But then after the Big East formed my understanding is that Penn State applied for full membership in the Big East and was denied by a 5 to 3 vote primarily by basketball only schools. That was the problem with the hybrid Old Big East where basketball only schools did nothing to protect the football schools. It's also why John Thompson and Lou Carnesecca were full of crap in "Requiem for the Big East."
Yeah and your point? Doesn’t change anything I said.
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The no votes are interesting. Of course FSU, Clemson and UNC almost certainly have invitations to the B1G/SEC, but I can't imagine NCST does. Is NCST voting no to blow up the league and would rather go to the Big 12? If that were to happen the ACC won't be part of top line college football and the 3 big conferences would lock down the playoffs for themselves. At that point Notre Dame will have to join the B1G. The only way this result can be changed is if Notre Dame joined the ACC now for football, that would ensure the ACC remains in the game. It's some high level poker being played.
They are pinning their hopes on that UNC thumbs their nose at the SEC, and joins the higher academic quality B1G. Then, SEC still wants a North Carolina presence, and voila.
Beat me to it. Other then that one year in a pathetic OBE, do the Mutts have any cfb history to speak of?
I would think NCST's preferred landing spot would be the SEC, with the BigXII second (assuming they want to leave the ACC).
They voted differently in 2003 when SU got shut out.
Clemson will go from being as close to a lock for the new 12 team playoff every year to once or twice a decade in the SEC. Be careful what you wish for.
The Dolphins half packed stadium year in and out says the fans don’t care much about pro football either.
Sure but that’s pro football, which is the most popular sport in America. There are in fact Syracuse fans all over upstate New York, from Buffalo to Albany, Watertown to Binghamton. When Cuse is good, the fans come out. We just need to get consistently good again.
I graduated in 85. I would like UConn and Syracuse to play BB again annually and would like them back in the garden.
The belief has been that NC State and Va Tech will go to whichever of the super-conferences that doesn't get UNC and UVa because both want better access to NC and VA.
Has mentioned UConn in like 13 of his 17 posts lol
Whatever. The post is about conference realignment. Cinci wV Pitt UConn BC Rutgers and Syracuse should be in the conference.
That could be. I do think the teams voting yes see that if the ACC doesn't do something proactive, the conference is on borrowed time and the next vote will be to dissolve the conference.
For sure…..now play the What if? game. Turn The clock back to 2021. SU at FSU. Game tied and that third and seven call/no call which basically gave FSU the game.
You said this: “Half the ACC schools want Syracuse and BC out of the conference.”
That game still makes my blood boil. That Travis run along the sideline, after pretending to go out... Obvious hold on Wax. I'm still hoping for Novell to not know what to do with all the talent. But, I get the sinking feeling it's like wishing for Hurley's coaching to submarine the Huskies during the Tourney.
Why on earth would we add a football program that couldn’t hack it in the AAC which is also in a small market and that no one in the tri state area really cares about? Yeah let’s legitimize them to further dilute the NE recruiting waters.
Reasonable people can differ on adding any of these other than SMU. Btw I read recently that UConn athletics has a deficit of over $50mm as is. That and they were called out this week in a front page WSJ article (along with a number of other public universities including PSU) for profligate spending which has then been dropped on students through tuition hikes.
Good point. I left out the debt part.
