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Uconn is not happy!

Started by Tugg Speedman, December 14, 2012, 04:19:17 PM

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Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on December 14, 2012, 07:11:38 PM
He makes a lot of good points.  Can't blame UConn fans for being bitter.

Bitterness toward the basketball schools is misplaced.  It doesn't matter that Penn State was denied admission or that the football schools never broke away as they decided to in 2003.  Even if both those decisions were reversed, the smaller Big East with only football schools still would have been poached off one by one by The Big 10, etc. when cable TV became the driving force behind conference affiliation.

The only thing that UConn has to be bitter about is that they were left behind (so far) when almost everyone else was asked to the dance.  If they are honest with themselves, they need to look at the UConn community for the villains responsible for them being left behind.  The number one villain would be whoever pissed off Boston College so badly that BC has always opposed UConn joining the ACC.  Villain number two would be Calhoun for recruiting the players who got UConn men's basketball on NCAA probation for poor academic advancement of it players.

Look in the mirror, dudes.
You actually have a degree from Marquette?

Quote from: muguru
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.

Earl Tatum

UConn SUCKS. They were siding with Pitt and Syracuse, but got the shaft in the end. Tell to join savannah State, St. Leo's
Fairfield and the Little Sisters of the Poor.

slingkong

Quote from: Marcus92 on December 15, 2012, 11:40:18 AM
I have no interest in UConn joining the C7, football or no football. And that's not to diminish the importance of 3 national championships. But I think the long-term success of any new league depends on all the schools sharing the strongest possible bond.

Yes, winning matters. So does revenue. But it's also true that private, Catholic universities have a different outlook than public universities. When making strategic decisions, MU considers unique factors (mission, faith, service) that don't apply to a school like UConn. And vice-versa. The common ties with Georgetown and the other schools make a difference.

Just as important, I also think UConn has a serious integrity problem. A 3-year probation for recruiting violations was a black eye for the Huskies, the university and the Big East. UNLV faced a similar situation 20+ years ago and arguably still hasn't fully recovered. Marquette can do better.

Agree with your concern about UConn's recent violations but to say that only small, private, religiously-affiliated schools should be considered is shortsighted.  Take the best sports programs possible that aren't going to bolt (or maybe even some that could bolt), get the TV coin, and move on.

Tugg Speedman

Quote from: slingkong on December 19, 2012, 10:55:00 AM
Agree with your concern about UConn's recent violations but to say that only small, private, religiously-affiliated schools should be considered is shortsighted.  Take the best sports programs possible that aren't going to bolt (or maybe even some that could bolt), get the TV coin, and move on.


+1

If Cincy Uconn and Memphis want into a basketball-only conference, it should happen.

Of course they do not want into a basketball-only conference so it will not happen.


GGGG

Quote from: AnotherMU84 on December 19, 2012, 10:58:21 AM
+1

If Cincy Uconn and Memphis want into a basketball-only conference, it should happen.


Only if they drop football. 





LauxForThree

Geno should think twice before taking some kind of "high road".  His own indiscretions place him a glass house where thou shalt not throw a stone.

What a jerk.

GGGG

"Auriemma theorized Tuesday that the seven schools stayed in the conference as long as there was money to be made. And now, with the conference struggling to secure a media-rights deal with its recent upheaval, the seven schools decided to exit."


Can't get anything past him....  Dude's a regular Sherlock Holmes.

Benny B

Quote from: LittleMurs on January 08, 2015, 07:10:33 PM
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny.  Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.

Warrior3211

Geno sounds like an idiot.  I wonder if he ran that by UConn's SID before talking to ESPN.  Someone should be reminding him that UConn tried to bolt for the ACC (twice) and how there were these other schools that really broke the conference up for money... founding members like Syracuse. 

Nice UConn.... You stay classy.

MU82

Geno doesn't give a single example of a vote by the Catholic schools that screwed the conference.

D-bag.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

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Quote from: AnotherMU84 on December 19, 2012, 10:58:21 AM
+1

If Cincy Uconn and Memphis want into a basketball-only conference, it should happen.

Quote from: The Sultan of South Wayne on December 19, 2012, 11:23:40 AM

Only if they drop football.  

.........to the same level (FCS) as Villanova, Georgetown, Butler, and Dayton.
You actually have a degree from Marquette?

Quote from: muguru
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.