Arguments Favoring FSU & Clemson’s Move to Big 12 Lack Merit

People promoting the “FSU and Clemson to Big 12” rumors base their belief in the possibility of this fantasy primarily on four factors:

• FSU and Clemson would make more money  from athletics as members of the Big 12
• Big 12 football is superior to ACC football
• The ACC is a basketball –first conference at odds with FSU and Clemson’s football-first mentality

And most recently:

• FSU and Clemson’s ability to qualify for college football’s coming playoff would be greater in the Big 12

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Florida State trustee may have lit the fuse on a potential move to the Big 12

Just as the rumbling rumors of Florida State moving from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 had begun to hush, here came the Saturday afternoon bombshell.

“How do you not look into that option?” asked Andy Haggard, chairman of Florida State’s board of trustees, to Warchant.com. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees I can say unanimously we would be in favor of seeing what the Big 12 might have to offer.

“We have to do what it is in Florida State’s best interest.”

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After busy weekend, FSU officials head to ACC meetings amid Big 12 concerns

TALLAHASSEE — Of all the questions the Athletic Coast Conference hopes to answer this week at its annual spring meetings in Amelia Island, the most pressing may revolve around Florida State.

Are the Seminoles leaving the conference, or not?

Thanks to a rather frenzied Saturday that included telling comments from the school’s board of trustees chair and football coach about a potential move from the ACC to the Big 12, the contingent of FSU administrators heading to the meetings will have to answer that question and many like i

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FSU coach Jimbo Fisher says FSU should explore leaving ACC for Big 12

Florida State Athletic Director Randy Spetman told the Orlando Sentinel on Friday that his school is “committed” to staying in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Spetman may be the only one who thinks that way.

Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher, before he spoke at the Seminole Club of Greater Orlando on Saturday, didn’t exactly shoot down rumblings that FSU will explore the possibility of leaving the ACC for the Big 12.

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SEC programs, law enforcement have long history

The Bobby Petrino saga has drawn attention to an often overlooked aspect of big-time college football: The relationship between coaches and the police who handle security for them.

Around the Southeastern Conference, providing sideline security for SEC programs is considered coveted duty. Some officers travel to away games, a cost paid for mostly by the schools. It can range from volunteer duty to part of the officer’s regular schedule.

Arkansas State Police Capt. Lance King, who provided security for Petrino at Razorback games, got the call from the coach when he wrecked his motorcycle.

Why Alabama hasn’t given up hope of flipping Jameis Winston

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Nick Saban’s staff hasn’t given up on landing Hueytown’s Jameis “Jaboo” Winston.

There’s a lot of speculation in re­cruiting circles that Winston, a Florida State commitment, could still wind up at Alabama.One of the reasons is that Win­ston still plans to take more official visits, and possibly as many as four with a limit of five.

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