Yeah pretty much delusional but amusing to read the revenge fantasies and crazy scenarios people come up with on here regardless. Louisville was the stronger athletic program overall at the time they were chosen over UCONN especially in football. Not having any friends in the ACC only made things worse for UCONN.
So you say it's "delusional" for UCONN fans to feel this way (trying to figure out how/what/why things happened the way they did) > and then say that they have no friends in the ACC??
Huh??
That's kindof the point of this thread; "why do none of our old Big East compatriots seem to want us in the ACC? Cuse, Pitt, Miami, BC, VaTech. It's not even apathy; it seems like they actively oppose us. How come? What did we do to piss them off? How did this deplorably situation arise?"
Do you know the answer?? Why do "they have no friends in the ACC"??
Here are a few things… Lawsuit, APR, Calhoun's many quotes about BC and the ACC, Calhoun's poor reputation with the NCAA, CT AG's quotes on BC, the ACC, and Swofford. No other school did that much damage to itself with so much arrogance. From the attitude of most on this thread I can see that the fan base attitude mirrors the UCONN administration during CR which can't help.
You're making no sense there Eagle. You first say that UCONN fans are delusional for thinking there are revenge scenarios at play in the ACC and that LCC was picked only because they were a stronger athletic program. In the same post, you say "not having any friends in the ACC only made things worse for UCONN". When questioned about your flip flopping, you answered with more flip flopping and named three things directly related to the lawsuit: "Lawsuit, Calhoun's many quotes about BC and the ACC, and CT AG's quotes on BC, the ACC and Swofford." So, again, if UCONN fans are delusional for thinking that there are revenge scenarios from the lawsuit at play in the ACC, can you please not give revenge scenarios in your answers?
1. Lawsuit: revenge scenario;
2. APR: not revenge scenario, but debunked with inviting horrendous academic LCC;
3. Calhoun's quotes: revenge scenario;
4. Calhoun's poor reputation with the NCAA: not revenge scenario, but how silly does this look now? Calhoun is gone, the NCAA's most exciting young coach is in his place (and a guy who EVERYONE seems to LOVE), and in the meantime, the LCC hired NCAA slime ball Bobby Petrino;
5. CT AG's quotes: revenge scenario
For the record, I have no idea why the ACC has passed on UCONN several times. It could be lawsuit/revenge related. It could be that little ol' Boston College carried significant enough weight to lobby against UCONN over the matter of New England turf. It could be ESPiN. It could be that LCC had a better football record than UCONN in the 2012-13 season (good thing this decision wasn't made in 2011!). It could be that the ACC was just dying to capture that robust Louisville DMA for their TV contract. It could be Tom Jurich calling in a few favors. It could be that the ACC knew that UCONN has its eyes set on a B1Gger conference. Nobody knows except for the members of the ACC responsible for making those decisions.
Of course, UCONN fans are going to mock a few of the ACC invite selections...especially LCC. Horrendous academics (something that your own Father Leahy said was SO important in expansion), second fiddle in their own smaller DMA, a Yum! Center bankruptcy battle, and Bobby Petrino. Good luck with all that. The ACC has successfully found a Boatz n' Hoez partner for the U (but would LCC be Barnz n' Hoez??) but with an even worse academic reputation than Miami. And while UCONN continues to sit in AAC purgatory, our "inferior" athletic department is stacking championship trophies, INCREASING its budget, and hitting coaching hire home runs.