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I respect the heck out of Boise. I guess this will buy us some time but I don't see how this new Big East design will endure.
 
ZooCougar said:
I respect the heck out of Boise. I guess this will buy us some time but I don't see how this new Big East design will endure.
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The Big East shouldn't endure. The Big East composition should be revisited every contract renewal and the conference should take a 'best of the rest' mentality and openly embrace having football-only or basketball-only members as a wonderful and distinctive part of its culture.

The BE should pride itself as having a formal divestiture policy to identify teams most likely to be replaced in the next contract negotiations and reduce the voting privileges of the at-risk teams accordingly as contract decisions near.
 
mattp said:
the way i'm looking at is that we'll get to see some new teams at the Rent, and we'll have a few different places to travel to if so inclined over the next 4-5 years. hopefully after that period we'll be somewhere else, but in the meantime why not enjoy the novelty of playing some new teams? keep in mind too that some of the teams we're playing against will be more passing oriented and we'll likely have to adapt to keep up. anyone that's been craving a higher octane passing attack might be happy with the results. maybe the NBE will be known as a wide open passing league a la the Big12 and we'll attract more of those types of players.
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I'm sure I'll warm up to it if it sticks together for a few years. I get the same vibe I get about these developments as I did TCU. I never for a second thought that TCU would actually play a football game at Rentschler Field. I don't think I'll be able to invest emotionally in the 'conference' until it actually unfolds in reality and not on twitter.
 
I would be able to emotionally invest if I knew we wanted to be here. I think this conference could last because of the current strength of Boise and Houston and because the east and west divisions remove a lot of travel concerns. The TV contract for this conference could be very good. I say that because most of the markets are medium to large, the small market and/or lesser programs have national followings (Boise, Navy, ) and the new additions all play a fast paced, more exciting brand of football.

While I would love to be a big player in a great conference, money talks and if the contract for this monstrosity is good, don't be surprised to see it stick together. I suspect that the signing of a huge contract will coincide with revising the exit fees to something very substantial. I have found time and time again in life that things usually turn out ok, but they rarely turn out exactly as expected. I won't be surprised at all if UConn is a happy and proud member of the Big East 7-8 years from now----nor will I be surprised if we announce a move to the ACC next Tuesday.
 
Hoophound said:
I would be able to emotionally invest if I knew we wanted to be here. I think this conference could last because of the current strength of Boise and Houston and because the east and west divisions remove a lot of travel concerns. The TV contract for this conference could be very good. I say that because most of the markets are medium to large, the small market and/or lesser programs have national followings (Boise, Navy, ) and the new additions all play a fast paced, more exciting brand of football.

While I would love to be a big player in a great conference, money talks and if the contract for this monstrosity is good, don't be surprised to see it stick together. I suspect that the signing of a huge contract will coincide with revising the exit fees to something very substantial. I have found time and time again in life that things usually turn out ok, but they rarely turn out exactly as expected. I won't be surprised at all if UConn is a happy and proud member of the Big East 7-8 years from now----nor will I be surprised if we announce a move to the ACC next Tuesday.
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If I am correct, we'd have the most urbanized FBS conference in the whole scene. Urbanization is the future.
 
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Will be curoius to see what this does to bowl tie ins. Which do we lose, which do we gain. Adding teams in FL should anchor the Champs bowl. Could see us picking up a bowl in Texas. Hope we hang on to the Pinstripe. Vegas Bowl would be a fun trip!
 
I believe the new BE will get a chance to grow in this new TV network conference era. We got some exciting teams coming in with high octane offenses. We took a hit in prestige and tradition, but there will be new traditions made. Teams like Boise, Houston, UCF and SMU all got huge growing potential with 3 in traditional rich recruiting areas.

Once things settle down, I can get excited about the new lineup and games. I would like to see Fresno State and SDSU added to the Western division so BE has 2 in FLA, 2 in TX and 2 in CA. It will give east coast schools a chance to get some exposure out here in the West. I would love to see UCONN in CA for example. Location is overrated these days because planes are faster and everything is now on TV.

What UCONN needs to do is focusing on growing the football brand to make itself as attractive as possible. Current state of UCONN football is not acceptable. We need to grow our stadium to 55K ASAP and get the attendance way up. We need to win some games on the field and become Boise of the East Coast. Do we have the potential for both? I would say yeah. If coach P is not the right guy, we need to replace him ASAP vs. letting it drag on for years. I would love to get a coach like Mike Leach here cause he will bring an exciting brand of football to the Rent. Whatever we have to do, we have to do it quickly and efficiently. I really like our new president because she is all about the bottom line and she gets things done. Let's hope she can lead do everything within our control to grow the athletic department and take us to new heights. I have no doubt UCONN will end up in a stable conference at some point in the near future.
 
SAMCRO said:
Will be curoius to see what this does to bowl tie ins. Which do we lose, which do we gain. Adding teams in FL should anchor the Champs bowl. Could see us picking up a bowl in Texas. Hope we hang on to the Pinstripe. Vegas Bowl would be a fun trip!
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Agree about the Champs Bowl. The Pinstripe Bowl is a "made for the Big East" bowl, so we won't lose it. The Texas Bowl (Rutgers played in it a few years ago) may become a Big East affiliated bowl with 2 Texas teams in the Big East. Isn't the Holiday Bowl affiliated with the service academies?
 
SAMCRO said:
Will be curoius to see what this does to bowl tie ins. Which do we lose, which do we gain. Adding teams in FL should anchor the Champs bowl. Could see us picking up a bowl in Texas. Hope we hang on to the Pinstripe. Vegas Bowl would be a fun trip!
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This, this, this. Big East could really use some better bowl options, I believe.
 
coachcap said:
Agree about the Champs Bowl. The Pinstripe Bowl is a "made for the Big East" bowl, so we won't lose it. The Texas Bowl (Rutgers played in it a few years ago) may become a Big East affiliated bowl with 2 Texas teams in the Big East. Isn't the Holiday Bowl affiliated with the service academies?
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Holiday I think is affiliated with P12 v. B12, but there may be some tie in w/ Navy. Not certain. I think there is another SD based bowl that Navy is linked to. Poinsetta maybe?? Not certain.
 
SAMCRO said:
Holiday I think is affiliated with P12 v. B12, but there may be some tie in w/ Navy. Not certain. I think there is another SD based bowl that Navy is linked to. Poinsetta maybe?? Not certain.
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You are correct. There are two bowls in San Diego at the Qualcomm stadium. One is Holiday with PAC-12 vs. B-12 tie-in and the other is Poinsetta Bowl with Navy as a tie-in against MWC?
 
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whaler11 said:
I understand that this is a pretty decent development after how bleak things looked a few weeks ago.

Still, I don't feel disgust towards this new league. It's more like a special level of apathy. College sports are about history and rivalry - and it's hard to get too excited about a league that can't possibly last for the medium term, nevermind the long haul.
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History and rivalry have been forsaken for the almighty dollar.
 
I'd feel better about the conference if we finally cut ties with the hoops schools and moved forward with a all sports 14 or 16 team East/West alignment. Staying attached to the bb onlies is only going to foster bad memories, bad feelings and will always be susceptible to fracturing again. If AFA and Navy were a part of that in FB only, I guess I'd be amenable to that.
 
Brian McMurphy of Idaho Statesman. com said the following in an interview on Sirius this morning:

1. Boise has been told by the Big East the new tv deal will pay football only schools $8-10M maybe $12M / year
2.Boise wants Big East because Big East has AQ status and there's no mechanism is place to take it away vs Mountain West ever receiving one
3. Air Force Academy is #1 option for Boise's western partner, but there's "a lot of resistance" by Air Force. 1A would be BYU and San Diego State would take the invite in a second

http://twitter.com/#!/murphsturph
 
RS9999X said:
The Big East shouldn't endure. The Big East composition should be revisited every contract renewal and the conference should take a 'best of the rest' mentality and openly embrace having football-only or basketball-only members as a wonderful and distinctive part of its culture.

The BE should pride itself as having a formal divestiture policy to identify teams most likely to be replaced in the next contract negotiations and reduce the voting privileges of the at-risk teams accordingly as contract decisions near.
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The facts are that the expenses for traveling, if Boise State and Houston and SMU and others became all sports and we divested ourselves of the basketball schools, would be astronomical. For baseball, soccer, field hockey and other teams to have to travel to these remote schools would add bukka bucks to the expenditures of our sports teams. Totally unrealistic. Traveling to ACC schools would be substantially less costly and much more realistic. In theory, it does seem that the "football" schools and "basketball" schools should have their own conferences but it wouldn't hold up in the "real world".
 
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