Watching the game; they were a great addition to the AAC.
I always felt ECU would be a more than capable addition to the Big East, now American Athletic Conference. They were sometime compared to VA Tech or WVA by Mike Aresco.
Here is something I wrote in 2012 under my ESPN name White Dog 777 Everyone was talking down on ECU like they were a garbage team. Today, ECU could beat, Cuse, Pitt, Ville, WVA, Rutgers & TCU!
White Dog 777
2012/11/29 at 10:31 am
Would have been great to be invited to ACC but we weren’t. We are close, very close to an invite from either the ACC or the B1G. For now, UCONN has to suck it up and hope that Mike Aresco and team can land a respectable contract for the now coast to coast Big East. The most recent losses of Rutgers and Louisville have been offset somewhat by ECU (they draw 50K per football game) and Tulane both from CUSA. Let’s not forget that is where Louisville came from. In Basketball the additions of Memphis and Temple are quality. I would like to see if Aresco can lure Xavier for Bball from the A10 as their rivalry with neighbor Cincinnati is intense. If things hold together and Aresco brings in Air Force or maybe a Fresno or Colorado state, who knows the TV money might be better than expected. How do you choose to look at the glass? Half full or Half empty?
Watching the game; they were a great addition to the AAC.