Yeah thats the part that bothered me too. At the least some guarantees(??) in a solid but short 3/5 yrs for AAU status? Can it be done that quickly?Except for the in-waiting part. I'm not interested in partial memberships, neither is the B1G.
I'll take a scheduling agreement to play two B1G teams in FB each year. Home/Road, doesn't matter. The league can pick which ones, I don't care. Second and fourth Saturdays in September at noon, just tell me where to be.
I like the idea of having UCONN be a 'member in waiting' and giving them some 4-5 Big Ten football games a year and full membership in everything else. Give you guys 5-10 years to put a plan together to make the Rent more suitable for conference play and then see if there's another school ready to join. Would help out men's and women's basketball tremendously while keeping UCONN relevant in football.
UCONN's not Notre Dame for football in terms of drawing eyeballs, but if the B1G wants to easily upgrade basketball and give enough incentive for a school to get up to standards with football facilities and a shot at getting into the AAU, maybe a 10+ year trial period would be a good bet.
Beats betting on the American imo.
I was on the aau website the other day trying to understand where we rank. Does anyone know the x number of metrics, where we rank within each category and what UConn is doing to address gaps? Do we need to hit every metric or is their a total view scoring model? How much does politics play?
Just about anything beats Dante Aresco's "Inferno" (Yes, Virgil, I'm serious!), but if the B1G embraced Rutroh and UMD as full members, UConn can accept no less - period.
Curious as to how you quantified that over half of all Maryland don't like the Big Ten.
Another article for you Binge.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10563252/maryland-set-say-goodbye-acc
Lefty Driesel sounds thrilled.
From the article: "That's the general consensus among fans as the end draws near -- disappointment has replaced anger, acceptance has taken over for frustration."
This type of comment doesn't convince me that everyone is thrilled. If they are, good for them. They'll adjust much better.
I understand Gary Williams and Lefty Driesell's disappointment, especially with their coaching tenures spanning over two-thirds of Maryland's time in the ACC. I have to take exception with Mike Krzyzewski's reaction. I didn't see any comments from him when numerous rivalries ended as a result of the ACC expansions. Perhaps I missed them. And for him to say that Maryland didn't think their rivalry with Duke was important is either so disingenuous or he missed his own hypocrisy. I have to wonder how much of his $7.2 million salary he would sacrifice to keep the status quo. I also get Driesell's comments about athletics now being a big business. Krzyzewski's epitomizes the problem Driesell sees.
I'd say this is one of, if not the main reasons why I didn't go to UConn for graduate school. It really is an issue. Big reason we want the proposed "North Campus" to become a reality ASAP.the Medical Center in Farmington is rather far from campus.
Plenty of time for a lunch meeting in the middle at Max Downtown.
I just throw up a little bit in my mouth.She better offer more than just lunch. The Marriott has available rooms....
For a real impressive treat, they could head over to Dwight Street in New Britain. I don't know anyone who wouldn't be accommodating after a Jäger Schnitzel, potato pancakes, and liter or two of Optimator.
Ticky Tocky, Ticky Tocky, Hoy, Hoy, Hoy!!!
Incriminating photos wouldn't hurt...I just made myself vurb a little again.She should follow the same path as TCU did to get in the Big 12... Get the man drunk, share some stories, and sell us hard. Schmoozing at its finest.