http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=571291

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=570801

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=569508

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=568386

So many golden nuggets back last May.

(04-22-2013 08:10 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=571291

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=570801

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=569508

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=568386

So many golden nuggets back last May.

Those were entertaining ...


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College athletic fandom is an amazing phenomenon. It has been my experience all these many years that most college sports fans simply cannot bring themselves to be objective about their respective teams and that's what leads to nonsense like that which was shown above.

Message board math based on "logic" is a natural extension of that phenomenon and is the clearest example of how completely messed up some/moost of these people are. They want so badly for their preferrred scenario to play itself out that they'll literally do whatever it takes to convince themselves and others that their prophecies and predictions - which ALWAYS favor their respective schools - is fait accompli and "just a matter of time."

They then do all sorts of mental gymnastics to make it so - all while ignoring a myriad of red flags indicating they are wrong - and you end up with this board's culture where they encounter other like-minded individuals with similar objectives and similarly creative minds. Before you know it, you end up as dead wrong as were most of the people on this board.

Goofballs like Brian Ethridge, Greg Swaim and the Dude were just smart enough to capitalize off of these dumb arses. Trust me when I assure you that they will continue to do so. It won't be long before we hear that while every other GOR is rock solid and iron clad, the ACC's is fraught with holes and Florida State and Clemson have press conferences set for next week to announce....blah, blah, blah...

And you know what? When they do resort to that nonsense - and they will - I will GUARAN-DAMN-TEE YOU that there will be dozens upon dozens of fans of schools who would benefit from that scenario lined up to drink the kool-aid one more time.

Here is a great blog from the Dude...

Expansion Expose: I Grant Thee Not

Chris “The Dude” Lambert | Feb. 11, 2013 | Morgantown, WV |

What do Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Jersey Devil, Lennay Kekua and the ACC Grant-of-Rights (GoR) have in common?



They are all fantastical works of imagination.



The rumors and whispers of an ACC grant-of-rights have no basis in fact.



The beleaguered conference is not close to signing a grant-of-rights and discussions about one have been met with stiff internal resistance.

http://www.sportsmancave.com/expansion-e...-thee-not/