Talk about Rutty being more attractive to the ACC right now is bull***t

[ZooCougar]

Rutgers is the champions of the offseason and choppin' wood.

 

[spsct]

I can think of three games off the top of my head where we had a great football atmosphere:
Usf 07 they were #10 at the time I think
Baylor 08
Wvu 08 we were #25 at the time

I don't disagree.. However, it is the exception and not the norm... When we've had, what maybe 60 games at the rent, and we can come up with 6 or 7 with a great atmosphere that's not exactly inspiring...

When I'm home I go to as many games as I can, but I still see more people there for the party and not the game... And I don't believe that is a reflection on the people that visit this board, but we make up a tiny % of the people who go to the games. When I used to go with a bunch of people, they couldn't for the life of them understand why I wanted to be in our seats 10 minutes before kickoff... Hell, I think they were socializing under the scoreboard 95% of the time...

It will come, hopefully, but it will require a shift in the mentality of the sports fans in CT. That's not something I'm holding my breath over.

 

[mattp]

This is the silliest thread I've read here in a long time. I never heard anyone say (outside of a Rutgers fan) that this past weekend makes them look more attractive than us. Anyone that thinks the results of a week of football have anything to do with these changes isn't worth listening too. Maybe Rutgers is more attractive than UConn, maybe it isn't. It all depends on the viewer and what they're looking for, and I'm pretty sure nobody on this message board in on the ACC, B1G or B12's expansion committee.

Personally I don't think the ACC will want either of us b/c we're fairly redundant in their footprint. They think between Cuse and BC they have the northeast corridor locked up already, which is indicative of their terrible decision making abilities and part of the reason they've only fallen further behind the top 4 conferences over the last decade.

 

[John Greene]

UNC and KU would prefer to be more well rounded and not merely "basketball first". Unfortunately in reality, your comparison doesn't support your argument.

We may just have to agree to disagree. What they may prefer and what is are different things. UNC, KU and to a lesser degree UK have all made attempts to be "more well rounded". To date however they remain BB dominant, same as UConn. Hell, even Bama makes noise about being more balanced. They are not. As I said earlier 25 years from now who knows, for the next 10 years not likely.

 

[jbdphi]

This is the silliest thread I've read here in a long time. I never heard anyone say (outside of a Rutgers fan) that this past weekend makes them look more attractive than us. Anyone that thinks the results of a week of football have anything to do with these changes isn't worth listening too. Maybe Rutgers is more attractive than UConn, maybe it isn't. It all depends on the viewer and what they're looking for, and I'm pretty sure nobody on this message board in on the ACC, B1G or B12's expansion committee.

Personally I don't think the ACC will want either of us b/c we're fairly redundant in their footprint. They think between Cuse and BC they have the northeast corridor locked up already, which is indicative of their terrible decision making abilities and part of the reason they've only fallen further behind the top 4 conferences over the last decade.

I wouldn't have created the thread if I hadn't seen multiple references from multiple people who were crying about how the sky was falling and Rutgers was beating Arkansas and I think one person even said they threw up in their mouth just thinking about it? I completely agree with your 2nd paragraph. I don't think anyone gets added to the ACC in the near or medium term future.