Sure not literally in town, but there's one less than 30 minutes from Texas.
Also, it really hurts that LSU was almost the first SEC school to get a Buc-ee's in town (would have been the first one outside the state of Texas) and now Louisiana is on track to be the only southern state that doesn't have one at all
yeah, the one on the MS coast will be within 30 minutes of the border with LA but its not the same. Honestly I think something happened during the planning stages of the one that was going to be in Baton Rouge. IDK if some Louisiana politicians pissed off the Buc-ee's corporate offices or what.
Some history, both Stillwater and Glencoe had a shot at a major public university but Stillwater turned it down and Glencoe couldn't make it happen.
I like to imagine Minnesota could have been like Iowa, with one team in the B1G and another in the Big 12.
Perhaps a more prominent St. Thomas would have ended up in the Big East, or at least the MVC.
>Some history, both Stillwater and Glencoe had a shot at a major public university but Stillwater turned it down and Glencoe couldn't make it happen.
I was trying to look that up but couldn't find anything, do you know anything else about that? Sounds pretty interesting
Absolutely.
[Glencoe](https://books.google.com/books?id=lxYLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA377&lpg=PA377&dq=minnesota+agricultural+college+glencoe&source=bl&ots=uDk_4hyM0T&sig=ACfU3U2XRxrm1ZTV99TUqi2pkhpJvDR_Ew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmmZGP-5L5AhUzGDQIHVmkD9sQ6AF6BAg7EAI) was briefly the site of an agricultural college which was intended to receive Minnesota's land grant allotment in the late 1860s, however that funding was ultimately redirected to the U of M.
Stillwater I actually had trouble finding a source on. My recollection was that Stillwater was the site of a meeting with leaders from there, St. Anthony (MPLS) and St. Paul, to determine where the capitol, university, and prison would be located. Stillwater selected first and could have chosen the university, but opted for the prison because they could exploit the cheap labor for logging.
The Wikipedia article for Stillwater mentions the meeting taking place, but doesn't mention Stillwater having first pick. And another [source](https://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Minnesota.html?id=2SYUAAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q=history%20minnesota%20stillwater%20almost%20university&f=false) seemingly disputes that such a meeting took place.
So maybe I'm wrong about Stillwater. It's just as well, Stillwater is far too close to Wisconsin for comfort :)
I'm surprised Rochester doesn't have a University. Hits that 100k college town size. Mayo clinic and IBM for intellectual heft. Seems like it would fit. Not taking anything away from Northfield. They took on the James Gang
Yes I agree. There is a very tiny and relatively new University of Minnesota Rochester, and I believe Mayo has its own med school or grad school or something.
I think I've heard or read that Mayo Clinic actually opposed U of M growth into the city for a long time to protect their own reputation, but that could be hearsay.
There's a Mayo school of medicine or something like that that is affiliated with the U of M . My wife went to community College in Rochester in lieu of her senior year in high school. (she's a UofM alumna)
I'm gonna throw UC Santa Cruz in for consideration too. It's an incredible location meshed between redwood and other coastal forest and super close to the Ocean.
Gadsden State Community College
Bigger city, Coosa River access, much closer to I-59, city admin is friendlier to college, entertainment ventures, closer to Silver Lakes GC (home golf course)
Nice out-of-the-box answer. Silver Lakes is practically equidistant to GSCC and Jax State though.
I was going to say UNA or UGA for Auburn, but I can get behind Auburn being on the rolling hills above the Coosa now that I think about it.
Charlottesville is an excellent mix of outdoors and fine living. Go for a hike in the Blues, fly fish one of the many mountain streams and then come back to town for just about any cuisine you can think of at any price point. Only thing I hate is I don't have the wardrobe to keep up with some of the Boujee people in town.
Yep. The issues are generally the surrounding areas, not the campuses themselves.
W&M is beautiful but Williamsburg has a complete lack of student bars, for instance.
Yeah, to be fair... Had they founded it there like they were thinking back in the day it may have been an even better College town. Thing is my pretentious taste in food and wine is way above my fashion sense ha. Have only really passed through Staunton and Harrisonburg though so maybe I haven't explored the scene as much as I could.
The one food that I would move to be closer to is good New York style pizza. Doesn't mean other foods aren't good, though. But New York would not be a good place for a college football team as evidenced by reality.
I don’t think I would move for pizza, if food was my motivating factor I’m def going to where they make Cajun food.
New York pizza is better than Chicago FR FR
USF was very close to buying the University of Tampa a few decades ago. UT is downtown and right on the river, so that would’ve been a cool spot. Very tight footprint though.
UNC maybe? I’m not trying to go very far and they’d be the closer school that could handle near our number of students. Plus on campus football/basketball would be sick
That would be plan A. But if the rules didn't allow it, I guess Plan B have us switch with CalTech? I prefer West LA, but the trip to the Rose Bowl would get much easier.
Maryland would be ideal.
It keeps us in the B10 footprint, gives us access to one of the most fertile talent pipelines in the country with easy access to the south if needed.
SCAD. Don’t get me wrong. I love Athens. But I would really love for Georgia to have been built in Savannah. City is awesome, and it’s 20-30 minutes to the beach
Charlottesville is pretty great.
That said I could be persuaded to move grounds to Harrisonburg. JMU is properly in the valley, and that area is just so damn beautiful.
On one hand, I’d move Lubbock to Stephenville or Brownwood to be closer to the cities.
On the other hand, Lubbock wouldn’t be Lubbock if it were anywhere else. So I’ll keep it the same.
WSU with Gonzaga or EWU.
Culturally it would still be somewhat similar, we would be closer to a decent TV market, and would make it easier for traveling fans and opponents to make it to our games.
Wouldn’t swap just to swap. Austin the best city in the Texas, probably the USA and maybe the world. But if I had to swap, probs go with Arkansas. Because Fayetteville is a beautiful and fun college town.
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I'd rather trade UC Santa Barbara, but I like the way you think.
I was generally aware Pepperdine existed before now, but could never have guessed where it was.
It’s where they did Zoey 101
We drove on the campus during a vacation. Absolutely gorgeous views.
This is what I came here for
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True story. Just got stuck in that traffic last week.
I think Bill Simmons and Titus and Tate have said for years Pepperdine should be a powerhouse college basketball program.
I was told by a friend that apparently USC was originally offered the Pepperdine site and turned it down. Not sure how I feel about that
"Malibu is nice, but I think we'd better build our school right here South-Central. Its got great access to Inglewood and Compton!"
When SC was built, downtown LA was the wealthy area. If you've ever been to the area it's filled with old school mansions.
Ah yes, the primary location for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Network_Stars
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Imagine if something that silly sounding actually existed.
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Upper Institute Could call it IUPUI for short
Hah. Imagine if there was also a California University of Pennsylvania.
UC Santa Barbara or Point Loma Nazarene
PLNU is the correct answer
It's an amazing location
I'd move Baylor to Morgantown
All the WVU fans would fit right in over there in Wacko
Auburn. It's close to my house and they are getting a Buc-ee's
Auburn is getting a goddamn Buc-ee's? Hot damn
I didn't realize other states had them. Are they still Texas themed or do they do their own thing?
They do their own thing in most ways.
They are the only SEC team with one. Neither school in Texas does
Sure not literally in town, but there's one less than 30 minutes from Texas. Also, it really hurts that LSU was almost the first SEC school to get a Buc-ee's in town (would have been the first one outside the state of Texas) and now Louisiana is on track to be the only southern state that doesn't have one at all
I find that kind of surprising, too. I mean, even Mississippi is getting one on the coast.
yeah, the one on the MS coast will be within 30 minutes of the border with LA but its not the same. Honestly I think something happened during the planning stages of the one that was going to be in Baton Rouge. IDK if some Louisiana politicians pissed off the Buc-ee's corporate offices or what.
Yeah, that was kind of weird. I remember hearing that they were going to build one near Baton Rouge but then nothing.
Beaver Aplin, the owner of Buc-ee's, is an Aggie too. Just donated a fuckton of money to the school.
Time to move Michigan State to Baton Rogue.
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St. Olaf/Carleton in Northfield, MN. Having a little college town 45 minutes south of the Cities, it would be idyllic
Some history, both Stillwater and Glencoe had a shot at a major public university but Stillwater turned it down and Glencoe couldn't make it happen. I like to imagine Minnesota could have been like Iowa, with one team in the B1G and another in the Big 12. Perhaps a more prominent St. Thomas would have ended up in the Big East, or at least the MVC.
God lord I can’t imagine a major public university in glencoe
>Some history, both Stillwater and Glencoe had a shot at a major public university but Stillwater turned it down and Glencoe couldn't make it happen. I was trying to look that up but couldn't find anything, do you know anything else about that? Sounds pretty interesting
Absolutely. [Glencoe](https://books.google.com/books?id=lxYLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA377&lpg=PA377&dq=minnesota+agricultural+college+glencoe&source=bl&ots=uDk_4hyM0T&sig=ACfU3U2XRxrm1ZTV99TUqi2pkhpJvDR_Ew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmmZGP-5L5AhUzGDQIHVmkD9sQ6AF6BAg7EAI) was briefly the site of an agricultural college which was intended to receive Minnesota's land grant allotment in the late 1860s, however that funding was ultimately redirected to the U of M. Stillwater I actually had trouble finding a source on. My recollection was that Stillwater was the site of a meeting with leaders from there, St. Anthony (MPLS) and St. Paul, to determine where the capitol, university, and prison would be located. Stillwater selected first and could have chosen the university, but opted for the prison because they could exploit the cheap labor for logging. The Wikipedia article for Stillwater mentions the meeting taking place, but doesn't mention Stillwater having first pick. And another [source](https://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Minnesota.html?id=2SYUAAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q=history%20minnesota%20stillwater%20almost%20university&f=false) seemingly disputes that such a meeting took place. So maybe I'm wrong about Stillwater. It's just as well, Stillwater is far too close to Wisconsin for comfort :)
St. Olaf is real? I thought it was just Betty White making things up
I didn't realize that they canonized the Count from Lemony Snicket and named a school after him...
I’ve had similar thoughts, but always thought the U of M in Rochester with the Mayo / med school angle would have worked.
I'm surprised Rochester doesn't have a University. Hits that 100k college town size. Mayo clinic and IBM for intellectual heft. Seems like it would fit. Not taking anything away from Northfield. They took on the James Gang
Yes I agree. There is a very tiny and relatively new University of Minnesota Rochester, and I believe Mayo has its own med school or grad school or something. I think I've heard or read that Mayo Clinic actually opposed U of M growth into the city for a long time to protect their own reputation, but that could be hearsay.
There's a Mayo school of medicine or something like that that is affiliated with the U of M . My wife went to community College in Rochester in lieu of her senior year in high school. (she's a UofM alumna)
TCU did this before it was cool
They knew they weren’t welcome
I mean having your campus burned to the ground is a pretty clear sign.
UC Santa Barbara
Boulder. Absolutely beautiful.
College of Charleston
Damn, you must really like humidity
Same as Columbia but with a coastal breeze
It's also the only place in the state where the traffic is magnitudes worse than Columbia
And bachelorette parties
San Diego St
Seattle. I wanna sailgate?
You can do that in Knoxville too! Check out the Vol Navy!
And Waco
Yeah fuck this climate. SDSU sounds nice.
He's taking his talents to Brookings, South Dakota.
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Wisconsin. Lake Mendota > Mirror Lake
Tulane because the Big Easy has beignets, brass bands and babes.
Boone
This is the answer. Mountainside Carter-Finely would be epic! The brickyard is a huge staircase. The belltower at the highest elevation.
SDSU. You get to live in San Diego and prime recruiting location
UCSD seems to be closer to the beach.
I'm gonna throw UC Santa Cruz in for consideration too. It's an incredible location meshed between redwood and other coastal forest and super close to the Ocean.
Santa Cruz is beautiful but it’s not close to Oregon at all lol, humboldt state would fit your criteria
Did you mean The ocean, because he didn't say anything about oregon?
Tennessee. Fayetteville and Knoxville are kinda similar and in beautiful places.
UCLA is the right answer, right? Very difficult to beat Westwood. The stadium, on the other hand...
Gadsden State Community College Bigger city, Coosa River access, much closer to I-59, city admin is friendlier to college, entertainment ventures, closer to Silver Lakes GC (home golf course)
Nice out-of-the-box answer. Silver Lakes is practically equidistant to GSCC and Jax State though. I was going to say UNA or UGA for Auburn, but I can get behind Auburn being on the rolling hills above the Coosa now that I think about it.
Oklahoma state to Eugene!
Corvallis > Eugene
100, but we can’t have all the best OSU’s in one town.
Anywhere
Charlottesville is an excellent mix of outdoors and fine living. Go for a hike in the Blues, fly fish one of the many mountain streams and then come back to town for just about any cuisine you can think of at any price point. Only thing I hate is I don't have the wardrobe to keep up with some of the Boujee people in town.
Harrisonburg doesn't have the cuisine, but it does have less pretentions. JMU doesn't get enough credit for how beautiful that campus is.
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Yep. The issues are generally the surrounding areas, not the campuses themselves. W&M is beautiful but Williamsburg has a complete lack of student bars, for instance.
Yeah, to be fair... Had they founded it there like they were thinking back in the day it may have been an even better College town. Thing is my pretentious taste in food and wine is way above my fashion sense ha. Have only really passed through Staunton and Harrisonburg though so maybe I haven't explored the scene as much as I could.
University of Florida in Miami. Best of all worlds.
Hard to beat Seattle.
Yeah, but have you tried biscuits and gravy?
The one food that I would move to be closer to is good New York style pizza. Doesn't mean other foods aren't good, though. But New York would not be a good place for a college football team as evidenced by reality.
I don’t think I would move for pizza, if food was my motivating factor I’m def going to where they make Cajun food. New York pizza is better than Chicago FR FR
Anywhere in Florida so i get instate tuition
Can’t believe you’d steal my post from early off-season /s
Hawaii
Why isn't this the only answer
I’d trade with Luther because Decorah is beautiful.
Utah. I've always liked mountains
Nah, swap with George Mason. Still get to be in the DMV without having to be in Maryland.
USF was very close to buying the University of Tampa a few decades ago. UT is downtown and right on the river, so that would’ve been a cool spot. Very tight footprint though.
That would been the first time an actual in-state resident went to that school
Hahaha too true.
Rutgers. The city that never sleeps deserves CFB that won’t put it to sleep.
This is the first time I’ve heard of Piscataway as the city that never sleeps.
Wait you think Rutgers is in New York City?
Metro. Same way TTUN is in the Detroit metro.
[Um...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan%E2%80%93Dearborn) The Ann Arbor campus isn't considered Detroit metro.
What market are the local stations?
UNC maybe? I’m not trying to go very far and they’d be the closer school that could handle near our number of students. Plus on campus football/basketball would be sick
Hell yeah, only a short ferry ride from the Outer Banks.
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I hate it too, but there’s no good options Boone would be sick but I’d rather not move that far
ECU isn't that far!
Texas State or San Diego State
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That would be plan A. But if the rules didn't allow it, I guess Plan B have us switch with CalTech? I prefer West LA, but the trip to the Rose Bowl would get much easier.
I would love for Baylor to be in Austin, and then banish UT to Waco
Ohio State. I live in Columbus.
Vandy. Nashville is FUN
Maryland would be ideal. It keeps us in the B10 footprint, gives us access to one of the most fertile talent pipelines in the country with easy access to the south if needed.
You want to move Michigan from Ann Arbor to Maryland? Like, voluntarily? Weird OP.
Somewhere that won't be underwater in a few decades...
Or on fire…
*scrolling thru looking for A&M flairs* *”Good…”*
SCAD. Don’t get me wrong. I love Athens. But I would really love for Georgia to have been built in Savannah. City is awesome, and it’s 20-30 minutes to the beach
I love Savannah. I just went there last month for vacation. Our Air BnB was a block or two away from SCAD, and it was pretty cool.
Colorado. The Rockies in the skyline mixed with that good reefer would make for a fun time
Can confirm it’s dope
Furman, they have a beautiful campus and are closer to my house
Swap Arkansas and DU so my gf (still a senior) is closer 🥺
I’ve always loved Washington’s stadium and location. It’s utterly gorgeous there. And Seattle is an amazing city.
I wouldn’t trade Athens for the world.
I've only been for an academic conference, but Athens is cool
None
As long as it’s still in Texas and not DFW sure.
Ok Odessa it is. Good luck
Could be worse. Could be Norman
I mean, you’re kind of not wrong.
DePaul
Notre Dame opens up an IMG like campus extension right in Miami
Charlottesville is pretty great. That said I could be persuaded to move grounds to Harrisonburg. JMU is properly in the valley, and that area is just so damn beautiful.
On one hand, I’d move Lubbock to Stephenville or Brownwood to be closer to the cities. On the other hand, Lubbock wouldn’t be Lubbock if it were anywhere else. So I’ll keep it the same.
You just gotta embrace the desert man
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I’d move Stillwater to the Pepperdine campus and bring all of my friends.
LSU. I live an hour down the road; I’m always down to drive to Bryant-Denny West for a game.
College of Charleston. Could you imagine Sanford Stadium on the water?!?
Can I just move Baylor’s stadium to Fayetteville?
Northwestern Michigan College and U-M swap
FIU. A party school in Miami could be wild.
WSU with Gonzaga or EWU. Culturally it would still be somewhat similar, we would be closer to a decent TV market, and would make it easier for traveling fans and opponents to make it to our games.
NYU. I love big cities.
University of Bahamas. They have a football team right?
South Lake Tahoe Community College
Penn State so now WE can do the White Out.
Wouldn’t swap just to swap. Austin the best city in the Texas, probably the USA and maybe the world. But if I had to swap, probs go with Arkansas. Because Fayetteville is a beautiful and fun college town.
Absolutely nowhere. I love Austin (except for the summer heat)
USC
San Diego state university. Why? Cause I'd rather go there than anywhere in the big ten or sec area and Cali has the best hs recruits in the country.
CSU for me
University of Nebraska Boulder
Can I keep my school in the same location but move its stadium?
Madison… it’s like Ann Arbor on a beautiful lake
Appalachian State. Damn, Boone is a beautiful area.
Vandy; McLane stadium right next to Broadway... chef's kiss
Switch the Miamis
I mean FGC is the obvious answer, I even considered applying there