OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

[Kolumbo]

Me too......I think. If he has. I'm not sure I'll ever get over it

 

[FfldCntyFan]

That's what UConn seemingly gets in every game against the ACC.


And despite that massive blowout, UConn's loss against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl is more of a big deal. Our team was overwhelmed, but at least they fought. Other team, nah, they get a free pass for laying a massive dump.

One amazing thing about that was when FSU played their first major bowl game under Bobby Bowden (1980 Orange Bowl) they were blown out by Oklahoma (24-7; which one can argue was more significant a blowout than 48-20, especially as 14 of Oklahoma's points against us were pick six's that went through our WR's hands). Somehow, their loss wasn't held against them.

 

[freescooter]

Virginia Tech got absolutely hammered that year in theOrange Bowl. 40-12. But nobody wrote that VaTech didn’t belong.

 

[billybud]

The problem with UConn’s resume is that it points to an 8-5 year and a blowout bowl as the primo year.

You get more latitude when you finish top 10 once…more so for multiple appearances.

 

[bendm]

Judge orders Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference to mediation in latest legal roundJudge orders Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference to mediation in latest legal round

 

[Kolumbo]

The problem with UConn’s resume is that it points to an 8-5 year and a blowout bowl as the primo year.

You get more latitude when you finish top 10 once…more so for multiple appearances.

The club doesn't want new members and is trying to thin the herd. We get it.

 

[billybud]

It is indeed thinning the herd...Actuallythe herd was thinned thinned it a ways back, almost painlessly...

First P5 and G5...then P4...then P2

I think that the Big 12 may go the opposite way.

Try to take UConn, Duke, Virginia...and be the premier basketball conference.

 

[AllHusky]

It is indeed thinning the herd...Actuallythe herd was thinned thinned it a ways back, almost painlessly...

First P5 and G5...then P4...then P2

I think that the Big 12 may go the opposite way.

Try to take UConn, Duke, Virginia...and be the premier basketball conference.

when?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

It is indeed thinning the herd...Actuallythe herd was thinned thinned it a ways back, almost painlessly...

First P5 and G5...then P4...then P2

I think that the Big 12 may go the opposite way.

Try to take UConn, Duke, Virginia...and be the premier basketball conference.

General question for you:

Do you believe that thinning the herd is a good thing or a bad thing?

 

[king conn]

Me too......I think. If he has. I'm not sure I'll ever get over it

Who the heck is he conversing with at this point, himself?

Anyone who calls out his bs gets eliminated

 

[CL82]

Do you believe that thinning the herd is a good thing or a bad thing?

Depends. Are we talking about Boneyard posters?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Depends. Are we talking about Boneyard posters?

Billybud specifically.

 

[CL82]

Billybud specifically.

I was thinking Deepster myself. This past years half assed mojo effort was an embarrassment.

 

[Waquoit]

And despite that massive blowout, UConn's loss against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl is more of a big deal. Our team was overwhelmed, but at least they fought. Other team, nah, they get a free pass for laying a massive dump.

That's a big reason I was so against bringing back Edsall. The biggest game in UConn history, we did not get 100% from him and are still paying the price. And yet UConn rewarded him with millons of dollars down the road.

 

[Kolumbo]

It is indeed thinning the herd...Actuallythe herd was thinned thinned it a ways back, almost painlessly...

First P5 and G5...then P4...then P2

I think that the Big 12 may go the opposite way.

Try to take UConn, Duke, Virginia...and be the premier basketball conference.

"Painlessly?" The exact opposite. Contracting rather than expanding makes no sense at all. First it killed Big East Football, then it destroyed a great PAC 12 conference. Athletic conferences stretching coast-to-coast across 4 time zones. Elite programs continue to sell their souls joining conferences which will damper their success and only be a negative for student-athletes and fans. Endless consternation across hundreds of fan sites trying to figure out what will happen next. Legal wranglings. It's a complete cluster fork and makes no sense.

 

[KryHavok]

That's a big reason I was so against bringing back Edsall. The biggest game in UConn history, we did not get 100% from him and are still paying the price. And yet UConn rewarded him with millons of dollars down the road.

Quite a feat that he will be forever perceived as they guy who was responsible for our ascendency (beating Notre Dame, getting to the Fiesta Bowl, and beating SEC South Carolina in a bowl as my top 3) while also being responsible for our demise; TBH, he shares that distinction with Suzy & Warde. I would have rather had some college or NFL retread coach (vis-a-vis Mora...hell even a high school coach) than Edsall era 2.

 

[BlueHen]

Quite a feat that he will be forever perceived as they guy who was responsible for our ascendency (beating Notre Dame, getting to the Fiesta Bowl, and beating SEC South Carolina in a bowl as my top 3) while also being responsible for our demise; TBH, he shares that distinction with Suzy & Warde. I would have rather had some college or NFL retread coach (vis-a-vis Mora...hell even a high school coach) than Edsall era 2.

Edsall was never the same after he left in 2011. I like to think it was karma for the way he left, but it could also be that he couldn't live up the expectations/pressure at Maryland and the second stint at UConn.

 

[billybud]

"Painlessly?" The exact opposite. Contracting rather than expanding makes no sense at all. First it killed Big East Football, then it destroyed a great PAC 12 conference. Athletic conferences stretching coast-to-coast across 4 time zones. Elite programs continue to sell their souls joining conferences which will damper their success and only be a negative for student-athletes and fans. Endless consternation across hundreds of fan sites trying to figure out what will happen next. Legal wranglings. It's a complete cluster fork and makes no sense.

Painlessly for the perpetrators. No law suits. No sweat for the B1G and SEC.

 

[billybud]

The cartel captured the CFP. The media money….and no kickback yet that worries them.

 

[Rufus]

Florida AG files lawsuit against ACC in FSU case

Florida's attorney general sued the Atlantic Coast Conference on Thursday in an attempt to receive the media rights contracts with Florida State University as part of an ongoing dispute as FSU seeks to leave the conference.

www.espn.com

 

[billybud]

I guess, if you are in pain, you react to the word “painless “. I was actually thinking of the ease that the Borg have had consolidating and pushing their agenda.

 

[KryHavok]

I was actually thinking of the ease that the Borg have had consolidating and pushing their agenda.

I wish the BIG12 went full Borg and assimilated UConn. "We will add your (basketball) biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your (football) culture will adapt to service us.".

 

[BlueHen]

I wish the BIG12 went full Borg and assimilated UConn. "We will add your (basketball) biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your (football) culture will adapt to service us.".

Resistance is futile.

 

[billybud]

I wish the BIG12 went full Borg and assimilated UConn. "We will add your (basketball) biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your (football) culture will adapt to service us."

I do think that the Big 12 might augment basketball with UConn and Duke.

 

[Patman]

Quite a feat that he will be forever perceived as they guy who was responsible for our ascendency (beating Notre Dame, getting to the Fiesta Bowl, and beating SEC South Carolina in a bowl as my top 3) while also being responsible for our demise; TBH, he shares that distinction with Suzy & Warde. I would have rather had some college or NFL retread coach (vis-a-vis Mora...hell even a high school coach) than Edsall era 2.

I still blame Hathaway as the real culprit behind UConn's current situation. Man couldn't find hustle if it smacked around and kissed him.