So is there a bigger meaning to BC vs. UConn?

[WiseWillie]

Sucks to be BC.

We need to keep some decorum on the Boneyard when talking about rival schools. "It sucks to be BC" is not exactly appropriate language to say to the losing team. How about "can't imagine how awful BC fans must be feeling realizing how their football team got completely shellacked by the strong and determined UConn Huskies". On second thought, maybe the quip "sucks to be BC" after yesterday's performance is apropos. So nevermind.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

BC is a college sailing power. Some good WLacrosse and a Hockey Blue blood

 

[CL82]

Good summary of the history of only one fact is missing. Our then attorney general , sue em all , sorry, Blumenthal chose to sue Syracuse and BC on their departure from the Big East. That should all be behind us, but some people have long memories. Adding UCONN now would be a big plus for the struggling ACC

True, but Pittsburgh was also a plaintiff in that suit and they were the team that replaced us in the ACC. Also, I don't think Syracuse was a defendant in the suit as they were still in the big east when it was filed. But that was a lot of years ago and I'm not motivated enough to look it up.

 

[CL82]

BC is a college sailing power. Some good WLacrosse and a Hockey Blue blood

Just saying.

(UConn women's hockey is currently ranked number 11, I believe.)

 

[hookshot]

Sucks to be BC.

True enough for the moment, but in the bigger picture, the harsh reality is that if 100 kids get acceptance letters from "both" BC and Uconn (next April), 90 of the 100 will / would pick BC (if their parents can afford it). And there is a reason for that ! Uconn is improving but when the ACC was /is looking at Uconn, they didn't / don't see a Duke, North Carolina, Virginia. When the BIG is looking at Uconn, they don't see a Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin. They apparently don't even see a Syracuse or Rutgers. They see a dominant basketball school with a ways to go yet on most other fronts

 

[FanSince17]

True enough for the moment, but in the bigger picture, the harsh reality is that if 100 kids get acceptance letters from "both" BC and Uconn (next April), 90 of the 100 will / would pick BC (if their parents can afford it). And there is a reason for that ! Uconn is improving but when the ACC was /is looking at Uconn, they didn't / don't see a Duke, North Carolina, Virginia. When the BIG is looking at Uconn, they don't see a Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin. They apparently don't even see a Syracuse or Rutgers. They see a dominant basketball school with a ways to go yet on most other fronts

It’s called f-o-o-t-b-a-l-l.

 

[HuskyNan]

Just saying.

(UConn women's hockey is currently ranked number 11, I believe.)

New poll

 

[CL82]

New poll

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The men moved up to number 11 after splitting with Ohio State over the weekend.

 

[HuskyNan]

The men moved up to number 11 after splitting with Ohio State over the weekend.
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The women beat then #15 Princeton twice over the weekend

 

[hookshot]

It’s called f-o-o-t-b-a-l-l.

F-o-o-t-b-a-l-l: 1908 - 2025, 2 wins, 2 ties, 13 loses. Got some catching up to do

 

[CL82]

The women beat then #15 Princeton twice over the weekend

Well, Huskies are relentless.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

True enough for the moment, but in the bigger picture, the harsh reality is that if 100 kids get acceptance letters from "both" BC and Uconn (next April), 90 of the 100 will / would pick BC (if their parents can afford it). And there is a reason for that ! Uconn is improving but when the ACC was /is looking at Uconn, they didn't / don't see a Duke, North Carolina, Virginia. When the BIG is looking at Uconn, they don't see a Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin. They apparently don't even see a Syracuse or Rutgers. They see a dominant basketball school with a ways to go yet on most other fronts

Those ACC schools you mentioned supported UConn's candidacy IIRC.