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[AZHuskiePop]

Why can I no longer spot edit my comments, on this board?
It happened with the update to IOS 8 .
I can put the whole post in edit mode but I can no longer correct spelling of punctuation as I go . It has made posting more difficult.

 

[Hoophound]

Which one? That UConn will never get AAU membership or that UConn will never get in the BIG due to lack of AAU membership? I've seen both arguments.

AAU doesn't matter. The B1G has a plan for maximizing television revenue. We are either part of the plan or not. AAU will not make or break the deal. Either they will see a need to dominate the northeast metropolis areas of which Hartford is one, believe it or not, or they will focus on the mid Atlantic. If they want Northeastern dominance then we are a lock.


Secondly, the world is a filthy, dirty place. If the powers that be in the B1G want us in the AAU, they will get us in the AAU.

 

[DefCONNOne]

I was one of the earliest proponents of UConn to the B1G ,I still think that's the best match we can make. They have the right blend of Acedemic's and athletics .

I have no love for the the ACC
Having said that the decision to take Louisville over us was done in panic mode ,with FSU and thier Siamese Twin Clemson were almost out the door.
FSU was appeased by the Cardinal addition a program they actually had a history with. Actually their loyality to ,I believe ,an old Conference foe is laudable. We can have no beef with them. Their rep on this board although sometimes a pain gets a pass for no other reason than he is a Marine. (Ex and Marine are never used together).
Since my Sainted older brother was a BAR man in the second Marine decision he get a pass from me. I grew up reading leatherneck magazine.
If only our old conference mates exhibited as much loyality.
Any anger should be directed at them , BCU, Syracuse, Pitt, Miami, and VPI, who actually had a nasty history with the birds from Kentucky.

FSU and Clemson had no intention of ever following through on leaving the ACC. NONE!! Pure saber-rattling to exclude UCONN from the ACC, IMO.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're no longer in the active Marine Corps, you're an ex-Marine.

 

[upstater]

AAU doesn't matter. The B1G has a plan for maximizing television revenue. We are either part of the plan or not. AAU will not make or break the deal. Either they will see a need to dominate the northeast metropolis areas of which Hartford is one, believe it or not, or they will focus on the mid Atlantic. If they want Northeastern dominance then we are a lock.

Secondly, the world is a filthy, dirty place. If the powers that be in the B1G want us in the AAU, they will get us in the AAU.

They can't get it by committee and democratic vote. They can threaten the bottom guys to vote their way, if the pro-UConns are powerful, but that's still not enough.

 

[billybud]

FSU and Clemson had no intention of ever following through on leaving the ACC. NONE!! Pure saber-rattling to exclude UCONN from the ACC, IMO.

As far as I'm concerned, if you're no longer in the active Marine Corps, you're an ex-Marine.

Wasn't even real sabre rattling. The FSU President went public and said no discussion and was somewhat disparaging about the Big 12. It all started when Andy Haggard (FSU BOT) misunderstood the ACC deal and his remarks went nationwide. Andy, pretty immediately, said "oops!".

What it was...was social media and silly twitterati who invented a narrative (the Dude even admitted later that he invented things to try to destabilize the ACC0. Then somewhat respected media bloggers picked up this invented narrative. Soon you had FSU and Clemson going to the Big 12...the papers were in the mail. Then you had Miami going to the Big 12...their request was in. Then you had Virginia was going to the B1G. Then VT was going to the B1G. Then NC State to the Big 12....all just stories on the internet.



Re Marine vs ex-Marine....I don't really think about that. Nor really care. I am not on active duty and it has been decades since I served. I do know that when I pass a guy who served in the Corps...we say Semper Fi to each other as we pass.

Once a Marine, always a Marine is just a saying...although I think there may be some little truth in the saying....You are in life, not only what you are now, but what you have been along the way.

I guess I have carried being a Marine with me through life, though...much as you carry a scar or a limp that prompts a memory of a time past. I am absolutely positive that being in the Corps so young has served me well through the years. Like the great tale begins, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I am an old man who has led a very successful life. Someone who turns their back on me (like FSU with UConn) or tries to harm me (like BCU with UConn) becomes my enemy. That is they way I am.

How did FSU turn their back on us?

 

[billybud]

Now...that is not to say that FSU wasn't interested in talking to the SEC. They were. But that was not going to happen because Florida was alreadycovered in the SECN...as the FSU President declared in his email to boosters.

 

[buddy]

How did FSU turn their back on us?

They voted against UConn admission to the ACC. Just because someone was a marine decades ago, does not give them a pass. I still don't understand why that guy posts on a UConn board. Is he just here to taunt, or gloat. No marine would do that. I want don't want to hear an explanation of the behavior of FSU or BCU toward UConn. Their actions have spoken.

 

[Jimdish255]

Here's my non-key tweet. I just had Longhorn Network added to my DirecTV and wow who the heck cares. There's nothing worth watching on it. I'd rather they used the bandwidth to bradcast UnversalSports in HD than see the coaches show 10/per day. I'm sure it fell on deaf ears because this was part of a larger deal, but I did let DTV know how irrelevant this addition is for me. Apparently DTV has another Sat launch coming up that could expand capacity over the next six months or so.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

They voted against UConn admission to the ACC. Just because someone was a marine decades ago, does not give them a pass. I still don't understand why that guy posts on a UConn board. Is he just here to taunt, or gloat. No marine would do that. I want don't want to hear an explanation of the behavior of FSU or BCU toward UConn. Their actions have spoken.

Simply by voting against us doesn't mean they turned their back. Just means they chose someone else. For their goals as a school, frankly, I don't blame them for making that vote.

 

[billybud]

Anyway, here's Brandon's latest thoughts on CR:


“I believe we are positioned so we could operate on this for a long time, with no rush or need to expand further,” he said. “We’ll keep our eyes open. I have believed for some time conference expansion is not over. As interests move and different conferences grow and expand, it creates opportunities and ignites interest in taking a look at how you compete with what’s around you.”

And that statement is over a year and a half old....in CR news...that's pretty old news....I could not find anything much more recent.

 

[buddy]

Simply by voting against us doesn't mean they turned their back. Just means they chose someone else. For their goals as a school, frankly, I don't blame them for making that vote.

Did the admission of Louisville over UConn really change their goal? They were fortunate to get to the playoffs. Playing Louisville made no difference. Actually Louisville should have knocked them out of the playoffs, but they choked in the second half. You are obviously not a UConn fan.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Andrea Adelson ‏@aadelsonESPN 9h9 hours ago
No surprise Wake/UNC scheduled nonconference series against one another. ACC ADs told me last yr this was a serious consideration.

Frank the Tank ‏@frankthetank111 9h9 hours ago
Byproduct of conference realignment. B1G teams have considered it, too RT @aadelsonESPN No surprise Wake/UNC scheduled nonconference series

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 9h9 hours ago
@frankthetank111 @aadelsonESPN But the Big 10 is not scheduling nonconference games between members in lieu of a 9th CG game..ACC is at 8CG

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
Wake Forest and UNC scheduling a home n home football non conference games for 2019/2021 is exactly what I was talking about yesterday.....

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
ACC teams are going to schedule non-conference games with an 8 games conf schedule (not 9!!) because they want to assure a 7th home game.

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
Big 10 has been talking about playing non conf games between members (and will do so in future) but no in replacement of 9 th conf game...

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
...not in replacement of viable content for the BTN. I'm not sure I'm doing a good job of explaining this...but some ACC schools....

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
...are all-in on creating a Cong network (ACCN with Disney) to make it as valuable as possible. While some schools just are going with it..

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
....but not totally buying into the concept. UVA wants 9 game schdules....same reason Big 10 is going to 9 games. Want to increase TV value

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
...want to increase TV value of those 9 games...making ACC more valuable. Having a non-conf game between members while you remain at 8 CG...

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
...does not have the ACCN best interest at heart. The ACCN is happening.....but its being sabotage at the outset among some ACC schools

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
I know I'm going to get more heat this morning from ACC followers because of these comments. But there is a big split among ACC schools...

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
...in how best to utilize the new ACCN. Some want to GO BIG OR GO HOME (UVA). Some schools want it just for ittle more Branding and REV Str

Doug ‏@NebGradDubDub 9h9 hours ago
@frankthetank111 @aadelsonESPN ever consider that wake may leave the ACC due to stipend rules?

Frank the Tank ‏@frankthetank111 9h9 hours ago
@NebGradDubDub @aadelsonESPN No one is ever voluntarily leaving a power conference to drop down. All of the power teams will pay the stipend

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 9h9 hours ago
@frankthetank111 @NebGradDubDub @aadelsonESPN UVA is pushing again for a 9th CG....to increase value of ACCN. This puts a knife to a 9th CG

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 9h9 hours ago
@frankthetank111 is correct. Wake F is not dropping out of the ACC. But UNC and WF is doing is assuring themselves a 7th home game-2019-21

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
UVA and others want a 9th CG in the ACC....but others want an assurance of a 7th home game every year. ACCN would benefit with 9CG......

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
The movement of WF & UNC scheduling home/home 2019/21 non conf games in the future has put a knife into the UVA initiative of a 9th CCG.

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 9h 9 hours ago
For those who DM me yesterday.. to tell me there is no split between UVA & NC (to the totality of the ACCN)...this news troday is Exhibit A

:0 ‏@Kizzlethadon 9h9 hours ago
@flugempire does this help uconn

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 9h9 hours ago
@Kizzlethadon I have no idea. But there is an initial split among the ACC schools in how best to utilize the ACCN. Not sure where this goes

 

[billybud]

There are ACC programs with a set annual rivalry with an OOC school...and their needs are different from A Virginia with no such OOC rivalry.

The SEC and ACC are locked into some annual rivalry games.

FSU-Florida, Louisville-Kentucky, GT-Georgia, Clemson-South Carolina...add Notre Dame about every three years and there is less scheduling room if you have a 9 game schedule.

Other teams do not have a guaranteed OOC opponent every year and need more games.

 

[billybud]

Heck...BC could have an annual rivalry game with UConn like FSU does with Florida.

Cuse with Rutgers...

Pitt with WVU..

Rivalry games are good for football IMHO

 

[pj]

Rivalry games are good for football, but BC doesn't want one. Nor Cuse. I'm surprised that the Pitt-WVU rivalry has fallen by the wayside too.

 

[specialisthusky]

Heck...BC could have an annual rivalry game with UConn like FSU does with Florida.

Cuse with Rutgers...

Pitt with WVU..

Rivalry games are good for football IMHO

Tell that to Pitt Syracuse wvu RU and last but not least bcu

 

[billybud]

Rivalry games are good for football, but BC doesn't want one. Nor Cuse. I'm surprised that the Pitt-WVU rivalry has fallen by the wayside too.

Yeah...the Backyard Brawl should continue...although the VT-WVU game brought as much rivalry heat.

Re Boston College...I dunno..other than their Home and Home with Ohio State and their Notre Dame games...they do seem to be going G5. Home and home with Northern Illinois (actually a two game away @ Northern Illinois with a one game return...odd), two home games against Holy Cross, and two against UMass...and a game with Buffalo (site TBA).

 

[pj]

Re Boston College...I dunno..other than their Home and Home with Ohio State and their Notre Dame games...they do seem to be going G5. Home and home with Northern Illinois (actually a two game away @ Northern Illinois with a one game return...odd), two home games against Holy Cross, and two against UMass...and a game with Buffalo (site TBA).

Look for them to try to keep an 8 game ACC schedule so they can be bowl eligible going 2-6 or 3-5 in conference.

 

[Dooley]

Heck...BC could have an annual rivalry game with UConn like FSU does with Florida.

Cuse with Rutgers...

Pitt with WVU..

Rivalry games are good for football IMHO

Our BC friends like to pretend that there is no rivalry or reason to schedule UCONN. They like to say pompous things like "UCONN is no different than UMASS or Rhode Island". UCONN football is struggling right now, we all know that. But it won't struggle forever. This thing WILL turn around. By the time a game is scheduled, we will be competitive again. There is no question about that. As a reference point, look at hockey. UCONN was an unanimous preseason pick to finish dead last in Hockey East. Our BC friends pouted like little babies about UCONN's inclusion in the prestigious HE conference and even said that it was time for them to leave HE now that UCONN is in it. Yet, this past Saturday, "little ol' UCONN" brought a great lively atmosphere to Conte Forum...one of the better atmospheres for a BC home hockey game on the year (right behind BU, of course). There's no reason to also bring up the UCONN fans that filled Conte Forum for basketball games in the 90s but I'll do it anyway. And we are led to believe that the atmosphere for a football game would be any different??? That's all classic poppycock talk from the BC wing who will do/say anything to protect what they (falsely) believe is "their turf".

There is no question that an annual UCONN/BC football game would be good for northeast football and both schools' fanbases. Now if only we could get that through the thick, stubborn skulls of Chestnut Hill.

 

[CL82]

I'm going to disagree, Dooley. There is no rivalry, just mutual dislike, because we don't play each other. Now if we did end up in the ACC, no doubt over BCU's objection, that dislike would fuel an terrific rivalry, until, as BCU administrators no doubt foresee, UConn's annual beat down of them rendered the games irrelevant.

 

[pj]

On our side, there's no school we enjoy beating up time after time more than BC; on their side, there's no school they run in terror from and find the darkest corner to hide from, than UConn.

 

[BoatShow]

Our BC friends like to pretend that there is no rivalry or reason to schedule UCONN. They like to say pompous things like "UCONN is no different than UMASS or Rhode Island". UCONN football is struggling right now, we all know that. But it won't struggle forever. This thing WILL turn around. By the time a game is scheduled, we will be competitive again. There is no question about that. As a reference point, look at hockey. UCONN was an unanimous preseason pick to finish dead last in Hockey East. Our BC friends pouted like little babies about UCONN's inclusion in the prestigious HE conference and even said that it was time for them to leave HE now that UCONN is in it. Yet, this past Saturday, "little ol' UCONN" brought a great lively atmosphere to Conte Forum...one of the better atmospheres for a BC home hockey game on the year (right behind BU, of course). There's no reason to also bring up the UCONN fans that filled Conte Forum for basketball games in the 90s but I'll do it anyway. And we are led to believe that the atmosphere for a football game would be any different??? That's all classic poppycock talk from the BC wing who will do/say anything to protect what they (falsely) believe is "their turf".

There is no question that an annual UCONN/BC football game would be good for northeast football and both schools' fanbases. Now if only we could get that through the thick, stubborn skulls of Chestnut Hill.

It was a lot fun up in Chestnut Hill on Saturday. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of UConn fans who made it up despite the weather. I don't wanna put a number on it because that's when the BCU trolls roll out from under their rocks. Even BCI.com acknowledged that UConn was bringing a lot of fans or was drumming up interest in BC fans as ticket sales were in a stratosphere usually only seen by BU and ND. For the basketball game at RU last year their site was claiming their only sell out of the year was RU fueled because UConn returned tickets. UCONN FANS NEVER BUY THROUGH THE SCHOOL. The only bad thing in Conte was there was not a real designated UConn section so noise and cheers were tough.

 

[jostar1]

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · Jan 24
@Mike_ohio26 @GatorBuc2 No I’m not. Not saying that at all. If Miizzou had stayed WVU was headed to SEC.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · Jan 24
@theDudeofWV @GatorBuc2 Thats not true

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · Jan 24
@Mike_ohio26 @GatorBuc2 Oh yes it is. It was either Mizzou or WVU.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · Jan 24
@theDudeofWV @GatorBuc2 WV was turned down by the SEC guess you forgot about all those stories back then

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · Jan 24
@Mike_ohio26 @GatorBuc2 WV was not turned down. Again you have no clue. You should know better.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · Jan 24
@theDudeofWV @GatorBuc2 so your calling Brett McMurphy a lair? http://athlonsports.com/news/sec-and-acc-says-no-west-virginia …

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · Jan 25
@Mike_ohio26 No. @McMurphyESPN knows that WVU would have received SEC invite if Mizzou said no.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · Jan 25
@theDudeofWV @McMurphyESPN you said WV was never turned down at all. Now your back peddling...

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · Jan 25
@Mike_ohio26 No. WVU wasn’t turned down. They had a conditional offer. That’s not a no.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · Jan 25
@theDudeofWV once again read the story I posted the link to McMurphy reported that WV was turned down by both the SEC and ACC

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · Jan 26
@Mike_ohio26 Once again that story is inaccurate.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · Jan 26
@theDudeofWV so again Im asking are your saying Brett McMurphy was wrong?

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · 24h24 hours ago
@Mike_ohio26 Inaccurate. That report is wrong. Ask him.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · 23h23 hours ago
@theDudeofWV So your saying he lied about an official with WV telling him that WV had been turned down by the SEC and the ACC?

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · 19h19 hours ago
@Mike_ohio26 Stop being simplistic. WVU had a conditional offer from the SEC. Very few knew about it.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · 19h19 hours ago
@Mike_ohio26 So unless you make the effort to ask McMurphy, Bogaczyk, Finebaum, Luck or Whit Babcock you’re just wasting my time.

Mike Ross ‏@Mike_ohio26 · 19h19 hours ago
@McMurphyESPN you once reported that WV was turned down by the SEC and the ACC, @theDudeofWV says that report is inaccurate Who is accurate

Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN · 18h18 hours ago
@Mike_ohio26 I stand by what I reported

Christopher Lambert
‏@theDudeofWV @McMurphyESPN @Mike_ohio26 WVU was the choice had Mizzou said no. WVU had a conditional offer. That's the truth.

 

[billybud]

Chris Lambert, as the Dude, saying.."that's the truth".....

Wolf! Wolf!

 

[CL82]

That was great. Some world class back tracking and hedging.

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

what a fool

 

[FDNY99]

It's NAIA All-America Moonshine making season again! The Dude is 1st team YET AGAIN!!!

 

[whaler11]

Is that like a BC signable offer?

 

[husky210]

West Virginia: SEC preferred walk on