Espn promoting Power 5

College football live interviewed the acting Big East commish today and mentioned the "Power 5" conferences about 10 times during the interview. I assume the "Big 4" talk is all but dead thanks to Espn helping out the poor ACC and trying to diminish the Big East and cheapen the product. Does the Espn brass actually tell Joe Tesatore to mention the words "Power 5" as many times as possible?

A commissioner with a spine would really have fun with these interviews. You could throw haymakers at the other conferences using facts and you could really bust ESPN's chops too.

Yes.

Another balless wonder leading the conference.

The gap between conference #4 and the ACC is far wider than the gap between the ACC and the BE. The BE needs to get its ducks in a row and put together the stats that prove that point. Then launch an aggressive media campaign.

Upstater is irrationally defensive about Penn State. About 20% of the regular posters jump to ND's defense if anyone says anything remotely negative. And then there is Z, who defends ESPN's relentless and meanspirited trashing of the Big East and UConn. I can get being a long time fan of another school and having trouble giving that up when it comes to UConn, but who roots for a corporation against a school?

all the power 5 talk is espn knowing that they are losing the nbe to another tv spot. so they are going to devalue it and trash it. all it takes is this year or next year for 1 of uconn/cincy/lville/usf/rutgers to make a bcs run and WIN a bcs game and 1 of ucf/bsu to make a bcs game. IT WILL HAPPEN. then all of the power 5 stuff will be garbage when the acc takes anotherbcs beating and the nbe looks a ok.

If anyone watched the interview with Joe Bailey they should be greatly concerned that the Big East has not found a new leader with a football vision. When asked about the Big East no longer having a BCS type tie in his response was that he believes the system will be merit-something and reward teams in conferences like the BE when they have great seasons. Any fan of our program or any Big East program should be outraged by such garbage talk! I was in shock listening to him bumbling on. If anyone is naive to believe that the Big East Champion will be rewarded with one of the bowl spots given out by the bowl selection committee over a 2 loss SEC or B1G school is dreaming. Clearly our interim commish feels that this train of thought will be successful for the Big East. What a crock.

I for one am more worried about the state of this conference and our program as part of it more than ever before. This playoff system is going to separate the Top 5 conferences more than every before. (The ACC only getting into the Top 5 because of their Orange Bowl Tie-In) The amount of money that will be thrown at these 6 bowl games will be unprecedented and I can't see the BE yearly getting a team into these bowls, especially based on the past few seasons in which the BE champ has had 3+ losses the past few years. What worried me the most is the lack of leadership and knowledge that is leading or not leading, this conference. Why is there not a new commish in place or talk of one? Who in their right mind is truly believing that we're going to land a good TV deal with this bumbling idiot leading the conference?

I was just floored by that interview with him......

The Big East was the sixth best conference in 2004 when we joined. It is still the sixth best conference. The eight team conference we have been in was mediocre at best, the new conference has a good chance of being much better with a better TV contract.

Houston, Boise, SMU, SanDiego State, UCF, Navy and either BYU or Air Force > (ex)Cuse , WV, SPitt

Life is too short to keep bringing up the same garbage. Sports is supposed to be fun.

Last but not least people in this forum worry way to much about UCONN's finances and falling behind our neighbors. You can't pay the players, you can't pay the players, and let me close by saying you can't pay the players.

I know why ESPN bashes it. I don't get why you do.

Unfortunately, Joe Tessitore needs no instruction in being a douche. It comes naturally to him. (I still harbor bad feelings about him when he was an up and coming tv sports guy and he made his name by $#itting on the Whalers)

Go back to boxing color commentary...

The Big 12 went out and got Chuck Neinas to be the interim commissioner. The Big East just went with some schmuck named Joe Bailey. I'm pissed as anyone that Cuse, Pitt and WVU left but given the fact that this conference's leadership is so vapid, I can't blame them and I wish we could leave too. The situation is dire and the decision making is pathetic.

Honestly, what does that have to do with anything? Money brings prestige and it brings new facilities for teams besides UConn. It brings things that lead to better recruits coming to your school and other Big East schools. There's a reason MAC schools and Sun Belt schools are where they are on the pecking order. Not being in a bCS conference and getting a piece of the pie is exactly it. Did any of these schools pay players during that time frame? There's a reason Boise St left their own time zone to play the majority of their games on the east coast and it wasn't because they needed the money to pay players. You're delusional if you think not getting more money will not impact UConn and the Big East.

Well you should go buy Yale season tickets because they have a ton of money and prestige and a truly historic football stadium. Buy some Duke, Northwestern and Indiana tickets too. And how did Boise and TCU have so much success coming from a conference that had a terrible TV contract?

Fortunately for UCONN football fans we won't need a stadium or facilities for a long time.

And BTW Boise will be playing two games per year tops on the east coast. Far from a "majority". Someone who worries about finances should be better in math then that

I'm sorry but that is a stupid comment. Look at Alabama without Saban. Take Urban Meyer away from Florida and look what's happened. Miami hasn't been relevant since Johnson left.
For 10 years, Boise has been one of the winningest programs, and whenever they've been given the shot to play with the 'big boys' they've competed very well. Peterson has had tons of offers and he doesn't appear to be moving.
Alabama sucked before Saban and quite frankly, the country didn't seem to care. Miami sucks, and could be headed for the death penalty. Yet we still manage to get by. Texas has been out of the debate for a couple seasons and they've been pushed to the back-burner.
People want to watch good matchups. And if a good Boise team ranked #2 is playing a top ranked LSU, people are going to watch. I also bet a top 10 ranked Cincy playing a top 10 ranked RU will get some national attention as well.

I don't mean to insult you, but you're an idiot. You keep preaching about money and not paying players. What does that even mean?
In all seriousness, is your mother Doris Day?