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Swimming in the hate

StunningSteve said:
You seem fixated on their school names but it’s a different day. USF joined the Big East in 2005 and has never had a branding issue.
There is a reason the Florida schools are/were always at the top of the list of P5 candidates.
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Never had a branding issue? I doubt most residents of Florida even know where USF.

Lemme guess. Naples? Fort Meyers? Umm Key West?
 
whaler11 said:
There is one thing that is certain.

More of the same monitoring the situation and doing NOTHING was going to be the death of the entire athletic department.
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This. We were between a rock and a hard place. No matter what we did, stay or go, it wasn't going to be a great choice. Losing the SNY contract really hurt our visibility significantly. It forced our hand.

I'm worried about football and the long term prospects of athletic department, but there is a lot to like about the move. Driveable games; opponents we know and have a history with; better presence in our targeted recruiting grounds; reduced travel costs (and travel fatigue for our athletes) and reclaiming the Big East/UConn brand that drove us to national prominence. If we can cobble together a decent football schedule and get decent side deals with SNY we create a unique brand for ourselves. I like the possibilities from that.

Of course this may be the first step in athletic irrelevance for us, but again, Aresco forced our hands. Here's to hoping we can use it to our advantage and it ends up biting him in the butt.
 
Chia Pet said:
Never had a branding issue? I doubt most residents of Florida even know where USF.

Lemme guess. Naples? Fort Meyers? Umm Key West?
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I think you’ll be surprised then.

I think you’ll find much fewer people who even know Butler is actually the name of a school.
 
StunningSteve said:
I think you’ll be surprised then.

I think you’ll find much fewer people who even know Butler is actually the name of a school.
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Like @superjohn said, you continue to be wrong every time you post. I think everyone knows who Butler is. They played in consecutive NCAA championships games this decade, and their two former coaches coach in the NBA and at Ohio State.

LOL.
 
BFieldHusky said:
Like @superjohn said, you continue to be wrong every time you post. I think everyone knows who Butler is. They played in consecutive NCAA championships games this decade, and their two former coaches coach in the NBA and at Ohio State.

LOL.
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I know who Butler is but you rattle that off as a hoops fan.
Most people who digest bracketology each March are casuals. They don’t GAF about also rans on certain years.
To them Butler is Geoffrey on Fresh Prince.
 
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StunningSteve said:
I know who Butler is but you rattle that off as a hoops fan.
Most people who digest bracketology each March are casuals. They don’t GAF about also rans on certain years.
To them Butler is Geoffrey on Fresh Prince.
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But they GAF about never rans?

Geoffrey is still making money off that dance move.
 
StunningSteve said:
You seem fixated on their school names but it’s a different day. USF joined the Big East in 2005 and has never had a branding issue.
There is a reason the Florida schools are/were always at the top of the list of P5 candidates.
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I know now not to read your posts while I am drinking a beer. Stings the nostrils.
 
StunningSteve said:
They follow all sports to a degree.
Most Sports fans watch football and March Madness (the season not so much).
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I’m sure Gators, Seminoles, and Hurricanes are all over ....... football. What is their mascot by the way? Bulldogs? No that’s taken.
 
Is someone really saying that USF is more recognizable than Butler? BAHAHA
 
auggie22 said:
I know now not to read your posts while I am drinking a beer. Stings the nostrils.
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Lol You drink and post?
I know it’s not USF but UCF hosted Gameday this year in both college football and college basketball (actually it was Houston for MBB) but UCF held up their end.
Those 2 schools have enrollment that approaches Arizona State.
Those brands are pretty well embedded into the collegiate sports lexicon.
 
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One evening shortly before 2005:
Cincinnati. Nice.
Marquette. Nice.
Louisville. Very nice.
DePaul. Meh. But there’s Chicago.
USF? Who the heck are they?
 
Chia Pet said:
One evening shortly before 2005:
Cincinnati. Nice.
Marquette. Nice.
Louisville. Very nice.
DePaul. Meh. But there’s Chicago.
USF? Who the heck are they?
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Was that the year Leavitt had them at 2?
 
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I noticed Temple fans haven't piled up on the hate train. Could it be because they played Big East football and wanted into the Big East for basketball for decades and they know what that name means on the East Coast? Something tells me the Cincinnati and USF fans also get this somewhat, but they're not getting asked to join the current BE.
 
StunningSteve said:
Lol You drink and post?
I know it’s not USF but UCF hosted Gameday this year in both college football and college basketball (actually it was Houston for MBB) but UCF held up their end.
Those 2 schools have enrollment that approaches Arizona State.
Those brands are pretty well embedded into the collegiate sports lexicon.
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1. UCF / USF were on the list of p5 expansion candidates exactly once - when the Big 12 cast a net that included every non-P5 FBS program under the sun. That is a far cry from “always”
2. UCF / USF has a brand in the same way that Zig Zag has a brand. The brand in the case of UCF / USF is southern community colleges for strippers and part-time djs.
 
noeynox said:
I noticed Temple fans haven't piled up on the hate train. Could it be because they played Big East football and wanted into the Big East for basketball for decades and they know what that name means on the East Coast? Something tells me the Cincinnati and USF fans also get this somewhat, but they're not getting asked to join the current BE.
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I doubt anyone else would cannibalize football unless they were in a budgetary camel clutch. It’s not like the old big east is an option.
 
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auggie22 said:
1. UCF / USF were on the list of p5 expansion candidates exactly once - when the Big 12 cast a net that included every non-P5 FBS program under the sun. That is a far cry from “always”
2. UCF / USF has a brand in the same way that Zig Zag has a brand. The brand in the case of UCF / USF is southern community colleges for strippers and part-time djs.
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Lol Carry on..
 
Pudge said:
Why are we allowing StunningSteve this place as a forum?

I’m not gonna effort a poll. Just get lost bud.
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It’s not my intention to shake up your belief system. Take it easy.
 
StunningSteve said:
It’s not my intention to shake up your belief system. Take it easy.
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Let me shake yours. Your school - and I’ve not paid attention to which it is - was drawing a half full basketball court for us at Home & we were playing in a half or less arena at yours. Our football crowds & season tickets dropped precipitously.

One or Two of the AAC might be promoted to P5 - your school gets screwed. This UCONN Fanbase has seen that 5 times. No ... 7 times. Good luck with that.

I was horrified when this report first came out. Now? I don’t believe the toilet flushing posts. I simply don’t think Independent is going to be night & day contrast to AAC. And trust me ... everyone knows we will, once again, fill the 19,000 Garden with nearly 50% yelling Huskies fans on Championship nights. Again. That makes us high.
 
StunningSteve said:
I doubt anyone else would cannibalize football unless they were in a budgetary camel clutch. It’s not like the old big east is an option.
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You don't seem to get it. For the rest of the AAC, this TV contract is the bees knees. It's not for us. So we are taking our chances with the Big East, the bump we bring to that contract, and what we can get for football and tier 3. It will no doubt lead to more money and when you factor the reduced travel for Olympic sports, it's a no brainer.
 
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