Fishy
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Two things that we hoped were not actually an issue for the Big Ten were clearly defined as issues last week by Jim Delaney....
""We said, how do we participate in the new paradigm? Our answer was let's look at contiguous states first, let's look at AAU members first, and let's figure out if there is a way to continue to bridge from Penn State into the Mid-Atlantic. Is there a way to collaborate with like institutions, to grow our footprint, to compete and to position ourselves for the future? We determined this is the best way to accomplish those ends."
I don't think there is any reason to be optimistic about UConn's chance at Big Ten membership. The first time the Big Ten expanded, they evaluated a number of schools and dismissed the likes of Missouri, Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers, etc. - those schools have all proven to be more desirable properties than UConn. They're not bumping us up now.
On the ACC - I think we perfect storm'd this one. We have somehow managed to make a shambles of our two major programs at a time when Louisville has managed not to trip on their own dicks. The perception in our programs could not possibly be more divergent.
We're even going to send our football team to be slaughtered in Louisville today while their basketball team gets to beat Duke in a preseason tournament. By Sunday morning, any UConn supporters in high places in the ACC will be looking for cover.
We've drawn a royal flush of disaster - two years ago, we roll through this - the ACC doesn't even stop to consider Louisville.
""We said, how do we participate in the new paradigm? Our answer was let's look at contiguous states first, let's look at AAU members first, and let's figure out if there is a way to continue to bridge from Penn State into the Mid-Atlantic. Is there a way to collaborate with like institutions, to grow our footprint, to compete and to position ourselves for the future? We determined this is the best way to accomplish those ends."
I don't think there is any reason to be optimistic about UConn's chance at Big Ten membership. The first time the Big Ten expanded, they evaluated a number of schools and dismissed the likes of Missouri, Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers, etc. - those schools have all proven to be more desirable properties than UConn. They're not bumping us up now.
On the ACC - I think we perfect storm'd this one. We have somehow managed to make a shambles of our two major programs at a time when Louisville has managed not to trip on their own dicks. The perception in our programs could not possibly be more divergent.
We're even going to send our football team to be slaughtered in Louisville today while their basketball team gets to beat Duke in a preseason tournament. By Sunday morning, any UConn supporters in high places in the ACC will be looking for cover.
We've drawn a royal flush of disaster - two years ago, we roll through this - the ACC doesn't even stop to consider Louisville.