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CONN Ed said:
Screw the wins. Joe Paterno 'knew'. I wish he was still alive if for no other reason then the old bastard could rot in jail.
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I doubt the old bastard would be in jail. The prosecutors even said there was no evidence that the guy broke the law. We may be able to pick up our torches and pitchforks, but that doesn't cut it in the legal system.
 
FSU President talks about an ACC Network. Goal is for 2016:



Although he wasn't serving in an official capacity with FSU in 2013, when Barron locked the school into the ACC by signing a long-term Grant of Rights agreement, Thrasher said he is excited about the future of the conference. He was particularly encouraged by a recent visit from the ACC's television consultant, who is working with ESPN on creating a cable network similar to those operated by the SEC and Big Ten.

"I think that's a viable thing," Thrasher said. "They're working hard on it. Whether we can get it up and running by 2016, I don't know. But that's the goal. … We're excited about that. And I'll tell you, that would be a big boom to us in terms of revenue to do that. We're going to work hard on that."

As it turns out, Thrasher's political clout could help make that venture become a reality. Because every state has its own laws and cable networks, Thrasher said the ACC's consultant wanted to know if he could help the conference clear any potential obstacles in Florida.

He does, after all, have more than 20 years' experience in state politics, including a term as Speaker of the House.

"I think I'm probably in a pretty good position to help out there, at least right now," Thrasher said with a chuckle. "I have a little bit of shelf life left with those guys down there."

https://floridastate com/content.asp?CID=1727596
 
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jostar1 said:
FSU President talks about an ACC Network. Goal is for 2016:

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"I think that's a viable thing," Thrasher said. "They're working hard on it. Whether we can get it up and running by 2016, I don't know. But that's the goal. … We're excited about that. And I'll tell you, that would be a big boom to us in terms of revenue to do that. We need to get this done by 2016, otherwise we will lack the leverage to lure Connecticut over to the ACC. We can't let the Big Ten get them and lock down the New York City market in their next TV contract. Whoever has UConn has NYC. We're going to work hard on that."
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Wow, I didn't notice the reference to UConn in the first read. That's good news.
 
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Sea Goat said:
You are dreaming - nothing said about UConn. If someone is trolling out there with this, the hottest corner of hell is too good for you.

Go yourself
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CL82 made a joke, that's all. It's what the ACC should be saying.
 
John Greene said:
Excuse me but I just have to ask. How on earth does one just happen to find an article about UConn from the BC student paper less than 12 hours after it is posted? Do you read their campus paper daily just in case?
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uconn blog tweeted it out this morning
 
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RegisteredUconn said:
That article, about a Boston school in a Boston paper, generated zero comments.
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One of my best friends went to BC and lives in Boston. Saturday's hockey game was the first BC sporting event he's been to since graduating in 2010 after being a Superfan and attending about 90% of football hockey and hoops games. Oh btw he was cheering for UConn with us.
 
BoatShow said:
One of my best friends went to BC and lives in Boston. Saturday's hockey game was the first BC sporting event he's been to since graduating in 2010 after being a Superfan and attending about 90% of football hockey and hoops games. Oh btw he was cheering for UConn with us.
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Are you saying BC sports don't generate a lot of interest? :eek:
 
RegisteredUconn said:
Are you saying BC sports don't generate a lot of interest? :eek:
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Haha shocking I know. My friend is kinda what's wrong with their inability to maintain a fan base. They draw outstanding students from all over...who have no athletic allegiance when they leave.
 
Fairfield 1st said:
I read it, and its stunning in its candor. Lets hope people up there take notice
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There is no cry for a BC-UConn football game in Greater Boston. It has less interest than a BC- Umass football scheduled game. That's understandable, as there are far, far more graduates of the Massachusetts State College system living within a 50 mile radius of Boston than there are Uconn graduates living within a 50 mile radius of Boston. So while its understandable that in Connecticut, or among UConn grads that there is a strong aching to play BC in football, such a scheduled game in Boston doesn't do much of anything at all for the vast majority of non BC alums in Greater Boston that follow BC football and go over to Chestnut Hill to see the games there.
 
Yawkey Way said:
There is no cry for a BC-UConn football game in Greater Boston. It has less interest than a BC- Umass football scheduled game. That's understandable, as there are far, far more graduates of the Massachusetts State College system living within a 50 mile radius of Boston than there are Uconn graduates living within a 50 mile radius of Boston. So while its understandable that in Connecticut, or among UConn grads that there is a strong aching to play BC in football, such a scheduled game in Boston doesn't do much of anything at all for the vast majority of non BC alums in Greater Boston that follow BC football and go over to Chestnut Hill to see the games there.
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Um, there is no cry for a BC game in greater Boston.


UConn has nothing to do with that problem. However, I assure you that despite your claims, an annual UConn/BC game would be a very big deal.
 
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Hoophound said:
Um, there is no cry for a BC game in greater Boston.

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oh com'on man, don't start that again. Not when UConn has 3 times the number of alums than BC does, has far more of its alums living in its state, and yet has less football fans at their home games these days than little ol BC does. This tripe of " nobody cares about BC football in Boston " shouldn't be used when UConn football now draws less fans to games than BC football does.... despite the fact that UConn football does not have the pro sports competition for attention right square in its midst too. For 47 of the last 50 years, BC has drawn more football fans to its home games than UConn football has. So that snarky reply of yours falls flat, imo.
 
Nobody cares about Boston College in Boston or Massachusetts or even New England. It has nothing to do with UConn - you're a smallish private school in the 'burbs outside of Boston.

Our football has an issue - it's bad. Your athletic department has an issue - it's invisible.

We can fix bad. You can't fix invisible and the op-ed in the BC paper was accurate...there's nothing compelling out there for you. You have no rivals outside of your attempts to ankle-bite Notre Dame.

Such is life.
 
Fishy said:
Nobody cares about Boston College in Boston or Massachusetts or even New England. It has nothing to do with UConn - you're a smallish private school in the 'burbs outside of Boston.

Our football has an issue - it's bad. Your athletic department has an issue - it's invisible.

We can fix bad. You can't fix invisible and the op-ed in the BC paper was accurate...there's nothing compelling out there for you. You have no rivals outside of your attempts to ankle-bite Notre Dame.

Such is life.
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While its true that BC football has little to no interest in Connecticut, except for a few obsessed UConn football fans that pine for a BC- UConn " rivalry game " each year, it is not true that BC football is invisible in Greater Boston. UConn football is " invisible " in Greater Boston, and has always been so. I take it you were not born, raised, work in Greater Boston, so you would perhaps know imtimately UConn football interest there better than I. BC football has marginal interest in Boston, but its not " invisible ". Its games are on TV, and covered in the Boston papers. UConn football is not covered at all in the Boston papers, on Boston radio, or on Boston TV. It is defined by its " invisibleness " to sports fans around Boston. Also, the notion that " you can fix bad " is speculative at best, as even many UConn football fans do not share your crystal ball certitude that THIS level of UConn football " bad " ( its program current status, current league predicament, etc ) is fixable long term.

Such is life.
 
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Why would UConn football be covered in Boston?

We're in Connecticut.

I don't care if we play Boston College in anything - you're basically Providence, but with a couple of extra toll booths on the way.
 
BoatShow said:
One of my best friends went to BC and lives in Boston. Saturday's hockey game was the first BC sporting event he's been to since graduating in 2010 after being a Superfan and attending about 90% of football hockey and hoops games. Oh btw he was cheering for UConn with us.
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That's an amazing tale to learn that a BC student went to " 90% of football, hockey, basketball games " at the school, while a student there. In my many years of experience with BC students as fans, few of those that attend their school's hockey games attend the school's basketball games... at all... let alone " about 90% " of the basketball games . ( and vice versa). The fact that a Superfan that attended about " 90% of the football, hockey, basketball games " while a student there, tells me he must be originally from the state of Connecticut. Otherwise, this fans cheering for UConn, after being such a apparently unprecedented BC sports fan diehard of 3 sports teams there, does seem rather odd if he was not born and raised in the state of Connecticut. My guess then, is that he was originally from Connecticut before deciding to attend school in Massachusetts and then take a job and decide to live here in the Boston area. Would that be accurate ?
 
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Yawkey Way said:
That's an amazing tale to learn that a BC student went to " 90% of football, hockey, basketball games " at the school, while a student there. In my many years of experience with BC students as fans, few of those that attend their school's hockey games attend the school's basketball games... at all... let alone " about 90% " of the basketball games . ( and vice versa). The fact that a Superfan that attended about " 90% of the football, hockey, basketball games " while a student there, tells me he must be originally from the state of Connecticut. Otherwise, this fans cheering for UConn, after being such a apparently unprecedented BC sports fan diehard of 3 sports teams there, does seem rather odd if he was not born and raised in the state of Connecticut. My guess then, is that he was originally from Connecticut before deciding to attend school in Massachusetts and then take a job and decide to live here in the Boston area. Would that be accurate ?
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Why don't you ask him?
 
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