Gee, you think so, Mike? Really going out on a limb there, aren't you?
Man, it must be good to coach for God's school, knowing that the unrivaled deference and concessions afforded to its football team will take care of you no matter what.
I think he defines it to mean "no matter how often I underachieve in the post-season with the basketball program, we will find a good athletic conference to welcome us based on the inordinate amount of attention paid to our football program, which itself has not been anything remotely approaching a national power for decades. Yes, it is good to have God on our side."It all depends on how he defines "landing on our feet." Because if he defines at as holding his seed in a post-season tourney, there is no reason to think he will.
I was surprised when I read Cincy and Louisville. I wasn't surprised at UConn and Rutgers and the NYC market. I thought that this was an obvious move for them months ago. Yankee Stadium games, MSG, and a dynamite brand build out an in area of the country that has little interest in SEC and B12 ball.
Louisville and Cincy would definitely be a good geographical bridge into Big East country though. Without them UConn, RU, and WVU would be on an island.
I think he defines it to mean "no matter how often I underachieve in the post-season with the basketball program, we will find a good athletic conference to welcome us based on the inordinate amount of attention paid to our football program, which itself has not been anything remotely approaching a national power for decades. Yes, it is good to have God on our side."
It also makes the ACC look a lot less brilliant. SU and BC football will be second rate compared to RU and UConn. A B12 with UConn, Kansas, Texas, and WVU BBall is easily as good as UNC, Duke, SU and Pitt. such a move pretty much negates any ACC advantage in non-ACC markets.
Excellent point. Rutgers and UCONN in the Big 12 would make Cuse and BC crap their pants. UCONN playing Texas at Yankee Stadium while Cuse plays a yawner against BC in the lifeless Carrier dome. Oh to dream.
Yankee Stadium games need to be a big part of our pitch to the Big 10 or Big 12. UCONN fans would no doubt sell the place out.
Get real. .
2 interesting quoets in article not having to do w/UConn to B12
1. PROVING YET AGAIN WHAT AN IDIOT HE IS -----
Conference commissioner John Marinatto opened up the media day by saying he was glad that he finally could talk about basketball – but soon was bombarded with questions about realignment. This wasn’t what Marinatto signed up for, he said. It’s not what he wanted. REALLY? HE REALLY THOUGHT WE COULD CHAT A LITTLE FRIAR HOOPS?
2. IMAGINE PITINO'S REACTION THE NEXT TIME HE IS GETTING A TONGUE LASHING FROM HIS SCHOOL PREZ ABOUT GRAD RATES OR ACADEMICS IN GENERAL.
When it boils down to it, though, money is the biggest factor in the entire proceedings. Pitino put some of the blame on the greed of the school presidents. “The big is eating up the small,” he said. “The presidents have always said to put the athletes first. The last thing they’ve talked about is the athletes. So there’s a bit of hypocrisy in the presidents and their answer today.” REALY? YOU'RE GOING TO PRETEND TO BE INTERESTED IN THE KID'S SCHOOL WORK AFTER SELLING YOUR SOUL?
While I can wish it was otherwise, I agree. In every respect Uconn and RU fit better in the B1G or ACC.Get real. There is no way UConn is going to The Big 12. My contacts down there tell me they (the conf) are having a hard time with even coming this far east for WVU and may not take them.
When I read that quote from JC, I thought that he was sending a message to the ACC that UConn is not just going to wait around. I'm sure the quote from the FSU Trustee yesterday is not sitting well in Storrs. It's almost a bi-weekly thing now to tell the media why UConn doesn't "fit" in the ACC with some of their schools. Good for him! Whether it's true or false is irrelevant. Some Blogger will pick it up and run with it, or it may become a topic on KU's message board.Or it could just be him letting the ACC know that if they want us they better invite us because we will have options.
I'm not taking his comments seriously regarding realignment. He has stated his preferences and his willingness to be active in the process. But his influence and knowledge related to these matters is limited.
I'm just projecting. JC certainly is in the loop with President Herbst so he would know more than all of us combined. But if she's smart she isn't letting JC know everything. And I doubt President Herbst knows everything either, since other universities in the BE and other universities and conferences outside the BE are only partially aware of all the machinations going on.his influence is unknown
his knowledge may be plentiful, probably a hell of a lot more than all of us combined
It's about risk reward. The two major drivers in the B12, OK and Texas, are rumored to be in disagreement over 12 teams vs. 10 with Texas preferring 10 teams. If this rumor is true, then Texas is satisfied with the current markets and the current media contract and prefers sharing the pie with the fewest members as possible. I believe and hope Texas wins this one.I'm not sure how expanding into all of the media markets involved wouldn't help the Big 12 or how having enough members to sustain the loss of 4 wouldn't help them either.
Excellent point. Rutgers and UCONN in the Big 12 would make Cuse and BC crap their pants. UCONN playing Texas at Yankee Stadium while Cuse plays a yawner against BC in the lifeless Carrier dome. Oh to dream.
Yankee Stadium games need to be a big part of our pitch to the Big 10 or Big 12. UCONN fans would no doubt sell the place out. One game per year against a bigger name school would be great fun.
Oh the UConn who can't sell out their 38,500 seat stadium in East Hartford is going to sell out Yankee Stadium. Ok.