People have been put in place that can make the Big East the only national conference. A unique, cutting edge, outside of the box concept. Eyes are going to be focused on this league. If this thing comes together UConn could be sitting pretty in a conference that, in the future, could demand the highest TV payout. But..... in order for this conference to really take off schools like UConn will have to ace their non conference schedule. Beating the ACC teams, Michigan and future SEC and Big 12 teams is critical to the future of this league.
I can imagine a future UConn schedule that looks something like :
-@Colorado
-@Boise St
-vsPenn St
-vsTenn
-@Texas
-vsTemple
-@Louisville
-vs Navy
-@Cincy
-vs S. Fla
-vsRutgers
-@SMU
To me that looks a heck of a lot more exciting than N. Carolina, Puke, or Wake. Pitt sucks, the orange aren't much better, no more WVU, Merryland needs a new head coach for them to go anywhere(and a new wardrobe), Miami is dangerously close to being the next Death Penalty candidate. Fla St, Georgia Tech, NC St and Virginia Tech are the cream of the crop and none of them are making any noise soon towards a national championship run. Half of them might not be around that much longer. Oh yeah.... and then there's BC, everyone's scrimmage team.
I'll take the Big East any day.
Take a step back from being a Uconn fan and ask yourself how this outside the box, cutting edge concept appears to others. Is it really cutting edge to be a national conference? C-USA has been around for many years with the same concept and their best teams always leave for greener pastures. Is it outside the box to have a schedule with away games in all 4 time zones? When RU is playing SDSU with an 11 pm east coast start, are you staying up to watch it as a fan of the BE? How man RU fans are staying up to watch the entire Uconn-SDSU?People have been put in place that can make the Big East the only national conference. A unique, cutting edge, outside of the box concept.
I'll take the Big East any day.
They Hate us and we Hate Them? Who are US and Them - Boneyarders and Eagleoutsiders? So do you think 40,000 fans in the Rent or Alumni hate each other? I bet the NORMAL fan of both schools do not - just us obsessed internet posters.
The whole ACC is viewed as a dormat (your term, i'd use sucks) not just BCU. Last years BE winner who was 5-2 in league, tied with 2 other teams and lost to both of the 1 win BE teams kills the ACC champ who goes 7-1 in league and you wonder why BCU and the rest of the ACC is held in such low regards (doesn't help that all the Puke and Fruit higher ups at ESPN are having the ESPN talking heads pimping for ACC, power 5 thisI’m a BC fan, but I promise I’m legitimately not trying to troll here. I’ve lived in CT since I graduated in 2005. I’m not sure how I came across this board, but I’ve found it fascinating (and occasionally enraging) to see what some UConn fans think of conference realignment. I won’t go into all of my opinions on that here, but I’ll just say that I’m very happy with BC’s current home in the ACC.
One question have for you all is where the perception of BC football as a perennial doormat in the ACC comes from. For example, a poster above refers to BC as “everyone’s scrimmage team.” I will be the first to admit our team last year was terrible, and we will probably be bad against this year. I am not a fan of Spaz or GDF. But to say that BC has not fared well since moving to the ACC or that the football team has suffered from a competitive standpoint is just wrong.
2005 Atlantic Coast Conference 9–3 5–3
2006 Atlantic Coast Conference 10–3 5–3
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference 11–3 6–2 #
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference 9–5 5–3 #
2009 Atlantic Coast Conference 8–5 5–3
2010 Atlantic Coast Conference 7–6 4–4
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference 4–8 3–5
Overall record is 58-33 and 33-23 in conference. Conference championship games in 2007 and 2008. I won’t get into too many other numbers, but I feel like the perception among UConn fans is based on one season, namely last season. Can someone explain this to me?
I’m a BC fan, but I promise I’m legitimately not trying to troll here. I’ve lived in CT since I graduated in 2005. I’m not sure how I came across this board, but I’ve found it fascinating (and occasionally enraging) to see what some UConn fans think of conference realignment. I won’t go into all of my opinions on that here, but I’ll just say that I’m very happy with BC’s current home in the ACC.
One question have for you all is where the perception of BC football as a perennial doormat in the ACC comes from. For example, a poster above refers to BC as “everyone’s scrimmage team.” I will be the first to admit our team last year was terrible, and we will probably be bad against this year. I am not a fan of Spaz or GDF. But to say that BC has not fared well since moving to the ACC or that the football team has suffered from a competitive standpoint is just wrong.
2005 Atlantic Coast Conference 9–3 5–3
2006 Atlantic Coast Conference 10–3 5–3
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference 11–3 6–2 #
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference 9–5 5–3 #
2009 Atlantic Coast Conference 8–5 5–3
2010 Atlantic Coast Conference 7–6 4–4
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference 4–8 3–5
Overall record is 58-33 and 33-23 in conference. Conference championship games in 2007 and 2008. I won’t get into too many other numbers, but I feel like the perception among UConn fans is based on one season, namely last season. Can someone explain this to me?
Totally get what you're saying...Take a step back from being a Uconn fan and ask yourself how this outside the box, cutting edge concept appears to others. Is it really cutting edge to be a national conference? C-USA has been around for many years with the same concept and their best teams always leave for greener pastures. Is it outside the box to have a schedule with away games in all 4 time zones? When RU is playing SDSU with an 11 pm east coast start, are you staying up to watch it as a fan of the BE? How man RU fans are staying up to watch the entire Uconn-SDSU?
Say it was Uconn going to the ACC instead of Cuse, what would you say about the BE? You would look at it, shrug your shoulders, say good luck and enjoy the FB road trips. And remind them that on the positive side you still get to play Gtown and Nova in MSG doing the BET.
The bottom line is the quality of the games and the matchups. Boise is a huge leg-up for the BE there. But after that, there is no perennial power or top 10 team or team that has a history of drawing eyeballs to TV sets from anywhere in the country for FB.
Uconn and Uconn fans need to make the best of the situation and need to play the BE as the cutting edge out of the box new super conference. I can even smile with confidence when I say it to my SEC-centric and B1G centric clients. But, sometimes, even Febreeze can not cover up reality.
I've said it before, I'll said it again. When/if UConn joins the ACC, it won't be because of TV contracts or football or basketball. It will be because of regional ties (pretty much the whole OBE is now in the ACC) and because of ACC academics. Note I'm not saying that all of the ACC schools are awesome, but they are elite eastern public research U's (plus Duke). UConn wants not only eyeballs for sports revenue but they want to attract the best HS kids to improve academics and by associating with the UNC's, UVA's and yes even Maryland and Duke, UConn's admissions will benefit long term. I love Cincy, USF and Louisville, they're improving academically, but they're not where UConn wants to be in the future. And the NNBE additions are not any better, and/or are in different time zones. UConn wants to admit East Coast kids who also applied to the ACC schools I cited above. I would wager there would be barely a handful of kids who want to go to SMU or SDSU, who see us play them and then decide to attend UConn instead. But that might happen for students from the mid-atlantic or the carolinas who grow up watching UNC playing UConn on the gridiron and on the hardwood.
The ACC could lose FSU, Clemson and whoever else, get dumped by the Orange Bowl, ESPN could annul the contract for a discount, and UConn would still say yes the instant the ACC calls. Well, maybe not that instant if the NBC contract is extra juicy, but they'll definitely take the call at least.
But to say that BC has not fared well since moving to the ACC or that the football team has suffered from a competitive standpoint is just wrong.
I am pretty sure he was referring to your 4-8 last year record and getting curb stomped by a nbe member8-4 is suck?
Remind me what was your record when you got curb stomped in the Fiesta Bowl?
They've sucked in basketball for the most part, that's a fact. Football has, on the whole, stayed the same middle of the road program as it always was.
Where they've REALLY sucked is from a fan support/TV/market perspective. There's the unofficial "BC Bowl Selection" rule, the fact that attendance and TV numbers for both ACCCG games BC was a part of were utterly abysmal, and that they've not brought in the ratings or consistent media attention for the Boston TV market. In fairness, their "dream season" in '07 probably would've garnered more attention around here than it did had it not been at the exact same time that the Red Sox won the world series, which dwarfed it in terms of coverage.
I think you can even throw out academics. Schools would rather play geographic rivals. San Diego State might sound great in a television fantasy land that doesn't actually exist. The lifeblood of college sports is rivalries and most are built because of fans living in close quarters.