Probably somewhat. Calhoun would've stayed on a few extra years, Uconn would not be experiencing any type of decline or uncertainty, so who knows may have made a difference but Boston College was still gonna be a thornOur APR mess was a contributing factor in us missing out on joining a P5 league?
Real reason was BC and ESPN keeping us out. We were above either Louisville or PittTrue. but a not a major one. I'm sure it was used by those opposing us, but the real reason was FSU flexing it muscles and the potential instability of the ACC at the time.
Round 1 where Pitt got in the backdoor as our substitute was BCU. Round 2 where Louisvile got in was due to FSU being tired of being tobacco road's bitch and the ACC, legitimately worried about they and Clemson going to the B12.Real reason was BC and ESPN keeping us out. We were above either Louisville or Pitt
They added cuse and pitt. They’re not powerhouses. B1g added Rutgers. It’s hard for me to believe it’s about their football schoolsRU getting in to B1G coming off the Mike Rice and president scandal
Cause getting in to ACC coming off the Bernie Fine scandal
You all are over-thinking this. None of these conferences really care about much of anything besides money and football. It’s all a false facade.
And sorry, we can’t apply statistical significance of .5% to this. None of these decisions to add members hinged on a .5% fulcrum
That’s why I said it was respectively 70 money/25 football/5 basketballThey added cuse and pitt. They’re not powerhouses. B1g added Rutgers. It’s hard for me to believe it’s about their football schools
1. Our regional rivals didn't want to compete with us.
2. We naively tried to save the Big East Conference instead of ourselves.
3. Our FB program was an afterthought nationally.
4. Calhoun was leaving.
5. The Miles scandal
6. APR
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84. Blumenthal's lawsuit (even though some people still think it mattered at all)
Absolutely correct. Some Presidents still did did not return Susan’s phone calls many years after Blumenthal’s sued them.Maybe you are a Blumenthal backer and if so be it
But if you think that played little or no part you are greatly mistaken
I do agree with your #1 - not proactive in getting into a p5 mode - some people couldn't believe that the OBE was done
2. We naively tried to save the Big East Conference instead of ourselves.
Absolutely correct. Some Presidents still did did not return Susan’s phone calls many years after Blumenthal’s sued them.
Then why would UConn be the choice ahead of both Pittsburgh and Louisville before things changed (i.e. BC's black ball and Jurich himself "UConn was inked in.")?
You obviously are really out of the loop - the lawsuit alienated a lot of the people whose votes we needed to get into the ACC. It was really stupid.The reason people keep bringing up Blumenthal has to do with Cesspool topics.
The BC blackball was due to the lawsuit.Then why would UConn be the choice ahead of both Pittsburgh and Louisville before things changed (i.e. BC's black ball and Jurich himself "UConn was inked in.")?
The BC blackball was due to the lawsuit.