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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Mar 15, 2016 15:01:10 GMT -5
I think head injuries are going to weigh on big time football going forward. Especially the has been type teams. Under this assumption, UConn could be ours for the taking in ten years.
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 15, 2016 15:53:46 GMT -5
BC and UConn would both fit well within the conference -- if they are willing to give up on big time football. As Catholics, aren't we supposed to forgive? I suspect they would also be strong adds for the other sports we play. Uconn could just be too big, though. UConn can be forgiven for trying to rescue themselves from being consigned to their current mid-major status. BC, well, that's different. dantesinferno.wikia.com/wiki/Judas_Iscariot
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Post by EasyEd on Mar 15, 2016 18:59:11 GMT -5
I think head injuries are going to weigh on big time football going forward. Especially the has been type teams. Under this assumption, UConn could be ours for the taking in ten years. Too long to wait. I'll be 94 in ten years, God willing.
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 15, 2016 19:39:09 GMT -5
BC and UConn would both fit well within the conference -- if they are willing to give up on big time football. As Catholics, aren't we supposed to forgive? I suspect they would also be strong adds for the other sports we play. Uconn could just be too big, though. Sorry no dice: I already have Irish Alzheimer's. That's when all you can remember are the grudges.
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Post by drquigley on Mar 15, 2016 20:05:06 GMT -5
Forget BC. They will never give up football or the ACC football money. Plus we don't need another DePaul. UCONN however would be a huge plus for the BE. A consistency good bball program, great rivalry, bring thousands to games at Verizon. But they have to face the reality of a disastrous football program and drop or significantly downsize it before being let back in.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 15, 2016 21:00:08 GMT -5
BC and UConn would both fit well within the conference -- if they are willing to give up on big time football. As Catholics, aren't we supposed to forgive? I suspect they would also be strong adds for the other sports we play. Uconn could just be too big, though. Sorry no dice: I already have Irish Alzheimer's. That's when all you can remember are the grudges. The Grudges were my favorite band back in the day.
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Post by bostonfan on Mar 16, 2016 7:19:15 GMT -5
I agree that BC is a bunch of slime balls the way they took the money and ran away from the old BE, but if you don't think that Fox would like to have a team in the Boston media market you are not being realistic. Not sure if BC would ever give up the ACC money, but if they get tired of getting their ass kicked in football and basketball every year and they considered playing football as an independent and returning to the BE for every other sport then FOX would push for the BE to consider it in a big way. Fox has dedicated a lot of money to the BE and they want to maximize that investment as much as possible.
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Post by Eurostar on Mar 16, 2016 7:31:16 GMT -5
BC deserves to be winless in football and basketball.
UConn is waiting for another big football conference to expand.
Neither team will come to the Big East.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Mar 16, 2016 8:46:39 GMT -5
I agree that BC is a bunch of slime balls the way they took the money and ran away from the old BE, but if you don't think that Fox would like to have a team in the Boston media market you are not being realistic. Not sure if BC would ever give up the ACC money, but if they get tired of getting their ass kicked in football and basketball every year and they considered playing football as an independent and returning to the BE for every other sport then FOX would push for the BE to consider it in a big way. Fox has dedicated a lot of money to the BE and they want to maximize that investment as much as possible. My understanding is that they get about $20 million from the ACC and they would get about $3.5 million in the Big East. They'd be stupid to leave the ACC, unless football was such a drag that it made up that difference. In this day and age, it is HIGHLY unlikely any team would play independent football.
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Post by AltoSaxa on Apr 2, 2016 20:49:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2016 10:16:09 GMT -5
A small minority of UConn fans want to join the Big East. Most are holding out for an invite to the ACC, Big Ten or Big 12. The university has invested big money in its football program and can't abandon it now. The first comment in the comment section was asking whether the article was an April fools joke.
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Post by boxout05 on Apr 3, 2016 11:43:24 GMT -5
Will be interesting to see if erstwhile Big East target SLU can win again with Travis Ford (and, if so, how long he sticks around).
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Post by SDHoya on Apr 4, 2016 12:34:57 GMT -5
A small minority of UConn fans want to join the Big East. Most are holding out for an invite to the ACC, Big Ten or Big 12. The university has invested big money in its football program and can't abandon it now. The first comment in the comment section was asking whether the article was an April fools joke. It is an April Fools joke. The article itself says so.
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Post by hoyaboya on May 4, 2016 9:53:52 GMT -5
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Post by Hoyas4Ever on Jun 2, 2016 0:40:16 GMT -5
OT: Looks like the NCAA's most popular sport Musical Chairs is about to start back up. Yeaaaa
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jun 2, 2016 8:36:29 GMT -5
OT: Looks like the NCAA's most popular sport Musical Chairs is about to start back up. Yeaaaa The Big 12 needs four more schools? Or more...
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Post by calhoya on Jun 2, 2016 11:10:40 GMT -5
Big 12 has been the loser in conference expansion among the so-called Power 5. The scandal at Baylor--again--will hurt the entire conference. Even with some reasonably well-performing football programs in recent years, only Texas and Oklahoma have the national name-brand to consistently draw in the attention of viewers. Others, like Texas Tech, TCU, Kansas State and perhaps West Virginia at best are good stories with passionate support within the region. Kansas and Iowa State have been basketball schools with football teams. Texas has demanded everything and done little on the football field to justify the unique and dominant position granted it by the other schools to save the conference. Although the conference can look to add some other schools, like BYU, Houston, SMU, Cincy, and maybe Memphis, other than BYU which of those programs is going to elevate the national profile of the conference beyond its immediate footprint?
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Post by IDenj on Jun 2, 2016 11:35:14 GMT -5
Yawn. Until UConn joins the BE zero cares given.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Jun 2, 2016 11:45:22 GMT -5
The more desperate the Big 8/12 becomes to poach teams from the AAC, the more vulnerable UConn may become if no P5 wants them - which is the only way they would even consider bringing their other sports into the Big East. That's why we should care.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jun 2, 2016 11:49:42 GMT -5
Big 12 has been the loser in conference expansion among the so-called Power 5. The scandal at Baylor--again--will hurt the entire conference. Even with some reasonably well-performing football programs in recent years, only Texas and Oklahoma have the national name-brand to consistently draw in the attention of viewers. Others, like Texas Tech, TCU, Kansas State and perhaps West Virginia at best are good stories with passionate support within the region. Kansas and Iowa State have been basketball schools with football teams. Texas has demanded everything and done little on the football field to justify the unique and dominant position granted it by the other schools to save the conference. Although the conference can look to add some other schools, like BYU, Houston, SMU, Cincy, and maybe Memphis, other than BYU which of those programs is going to elevate the national profile of the conference beyond its immediate footprint? The Faustian bargain is that the schools must keep Texas happy, but at their peril. Yes, the Pac-12 could pick up Texas and Oklahoma, maybe the SEC, but what's left in the TV landscape for a group which includes Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Texas Tech, TCU, or even West Virginia, a school the ACC already passed up on? Anyone giving Baylor a call these days? The Big 12 will get no help from the other conferences who see the "P4", not the P5, as the ideal setup for a playoff. That is, of course, until the Big Ten poaches the ACC. That aside, it appears the Big East is not being pushed by Fox to add new members, and outside UConn, there aren't any. Staying at 10 works.
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