Sorry buddy, I must keep my sense of humor in this.You missed my sarcasm in there... Marinatto is a complete joke ...
Sorry buddy, I must keep my sense of humor in this.You missed my sarcasm in there... Marinatto is a complete joke ...
I'd be interested in knowing if Perkins and Toner voted for or against ND being allowed in for all sports except football and for or against Penn State back in 85/86. IMO Toner would have voted for Penn State in a heartbeat.
If the invitations do go out next tuesday, they will become official twenty days after the public announcement (leak actually) that the BE has decided on which schools to invite. The ACC did this in the matter of hours. The B-12 (with serious deliberations) took less time to invite TCU after A&M's departure became official and apparently are inviting WVU before Missouri's departure becomes official.
A sesame street reference; which of these three doesn't belong?
SMU is really questionable in my eyes, in regards to playing ability in other sports besides baseball and soccer. Can someone tell me the significance in SMU? I haven't a clue.![]()
I would have thought Toner would have been pro PSU since he used to be the football coach at UCONN, but did not know for sure, thanks Coach.John Toner was on record when interviewed a couple of years ago as having been pro Penn State.
I'd be interested in knowing if Perkins and Toner voted for or against ND being allowed in for all sports except football and for or against Penn State back in 85/86. IMO Toner would have voted for Penn State in a heartbeat.
I'd also be interested in knowing who if any of the remaining football schools (after Miami and company left) voiced concerns or opposition to Marinatto being Tranghese's handpicked successor, which of course continued the Gavitt oligarchy in controlling the conf.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.There has never been a single story, or a single blog post by a reporter, to the effect that any football school had an issue with marinatto taking over.
My point on that comment (which doesn't belong) was that the BE as a whole (in large part due to the hybrid nature) cannot be quick or decisive enough to react in times such as what we've experienced over the past sixteen plus months to survive.You realize that the delay is US, right? The hoops schools need to know that we're staying to allow USF, SMU and Houston into the basketball league. What power to you want the commissioner to have to make us give him a firm in or out so he can move?'
Say it ain't so Joe! So JoePa is spinning the story in his favor in the 2003 interview. Why doesn't this surprise me.Paterno also said that he approached the BE in 1989/1990 with Maryland in his pocket both asking to join the BE for its inaugural football season, and he says he was informally turned down then.
This conference was on its last legs from before the 2003 raid (although many refused to see this). The botched attempt to expand to ten was what finally pushed it over the edge.
Say it ain't so Joe! So JoePa is spinning the story in his favor in the 2003 interview. Why doesn't this surprise me.
I don't think there is a march to 16. If there was Rutgers and UConn would have a home already. I think they are trying to avoid 16 and go with 14. If any league feared that they need to be at 16 in the near future they would be gobbling up the best of whats available not nitpicking a team here and there and hoping a good one is left later.
Why would the Pac-12 add more schools? Would it really add any $ to the bottom line? I don't see it.I don't see it happening over night. I do think it's inevitable that some strong teams outside the BCS will arise and there will be Media value there.
The PAC-12 isn't done gobbling up properties. They are in digestion mode and that could be five years or more. I'll b surprised if the B12 contract in 2016 goes smoothly in 2016
I don't think the ACC is done either. Basketball is the premier property and a 16-team league would better reflect that.
Aa population growth continues in Texas and Florida there's a good possibility new properties arise--I think one of either UCF or USF will become a major power. New technologies arrive, new demographics, new business models. New competition to ESPN. A new emphasis on hyper-local markets. No they aren't done. Merely digesting
Why can't a league like the Big East work? You and several others say this like it's a fact but provide no evidence. How did you reach this conclusion?The hybrid major conference in 2003 was as sustainable of a business as floppy drive manufacturing was five years earlier.
Why can't a league like the Big East work? You and several others say this like it's a fact but provide no evidence. How did you reach this conclusion?