Pardon my rant but as I sit here and watch the Pittsburg/NC State game my emotions are running the gamut anger, disgust, melancholy. As a long time UCONN fan going back to a kid listening to George Ehrlich call the play by play on the radio my mother would have on in the Kitchen after dinner to attending all the Big East Tournaments except three I have to say what Coach Calhoun didn’t say the other day, we really got shafted (stronger word not used to avoid being censored) in conference realignment. When the Big East was formed Dave Gavitt had the foresight to recognize the potential of UCONN. Not only did we reach that potential in basketball but blew right by it. Only four schools have more NC than us and Duke isn’t one of them. We were on our way in football being competitive in the Big East and having played in a BCS bowl. One bad hire, thanks Jeff, set us back in football.
The ACC jealous of the BIG East’s basketball success started all this mess as they sought to destroy the conference that surpassed them. Thanks to BC’s insecurities Pitt was taken by the ACC with Syracuse. Pitt has become very ordinary and their thug style of play allowed in the Big East is not tolerated in the ACC. BC is a complete outlier in the conference and has been a bottom dweller since their Big East recruits have long departed. May they rot there forever. Syracuse has finally been exposed for the program they really are. I won’t even talk about the Mega Millions winner Rutgers.
As a true blue UCONN fan it is very hard watching us wallow in this mess called the AAC. Its difficult reading every BIG 12 and ACC expansion rumor include every team no matter how ridiculous but not us. I fear that our conference will make it very hard to recruit going forward and can’t help but wonder if our best days are behind us. Even though I feel no connection or care about any of these teams in the AAC as a fan I will continue to watch and support our teams. I can only hope that the silence from both our administration and BIG expansion talk is a positive for our future.
Sorry for the venting, I know this has been said over and over.
Jay Bilas just saying that Friday and Saturday night for the ACC tournament is now going to be must see TV now that the Big East is broken up sure doesn’t help!
The ACC jealous of the BIG East’s basketball success started all this mess as they sought to destroy the conference that surpassed them. Thanks to BC’s insecurities Pitt was taken by the ACC with Syracuse. Pitt has become very ordinary and their thug style of play allowed in the Big East is not tolerated in the ACC. BC is a complete outlier in the conference and has been a bottom dweller since their Big East recruits have long departed. May they rot there forever. Syracuse has finally been exposed for the program they really are. I won’t even talk about the Mega Millions winner Rutgers.
As a true blue UCONN fan it is very hard watching us wallow in this mess called the AAC. Its difficult reading every BIG 12 and ACC expansion rumor include every team no matter how ridiculous but not us. I fear that our conference will make it very hard to recruit going forward and can’t help but wonder if our best days are behind us. Even though I feel no connection or care about any of these teams in the AAC as a fan I will continue to watch and support our teams. I can only hope that the silence from both our administration and BIG expansion talk is a positive for our future.
Sorry for the venting, I know this has been said over and over.
Jay Bilas just saying that Friday and Saturday night for the ACC tournament is now going to be must see TV now that the Big East is broken up sure doesn’t help!