Well I would assume you were attempting to be objective and rational, as you've done a great job of in the past, so I figured you'd attempt to acknowledge that the cited problem is not specific to the Big Ten. If you're just ranting against someone for the sake of ranting, at least you're being honest. I just assumed you'd rather not come off as a bitter Notre Dame guy, though.
Ohio State AD...conference will expand...in 5 years or so
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Well I would assume you were attempting to be objective and rational, as you've done a great job of in the past, so I figured you'd attempt to acknowledge that the cited problem is not specific to the Big Ten. If you're just ranting against someone for the sake of ranting, at least you're being honest. I just assumed you'd rather not come off as a bitter Notre Dame guy, though.
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It must be exhausting having to cover every message board on the internet to proselytize for ND. He's not bitter, just tired.
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I am leaning towards them keeping the threat of expansion going in order to send a message to Disney that they could still do something even though they really couldn't to ensure that they give them the exposure they want in the next media contract. More like "pay us and we won't take any more programs."[/QUOTE]
See ... this shows the ignorance.
THE NEW PROGRAMS OPEN UP THE CONTRACT FOR GREATER NUMBERS.
These contracts have a "change of conditions" clause. When they take on 2 more, it gives them every right not to abide by the previous numbers. Like a lot of growth industries, the B1G and others have benefited each time by their ability to just ratchet up: that's how they have gone from $20m to $44m. And when the capability comes again, they can get a few more and go to $60m.
I am leaning towards them keeping the threat of expansion going in order to send a message to Disney that they could still do something even though they really couldn't to ensure that they give them the exposure they want in the next media contract. More like "pay us and we won't take any more programs."[/QUOTE]
See ... this shows the ignorance.
THE NEW PROGRAMS OPEN UP THE CONTRACT FOR GREATER NUMBERS.
These contracts have a "change of conditions" clause. When they take on 2 more, it gives them every right not to abide by the previous numbers. Like a lot of growth industries, the B1G and others have benefited each time by their ability to just ratchet up: that's how they have gone from $20m to $44m. And when the capability comes again, they can get a few more and go to $60m.
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It's a play on "Catholics vs. Convicts". You went off on a rant about some of the greatest coaches ever, so I was thinking "here we go, again". Holier than thou Notre Dame, against all odds <cue the music> while saying "it just about sports, really". Really?
I mean, really. What would you do with all your time if you didn't have the Big Ten to rant about? All under the guise of educating the unschooled about epic Midwestern atrocities of biblical proportions.
If it was "just about sports" Notre Dame would have been in the Big Ten in 1999, or whenever that was. But no.... the philosophers and (yes, I'm going to use this word again) zealots in South Bend got ahold of it and created a ruckus that has never subsided and now hardly anyone really knows why. Oh yeah... Yost.
Ok, I feel better. I'm done now.
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Actually, I just came back from a nine day vacation to Washington and British Columbia. I am not feeling bitter or tired. I just have greatly disliked the Big Ten for half a century.
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No, it wasn't any of those things you mentioned. I just always thought every one of those guys was a huge jackass.
I disliked Paterno since around 1968 and thought he was a really bad guy, even then. ( I was born/ raised in Pennsylvania). It turns out I was right.
Anyway, like I said , I wish UConn well in the Big Ten if a bid happens. Good luck, guys.
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You may not feel bitter, but someone displaying as much hatred for a person or thing as you have with the Big Ten is hard to explain any other way.
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But why are you saying this on a UConn blog? It sounds like you are having an argument with yourself. Plus, great, you can hold a grudge for 50+ years, not sure how that makes you special, unless you want to get religious, then you are special, a follower of the Judas University that doesn't give forgiveness! Your Awesome, now please either post something relevant to UConn or just go away. After-all, on this blog, the universe doesn't revolve around ND!
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Forgiveness has nothing to do with like or dislike. We are obliged to forgive, but we are not obliged to refrain from disliking. Some people are just dislikable. So are soggy brussel sprouts. I forgive them, they're not at fault for how they were handled, but I don't like them and don't want them near me.
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Come on, I see and hear many people display great hatred for Notre Dame every day. To each his own.
I dislike the Big Ten just as much as other people dislike ND. Religion has nothing to do with it. I just think that from Jim Delany on down, the Big Ten is unlikeable and has been through the years.
I have my opinion, just like the people who don't like ND have theirs. I just hope that ND never has anything to do with the Big Ten.
Enough of this, sorry for thread hijack. I still wish UConn luck in joining the Big Ten. I think that UConn fits the Big Ten revenue model well.
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You know Terry I'm not so sure Jopa was really such a bad guy and ever since his QB threw a long spread covering TD pass/bomb on NJU in the early/mid 90s I started to hate him but now realize "stuff happens" and maybe he's just got human frailities like the rest of us !?! Nobody's all good or bad...same with institutions. I figure let it go and not let it poison us! I may hate PSU's arrogance but not the school so much.
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I agree. It's ironic that someone would paint Joe Paterno as a bad guy while supporting a school with strong ties to an organization like the Catholic Church which certainly has a checkered past and could never be described as immaculate. What is it they say about glass houses?
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You left out what may be the most important variable: How fans will access content going forward. I keep hearing from friends (I should admit that this includes me) who've downsized/eliminated their cable association.
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Human frailties??? Tell you what, spread it in the shower for a guy twice your size then come back talking forgiveness.
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Not that year. All indications suggest that this game was played on September 2, 2010. UConn went to the Fiesta Bowl that year.That p5 team beat us in a bowl game.
Riley Skinner's team beat UConn on Dec. 29 2007.
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I didn't say that year. The implication of the original post, to me, seemed to be that WF was an embarrassment to the p5 without relation to a particular year. My point was that we may want to be careful casting stones at schools who have beaten us.
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The B1G's new FB cover page has quite a noticeable gap. Enough space to fit 2 more school logos I'd say, don't you think?
Big Ten Conference updated their cover photo.
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One might say that the space was left unfilled so that the B1G logo could be placed there. Conspiracy Kitty would argue otherwise.
Big Ten Conference updated their cover photo.
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One might say that the space was left unfilled so that the B1G logo could be placed there. Conspiracy Kitty would argue otherwise.
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The B1G's new FB cover page has quite a noticeable gap. Enough space to fit 2 more school logos I'd say, don't you think?
Big Ten Conference updated their cover photo.
9 hrs ·
One might say that the space was left unfilled so that the B1G logo could be placed there. Conspiracy Kitty would argue otherwise.
The arranged the logos in alphabetical order. Looks like they plan to add two schools with names between "Neb" and "Northw".
Northern Illinois and Northern Iowa to the B1G!
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Since there aren't many(Im 6'3" 225) that much larger than me I'll leave it in gods hands to deal with the abusers of which who are we to judge who did what other than JS at PSU....let it go before you're also poisoned by blind hate!?! The NCAA did!! No one knows for sure except Jopa's hairdresser. Let the deceased RIP or you'll never have any yourself.
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LOL
Real classy. I'm sorry did Joe abuse a kid in a shower that I wasn't aware of? I'm not sure he needs anyone's forgiveness for acts he didn't commit and information that when provided with was passed along to his superior as was university protocol at the time.
WTF was he supposed to do? Hunt Sandusky down and exact vigilante justice? He wasn't the person allowing him access to PSU facilities. If anything he was vehemently opposed to the distraction of Jerry bringing kids around the facilities after his retirement in 1999. Should he have called the police and told them that he had second hand information, but the source of this information was entirely unclear of what he actually witnessed?
SMH. Mike was a grown ass man who was clearly not alarmed enough by what he witnessed to physically intercede. He told both his father and his father's friend, a respected local doctor, what he believed to have witnessed that same night, and neither advised him to call the police. Again a medical doctor did not find this story compelling enough to advise Mike to call the police. Both men told him to tell his boss what he thought he witnessed instead.
Mike's testimony was so lacking in credibility that when Jerry went to trial he was found guilty of 45 of 48 charges. Of the 3 charges for which he was found not guilty, one was tied to Victim #2. The same mystery kid said to have been witnessed by Mike being abused in a PSU Shower.
With every piece of information that jury was provided on Jerry's crimes, they still found Mike's story to be not credible enough to convict Jerry on the basis of it. In light of this outcome, I'm consistently amazed that people still believe that Joe should have done things differently. Especially with Mike later admitting he provided Joe a much tamer version of the story than he provided Curley/Schultz/Spanier, or later at trial.
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The B1G's new FB cover page has quite a noticeable gap. Enough space to fit 2 more school logos I'd say, don't you think?
Big Ten Conference updated their cover photo.
9 hrs ·
One might say that the space was left unfilled so that the B1G logo could be placed there. Conspiracy Kitty would argue otherwise.
That is a strangely curious graphic. I contend that the goal has always been 16 Teams. Both from a scheduling and TV negotiation perspective. Texas is a bridge too far IMO, and has never shown that they can fully be a team player. ND has cast their lot with the ACC(thank God). KU and OU are likely not populous enough states to warrant membership.
Personally I believe Delany's goal has always been UVA and UNC. GT, FSU, and a handful of other schools have all been smokescreens to potentially force the other 2 to act. That said I think both schools are too provincial and far too tied to The ACC as part of their identites.
The two schools The B1G should be focusing on would both meet the majority of metric(save AAU) and give the conference a great footprint with control over 3 separate markets. Midwest, Northeast, and Mid Atlantic. Give me...
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That is a strangely curious graphic. I contend that the goal has always been 16 Teams. Both from a scheduling and TV negotiation perspective. Texas is a bridge too far IMO, and has never shown that they can fully be a team player. ND has cast their lot with the ACC(thank God). KU and OU are likely not populous enough states to warrant membership.
Personally I believe Delany's goal has always been UVA and UNC. GT, FSU, and a handful of other schools have all been smokescreens to potentially force the other 2 to act. That said I think both schools are too provincial and far too tied to The ACC as part of their identites.
The two schools The B1G should be focusing on would both meet the majority of metric(save AAU) and give the conference a great footprint with control over 3 separate markets. Midwest, Northeast, and Mid Atlantic. Give me...
and close up shop forever.
Where did you find that pic? That's funny
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