Some thoughts on the MWC news

[TexanMark]

Where do you live? I've lived upstate for many years now. Pudge is right on. I hear literally nothing about Syracuse up here. And then your feelings get hurt and so you write inane stuff. This is the second totally bizarre post of yours in the last week. You are really losing it.

Mr. Professor...just stop it. I said lots was wrong not everything. BTW, I have a lake house in Jefferson County on Lake Ontario and I am a native CNYer. I know the market...I realize Cuse isn't that strong (compared to Rochester eastward) in the 716 due to the Bills...but when the Orange BB plays in Buffalo they draw sellout crowds.

 

[upstater]

Mr. Professor...just stop it. I said lots was wrong not everything. BTW, I have a lake house in Jefferson County on Lake Ontario and I am a native CNYer. I know the market...I realize Cuse isn't that strong (compared to Rochester eastward) in the 716 due to the Bills...but when the Orange BB plays in Buffalo they draw sellout crowds.

You seemed to take too much offense to what he said. I think there's a lot of truth in what he said. I wondered what your background was because so many Cuse kids are Westchester, Long Island, Jersey. I have no doubt Cuse is highly popular in CNY. Someone is filling the Carrier Dome, obviously. But that's not what Pudge said. And by the way, Trans-Siberian Orchestra drew crowds in Buffalo last week. Big crowds.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I don't disagree. At some point I expect people to get bored by 90-25 games and realize how silly it all is. It won't be a lack of old people that kills it though.

I get bored now. Tune in for final 4 and NC games. Or against the top 2-3. But they just blew out #1 on the road, it was not even interesting.

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[TexanMark]

You seemed to take too much offense to what he said. I think there's a lot of truth in what he said. I wondered what your background was because so many Cuse kids are Westchester, Long Island, Jersey. I have no doubt Cuse is highly popular in CNY. Someone is filling the Carrier Dome, obviously. But that's not what Pudge said. And by the way, Trans-Siberian Orchestra drew crowds in Buffalo last week. Big crowds.

No problem...I'm debating. I just disagree with most of what he said about Cuse and he was wrong about the MWC taking Boise...the MWC was desperate enough to give them a Notre Dame Lite deal. I think the UConn brand is strong but I think Cuse is a tad stronger. I still think UConn will end in a better place soon but I also think a more reasonable conference layout is needed. Time to let SDSU go (for free). Stick to easat of the Mississippi...maybe include Texas.

 

[TRest]

Reading this board, you could now easily come to the conclusion that going to a BCS game was bad, and having the top WBB basketball program in the country is bad.

Bull****. The idea is to ****ing win. At everything. As much as possible. Florida once fired its softball coach for losing a home regional to Bethune-Cookman. It doesn't mean they stopped caring about football - it means they want to win. At softball. Same as everything else. In fact, when the SEC programs all added softball in the Title IX boom of the mid-90's, they all built multi-million dollar stadiums and hired the best coaches to try to win right away. Florida started women's lacrosse two years ago and was ranked #1 in the nation this year before being upset in the semis. This notion that you can't spend money on more than one thing would be silly to the folks down in SEC country. They don't compete half-assed in anything.

So why does our fanbase turn our successes into negatives? It was not a negative that we made a BCS bowl in our sixth or seventh year in I-A. It was awesome. And OU did not embarrass us - it was 34-20 in the fourth quarter and we had the ball in their territory. Pitt fared much worse against Utah a year or two prior. It is not a negative that we have the flagship program in any sport, much less one that brings in good ratings for ESPN in March.

All of which makes me wonder why Uconn women's soccer, which used to be strong, has been allowed to slowly sink away.

 

[uconNYC]

All of which makes me wonder why Uconn women's soccer, which used to be strong, has been allowed to slowly sink away.

Len Tsantiris is the Lou Carnesecca of Womens Soccer (lots of wins, no championships, declining program)
Ray Ried is the Jim Boeheim of Mens Soccer (1 championship, always comes up short)
Nancy Stevens is the Jamie Dixon of Field Hockey (no championships, tons of wins, always come up short)

It's hard to fire any of them if you look at what the mens basketball equivalent would be.

 

[whaler11]

All of which makes me wonder why Uconn women's soccer, which used to be strong, has been allowed to slowly sink away.

Imagine if the women's soccer program won more games... The endless possibilities.