Who gives two $#!T$?

[FAIRTIDES]

Well, I may eat crow on this one. Just like on my prediction of the NCS vs. UConn game.

I just dont see the panic here. ND is a joke and doesnt control what UConn does. ACC has maybe 4 good teams and the rest are "mid-tier". ND, ACC, i dont care personally.

We will see UConn playing big time schools as soon as we can compete with the major football schools. Right now, we cant. Not with the Offense like this. Getting into the best conferences and playing the major schools comes with playing that way. Look at basketball for instance. Gotta pay our dues and get there first.

Regardless, UConn sports will always play outstanding competition.

As to the points I marked in red:

1) ND has, and remains in, control of its own destiny. They are one of the few schools in the country that can pick a conference. ND still has it's own TV contract. As a result, ND football is a cash machine; from what I understand, the only program in the country that returns money to the academic side. ND has maintained it's status during a long period of FB mediocrity. Like or hate it/them. Understand ND's "aura" or not. The fact is ND is ND, and there is not a damn thing happening that will change things. Comparing UCONN to ND, in football, national identity, financial assets or; or hell, you name the category, will not win any debates. That, unfortunately, is the reality.

2) UCONN is going to have a very difficult time scheduling "big-time" programs, on a one-for-one basis, because of the Rent. It's fairly new and still pretty close to "state-of-the-art." But, and it's a big "BUT," it is, when compared to "big-time" program stadiums, little. If UCONN is to remain relevant in football, the school and the State Politicians, are going to have to face reality and "allow" the scheduling of "big-time" games in NYC; preferably, to me at least, Yankee Stadium, if possible.

By the way, as an aside, count me as one of those who believe the inability to reach agreement with ND was a horrible mistake and one, if not the only, reason UCONN is not in the ACC. Had ND and UCONN had the originally proposed ten year relationship, UCONN would be in the ACC. No one would have paid the slightest attention to BC. I realize that some would have said the school was kowtowing to ND and raised a stink. Others, me included, would have thought that UCONN was doing what it had to do to escape, what was becoming, a bad situation.

Like BL, I don't think ND leaving the BE is much more than a little scratch on an already dinged-up vehicle. If it's true that FB is the money drink's swizzle stick, ND's departure is de minimis; bowl relationships notwithstanding. But to say that "ND is a joke and doesnt control what UConn does" is a little on the naive side.

 

[rich1122]

Glad all of this crap is over. Time to stop crying in our beer because we did not get asked to the prom. We look like a bunch of babies groveling to get accepted to the ACC.

Time to put the energy into making the Big East as strong or stronger than the others. Time to put our heads down and get to work and beat some Top 20 opponents, instead of sulking. Time to lead not follow.

We need inspiration like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's not over till we say it's over.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47bpOCTcaYEverybody please stop whining.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q47bpOCTcaY

 

[BlueDogs]

Best possible outcome is UConn and RU join the Big10. They fit in nicely as representing state schools, providing key metro media market expansion. Might even suggest a pathway for UMass, and then the ACC has second tier representation in the East. I hate the ACC and everything they have done to damage college football. Bunch of Mint Julip drinking pu$$ies with an over inflated view of themselves.

 

[BlueMAB]

Best possible outcome is UConn and RU join the Big10. They fit in nicely as representing state schools, providing key metro media market expansion. Might even suggest a pathway for UMass, and then the ACC has second tier representation in the East. I hate the ACC and everything they have done to damage college football. Bunch of Mint Julip drinking pu$$ies with an over inflated view of themselves.

 

[pepband99]

Verizon has B1G, eventually the cable companies would have to to keep up. Don't forget, those NYC numbers aren't including the 3.5m people in CT and the 9m in NJ. My main point is that because of the B1G, their economics are a little different than other conferences where you're just relying on ESPN to give you more money. I'm sure the B1G wants to become a national channel, and that won't happen without a single school on the east coast.

Sorry, but your assumption on the numbers is off. the "New York City TV market" comprises > 1/2 of NJ (and most of its population), and Fairfield County, CT. That's the reason Rutgers is over-represented in that chart, as it covers their campus and immediate vicinity.

 

[pepband99]

also isn't it funny how quickly we passed cuse fball wise in nyc? there is a reason they are trying to claim nyc and its becuase they have lost it already.

No, it's not funny, as Fairfield County is included in those numbers.

 

[mattp]

Best possible outcome is UConn and RU join the Big10. They fit in nicely as representing state schools, providing key metro media market expansion. Might even suggest a pathway for UMass, and then the ACC has second tier representation in the East. I hate the ACC and everything they have done to damage college football. Bunch of Mint Julip drinking pu$$ies with an over inflated view of themselves.

Louisville is in the Big East. The Mint Julip drinking kittens are with us.

 

[TouchdownHusky]

2) UCONN is going to have a very difficult time scheduling "big-time" programs, on a one-for-one basis, because of the Rent. It's fairly new and still pretty close to "state-of-the-art." But, and it's a big "BUT," it is, when compared to "big-time" program stadiums, little. If UCONN is to remain relevant in football, the school and the State Politicians, are going to have to face reality and "allow" the scheduling of "big-time" games in NYC; preferably, to me at least, Yankee Stadium, if possible.

Exporting games is not the answer. Expanding the stadium is the only way to get out from under the "little" stadium dilemma you reference - even if it means suffering through empty seats until the fan base grows.

By the way, as an aside, count me as one of those who believe the inability to reach agreement with ND was a horrible mistake and one, if not the only, reason UCONN is not in the ACC. Had ND and UCONN had the originally proposed ten year relationship, UCONN would be in the ACC. No one would have paid the slightest attention to BC. I realize that some would have said the school was kowtowing to ND and raised a stink. Others, me included, would have thought that UCONN was doing what it had to do to escape, what was becoming, a bad situation. Notre Dame series needed to include at least one true home game at the Rent. Playing some at Foxborough and the Meadowlands would have been OK to get the series started, but ND needed to show up in East Hartford. Otherwise, UConn was being used and ND still would have left them behind when they decided to jump.

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