UCONN the biggest loser

[hotfoottj]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

 

[fan5577]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

Living in CT and being a St. Johns fan has not been fun. I am not a big supporter of their program, however, they will be in the ACC as soon as Maryland leaves. They, unfortunately, will land on their feet.

 

[tom in salem]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

Living in CT and being a St. Johns fan has not been fun. I am not a big supporter of their program, however, they will be in the ACC as soon as Maryland leaves. They, unfortunately, will land on their feet.

L'ville replaced Maryland.

 

[fan5577]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

Living in CT and being a St. Johns fan has not been fun. I am not a big supporter of their program, however, they will be in the ACC as soon as Maryland leaves. They, unfortunately, will land on their feet.

L'ville replaced Maryland.

You are correct Tom. My overall point is that "they" are expecting more defections from the ACC and I believe UConn and Cincy are high on the ACC replacement list.

 

[Sherman Sheridan & Grant]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

Welcome a "board"!

 

[SI1996]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

That's a crappy football conference as well.

 

[ErickTheRed]

If there are more moves ( and I'm sure there will be ) the ACC will go way of old Big East, with FSU, Clemson, Miami going to SEC/Big12 and schools like UVA, BC NC going to Big 10. So in a few years the ACC will be Duke and the other big east schools along with wake and tech enjoy

 

[fan5577]

If there are more moves ( and I'm sure there will be ) the ACC will go way of old Big East, with FSU, Clemson, Miami going to SEC/Big12 and schools like UVA, BC NC going to Big 10. So in a few years the ACC will be Duke and the other big east schools along with wake and tech enjoy

Maybe at that point Duke will smarten up and drop BCS football and join the Big East! :blink:
Now is that Big East Dreamin' or what?

 

[jrhoops1949]

When you look at the new conference X, you can only conclude that UCONN is taking the biggest fall.
Cincinnati, So Florida, Cent Florida, SMU, Tulane, Memphis, Temple, Houston, East Carolina, are no substitutes
for Syracuse, St John's etc etc.
Who will want to play for them with a basketball league like that?
Never really liked them but can't help feeling a bit of sympathy for their followers.
However, they still have FOOTBALL !!!!!!

Living in CT and being a St. Johns fan has not been fun. I am not a big supporter of their program, however, they will be in the ACC as soon as Maryland leaves. They, unfortunately, will land on their feet.

L'ville replaced Maryland.

You are correct Tom. My overall point is that "they" are expecting more defections from the ACC and I believe UConn and Cincy are high on the ACC replacement list.

Any chance the ACC can really get ripped apart?

 

[jrhoops1949]

If there are more moves ( and I'm sure there will be ) the ACC will go way of old Big East, with FSU, Clemson, Miami going to SEC/Big12 and schools like UVA, BC NC going to Big 10. So in a few years the ACC will be Duke and the other big east schools along with wake and tech enjoy

I posted before I read this. That would be good. Hate to wish anyone bad luck, but they been nasty. They had a nice tight 9 team league, and only NC and Duke voted against raiding us. If they promoted what they had, and only having to split money 9 ways, might have been the way to go.

 

[lawmanfan]

Any chance the ACC can really get ripped apart?

I think that the answer to this is yes. Of the "power conferences" the ACC makes the least money - far less than the Big 10 and the SEC. Any team that can leave the ACC for one of those leagues, will. There's just no way a school is going to stay in the ACC and make $10 million per year when they can get $30 million per year in the Big 10 or $20 million per year in the SEC. The Big 12 might take a team or two as well. They all want to get to 16.

It would not surprise me in the least if 4 years from now what are now the flagship programs of the ACC are playing in other leagues and what remains of the ACC merges with the America 12.

 

[pdcjay]

The ACC is just as bad off as the Big East was 2 years ago. The only way they're safe is if Notre Dame goes all in (doubtful at best) with the ACC and even then a lot of the realignment surely would have happened already. You could be looking at Boston College, Syracuse, Pitt, Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest, and UConn, Cincy, USF (if allowed in). How pissed do you think Notre Dame would be having to play 5 of those guys each year in football? If the ACC was really proactive they would have merged with the Big East so to keep all the Big East media markets with them…a move their butt buddy ESPN would have loved! As the president of UMD said..."Everyone thinks you make your money in seats. You make it on eyeballs on a screen." The potential for a huge payoff for the new Big East is there. I don't believe these schools have the market penetration of the larger universities of the ACC but no doubt the potential is staggering with the major media markets that are included in the league. If the ACC does get raided, ESPN will be hustling for college sports programming 5 years from now. I'm sure they'll find something and the mouse will outbid someone for something but it'd be funny to see them scramble. Maybe when the new Big East's contract renewal is up with Fox you could see a reversal of roles between the new Big east and current ACC. Wouldn't that be something? Poor little catholic schools