Big Ten is overrated | Page 3 | The Boneyard

Big Ten is overrated

Kolumbo said:
Is there any chance, any chance at all, that the B1G starts thinking about shoring up its basketball product after the undressing it suffered during the Gavitt games? This could be the perfect storm. A revitalized UCONN Basketball team. The women doing what they do. And Jim Mora keeping us in the news. I sense an alignment of the force.
Expand ...

shameless.

UConn fans simply just don't learn lessons.
 
aburks41 said:
They don't care about basketball money, but if they did, they would still take Kansas over us. Not because they are a better program, but because the university is AAU which the Big 10 claims to care about
Expand ...
Kansas, Iowa State and Pitt all in AAU and I would think ahead of UConn in any possible B10 expansion.
 
SportsFan88 said:
What a horrible start of the season by the Big Ten, I also think Michigan St beating Butler says more about Butler more than anything else
Expand ...
If UConn faces MSU in the Bahamas and beats them then lets start bad mouthing Butler
 
nycscooby said:
Kansas, Iowa State and Pitt all in AAU and I would think ahead of UConn in any possible B10 expansion.
Expand ...
Pitt? HHAHAHAHAHHAH I don't think we're on their radar but to think Pitt is ahead of us in anything is hilarious
 
Psolo12 said:
Pitt? HHAHAHAHAHHAH I don't think we're on their radar but to think Pitt is ahead of us in anything is hilarious
Expand ...
Yeah, right. Penn State would be totally cool with them. LOL.

Iowa State is somehow even more laughable.
 
.-.
Psolo12 said:
Pitt? HHAHAHAHAHHAH I don't think we're on their radar but to think Pitt is ahead of us in anything is hilarious
Expand ...

You seem to be forgetting what drives the bus. Pitt football is 8-2 and a top 25 program so far this year.
 
mussels said:
You seem to be forgetting what drives the bus. Pitt football is 8-2 and a top 25 program so far this year.
Expand ...
Because the ACC is a dumpster fire. Any other year they're below .500 and unranked, as has been their usual.
 
Kolumbo said:
If we were in the B1G, I'd be perfectly fine with that. I'm down.
Expand ...
That's fair. I would probably disengage more from college sports. Maybe start pursuing the dream of visiting every major league baseball field. Currently I'm at 4. I have a ways to go.
 
I like where we're at - the Big 10 can keep their football & overrated basketball. Football wise, I personally don't believe conferences are going to matter much in the next 10-15 years. The same powerhouse programs will continue to reign supreme & drive revenue by scheduling games against one other [outside of a few paid-for cupcake games against the little guys like us].

This limits upward mobility for smaller/mid-sized programs --- regardless of conference. Yes Syracuse, Rutgers & Pitt are all collecting bigger "P5" revenue checks, but it's not like that revenue is translating to massive success on the field. Football "drives the bus" & if it's all about money, what's the incentive for these bigger programs to remain in a conference with mid-tier programs & have to share revenue with them, as well as the NCAA?

Notre Dame has thought this way for decades - only a matter of time before others follow suit, IMO. Lets be happy we're in the Big East & continue to thrive --- hopefully football finds its way as an independent.
 
.-.
Psolo12 said:
Pitt? HHAHAHAHAHHAH I don't think we're on their radar but to think Pitt is ahead of us in anything is hilarious
Expand ...
I’m not sure if you’re trying to be funny or just stick up for UConn, but based on everything we’ve seen with conference expansions that is a very misinformed take.
 
nycscooby said:
You can disagree without been an a hole about it but maybe you can’t? You are entitled to your opinion as am I.
Expand ...
Who said you aren't entitled to your opinion? Please, opine away.

But it's also my opinion that the B1G taking Pitt—which overlaps with Penn State—is a laughable idea. They add nothing but being AAU, and the B1G has been one of the two conferences who haven't short sighted or merely been reactionary.
 
tzznandrew said:
Who said you aren't entitled to your opinion? Please, opine away.

But it's also my opinion that the B1G taking Pitt—which overlaps with Penn State—is a laughable idea. They add nothing but being AAU, and the B1G has been one of the two conferences who haven't short sighted or merely been reactionary.
Expand ...
It’s fine not to agree but when I do so, I try to be somewhat respectful. Moving on.

I don’t believe that Penn State would object to Pitt being admitted into the conference. They used to play each other every year until like 2000.

I am not saying the B10 would want any of Kansas, Iowa
State or Pitt. Just that I think that each of them would be invited to the B10 ahead of us.
 
nycscooby said:
I don’t believe that Penn State would object to Pitt being admitted into the conference. They used to play each other every year until like 2000.
Expand ...
UConn used to play UMass every year, and other than a few crackpots on this board, no one has them on their list of expansion targets.

Similarly, BC used to play UConn, and they're the school that tanked us.

Regardless, if the B1G expands we're not high on their list, I'd guess. They'd be smart to think a lot bolder, and especially bolder than picking a school like Pittsburgh which exists in a state where the clear #1 team is already in the conference (PSU) and which is right near the border of Ohio (i.e. Ohio State).
 
.-.
gtcam said:
If UConn faces MSU in the Bahamas and beats them then lets start bad mouthing Butler
Expand ...
I watched the game and I don’t see how they aren’t a bottom 2 team in the Big East that’s all
 
Purdue does not have a single transfer player.
All developed inside the program. Looking forward to seeing them today matchup against 'Nova. Should be a good game
 
.-.
nycscooby said:
Kansas, Iowa State and Pitt all in AAU and I would think ahead of UConn in any possible B10 expansion.
Expand ...
Maybe Kansas but the big never seem to have much interest in them.
 
nycscooby said:
It’s fine not to agree but when I do so, I try to be somewhat respectful. Moving on.

I don’t believe that Penn State would object to Pitt being admitted into the conference. They used to play each other every year until like 2000.

I am not saying the B10 would want any of Kansas, Iowa
State or Pitt. Just that I think that each of them would be invited to the B10 ahead of us.
Expand ...
Us?
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,264
Messages
4,560,442
Members
10,452
Latest member
WashingtonH


Top Bottom