OT - Conference Realignment can be success or failure

[UConndad6]

Be careful what you wish for:

"BC has 31 men’s and women’s varsity sports, by far the most in the ACC. Of that total, the Eagles have produced only one league champion — men’s soccer in 2007 — since joining the ACC in 2005. Of the 23 championships held in the ACC the past athletic season, only BC and Miami failed to win a title."

http://articles.boston.com/2011-06-19/sports/29677378_1_acc-bc-president-frank-spaziani

 

[CTMike]

That was about the only part of the article that wasn't utterly preposterous.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Virtually no mention of Connecticut athletics at all. Too funny. Championships aren't important, but winning overall is ?!!! Blaudschun was really reaching to help out BC with this one. Wow.

THis article is clearly BC's damage control response attempt to this:

http://www.metro.us/boston/local/ar...the-rapid-decline-of-boston-college-athletics

 

[CTMike]

Great call, Carl. As an aside, BC's smugness despite overwhelming mediocrity really annoys the out of me. You want a regional rivalry? We'll give you a regional rivalry. Too scared.

 

[TRest]

Virtually no mention of Connecticut athletics at all. Too funny. Championships aren't important, but winning overall is ?!!! Blaudschun was really reaching to help out BC with this one. Wow.

THis article is clearly BC's damage control response attempt to this:

http://www.metro.us/boston/local/ar...the-rapid-decline-of-boston-college-athletics

Except that the other article was written last June.

 

[Carl Spackler]

There's also this little gem in there while completely ignoring UCONN.....and I think there's a website right here with multiple thousands of hits daily about football that says otherwise about college football in new england..........and ignores that in just under 10 years, the college football gameday environment at Rentschler is something that rivals college football environments anywhere in the country.......

Thanks uconndad for finding this one. People call me crazy all the time, but I didn't like the ACC 25 years ago, and I don't like it now. I'd rather line up the opponents whoever they may be, and continue to win championships and build our brand name right at home.


College football is not a hot-button topic in New England. The Eagles need to market what they have and fill the stadium.

Parking, never an abundant commodity for BC games, became even more of a premium. Tailgating, the lifeblood of a college football Saturday afternoon, became an exercise in frustration for many fans who were given tight time limits for their festivities.

“Parking is a legitimate gripe of the fans, but we only have so much space,’’ said DeFilippo. “I don’t know what we can do.’’

 

[Carl Spackler]

Except that the other article was written last June.

Good point. Didn't see that. But thanks for making it even more blatant. Lively's activism about BC the state of BC athletics happened AFTER this article!!!!

Wow.

Apologies to Blaudschun

 

[Carl Spackler]

http://www.change.org/petitions/bos...-college-athletics-a-new-ad-and-a-new-coach-2

 

[epark88]

http://www.change.org/petitions/bos...-college-athletics-a-new-ad-and-a-new-coach-2

They only got 20 signatures - either the folks up there are happy with the status quo or they don't give a rat's patooie.

My guess? The latter...