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Anyone on here think we are going undefeated in FB or men's BB once WVU, Cuse and Pitt leave? Bringing in Boise and Houston we are getting tougher opponents than Cuse and Pitt football wise IMHO. Who knows where SMU and SDSU go when they get in the league. We have our work cut out for us and it should be a fun league for football. Outside of the SEC who would sign up to play Navy every year? We will be in Florida and Texas every year. This isn't all bad. Now with Memphis and Temple in men's BB things just got tougher there as well. If we get good people will be at the Rent, the league games will be a big draw just like they are now.
 
Jdb, going undefeated in any BCS conference in very hard and I am excited for the newcomers coming in I just think the BE could've been more aggressive adding good programs earlier and we may have never lost wvu,tcu,pitt,su,etc? but it is what it is. With hoops I think the BE will still continue to be a top conference SDSU,Temple, and Memphis are already big time basketball programs that should only get better in a BCS conference. As for football it needs to improve losing WVU especially hurt but Boise is a huge addition and the other teams coming in like Temple,sdsu,etc. you think would improve but only time will tell. The football conference will be very interesting and I think the turnout at the rent won't change at all if were winning the place will fill. I am very excited to see the new teams at the rent and can't wait until we beat Michigan their.:)
 
Staying at 9 when we added TCU was a huge mistake by Providence. If we brought in Boise, Houston, SDSU, SMU and UCF at that point we'd be in a better place. At that point you chose between BYU, Navy, Temple and Memphis to get to 16. It is what it is.
 
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ruskin said:
Stunned at some of the pollyannas on this board. People who advocate retreating/settling for the Temple/East Carolina level conveniently forget that this state invested almost $150 MILLION in football facilities to accommodate REAL, BIG TIME I-A FOOTBALL, not a Double or Triple A version and the taxpayers who helped build those facilities are being charged REAL, BIG TIME I-A prices. Want to talk all-in? Hold Gene DiFilippo personally, legally responsible for devaluing those investments and locking UConn out of the cartel.
And by the way, as one who grew up near Philly, the addition of Temple does not "lock up" the Philly market. Their place in market is worse than BCU's in Boston. Ever been to a Temple-Penn State game in Philly? Place is 90 percent white and blue.
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Whoever comes into our conference does not change our BRAND of football. It is not a waste of money and 150 million is nothing compared to big programs. To switch conferences you have to be INVITED. So the best thing is for us to WIN in this NEW BIG EAST and Support the team. Beating Michigan Next year NC State this year and Virginia, Houston Boise coming up is going to open eyes. So is seeing a supportive, traveling fan base! Bailing on the team and whining is just Not what we need!
 
Apparently, a major issue with Boise not coming for '12 is that even if the Big East did front them the money, BSU has no idea if the WAC would still exist beyond '12 for their other sports.

The clear irony in this? The WCC, the new home of SDSU's other sports, don't want BSU because the Broncos are a geographic outlier. Chew on that for a while...
 
BNich said:
Boise wasn't happening. Just too much money. Of course it was a better alternative, just wasn't going to happen. It would cost the Big East way too much money. The BE football conference doesn't carry the same prestige as other conferences. It isn't as attractive an option for other programs that are consistently in the top 25. Quite frankly who would want to come to the Big East? We aren't in the negotiating room. We don't have any insider information. Who knows what kind of leverage if any either side had, but they definitely play a part. They weren't dealt a bad hand, and they aren't responsible for it either.
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If the BE wanted Boise in this year, they'd be in this year. That's the problem. The B12 all pitched in to help get WVU in, the BE has approx $20 millions to spend. I'm now speculating, but I would bet it was discussed, and the likes of PC, SH, SJU, GTown, Nova, Marq, and DePaul felt we could wait a year.

I'm tired of people posting "well what else could the BE offices have done, realistically. it is what it is". The BE could have made a lot of different decisions over the last 7 years to solidify this league. They could have added 2 more FB schools instead of DePaul and Marquette. Shoot, Memphis w actually a decent FB team back in those days. The BE could have funded Boise's early exit from the B12 settlement, the BE offices could have listened to the FB schools instead of trying to force Nova down their throats.

This isn't all on Marinatto. the Prez's and AD's are accountable too. But, JM's job is to find consensus, common ground, and getting peoplemtomunderstand the broader impacted certain decision/non-decisions, and he has failed at that. This is why SyraPitt and WVU (who also have some accountability here) are gone, and why Louisville has their bags packed ready to go, and why UConn, RU, Cinci, and USF are all making calls, and waiting for those calls to be returned.

Ya, it is what it is alright, and what it is - is crap. I will buy tickets, I will go to the games, and I will pull for whoever our conference-mates are to win their OOC games, doesn't mean I am happy with it or like it at all.
 
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Say what you will, but I'm getting excited to travel to Memphis, Orlando, Houston, Dallas, Boise, and San Diego. It may not be The Big 10, but it will make for some outstanding road trips.
 
Nostical said:
Say what you will, but I'm getting excited to travel to Memphis, Orlando, Houston, Dallas, Boise, and San Diego. It may not be The Big 10, but it will make for some outstanding road trips.
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don't forget Annapolis. i think if you look at this from a fan's point of view, instead of an ad executives, it should be an exciting time. we traded trips to play some old-timer dinosaurs in the gray hinterlands of Syracuse and Pittsburgh with trips to Memphis, Orlando, and Houston to see some teams we haven't played before. Houston, Boise and SDSU play an exciting style of football we haven't seen a lot of in the Big East. the Big East has been a stodgy, old style, nose in the dirt type of conference and now we'll have some innovators similar to when Petrino and RRod were here. it'll be fun to play against SMU with Jones there, and that's a situation where a highly sought after coach chose to go to a non BCS school, so maybe he'll stay a while. and in the meantime we've traded the TV regions Pittsburgh and Syracuse for Houston, Memphis, etc.
 
mattp said:
don't forget Annapolis. i think if you look at this from a fan's point of view, instead of an ad executives, it should be an exciting time. we traded trips to play some old-timer dinosaurs in the gray hinterlands of Syracuse and Pittsburgh with trips to Memphis, Orlando, and Houston to see some teams we haven't played before. Houston, Boise and SDSU play an exciting style of football we haven't seen a lot of in the Big East. the Big East has been a stodgy, old style, nose in the dirt type of conference and now we'll have some innovators similar to when Petrino and RRod were here. it'll be fun to play against SMU with Jones there, and that's a situation where a highly sought after coach chose to go to a non BCS school, so maybe he'll stay a while. and in the meantime we've traded the TV regions Pittsburgh and Syracuse for Houston, Memphis, etc.
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LOL hope you have lots of vacation time and $$$ for airfare. You lost three drivable games for a mishmash of schools. Sure it is fun to fly to Orlando or San Diego but do you really see any of these schools are long term rivals? So who is going to be your new big BB rival? Rutgers, Houston, UCF Yeah those schools sure are powerhouses.

At least you'll have Temple and their exciting game day atmosphere for a drivable game.
 
duck Saracuse and their fans.

And I say that knowing that TexanMark is generally a good poster with a nice tailgating website. But if you're going to come here and talk about the situation we are stuck in, that your university helped create, then go kick rocks.
 
WingU-Conn said:
duck Saracuse and their fans.

And I say that knowing that TexanMark is generally a good poster with a nice tailgating website. But if you're going to come here and talk about the situation we are stuck in, that your university helped create, then go kick rocks.
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Plus 1000. And that post is very unlike Texas Mark. Did he have to spend the week in Syracuse or something?
 
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WingU-Conn said:
duck Saracuse and their fans.

And I say that knowing that TexanMark is generally a good poster with a nice tailgating website. But if you're going to come here and talk about the situation we are stuck in, that your university helped create, then go kick rocks.
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I know Matt is trying to make lemonade outta of lemons...but it is what it is. Bottomline: UConn will survive. Your school and fanbase are too strong to be left in the lurch too long.
 
TexanMark said:
LOL hope you have lots of vacation time and $$$ for airfare. You lost three drivable games for a mishmash of schools. Sure it is fun to fly to Orlando or San Diego but do you really see any of these schools are long term rivals? So who is going to be your new big BB rival? Rutgers, Houston, UCF Yeah those schools sure are powerhouses.

At least you'll have Temple and their exciting game day atmosphere for a drivable game.
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Been to BCU lately? Have fun.

Douchey post.
 
TexanMark said:
I know Matt is trying to make lemonade outta of lemons...but it is what it is. Bottomline: UConn will survive. Your school and fanbase are too strong to be left in the lurch too long.
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Keep your pep talk and go pound sand. duck Saracuse, always and forever.
 
TexanMark: thank you for your interest in Connecticut Athletics.

Now please pick up your things and go; they're in the box To The Left...
 
BlueDogs said:
Just when you think it cant get any less compelling. The BE is a laughable football product and UConn Football will suffer as a result. The attendance is going to take a major hit. There is very little to be excited about in this tier 2 conference and even less so given there are no real rivalries. For those Herbst fans out there, this whole process demonstrates maximum ineptitude. Seriously considering whether renewing is worth the time or money with a program destined for nothing special in a glorified MAC like conference. I can't be the only person incredibly pissed off.
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Right. Because somehow the beer won't taste good in the parking lot. It will matter for a small number of purists that care more about football than they do about UCONN or tailgating. But it won't be meaningful. As long as P rights the ship and we win at home it will be fine.
 
TexanMark said:
LOL hope you have lots of vacation time and $$$ for airfare. You lost three drivable games for a mishmash of schools. Sure it is fun to fly to Orlando or San Diego but do you really see any of these schools are long term rivals? So who is going to be your new big BB rival? Rutgers, Houston, UCF Yeah those schools sure are powerhouses.

At least you'll have Temple and their exciting game day atmosphere for a drivable game.
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long term rivals? i don't really consider the Big East to be our long term solution, but i'm looking forward to playing some different teams over the next 4-5 years.

for the record i'm lucky if i can travel to one game a year much less all of these, but if you're going to call Pitt or WVU driving distance, than Annapolis and Temple are driving distance, and i actually did drive from NJ to Memphis once, so i'll include it on a technicality. Houston and UCF may not be powerhouses, but they're hands down better than Pitt and Cuse in football. it sucks losing WVU, but it's not the worst thing to lose our two bottom feeders
 
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