Claver is a BCU troll. Ignore him.
Why do people get so upset at MHver3? He is clearly at least a mild fan of UConn which is why his tweets are so overly optimistic for UConn. If you don't like what he says, don't read him. There is no reason to get angry about it.
ACC football will be weaker if Uconn and Cincy get invited. It will likely mean FSU, GTech, Clemson or UVA left. Or they could all leave.MHver3 is hilarious with his daily -- sometimes hourly -- updates over twitter. "Hearing UVA to B1G is done deal"..."Hearing UConn will vote to dissolve BE if ESPN guarantees them ACC invite" blah blah blah
I think that UConn unfortunately faces a grim reality...if they get an ACC invite it likely means that its a severely weakened ACC. It's still MUCH better than the position UConn is current in, though.
ACC football will be weaker if Uconn and Cincy get invited. It will likely mean FSU, GTech, Clemson or UVA left. Or they could all leave.
But I'll guarantee one thing if Uconn and Cincy join the ACC: it would be the best basketball conference by a huge margin. None of the possible ACC defectors bring much to the basketball table.
I'd like us to continue to play Cuse, Pitt and extend BC's misery. But I'm a basketball first relic.
I hate this guy. He is a fraud.
That being said, I would love this move -- for now. As mentioned above, a severely weakened ACC is better for us than the NNBE. And if the ACC is torn apart in the coming years, guess who will have a new $1.1B tech park, basketball practice facility and (hopefully) a new AAU membership? We will be ripe for the picking by the B1G.
MHver3 = Eagle snatching baby
Cincy FB only for now because... ? In what alternate universe is there any explanation for that? Maybe it's something something Notre Dame.
Why does anyone listen or even talk about MHVER3 biggest joke ever. This guy knows nothing and just makes it all up. Not saying that he isn't right, just that he made this up. Look at all his tweets, pretty much nothing he has said has come true. He also changes to a new theory by the hour. He has said that he has confirmed a ton of different things that just havnt and never will happen.
One of the bigger potential value adds if the ACC were to pickup 2 more BE programs would be leverage in obtaining MSG for an annual or biennial conference tournament. That has to be a major consideration - I know that FB is driving this, but penetrating NYC with hoops to build conference brand can be huge. NYC is a hoops city first and it's heart will be won by hoops first, but there is a large window there to build the conference brand via MSG. Then football can penetrate, using a Uconn, play a game in the Meadowlands or Yankee Stadium annually. Thoughts?
What is the status on MSG? Do the Catholics reserve those rights? I can't imagine MSG being psyched about housing that league tourney with it's small fan bases and little buzz, SJU/tradition or not.
This!
MHver always manages to add a little something to his tweets that shows why the rest of his ramblings are nonsense. This time, he put Cincy as a football-only, even though they would likely be one of the top 2 or top 3 basketball schools in the aforementioned conference. They are also a fair amount closer geographically than we are, making an all-sports add for them even more likely (or even less likely for us).
Ahh....good ole MHver!!!