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Island_Style

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  1. Point is, on the seventh day (Sunday) God rested. Sunday is a big day in the Mormon religion. It is a day to be spent strictly with the lord and family. A true day of rest.
  2. He wasn't using those as example of the improved gameday experience. He was just listing improvement he done to the franchise. Like engaging with fans, improving the gameday experience (new video board, speakers, and various other stadium experiences noticed by the fans) as well as other stadium investments like a new locker room. He has done a lot.It is nice to have one of the richest owners in the league as your owner. Im not use to that in the sports world. It makes it easier to invest in season tickets that is for sure. And that is what he is saying. The fans see he is putting money in this thing,
  3. Read the article and look how poorly Weaver ran the franchise. Might put some understanding on '09. Mixing that with the economy slump hitting Jax early. Jax responded when they had to. Lets keep it up.
  4. A little tidbit on the Jags. They are again selling season tickets at a record pace. They already expect no blackouts again this year. Which has become the expected since 2010. "We’re also off to a record start on season ticket sales in Jacksonville even though we have raised prices and had a 2-14 season. We expect to have record season ticket sales. It’s about engaging the season ticket holders and doing a lot with the gameday experience. We redid the locker rooms last year. We’re spending more money on the weight room. We’re moving forward now with getting the state to upgrade the stadium with a big scoreboard, the biggest in the business. We’re getting state and local support on that, which is very encouraging." Great article all around. Forbes loves Khan.
  5. I know, Cap. Proving it isn't a car wheel was fueled by this post. I understand they are paying homage but that is what I don't like about it. Be your own thing. Of course I realize my opinion on this in unpopular.
  6. I understand. I still don't like it. Who else did that? The logo still sucks. My point, history makes things jaded. That cycling club WAS Montreal AAA... they called themselves an ATHLETIC association because they played more than one sport. But auto racing wasn't part of that. My point, it isn't a car wheel.
  7. "The winged wheel logo was actually borrowed from a cycling club in Montreal." Says Bob Duff in his Detroit Red Wings article in Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League The team Detroit took the logo from wasn't the originators. They took it from the cycling club. And I guess it is a bike wheel.
  8. They took the logo from a cycling club in Montreal.
  9. Here is one that I know I am the minority but I don't understand why. I think the Red Wings logo is horribly stupid. Dont give me auto industry crap. It isn't a car wheel. It is a motorcycle wheel. When I learned how they came about it, it made me hate it even more.
  10. You're correct. Al Featherstone is not a blogger, just a Duke alum, former longtime Durham sportswriter who has written books on Duke basketball and just now does freelance work for the school, BlueDevil Nation, and other Duke blogs after his paper's downsizing in 2005. I should say "with content from". A lot of important people quoted in that. Such as current Duke Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Kevin White. But the dfw legend holds true.
  11. Best article I have seen in a long time on conference expansion. Written by some important people at Duke. Not a blogger.
  12. I think this will help the storm along. I am sure the SEC really wants the Virginia and North Carolina market.
  13. And more under the radar news. BIG10 ADs talking about adding two more teams. Just do it already!
  14. You get it. People are wasting their time on here arguing that the Big10 is expanding with their old ways in mind. It is all about footprints, Big10 network and fox/espn. AKA money. Nebraska is all of the proof you need. And don't give me the "they were AAU at the time they got in the conference" Yeah. well the conference knew they were going to lose that AAU status. The same people that voted them in the Big10 voted to take away their AAU status. They wanted the brand and the area. THAT is CFB today. Why? because it is now a huge moneymaker. Unlike the old days. NWO, get use to it. It will make life easier. Now some FSU news. AD pretty much says they are exploring.
  15. Another reason why I am sold the Big10 and Big12 are not done. Also will be the reason ND never joins the ACC.
  16. All of this is actually a great lesson on Capitalism.
  17. I'd argue that Virginia Tech joining the ACC was a good move for them. They've been in the thick of the conference championship picture for most of their time in the ACC. That's fair, although I wasn't really thinking that far back. The whole Big East/ACC defection with Miami, VT and Boston College was for the best. My point was more towards this notion of the coming super conferences. I'd disagree... I'm pretty sure the ACC cannibalizing the Big East will one day be looked at as the point at which college football jumped the shark, if it isn't already. I think CFB is getting better every day. Playoffs are starting and bowl games are at it's lowest in popularity. Also conference shifting has been going on since way before the BE raid. The ACC was playing catch up to the SEC and Big12 who just raided as well.
  18. I think ND waiting a year to join the ACC is a bad sign for the stability of the ACC.
  19. While that statement was very passive aggressive, it comes down to him just looking at the calendars of each school's governing bodies. The UVa Board of Visitors meets Wednesday-Friday and starts with an Executive Committee meeting Wednesday morning with full board meetings later in the week. They do not meet fully again until May. While it could be discussed in EC and voted on fully on Thursday or Friday, I am not sure that Rector Helen Dragas wants to have both the firing/rehiring of a University as well as conference shift on her hands in under 12 months. She and the school may wait until July 1 to announce a move since George Martin will assume the role as Rector. UNC has a lame duck Chancellor to conduct business as he just announced Monday that he is going to bolt to Washington University (St. Louis) at the end of the semester instead of just resigning to a teaching role at UNC. UNC's Board of Trustees is not scheduled to meet in February as of yet. They are dates to meet, but there is neither an announcement nor an agenda. GT does not have its own board, rather the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents handles it all. This guy has credibility. A lot of credibility.. He is not a dart thrower.
  20. I know you should take tweets with a grain of salt but this is the guy who broke the Maryland news. 56 mins Jeff Ermann ‏@insidemdsports Big 10 talk buzzing again. #UVA being mentioned often as likely to join. Georgia Tech still in the mix. #UNC, the big domino, has an offer.
  21. My guess for midwest is Kansas, ND and maybe Mizzou. I think FSU has a shot if they move past 16. I still think B12 will be where they end up. I think I agree. A lot of people bring it up but I also don't see them leaving the SEC so soon.
  22. More proof the Big10 is about to poach the ACC hard.
  23. I wonder if that new UNLV stadium is the beginning of a PAC-12 reach.
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