[GoMarquette.com] MU vs. UT in SEC/BE Invitational 2008

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Dish, it's not worth it. He is clueless and ignorant. From previous posts he has proved that clearly.

He won't stop talking until every here is mopping up Bruce Pearl's body after he paints a letter on his chest.

[MUVOL06]

BTW my point is that you said the match-up was all about the money.  It clearly is not.  As a side note, I can't believe how emotionally unstable some of you are.  I gave props to BOTH coaches for agreeing to the game and somehow I'm ridiculed.  seriously, If this is how some of you react to me saying something nice about MU, I wonder how you react when MU loses, which to me seems to happen quite frequently. 

[StillAWarrior]

I gave props to BOTH coaches for agreeing to the game and somehow I'm ridiculed.  seriously, If this is how some of you react to me saying something nice about MU, I wonder how you react when MU loses, which to me seems to happen quite frequently. 

I've got no dog in this fight (and I agree that sometimes people on here are a bit reactionary), but it's pretty apparent that you're here to get a rise out of people -- your last post merely confirmed it.

But, your initial post, while more subtle, also showed your agenda.  If you'll go back to your first post, you'll see that you didn't "give props to BOTH coaches for agreeing to the game."  What you said was:

"Got to give props to Pearl for scheduling tough (TN also plays @ Kansas).  Finally Crean plays someone with a pulse outside of conference."

See what you did there?  You gave "props" to Pearl, and then you took a backhanded swipe at Crean.  Your repeated claims that you "gave props" to both coaches doesn't make it so.  You gave props to Pearl and took a shot at Crean.  If you had simply given props to both coaches (which, in case you're confused would sound something like, "got to give props to Pearl and Crean for scheduling tough"), I suspect you wouldn't have caused such a reaction. 

But, as we all know by now, that's not what you were going for.

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Yep, Marquette loses all the time.

Over the last 10 years UT has more losses. I'm sure all UT fans get so upset about losses, they turn to ignorance and troll other boards.

[reesiecup210]

Is anyone else sick of this guy? If you like UT and Bruce Pearl that's fine, but this is a Marquette message board. We don't want to hear about it. All you're going to do is piss people off. If you want to find someone who agrees with you, go to a UT site.

[ecompt]

what bothers me is his arrogance. "TN plays big-time games on ESPN all the time." This is enough to have him committed right here. In New York, the media capital of the world, Marquette is on either ESPN or the local all-sports station victually every week. Half the country either knows and remembers MU for its basketball. TN is known for its women's basketball and loud uniforms. Had Tom Crean been available when the TN job came open, they would have hired him over Bruce Pearl IN A HEARTBEAT. And I stand by a statement I made in another thread: Our win at Wisconsin is bigger and more impressive than ANY win Tennessee will have all year.

[NavinRJohnson]

I have come to the conclusion that he is actually a jealous UWM fan, turned Tennessee fan after the sweaty one took that job, who comes here posing as a Marquette fan in some lame attempt to gain some level of credibility. Either way, I was sick of him shortly after his arrival. Not sure why he thinks anyone here cares about Tennessee, or that anyone here besides him cares to compare MU to UT.

[The Man in Gold]

Im sure the conversation went something like that as well.  Although Pearl was winning basketball games while shopping.  While MU looks like they cant win against a decent team.  Do you know how the money works?  The athletic departments get the money each team at a school generates.  That means all of MU and UTs money generated in ALL SPORTS goes back to their respective athletic departments.  IN cases like football, with the BCS, the conference as a whole benefits from any team making the BCS bowls. Teams like Ole Miss and Vandy collected money for LSU and UGA making BCS bowls. For instance take the last two years in JUST FOOTBALL.  Last yr FLA and LSU won BCS games.  This yr UGA and LSU won BCS games.  Combine that with their CBS contract to broadcast SEC games.  All in ALL every school in the SEC over the past 2 years has made 20 million dollars plus, just off of football.  TN and the SEC do not need the small amount of money from that one game.  If they didn't play that game TN would not struggle for money. 

Safe to say this would have been a very strange conversation to have.

Who knows maybe it did happen as MUVOL says...

SEC Commish: Hey Bruce, ESPN just pitched their match ups for next year.  They want you to play a Top 25 matchup at a neutral home-court and broadcast it nationally.  I don't need to remind you this opportunity represents a large revenue opportunity for the conference.

Bruce Pearl (While Painting on an Orange Blazer before a night on the town):  Gee sir that's great and all but as you know...

While MU looks like they cant win against a decent team.  Do you know how the money works?  The athletic departments get the money each team at a school generates.  That means all of MU and UTs money generated in ALL SPORTS goes back to their respective athletic departments.  IN cases like football, with the BCS, the conference as a whole benefits from any team making the BCS bowls. Teams like Ole Miss and Vandy collected money for LSU and UGA making BCS bowls. For instance take the last two years in JUST FOOTBALL.  Last yr FLA and LSU won BCS games.  This yr UGA and LSU won BCS games.  Combine that with their CBS contract to broadcast SEC games.  All in ALL every school in the SEC over the past 2 years has made 20 million dollars plus, just off of football.  TN and the SEC do not need the small amount of money from that one game.  If they didn't play that game TN would not struggle for money.  .

.. But I hear Pat Summit needs the gym that night so her team can raise another SEC championship banner.  So why not. 

SEC Commish:  Bruce, Thanks for the economics lesson.  That Boston College education has sure come in handy.  Thanks again for making the sacrifice for the good of the league; and don't worry you're check is in the mail.