BC

[Revrat]

For gods sake you knuckleheads. BC is in BOSTON! it's not the fine athletics they want. Their rich Boston alumni are there. The tv sets do not neeed to be watching BC they just want BIG network on the cable packages. They could care less about quality of athletics. Does the high quality of Purdue,Northwestern,Indiana,Illionois,Iowa matter? No! Rutgers and Maryland? No! It has nothing to do with wins on the field or players in the pros. And yes BC is a carrot for Notre Dame.

 

[djct1999]

BC a carrot for ND? So let me get this straight...........the Big 10 adds BC and that convinces ND to flee its independence, flexibility, and power, drop everything and now join the conference they have been saying no to for years? Come on guys, this is a joke. As long as ND can still play its way into the national championship game without full affiliation to any conference, it will remain that way.

 

[UConn5]

BC a carrot for ND? So let me get this straight...........the Big 10 adds BC and that convinces ND to flee its independence, flexibility, and power, drop everything and now join the conference they have been saying no to for years? Come on guys, this is a joke. As long as ND can still play its way into the national championship game without full affiliation to any conference, it will remain that way.

Yea...adding BC would have zero impact on ND. ND doesn't really care about BC all that much. Sure they have the catholic rivalry in football but they aren't going to change their independent status just because B1G adds BC.

 

[pj]

BC a carrot for ND? So let me get this straight...........the Big 10 adds BC and that convinces ND to flee its independence, flexibility, and power, drop everything and now join the conference they have been saying no to for years? Come on guys, this is a joke. As long as ND can still play its way into the national championship game without full affiliation to any conference, it will remain that way.

What I have said is that the only way BC is invited to the B1G is in a pair with ND, and because ND asked for them. As a private school with less than one-third the enrollment and alumni base of UConn and no non-alum fans which UConn like other state schools, BC is not all that attractive in media terms. UConn brings CT plus pieces of NYC and NE, which is a comparable cable subscriber base to metro Boston. UConn can expand its stadium, BC cannot. UConn can become an AAU school, BC cannot. UConn has far more potential as an athletic program. There is really no contest, unless ND decides to look out for its fellow Catholic school.

 

[zls44]

Trying to confirm with contact at the Courant.

wow

WHATS GOOD?

 

[hthusky74]

What I have said is that the only way BC is invited to the B1G is in a pair with ND, and because ND asked for them. As a private school with less than one-third the enrollment and alumni base of UConn and no non-alum fans which UConn like other state schools, BC is not all that attractive in media terms. UConn brings CT plus pieces of NYC and NE, which is a comparable cable subscriber base to metro Boston. UConn can expand its stadium, BC cannot. UConn can become an AAU school, BC cannot. UConn has far more potential as an athletic program. There is really no contest, unless ND decides to look out for its fellow Catholic school.

Why in God's name would ND give a crap about BC? BC would come to ND anytime on their knees looking to play a game. They offer ND nothing.

 

[Dann]

we will have our answer soon enough. uva has gotten rid of the psu series they had set up. if you hear michigan news with us, then we made one hell of a pitch. if not, birds will fly west not south in coming winters.

 

[Kevin Caliendo]

UVa is playing Oregon next year instead of PSU

 

[upstater]

For gods sake you knuckleheads. BC is in BOSTON! it's not the fine athletics they want. Their rich Boston alumni are there. The tv sets do not neeed to be watching BC they just want BIG network on the cable packages. They could care less about quality of athletics. Does the high quality of Purdue,Northwestern,Indiana,Illionois,Iowa matter? No! Rutgers and Maryland? No! It has nothing to do with wins on the field or players in the pros. And yes BC is a carrot for Notre Dame.

Just remember, rodeo is more popular in Boston than BC football.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

we will have our answer soon enough. uva has gotten rid of the psu series they had set up. if you hear michigan news with us, then we made one hell of a pitch. if not, birds will fly west not south in coming winters.

HFD what are you hearing on expansion news re: B1G, BC and UConn?

Seems like every message board I go to doesn't even mention UConn in any realignment scenario where as Cinci, USF, San Diego State and hell, even Tulane I've seen mentioned as candidates for this supposed Big12/ACC alliance.

Any thoughts?

 

[huskymedic]

HFD what are you hearing on expansion news re: B1G, BC and UConn?

Seems like every message board I go to doesn't even mention UConn in any realignment scenario where as Cinci, USF, San Diego State and hell, even Tulane I've seen mentioned as candidates for this supposed Big12/ACC alliance.

Any thoughts?

No mention... But process of elimination.

>>"The Big 12 pointed out in its closed-door, four-hour meeting at the Four Seasons Las Colinas that the Big Ten, should it expand, would likely push for schools already included in the Association of American Universities – in the ACC, that list includes Virginia, UNC, Pitt, Georgia Tech and Duke.

The conference also explained the SEC, should it expand, would likely gravitate toward schools from states where it doesn't have a presence – in the ACC, that includes schools in Virginia (UVA, Virginia Tech) or North Carolina (UNC, Duke, N.C. State, Wake Forest).

Based on that information, the conference identified teams that would be left, including reputable football schools Florida State, Clemson and Louisville."<<

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...s-what-big-ten-sec-might-do-next-in-expansion