Blaudschun--Catholic Schools Met in NYC...

[freescooter]

I recall that in the 2nd season maybe, UConn was actually in first place in the Big East with like 3 games to play and lost all 3 and finished .500 in the league.

 

[ffg53]

I recall that in the 2nd season maybe, UConn was actually in first place in the Big East with like 3 games to play and lost all 3 and finished .500 in the league.

Which was after they were in the league. My initial post referred to consensus/perception prior to league affiliation. Rather than negate my argument it reinforces it, in that I don't think it's necessarily accurate that should UConn go to the B1G they'd be a perpetual doormat any more than they were in the BE.

 

[Waquoit]

For football this will mean being a perpetual doormat

I wonder how many people said the same thing about UConn basketball when we joined the Big East?

Actually nobody really did. ... But in the early years, while not a power, the Huskies were a mid-pack program.

It's true that nobody expected UConn to be a doormat at the time, in fact they were a team on the come. Big things were expected. That's why they were asked to join the Big East, they didn't get good due to Big East affiliation. They were fresh off an NCAA berth as the ECAC Champions. They beat Sly Williams Rhody team, their best two players were freshman and had a big guy coming in who had a National Championship under his belt. And that Rhody team was good. The year before they lost by just 1 to that Duke team made it to the Finals. Hall's John Nelson missed a foul line jumper at the buzzer that would have won it.

UConn had chance back then to get some traction and get past mid-pack status but Perno just wasn't up to the job. He never came close to repeating his recruiting success of the Corny year. Even so, in 1982 they gave that Freddie Brown - Pat Ewing team it's worse loss of the season, at G'town in front of Pearl Bailey. With the benefit of hindsight, Perno should have gotten the gate after that year. That team that beat Pat Ewing comfortably ended the season losing 7 of 8.

UConn hasn't learned it's lesson either. It was clear that the BB program had lost all momentum. It began to backslide and didn't make a move until the program hit rock bottom. Remind you of any current program?

 

[upstater]

For football this will mean being a perpetual doormat



It's true that nobody expected UConn to be a doormat at the time, in fact they were a team on the come. That's why they were asked to join the Big East when Holy Cross said no. They were fresh off an NCAA berth as the ECAC Champions. They beat Sly Williams Rhody team, their best two players were freshman and had a big guy coming in who had a National Championship under his belt. And that Rhody team was good. The year before they lost by just 1 to that Duke team made it to the Finals. Hall's John Nelson missed a foul line jumper at the buzzer that would have won it.

UConn had chance back then to get some traction and get past mid-pack status but Perno just wasn't up to the job. He never came close to repeating his recruiting success of the Corny year. Even so, in 1982 they gave that Freddie Brown - Pat Ewing team it's worse loss of the season, at G'town in front of Pearl Bailey. With the benefit of hindsight, Perno should have gotten the gate after that year. That team that beat Pat Ewing comfortably ended the season losing 7 of 8.

UConn hasn't learned it's lesson either. It was clear that the BB program had lost all momentum. It began to backslide and didn't make a move until the program hit rock bottom. Remind you of any current program?

Karl Hobbs lead that team to victory in that game. He played great.

 

[Gurleyman]

Why do we continue to perpetuate the meme here that the Fiesta Bowl was a thrashing? It was 34-20 with 10 mins left and we were driving in OU territory. Drive stalled, they sealed it with a long clock-eating drive and added a late pick six to make the final margin worse aesthetically.

It wasn't a nailbiter or a "argggh, we were so close" loss, but I sat there watching the game in the fourth quarter thinking "wow, we have a real chance here". And the OU fans who remembered losing to Boise State sure weren't changing the channel either.

 

[BeanTownBob]

Expect a statement in the next 24 to 48 hours, with it being "an upset" the BB 7 remain. Gotta love this gem, greeaaattt:

"UConn president Susan Herbst has contacted officials from the non-FBS Big East members, pleading with them to stay in the league, sources told ESPN.

Ironically, Herbst, along with Cincinnati and South Florida officials, heavily lobbied to get out of the Big East and join the ACC when the league had to replace Maryland."

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-schools-leaning-leaving-big-east-sources-say

 

[UConn5]

Given the landscape I wouldn't blame them. Not a good situation.

 

[upstater]

Anything Herbst says here also has legal ramifications. Don't forget, there's a lot of money involved.

 

[upstater]

"If the Big East lost the seven Catholic basketball schools, it would decrease the value of the league's media rights by "15 to 20 percent," an industry source said."

The math here tells me that this is more money for the football schools.

You lose 20% of your money when 45% of the league leaves. Uhh, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[BeanTownBob]

"If the Big East lost the seven Catholic basketball schools, it would decrease the value of the league's media rights by "15 to 20 percent," an industry source said."

The math here tells me that this is more money for the football schools.

You lose 20% of your money when 45% of the league leaves. Uhh, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

The BB only schools were taking a significantly smaller yearly number than the Football playing schools. Don't think this is going to turn into a better number for UCONN. Plus the Basketball conference is now complete crap.