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Since the other thread garnered such participation...

what's the criteria? state education funding?

The power 5 aren't deserving to be called the power 5 & all of the other programs in the division deserve to be treated equally.

a lot
a quick list for now
miss st , ol miss, arkansas,california,colorado,miami. georgia tech.illinois,indiana,iowa st,marylan,minnesota ,northwestern,rutger vandervilt tx tech virginia and virginia tech wash st

(06-20-2014 12:23 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  a lot
a quick list for now
miss st , ol miss, arkansas,california,colorado,miami. georgia tech.illinois,indiana,iowa st,marylan,minnesota ,northwestern,rutger vandervilt tx tech virginia and virginia tech wash st

A good list, but it will also have to be divided again by fans bases. All that really matters for inclusion into the Power 5 is that you put fannies in the seats, especially the expensive ones. And that you have big money donors.

So Arkansas, Ole Miss & Va. Tech get a pass.

There are more in the list with the financial backing, I'm sure.

(06-20-2014 12:37 PM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 12:23 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  miss st , ol miss, arkansas,california,colorado,miami. georgia tech.illinois,indiana,iowa st,marylan,minnesota ,northwestern,rutger vandervilt tx tech virginia and virginia tech wash st

Arkansas, Ole Miss & Va. Tech get a pass.

Kentucky needs to be on that list. They lost to WKU twice in a row recently. Of course I'm speaking of football only. They certainly deserve to be in a top basketball conference somewhere.

Ole Miss had the #1 recruiting class last year (football) and is on the rise. They should get a pass for that.

number one recruiting ?
You mean more customers for ole miss are member on this recruiting agency
what a joke of argument

(06-21-2014 03:58 PM)UABFRENCHY Wrote:  number one recruiting ?
You mean more customers for ole miss are member on this recruiting agency
what a joke of argument

Regarding recruiting -- If a major team is recognized as having Top 5 recruiting classes for 5 years, it means they have signed between 125 (25 per year for 5 years) and 150 top HS &/or JUCO players (most schools oversign). In September 2014, that school must have cut that list to 85 by cutting 40 to 75 players from the squad by whatever means necessary ("grayshirt", "red shirt", encouraged to transfer, attend school on their own money, drop out of the program and the school, etc.) Multiply that 40-75 by the number of schools and you have a large number of players that we may never hear from again.