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Shouldn’t it show the foward end of the ship sinking first instead of the aft end of the ship? Next time take a photo with your smart phone instead of working from memory.Did you draw this?
Shouldn’t it show the foward end of the ship sinking first instead of the aft end of the ship? Next time take a photo with your smart phone instead of working from memory.Did you draw this?
A very interesting idea...... birds of a feather, but not a bird-brain idea!You know it will be big news if the Ivy League decides to move up to FBS and then adds Stanford and Cal Berkeley lol! Ivy League will be one of the richest conferences just from collective endowment values!
Did you draw this?
Ah yes, the colleges with the scramble bands - Stanford's band even lost a football game to Cal in the 80's. All Ivies with the exception of Cornell feature scramble bands. Scramble bands' halftime shows require you to listen to the narrative in order to make sense of the formations and the corresponding music. None of them spell out things like "Ohio."A very interesting idea...... birds of a feather, but not a bird-brain idea!
Imagine the Stanford band and the Berkeley Marching bands facing off against
the likes of Yale and Harvard.... highjinks all around!
I'm a little puzzled by your response and @broooce's. I didn't draw the picture. I was asking if @Carnac drew the picture.Shouldn’t it show the foward end of the ship sinking first instead of the aft end of the ship? Next time take a photo with your smart phone instead of working from memory.
With west coast teams (Stanford & Cal) willing to join (if accepted) the ACC which is comprised mostly of EAST Coast schools, should dismiss the concerns of posters here that are complaining about the possible increase in travel for UConn sports teams. If Stanford and Cal are willing to do it, so can UConn. Get in where you fit in. Asking to join the ACC is a hell of a stretch. It shows us how desperate they are. If the ACC says no, what's their other option.......the Mountain wants no part of the PAC 12 teams. Go independent? Stanford and Cal are quickly running out of options.I think UConn could be one of the next ones to get in, the northeast corridor/NYC market, a newly competitive football team with an excellent coach, and two premier basketball teams, that the Big 12 wants more than football fans might think.
No. I got it from Google images.Did you draw this?
Go for it Gus. I answered your query. I'm aware that the Titanic went down "bow first." They didn't back into that iceberg. I simply picked an illustration that I liked. It served my purpose and got the message across. Everyone that saw it understood the reference.
I was just confirming that you didn't draw it before I commented about the bow-first.Go for it Gus. I answered your query. I'm aware that the Titanic went down "bow first." They didn't back into that iceberg. I simply picked an illustration that I liked. It served my purpose and got the message across. Everyone that saw it understood the reference.
Here........how's this?
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I know this is unrelated to the topic of the thread, but here are some interesting questions about the sinking of the Titanic........Go for it Gus. I answered your query. I'm aware that the Titanic went down "bow first." They didn't back into that iceberg. I simply picked an illustration that I liked. It served my purpose and got the message across. Everyone that saw it understood the reference.
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Always was and forever will beWOW....Who gives a rats rear end about the Titanic going down bow first. Now you have the idiots, (both the conferences and the TV networks) who are currently ruining college sports by saying the heck with tradition and conference rivalries. I guess it's all about the money now.
Glad you came to. We were worried.WOW....Who gives a rats rear end about the Titanic going down bow first. Now you have the idiots, (both the conferences and the TV networks) who are currently ruining college sports by saying the heck with tradition and conference rivalries. I guess it's all about the money now.
sorry I was replying to Zarathustra's comment - I have no opinion on the picture.
Sorry for puzzling you. I should have replied to Carnac’s post instead of yours. I was just trying to add a little humor to your question regarding who drew the picture by recommending using a cell phone photo to capture the moment.
With west coast teams (Stanford & Cal) willing to join (if accepted) the ACC which is comprised mostly of EAST Coast schools, should dismiss the concerns of posters here that are complaining about the possible increase in travel for UConn sports teams. If Stanford and Cal are willing to do it, so can UConn. Get in where you fit in. Asking to join the ACC is a hell of a stretch. It shows us how desperate they are. If the ACC says no, what's their other option.......the Mountain wants no part of the PAC 12 teams. Go independent? Stanford and Cal are quickly running out of options.
There's different groups that can have legitimate input & complain about travel distances.
There's AD's & administrators, there's coaches & staff, there's the athletes, and there's the fans.
And there's also the politicians.
They all have different perspectives.
Some simply want to put the interests of the athletes first & don't want them to suffer & miss a lot of classes.
It's been rumored that some coaches may want to leave their HC job over the increased amount of traveling.
And who really knows how much that increased travel can affect the recruitment of specific individual athletes.
There's no right opinions, only different perspectives.
Then in the end after the decisions are made the cookie ends up crumbling every which way possible.
If one conference has less air traveling time then another conference, then why wouldn't an athlete factor that in when deciding on their choice of college.The increased travel is an interesting point, when it comes to basketball, especially when you look at players who come from prep programs. A fair portion of them are doing a fair bit of travel as it is before they enter college.
When you think of all the exposure events, like Nike Tournament of Champions, GEICO nationals along with the travel schedules they publish, I wonder if it's all that different to them. When I think of how often OSBA programs like Crestwood are on the road, it doesn't feel like it is.
Your points are noted. I understand that who you are determines how you look at conference realignment. Administrator, booster, coach, player, fan, or parent. Today with teams changing conferences and allegiances by the hour, college sports as we knew them as recently as last year no longer exist. It's a new day. New and different priorities are the order of the day. I understand the different perspectives of those interests you mentioned. The new order for TODAY is "go BIG, or go home." No one is going to wait for you, feel sorry for you, or pamper you. Get in where you fit in wherever that may be.There's different groups that can have legitimate input & complain about travel distances.
There's AD's & administrators, there's coaches & staff, there's the athletes, and there's the fans.
And there's also the politicians.
They all have different perspectives.
Some simply want to put the interests of the athletes first & don't want them to suffer & miss a lot of classes.
It's been rumored that some coaches may want to leave their HC job over the increased amount of traveling.
And who really knows how much that increased travel can affect the recruitment of specific individual athletes.
There's no right opinions, only different perspectives.
Then in the end after the decisions are made the cookie ends up crumbling every which way possible.
I think it's Wyoming that receives $6 million per year in MW conference payouts.Your points are noted. I understand that who you are determines how you look at conference realignment. Administrator, booster, coach, player, fan, or parent. Today with teams changing conferences and allegiances by the hour, college sports as we knew them as recently as last year no longer exist. It's a new day. New and different priorities are the order of the day. I understand the different perspectives of those interests you mentioned. The new order for TODAY is "go BIG, or go home." No one is going to wait for you, feel sorry for you, or pamper you. Get in where you fit in wherever that may be.
As many posters have already acknowledged that. Everyone is simply trying to secure their fair share of conference compensation. Why did Oklahoma and Texas leave for the SEC? More compensation. Why did UCLA and USC leave the PAC 12? More compensation. It's the same with every team that changed conference affiliations this summer, more compensation and in some cases more stability. Colorado head coach Deion Sanders offered his perspective on schools changing conferences in this unprecedented fashion. He said: "They're chasing that bag."
Every program in D-1 is chasing that bag, including UConn whose athletic department (it was reported here) is currently operating at a $45 million dollar deficit. Most folks here in the yard are aware of this. It doesn't mean we have to like it, but we understand that is the order of the day/times. As fans, there is nothing we can do except sit back, watch, and hope for the best for our team.
But all of the schools in the soon to be Autonomy 4 conferences are deserving of $30,000,000+ a year?. Nobody is gonna give us 30 million plus per year and it’s ridiculous to think there are individuals in the administration who believe otherwise.
If one conference has less air traveling time then another conference, then why wouldn't an athlete factor that in when deciding on their choice of college.
And I also added the word retention in addition to recruitment because after they join the team, if they really don't like the amount of travel then they can be more inclined to transfer to another program.
Players don't need to express their true reasons for leaving UConn or deciding to not come in the 1st place.
There have been plenty of players who have decided not to come while we're still in the Big East.
Travel would only be another reason to factor in.
If coaches could quit over it then players can too.
10000% agree with Pitino
I understood your point.You're missing my point.
To some of these players, travel may not be a factor because they're used to it already. These recruits are committing with the full knowledge that this is the reality.
There are top prospects in Oregon again this for a Nike event. Some of these players just finished competing on the summer circuit, FIBA tournaments, etc. When they go back to school, many of these top HS prep programs will have an extensive travel schedule for their season in place. Not to mention the Top 100/150 events that are being announced for the fall. It's already happening at the HS/prep level.