UConn talk on McGraw's bench

[Huskie78]

That was Glenn Foley at QB, right? That one stung more than a bit because I think the Irish had just beaten Florida State the week before.

Indeed!

 

[TitleTown]

As a Red Sox fan, its incumbent on me to "hate" the Yankees. But it would be stupid of me not to recognize and respect all the Yankees have accomplished. Joe Torre was the best" in game" ngr I have ever seen, and they are class organization. You have to respect them.
The ND/UCONN rivalry is great for the game and the games between them are the most fun to watch. Its too bad the "Old" Big East had to die.
There is no doubt the ND has been the second best team in WCBB the last 10 or so years...they deserve their due.
A few years back, I was walking through the parking lot of Norfolk VA airport and Muffet McGraw was walking in front of me...I didnt, but I wanted to ask her what a "Tuffet' was???

Off topic but as a Red Sox fan myself I can't wait to watch Cora make "in game" decisions this year instead of Farrell, who could possibly have been the worst "in game" manager in the history of baseball.

 

[cohenzone]

Thanks. So if football is the driving force in most P5 realignments and ND -- whether it's a shadow of it's former self or getting double-digit wins like this year -- still has football and the name recognition, as you write.

But aren't so many institutions that have football in a similar situation following that logic? After all, basketball is thought to be the only other consistent revenue producer among collegiate sports. Or am I missing something about "big time sports viewpoint?"

Yes. Football is THE revenue driver. And thats only for “big time “. programs The other sports are not the big revenue producers.

 

[j66kicker]

Off topic but as a Red Sox fan myself I can't wait to watch Cora make "in game" decisions this year instead of Farrell, who could possibly have been the worst "in game" manager in the history of baseball.

You must be forgetting Grady Little, who left Pedro Martinez in that 2003 ALCS game after Pedro TOLD him he needed to come out (then Pedro gave up 4 hits, extending the game which the Yankees won on Aaron Boone’s 11th inning home run).

 

[my2cents]

Off topic but as a Red Sox fan myself I can't wait to watch Cora make "in game" decisions this year instead of Farrell, who could possibly have been the worst "in game" manager in the history of baseball.

we will find out, not much experience for Cora

 

[Longtime fan]

You must have enjoyed the Charlie Weis years which included a loss to UConn in South Bend

I think you can rest assured that UCONN will never again play ND in football. UCONN couldn't beat Trinity in football.