CBS article on further expansion

[upstater]

You've posted that blurb about Nebraska getting kicked out of the aau at least 10 times.

But in all seriousness I'm just busting balls here.

Maybe more. Just letting people know the B1G cares much more about sports than that stuff.

 

[Jimdish255]

Maybe more. Just letting people know the B1G cares much more about sports (markets) than that stuff.

If they wanted a winner Rutgers and Maryland would never have been considered.

 

[Richmondhsky]

UVA delivers much, much more than Richmond...it delivers Northern VA...significantly more than UM. Figure out the number of households in the combined beltway area and you'll understand. Kids in VA want to go to UVA as their number one choice academically...many of them move from Charlottesville to NVA upon graduation. Match UM with UVA and you virtually own the beltway eyeballs which equates to serious dollars.

 

[RS9999X]

The whole Reston, Langley, Pentagon cluster and the politicians. UVA and Maryland games against marquee programs will be popular.

They've got 3 years to sell advertising on the BTN and assess where they are at while digesting Rutgers/Maryland

 

[junglehusky]

I know most on here do not agree with this but I still believe that we will be netter served if the B1G waits a few years (giving us the opportunity to demonstrate what our value can be) than if they expand in the very near future.

I definitely agree with this, except I would go even further than saying we are "netter served" (a volleyball analogy?) and say we "better served". This is where Herbst's university-wide efforts will outweigh whatever Manuel does or doesn't accomplish. It's possible that all hell breaks loose if the MD lawsuit goes down to 20 million but it also seems less likely that UNC is worried enough to jump ship, and they are the lynchpin. So that could wind up giving us a few more years to position ourselves.

 

[Echo Hawk]

I think we're likely in for a couple of years of watching these big conferences stare at their bellybuttons waiting for someone else to move first.

Nothing wounded goes up hill.

 

[06029]

It has nothing to do with working at a university. It has everything to do with reading a newspaper article. And that's not a rant. That's information. Do you even know what a rant is?

I think I do. But I also think I know how to recognize when someone's shorts are a little too tight when they get offended as easily as you seem to get. Snit is probably the word I would you use to describe your responses in this thread.

 

[upstater]

I think I do. But I also think I know how to recognize when someone's shorts are a little too tight when they get offended as easily as you seem to get. Snit is probably the word I would you use to describe your responses in this thread.

You may think you do, but you don't.

 

[06029]

You may think you do, but you don't.

No problem Vezzini

 

[upstater]

No problem Vezzini

Let me give you an example of a rant. You remember Go UConn? He ranted. He was good at it. A three sentence statement is not a rant. A rant is an extended screed. I'm glad you watch movies--maybe you should pick up a book once in a while. Like a dictionary.

 

[06029]

Let me give you an example of a rant. You remember Go UConn? He ranted. He was good at it. A three sentence statement is not a rant. A rant is an extended screed. I'm glad you watch movies--maybe you should pick up a book once in a while. Like a dictionary.

Lighten up Francis and take a joke. I stand by my comment that you are in a snit over someone suggesting that you ranted when you believe you didn't. Hell, my menopausal wife is not as touchy as you seem to be.

 

[upstater]

Lighten up Francis and take a joke. I stand by my comment that you are in a snit over someone suggesting that you ranted when you believe you didn't. Hell, my menopausal wife is not as touchy as you seem to be.

Let's keep it going. If that's your idea of a joke, you are one of the most humorless people around. I also suspect menopause is just an excuse for dealing with you.

 

[06029]

Let's keep it going. If that's your idea of a joke, you are one of the most humorless people around. I also suspect menopause is just an excuse for dealing with you.

Touche. I know enough not to take everything so seriously. And I really know that no matter how hard I try to sound, I really do not know everything and that people can interpret take my condescending pontifications as a rant. And I actually take no offense to it (unlike someone in this thread).

Kick back and have a good night and save your energy for some more information dissemination that others may consider a rant. Just consider it another of the many burdens you must shoulder by just being you.

 

[upstater]

Touche. I know enough not to take everything so seriously. And I really know that no matter how hard I try to sound, I really do not know everything and that people can interpret take my condescending pontifications as a rant. And I actually take no offense to it (unlike someone in this thread).

Kick back and have a good night and save your energy for some more information dissemination that others may consider a rant. Just consider it another of the many burdens you must shoulder by just being you.

It is tough, let me tell you. The weight I carry on this board, just informing people the things they need to know, it is immense. I'm glad someone recognizes it. Thanks.

 

[CL82]

It is tough, let me tell you. The weight I carry on this board, just informing people the things they need to know, it is immense. I'm glad someone recognizes it. Thanks.

So I'm reading this and I think "" and then my sarcasm dectector blinked on. Must be a faultly LED or something. I'll have to have that checked.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It is tough, let me tell you. The weight I carry on this board, just informing people the things they need to know, it is immense. I'm glad someone recognizes it. Thanks.

Amazing when we have to endure your horrible avatar as well. Can't you photoshop Ashley Judd into a UConn jersey or something?

 

[upstater]

So I'm reading this and I think "" and then my sarcasm dectector blinked on. Must be a faultly LED or something. I'll have to have that checked.

You know what Joe Strummer said about that, "Back in the garage with my sarcasm detector, douchey-baggery making sure it's effective."

 

[upstater]

Amazing when we have to endure your horrible avatar as well. Can't you photoshop Ashley Judd into a UConn jersey or something?

A Kentucky fan? Yuck! Did you mean Kirstie Alley?

 

[ZooCougar]

You know what Joe Strummer said about that, "Back in the garage with my sarcasm detector, douchey-baggery making sure it's effective."

That avatar is bad. Who is that guy? Seriously, it's bad.

 

[upstater]

That avatar is bad. Who is that guy? Seriously, it's bad.

It's the actor Matthew Lillard. He is a big UConn Huskies fan. He is friends with one of the Husky donors who has been mentioned on this board. The picture is him in the role of Shaggy in he Scooby-Doo movie.

Man, this board is ultra-sensitive I guess. OK! It'll come down.

 

[ZooCougar]

It's the actor Matthew Lillard. He is a big UConn Huskies fan. He is friends with one of the Husky donors who has been mentioned on this board. The picture is him in the role of Shaggy in he Scooby-Doo movie.

Man, this board is ultra-sensitive I guess. OK! It'll come down.

I have never heard of him. Which doesn't mean anything.

But thanks for changing it!

 

[UConn Dan]

It's the actor Matthew Lillard. He is a big UConn Huskies fan. He is friends with one of the Husky donors who has been mentioned on this board. The picture is him in the role of Shaggy in he Scooby-Doo movie.

Man, this board is ultra-sensitive I guess. OK! It'll come down.

I would like to start a petition to put Shaggy back up.

 

[upstater]

I would like to start a petition to put Shaggy back up.

You can't please everyone. This thread has been a real joy.

 

[Jimdish255]

It's the actor Matthew Lillard. He is a big UConn Huskies fan. He is friends with one of the Husky donors who has been mentioned on this board. The picture is him in the role of Shaggy in he Scooby-Doo movie.

Man, this board is ultra-sensitive I guess. OK! It'll come down.

When it takes that long to explain an avatar, time to reload...

 

[ddminct]

Did someone mention Shaggy