Were the Catholic 7 being foolish?

[GurneeHitchkr]

Did everyone forget what "those football schools" did to the Big East and to us?  Remember the turmoil this board had back then? Remember all of your posts bashing those schools?  F them.  We'll be fine.

[Tugg Speedman]

Did everyone forget what "those football schools" did to the Big East and to us?  Remember the turmoil this board had back then? Remember all of your posts bashing those schools?  F them.  We'll be fine.

No everyone's memory is only three weeks ... right Matty

[Groin_pull]

Buzz is a coward.

He bailed on New Orleans when things got tough.

He bailed on MU for a job in which if he makes one NCAA tournament in the next five years he is a hero.

He is a coward

Keep preaching the truth, my brother. Glad someone else wasn't buying Brent's crap.

[mattyv1908]

No everyone's memory is only three weeks ... right Matty

Hell I wish I could forget all of your countless nonsensical topics from the last three weeks alone.

[GoldenWarrior11]

Can't believe this is even a topic.  Would Marquette be better off facing Creighton, Xavier and Butler, or East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa?

The AAC has had a solid year in all sports, no doubt.  UCF won the Fiesta Bowl over the BIG 12 champions, Baylor.  UCONN has advanced to the Final Four.  However, if you judge the long-term stability of the Big East vs. The American, the Big East wins hands down.  The AAC will always be the "on-deck" conference - schools that look for that invitation to the big boys table with the P5.  Cincinnati wants out.  Connecticut wants out.  If USF or UCF were to receive an invitation to either the ACC or BIG 12, they would leave too - as would any school in the American conference.

The Big East schools are earning more money from Fox than the AAC does from ESPN.  The Big East is, for the first time in decades, is stable from poaching from other conferences.  Marquette, and the rest of the conference, is in great hands.

[mattyv1908]

Can't believe this is even a topic.  Would Marquette be better off facing Creighton, Xavier and Butler, or East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa?

The AAC has had a solid year in all sports, no doubt.  UCF won the Fiesta Bowl over the BIG 12 champions, Baylor.  UCONN has advanced to the Final Four.  However, if you judge the long-term stability of the Big East vs. The American, the Big East wins hands down.  The AAC will always be the "on-deck" conference - schools that look for that invitation to the big boys table with the P5.  Cincinnati wants out.  Connecticut wants out.  If USF or UCF were to receive an invitation to either the ACC or BIG 12, they would leave too - as would any school in the American conference.

The Big East schools are earning more money from Fox than the AAC does from ESPN.  The Big East is, for the first time in decades, is stable from poaching from other conferences.  Marquette, and the rest of the conference, is in great hands.

I would agree with almost all of this with a giant disclaimer, as in the Big East teams have to be successful nationally.  Name recognition is great and will help schools weather short term disruptions but if teams consistently miss out on post season play or suffer first round losses regularly at some point the horses will stop coming to the program.

[GoldenWarrior11]

I would agree with almost all of this with a giant disclaimer, as in the Big East teams have to be successful nationally.  Name recognition is great and will help schools weather short term disruptions but if teams consistently miss out on post season play or suffer first round losses regularly at some point the horses will stop coming to the program.

No doubt, that's why it is imperative that we do not view the future of our success dependent on the results of the first year our conference had together.  Let it grow - the results will come.

[mattyv1908]

No doubt, that's why it is imperative that we do not view the future of our success dependent on the results of the first year our conference had together.  Let it grow - the results will come.

I agree wholeheartedly, but I'm less hopeful of the immediate next 2-3 years of the conference.  Think we're headed for the Pac 12 2008-12 lull in my opinion.  I've been on record saying we were much closer to a 2 bid league this year (Xavier last 2 in, Providence winning BET) than we were to a 5 bid league.  I've also posted I predict next season is a 3 bid league.

And while I absolutely think the seven schools who obtained the Big East name did the best thing given the circumstances, I think it's foolish to view it as them getting rid of the football schools instead of a reaction to the attrition that was already in progress within the conference.

[Chicos' Buzz Scandal Countdown]

You realize that every school you add reduces your revenue, right?  You Jesuits and your hand-outs, smh.

K