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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 5101476, member: 1145"]
Academic goalposts are not the issue. The issue is that any state flagship or land grant that has a sports history has a large and loyal fan base. TV pays for that large and loyal fan base. AAU status is not ny part of that equation. Just ask Bama and LSU and Tennessee fans.

The ACC has only 2 state flagships: UNC and UVA, and neither of us has a major football history or a huge stadium filled every week. The ACC has only 3 land grant schools: Clemson, NCSU, and VT. Only Clemson has an 80,000 seat stadium and big football history. VT is close but still small time by land grant standards in the SEC.

Now for the 16 school SEC: Vandy is the only private. Bama and Texas (both flagship), Tennessee and LSU (both are both flagship and land grant), and TAMU (land grant)  average over 100K per game. UGA and UF (both are both flagship and land grant) average 90K. OU (flagship) is now planning to expand to pass 90K seats. Even Arkansas (both flagship and land grant) has a 76K (10K more seats than VT has) stadium filled virtually every week.

You either grasp what such things mean or you do not.
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