Interesting article on the addition of Memphis

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  1. metsfan2323 Popular Poster

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    metsfan2323, Feb 12, 2012
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  2. HuskyfanDan no shift key here

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    John Marinatto, the commissioner of the Big East Conference and a wide-faced Rhode Islander, sat in front of his steak.

    thats where i left it
    HuskyfanDan, Feb 12, 2012
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  3. Fishy 6'6", 250

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    It is a good article.

    It highlights the contrast in perspective.

    The schools in the Big East cannot get out fast enough. A school like Memphis cannot get in fast enough. Grown men are crying when their school is invited here. It is good to see on some level - it has not changed my mind - but good to see.
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  4. TRest Popular Poster

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    It is funny to see how excited the new BE fans are on other boards. I don't want to act like SU fans from 2003 and piss in their cheerios, so I only bitch about it here.
    TRest, Feb 12, 2012
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    So when does FedEx buy up 50% of the signage at the Rent & repaint the building Orange & purple?
    coachcap, Feb 12, 2012
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    I guess UPS won't keep delivering the game ball.
    zls44, Feb 12, 2012
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  8. HartbeatHusky Popular Poster

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    It was a good article and really shed some light on the whole process. It also makes it perfectly clear that ECU and S. Miss and the like have no prayer of getting into this league anytime soon. If you aren't in a big TV market and don't have corporate backing forget about it.
    HartbeatHusky, Feb 12, 2012
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  9. CL82 Popular Poster

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    From a different article...

    Interesting. LINK
    CL82, Feb 12, 2012
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  10. junglehusky Popular Poster

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    Then you missed this part:

    What kind of chips were they??? Barbecue? Sea Salt & Vinear? Sour cream & onion?I bet they were barbecue.
    junglehusky, Feb 12, 2012
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  11. HuskyfanDan no shift key here

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    wow, what a joke. Quinnipiac could get a BE invite if they just take him to downtown new haven for a pizza dinner.
    HuskyfanDan, Feb 12, 2012
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    I like it. The League of Dreams! I actually feel a bit better.
    Waquoit, Feb 12, 2012
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  13. MattMang23 Popular Poster

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    My favorite quote of that article was "no one had dessert." I call bullsh*t. You're telling me John Marinatto didn't help himself to some dessert?? There's no way in this world that John Marinatto did not have dessert. I refuse to believe it.
    MattMang23, Feb 12, 2012
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  14. Chin Diesel Popular Poster

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    I'm sure Meatball discreetly asked the wait staff to wrap up a couple of cannoli's and put them in a "to go" box for him.
    Chin Diesel, Feb 12, 2012
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    It's rumored Marinatto leaves breadcrumbs so he can find his way home. According to his wife he'd never come home again without food to entice him. "I leave a cannoli every 100 yards" she says. "John thinks it s football field and the cannoli is in the end zone. He really likes football" she added possibly referring to rumors that the Big East Commissioner is a basketball-only Commissioner. "Cannoli football is his favorite sport".
    RS9999X, Feb 12, 2012
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