And is this something you have a problem with? I only see it as a positive.
I tried to look at this whole thing rationally (which is always difficult for me!) and not let my complete hatred of BC get in the way. Finally, after a lot of thought about the subject, I actually think that we have more to lose than to gain by opening the door to playing BC now.
In 2003, if you asked me if we should play, I would have said "yes." The reason would have been that if we lose, the perception in the northeast would be that BC was better than us, but at the time, it was ALREADY thought that BC was better than us. We lost big time recruits from our own state to BC and we had difficulty getting any from the rest of New England.
Fast-forward to 2012. Our conference situation is worse than theirs, but I think that the public perception about which team is better has changed a great deal. We are seen as at least an equal if not slightly superior to BC by many in our state and in New England now. We are starting to win recruiting battles against them, not only in our state, but in their's as well. Their recent times in the ACC have been pretty bad after Ryan left for the NFL. If we played them and won, it would be a good boost. But we are headed in that direction anyways. And if we lost, we would restore the 2003 vision of UConn, that we are the unworthy smaller kid on the block. So again, I think we help them more than help us by opening the door.
Having said that......bring it, you Eagle bi!*#es!!!
