All Realignment Talk Here
- Thread starter otis
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A little bit OT, but if it goes that direction, I really hope to see all participating schools add D1 Lacrosse if they aren't going to play D1 football. Would love to see the continuation of Big East Conference lacrosse even if not will all existing teams.
tom in salem
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The original BE was a hoops only conference.
If you're so concerned about Providence, then are you not equally concerned about BE charter memberSeton Hall? And what about Villanova, which joined in year 2?
As you so aptly describe it, the Big East "is in deep doo doo," and if Syracuse, BC, and Pitt (a BE member for 20 years) have shown indifference to the other schools in the conference, with UConn ready to go at a moment's notice and with rumors that not long ago Nova was looking to move as well, why should a fuzzy sense of allegiance to Providence and Seton Hall keep St. John's, if offered, from playing in the nation's best or next-to-best basketball conference? Is it because St. John's, Georgetown, Providence, and the Hall have special ties because they're all Catholic schools? BC and ND are Catholic schools too, and they don't seem to be wrestling with any Catholic guilt over their moves. It would be great see St. John's, Georgetown & Providence all go to the ACC, but I don't think the future of our program -- especially if we want to keep Steve Lavin here -- should be tied to Providence's or any other school's future.
P.S. On a lighter note, looking at your photo, I can see why your head hurts. (It's hurting me too.)
FWIW, I think that West Virginia person on twitter isn't reputable. I looked back at some of his tweets, and he seems to just be in the business of starting rumors.
But that doesn't change the fact that we probably will have a basketball only conference eventually.
It's just that on second glance I think his comment about SJU calling for a vote today is bogus.
But that doesn't change the fact that we probably will have a basketball only conference eventually.
It's just that on second glance I think his comment about SJU calling for a vote today is bogus.
tom in salem
Well-known member
I don't know what's dumber, this tweet or the fact that the presidents would not consultate prior to said vote.
Do a Yahoo search about the Big East disolving , other schools are talking about the same things we are. It's not just a simple twitter message .
Maybe St. John's got an invite to another conference and they wanna vote to dissolve the Big East so they won't have to pay the 10 million exit fee. We all know Father Harrington is very cheap and this is the onl;y way to avoid paying the exit fee. Make sense ?
Maybe St. John's got an invite to another conference and they wanna vote to dissolve the Big East so they won't have to pay the 10 million exit fee. We all know Father Harrington is very cheap and this is the onl;y way to avoid paying the exit fee. Make sense ?
tom in salem
Well-known member
Based on your math, he'd be better off letting all the football schools leave one by one and just sit back and collect their exit fees.
alexd.
Active member
MHver3 is an internet hack looking for attention. The reason other message boards are talking about the BE dissolving is because of him. Go back through his tweets of the past month. Every few days he has some unbelievable new news that no one else has and it never comes to fruition. For example, yesterday he wrote that the Pac10 has been talking with Houston and SDSU. OK. Whatever. I have to say he's been entertaining.
More from our friend:
MoMHver3@MHver3
"Espn stepping in. Telling the ACC to invite both UL and Uconn. "
Where there is smoke there is fire. We know this realignment is not complete. The Big East is not in a strong position. I just hope the people in charge have a plan that goes beyond staying in a watered down Big East.
MoMHver3@MHver3
"Espn stepping in. Telling the ACC to invite both UL and Uconn. "
Where there is smoke there is fire. We know this realignment is not complete. The Big East is not in a strong position. I just hope the people in charge have a plan that goes beyond staying in a watered down Big East.