Jeff Jacobs latest

[upstater]

From The Atlantic :

When the NCAA gets left behind, it will be near the end for college sports. The northern schools will not be able to compete with the lawlessness of the southern schools.

 

[Adios]

Butchy, I can't tell if we're talking past each other or if you don't agree or if you don't understand. I'm saying (and we had a whole thread on this the other day) that UConn really wants to be in the ACC for primarily for non-football reasons. We don't want to be an SEC type school. We want to be in a viable, stable league, which is why we would prefer not to stay in a revamped Big East. And as good as Navy or SMU is academically, we want to be with other elite public state schools.

After that, we will consider football as far as having access to the BCS (ACC>NNBE, which might lose its bid)... I just don't think access to football recruiting areas will be much of a factor for UConn deciding which conference to be in. (It's a different matter than for the Big East choosing which schools to accept, though even here the primary goal is keeping a BCS bid, hence the interest in Boise).

I know very well what you are saying. All I am saying is the ACC will not provide as much a benefit in the athletic department as the B1G or the Big XII. Nowhere near. The schools in the "new Big East" are up-and-comers. I think our potential with them in the athletic department is better than with the ACC. People can talk about this "elite school" stuff all they want. How come Vanderbilt is still in the SEC? Why is Stanford in the Pac-12??

 

[arnie3]

If the BCS schools went to a 16-team, 4 Conference (SEC,ACC,PAC-16, BiG), then the ACC would probably be the weak link in football. This could create almost as bad a scenario for us as now, if we ended up in the ACC. And there would be no wiggle room. Maybe it's a pipe-dream, but if we are going, I would love to see us in a stable conference- the BiG. Probably no chance, but it is my pipe-dream!

 

[Druken Friar]

From The Atlantic :

An NCAA playoff would be fine provided ND gets an bid if they win 4 games or more or if they're the defending champion..