Umass not stable

[B1GEast]

http://www.masslive.com/umassfootball/index.ssf/2013/01/umass_faculty_senate_motion_to.html

 

[husky210]

Didn't they fight the move tooth and nail all the way as well?

 

[thatguyed]

They are monitoring the situation. Sound familiar?

 

[Yonick]

Not a lot of state support up there. Plus, a venue 90+ miles away, for MAC games isn't a great selling point.

 

[CL82]

Yeah well neither was my college girlfriend but she was fun...for a while anyway.

 

[SAMCRO]

Yeah well neither was my college girlfriend but she was fun...for a while anyway.

You're right, she was fun.

 

[Alum86]

I think this should put to rest those who want to add ZooMass to the NNNNNNNNBE. That school does not have its heart in big time Football. They don't. Better to keep them out than to give them credence and an opportunity to arise and bite us in the a..,

 

[Alum86]

Oh, and SAMCRO: LMFAO. CL82 has been faced

 

[CL82]

You're right, she was fun.

Yes she was. Word to the wise, you might want to think about a blood test. Just saying.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

they killed my guys in hockey tonight so 'em, keep them in the MAC.

 

[junglehusky]

Well, Rutgers had a similar faculty group that wanted to downgrade to the Patriot league. And now they're in the big ten. So uh.... UMASS will be #20?

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[RMoore1999]

Well, Rutgers had a similar faculty group that wanted to downgrade to the Patriot league. And now they're in the big ten. So uh.... UMASS will be #20?

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As long as Connecticut's invite number is not higher than 19, who gives a rat's arse...Bring them on!!!!!!!

 

[metsfan2323]

We currently have Navy coming in for Football only, I'd love to see UMASS join for everything but football, let them keep their football team in the MAC. Basketball wise UMASS would be the equivalent of Providence and give us the local rival we are currently missing in the NBE

Adding a few hybrid schools would not be a threat to the NBE because they would not have the voting block to muck things up the way the C7 did.

 

[UC990411]

We currently have Navy coming in for Football only, I'd love to see UMASS join for everything but football, let them keep their football team in the MAC. Basketball wise UMASS would be the equivalent of Providence and give us the local rival we are currently missing in the NBE

Adding a few hybrid schools would not be a threat to the NBE because they would not have the voting block to muck things up the way the C7 did.

I'd rather not have a local rival than have UMass

 

[Woof 101]

They are monitoring the situation. Sound familiar?

Yes this is being done by one Kumble Subbaswamy...

 

[weyuo]

I'd like to see UMass get it together. That would be a great rivalry. Two schools about an hour away from each other. Easy travel for both fan bases. They have room to put a on campus stadium up there. They just need to get a fan base built and some money raised. Give em time. We're running out of rivalries around here. Everyone is moving away from each other conference wise. I wonder how long it will be before things come full circle and another North East football conference forms. A decade? By then UMass might be almost ready. I'm also curious to see if Delaware takes that leap of faith like UMass did.

Pitt, Syracuse, BC, UConn, Maryland, Rutgers, Penn St, Temple, Navy, Army, UMass, Delaware? Can't tell me that league couldn't sell itself to TV in football & basketball. Those are all day trips for fans. No airfare required.

 

[Vuce]

Pitt, Syracuse, BC, UConn, Maryland, Rutgers, Penn St, Temple, Navy, Army, UMass, Delaware? Can't tell me that league couldn't sell itself to TV in football & basketball. Those are all day trips for fans. No airfare required.

Why would you even write this? Penn State, Rutgers and maryland are going to leave the B1G (even in 10 years)? Uh yeah. As for uMess, they have virtually ZERO $$ support from the state legislature. They will not be getting a 100 mil+ stadium on campus or otherwise anytime soon. The only reason their move up was possible was because Kraft basically donated his stadium for them to use.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Pitt, Syracuse, BC, UConn, Maryland, Rutgers, Penn St, Temple, Navy, Army, UMass, Delaware? Can't tell me that league couldn't sell itself to TV in football & basketball. Those are all day trips for fans. No airfare required.

In all candor, what could ever motivate Penn St, Maryland, Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse to ever consider leaving the conference they are in (or will be in shortly) to join a conference with Temple, Army, Navy, UMass & Delaware?

 

[weyuo]

In all candor, what could ever motivate Penn St, Maryland, Rutgers, Pitt and Syracuse to ever consider leaving the conference they are in (or will be in shortly) to join a conference with Temple, Army, Navy, UMass & Delaware?

• When regionalization makes more financial sense than hauling a football team and entourage from Chestnut Hill to Minneapolis/St. Paul or from Syracuse to Lincoln
• When TV ratings for a Pitt vs Temple game dwarf that of a Pitt vs Duke football game or ratings for a UConn vs Rutgers game eclipse that of a Rutgers vs Wisconsin game.
• When schools like Penn St look at their schedules and see that they are already playing schools like Temple and UMass and the general interest in those games is equal to or greater than Penn St vs Northwestern or Penn St vs Indiana.
• When schools like UConn, Temple and Navy vastly improve their football programs and become a force on the national scene and state legislatures in MA & DE study the UConn template and seek to copy it.
• When the ACC turns into Big East part 2 as far as conference re-alignment goes.

I'm not saying that a new North East all sports conference is something that's gonna happen overnight. But a decade from now a lot of things could change to make that more realistic. Changes in the NCAA or the abolishment of said association. Economic challenges in college sports. National perception of college football(rules changes, PEDs, head/neck/brain injuries, cheating, coaches salaries, player stipends or advertising endorsements) could change. Hey who would have thought back in the day that BC would ever leave the Big East? Or Rutgers would ever be in the Big 10? Or Nebraska would not be in the same conference as Oklahoma and Kansas. Or Colorado would be in a pacific coast league. And if that can happen in the 2000's than anything can happen in the 2020's or 30's.

 

[weyuo]

• When regionalization makes more financial sense than hauling a football team and entourage from Chestnut Hill to Minneapolis/St. Paul or from Syracuse to Lincoln
• When TV ratings for a Pitt vs Temple game dwarf that of a Pitt vs Duke football game or ratings for a UConn vs Rutgers game eclipse that of a Rutgers vs Wisconsin game.
• When schools like Penn St look at their schedules and see that they are already playing schools like Temple and UMass and the general interest in those games is equal to or greater than Penn St vs Northwestern or Penn St vs Indiana.
• When schools like UConn, Temple and Navy vastly improve their football programs and become a force on the national scene and state legislatures in MA & DE study the UConn template and seek to copy it.
• When the ACC turns into Big East part 2 as far as conference re-alignment goes.

I'm not saying that a new North East all sports conference is something that's gonna happen overnight. But a decade from now a lot of things could change to make that more realistic. Changes in the NCAA or the abolishment of said association. Economic challenges in college sports. National perception of college football(rules changes, PEDs, head/neck/brain injuries, cheating, coaches salaries, player stipends or advertising endorsements) could change. Hey who would have thought back in the day that BC would ever leave the Big East? Or Rutgers would ever be in the Big 10? Or Nebraska would not be in the same conference as Oklahoma and Kansas. Or Colorado would be in a pacific coast league. And if that can happen in the 2000's than anything can happen in the 2020's or 30's.

Substitute College Park for Chestnut Hill and add Chestnut Hill to Tallahasee.