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UConn9604 said:
This is true. Yet they chose a basketball brand 260 miles away from Manhattan, in New York's Bridgeport, instead of a basketball brand that is at least four times greater (and went 6-3 vs. the other brand in football).

The last time Pitt made the Final Four, Pearl Harbor hadn't been bombed yet and the nation had just 48 states. Think about that... their most accomplished player since then is Dajuan Blair's shoulder.
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I don't think you can quantify "brand" based off of titles. 4 > 1, but in terms of "brand" (i.e. ratings, marketability, etc.) I don't think same ratio holds.

And yeah, your point on Pitt is right on.

It's important to remember what @CL82 said: were it not for the pettiness of BC, we're in the ACC right now instead of Pitt.
 
UConn9604 said:
This is true. Yet they chose a basketball brand 260 miles away from Manhattan, in New York's Bridgeport, instead of a basketball brand that is at least four times greater (and went 6-3 vs. the other brand in football).

The last time Pitt made the Final Four, Pearl Harbor hadn't been bombed yet and the nation had just 48 states. Think about that... their most accomplished player since then is Dajuan Blair's shoulder.
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I really feel your pain/frustration today. Just keep in mind the first rule of CR and it helps temper expectations. I happen to think their most accomplished player since the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor was Jerome Lane. He shatters backboards like CR shatters hopes and dreams.

The B1G approved designation for football, partnering with Yale and Wisconsin on separate ventures all help to improve our resume. A W versus a good Navy team will also help. Everything that we need to have happen is happening so that's all we can do. Everything else is out of our control.
 
tzznandrew said:
I don't think you can quantify "brand" based off of titles. 4 > 1, but in terms of "brand" (i.e. ratings, marketability, etc.) I don't think same ratio holds.

And yeah, your point on Pitt is right on.

It's important to remember what @CL82 said: were it not for the pettiness of BC, we're in the ACC right now instead of Pitt.
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If UConn somehow does get into the B1G, I am going to set-up a crowd funding site to pay for a plane to fly over Alumni Stadium during a BC football game trailing a banner that reads - 'Thanks BC for helping UConn's entry into the B1G.'
 
Fishy said:
No.

Scoring 53.

Have you ever seen a Big 12 game? They look like that.
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Agreed. Cincy actually has the same look. The Big 12 should just take those two and call it a day. Adding BYU, UCONN or UCF extends the conference's geography in ridiculous manner. Decent football and basketball, and two additional places for the conference to recruit players outside of the state of Texas.
 
Ldandy said:
Agreed. Cincy actually has the same look. The Big 12 should just take those two and call it a day. Adding BYU, UCONN or UCF extends the conference's geography in ridiculous manner. Decent football and basketball, and two additional places for the conference to recruit players outside of the state of Texas.
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This would also correlate directly with the first rule of conference realignment, kicking UCONN square in the nuts for another round.
 
Ldandy said:
Agreed. Cincy actually has the same look. The Big 12 should just take those two and call it a day. Adding BYU, UCONN or UCF extends the conference's geography in ridiculous manner. Decent football and basketball, and two additional places for the conference to recruit players outside of the state of Texas.
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For you Huskie fans who were appalled to be in the same conference as lowly Memphis.
Next time please be more careful what you wish for.

Humility is the virtue that keeps pride in its proper place.
 
Not changing my mind - if Memphis gets their P5 ticket punched before we do, I will give up following this crap. Their football program is identical to ours (seriously, it is...look up the all-time records), their hoops is WELL below, their academics make LCC look Ivy League, and they are second, perhaps third, fiddle within their own state. I know, I know...they have a FedEx sugar daddy willing to buy their way in. That's why I will give up following this CR crap if that is all it takes. Another new, changing metric on why UConn is passed over: sugar daddies.
 
Dooley said:
Not changing my mind - if Memphis gets their P5 ticket punched before we do, I will give up following this crap. Their football program is identical to ours (seriously, it is...look up the all-time records), their hoops is WELL below, their academics make LCC look Ivy League, and they are second, perhaps third, fiddle within their own state. I know, I know...they have a FedEx sugar daddy willing to buy their way in. That's why I will give up following this CR crap if that is all it takes. Another new, changing metric on why UConn is passed over: sugar daddies.
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I won't. If they go to Big 12, god bless, That conference is the worst possible landing spot for us. Plus it would get CR heated up again.
 
Dooley said:
Not changing my mind - if Memphis gets their P5 ticket punched before we do, I will give up following this crap. Their football program is identical to ours (seriously, it is...look up the all-time records), their hoops is WELL below, their academics make LCC look Ivy League, and they are second, perhaps third, fiddle within their own state. I know, I know...they have a FedEx sugar daddy willing to buy their way in. That's why I will give up following this CR crap if that is all it takes. Another new, changing metric on why UConn is passed over: sugar daddies.
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But that's not a changing metric, it's a different league with different priorities. The B12 is not a landing spot for UConn, and Memphis or anybody else going there doesn't impact UConn's P5 future.
 
Skiblets said:
I won't. If they go to Big 12, god bless, That conference is the worst possible landing spot for us. Plus it would get CR heated up again.
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Would it? Cincinnati and Memphis are two teams nobody else wants. The only positive I could see is that, in the event Notre Dame does choose to join the ACC, we'd be the only reasonably partner for them.
 
CallMeBruce said:
Would it? Cincinnati and Memphis are two teams nobody else wants. The only positive I could see is that, in the event Notre Dame does choose to join the ACC, we'd be the only reasonably partner for them.
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And since when has any move in conference realignment been "reasonable?"

The Goal, IMO, is the Big Ten. The ACC is a consolation price.

Don't misunderstand me though. IF the ACC offers, and UConn cannot immediately leverage it in to a Big Ten invite, UConn goes to the ACC. There is no way UConn can afford to turn down a seat at the table, even if it is the secondary table with the in-laws in the living room.
 
CallMeBruce said:
Would it? Cincinnati and Memphis are two teams nobody else wants. The only positive I could see is that, in the event Notre Dame does choose to join the ACC, we'd be the only reasonably partner for them.
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Would get CR back on the agenda for insecure conferences like the ACC. Any movement in CR at this point can only help us
 
jostar1 said:
Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire · 6h6 hours ago
Heads up
Long awaited dinner with "BTM" happens tomorrow night.
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It's kind of sad that I'm anxiously awaiting news from anyone in the Non-Key Tweets category, yet here I am awaiting the results of Flug spooning with BTM. How does this work? If BTM loosens his belt does that mean there will be expansion?

 

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