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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: NickelDimer on September 24, 2011, 10:58:33 AM

Title: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: NickelDimer on September 24, 2011, 10:58:33 AM
...doing today's picks going game by game.  They come to Pitt v. ND and he says, "I'm a big east guy and the big east stays together, I'm going with Notre Dame".  Nice dig Huggs!
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: brewcity77 on September 24, 2011, 11:03:14 AM
I'm not a fan of Huggs...







...but +100 to that   8-)
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: tower912 on September 24, 2011, 11:12:00 AM
First time I will be rooting hard for ND in years.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: wadesworld on September 24, 2011, 11:39:13 AM
Quote from: tower912 on September 24, 2011, 11:12:00 AM
First time I will be rooting hard for ND ever.

Fixed.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: 4everwarriors on September 24, 2011, 11:43:07 AM
Is he s hit-faced or bruised?
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: brewcity77 on September 24, 2011, 11:48:52 AM
I'd be curious to see what he said if WVU was accepted to the SEC.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: GGGG on September 24, 2011, 11:55:58 AM
I won't root for ND.  They could save the BE anytime if they really cared.  They just use the conference to park their other sports because the conference let's them.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: bilsu on September 24, 2011, 02:00:26 PM
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on September 24, 2011, 11:55:58 AM
I won't root for ND.  They could save the BE anytime if they really cared.  They just use the conference to park their other sports because the conference let's them.
They are saving the Big East by not jumping to ACC or Big 10. Notre Dame goes to Big 10 and Big 10 probably takes Rutgers to get to 14. Notre Dame goes to ACC and ACC takes either Uconn or Rutgers. Besides that at this point I think they stay with the basketball only schools which makes the basketball only league stronger, if the league does implode. So while they are not joining in football they are in fact saving the league.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: GGGG on September 24, 2011, 02:09:18 PM
They are acting in their own self-interest, and that just happens to coincide with the interests of the BE. 
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: brewcity77 on September 24, 2011, 02:22:08 PM
Quote from: bilsu on September 24, 2011, 02:00:26 PM
They are saving the Big East by not jumping to ACC or Big 10. Notre Dame goes to Big 10 and Big 10 probably takes Rutgers to get to 14. Notre Dame goes to ACC and ACC takes either Uconn or Rutgers. Besides that at this point I think they stay with the basketball only schools which makes the basketball only league stronger, if the league does implode. So while they are not joining in football they are in fact saving the league.

To further that, ND goes to Big 10, even if Big 10 takes Missouri or Texas, ACC will poach UConn and Rutgers to get to 16. The only reason the ACC isn't acting on those teams is because they're hoping to land ND.

If ND commits, no matter where they commit, it will start the dominoes falling all over again. Unless the Irish joined the Big East, we'd probably be down 4-5 teams within a week. The Big East would be over if ND went anywhere else.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: Pakuni on September 24, 2011, 02:26:26 PM
Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on September 24, 2011, 02:09:18 PM
They are acting in their own self-interest, and that just happens to coincide with the interests of the BE. 

Everybody is acting in their own interests. Doesn't seem fair to single out Notre Dame for criticism for that.
Really, why is Notre Dame somehow obliged to "save" the Big East?
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: GGGG on September 24, 2011, 02:34:18 PM
I agree.  Ask Huggs.  He's the one that brought it up.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: muhs03 on September 24, 2011, 04:02:15 PM
Quote from: Pakuni on September 24, 2011, 02:26:26 PM
Everybody is acting in their own interests. Doesn't seem fair to single out Notre Dame for criticism for that.
Really, why is Notre Dame somehow obliged to "save" the Big East?

Why is ANY ONE SCHOOL obligated to save the Big East?
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: bamamarquettefan on September 25, 2011, 11:37:38 PM
Quote from: wadesworld on September 24, 2011, 11:39:13 AM
Fixed.
That is so funny - untold my children the same thing yesterday - first time I've ever rooted for notre dame.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: uncle zeffy on September 26, 2011, 10:38:06 AM
Quote from: muhs03 on September 24, 2011, 04:02:15 PM
Why is ANY ONE SCHOOL obligated to save the Big East?

because adding their football team to the Big East would bring a sense of legitimacy to BE Football. They are a proven $$$ maker. People will watch them to either A) Root for them or B) Root against them, any way people are tuning in. Which is why NBC signed them to a deal and the ACC/Big10 are licking their chops to get them.
Title: Re: Huggs on College Gameday...
Post by: MUMac on September 26, 2011, 01:17:12 PM
Quote from: uncle zeffy on September 26, 2011, 10:38:06 AM
because adding their football team to the Big East would bring a sense of legitimacy to BE Football. They are a proven $$$ maker. People will watch them to either A) Root for them or B) Root against them, any way people are tuning in. Which is why NBC signed them to a deal and the ACC/Big10 are licking their chops to get them.

The question was not "how", but "why".
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