’m not so sure.

Barron: What makes you think Clemson would leave, to FSU fan

2012-05-14T19:33:36-05:00

From an FSU fan

I sent a note to Barron and got the canned response…
Then I responded to that and got this:

“You make some good points, but they depend on speculation – for example, what makes you think Clemson would move?”

Which I then responded to again. Haven’t heard anything more back.

Has his email been hacked? Bud got any media contacts like Corey Clark that can ask that question of the right person at FSU? Someone in FSU’s press secretaries office or something like that? Has Barron’s email been hacked or are these responses legitimately from him?

http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/5/14/3020018/florida-state-president-barron-tries-to-shut-door-noles-to-big-xii