He combines football sarcasm with our need to beg the Big 12.
"What country do we live in? America?" Baylor coach Art Briles said before the final rankings came out, arguing that he'd beaten TCU. "If you and I race and you beat me, you're faster than me. We play a football game on the field, we win, we're the better team. We are, and that's the way it is."
Only they weren't the better conference.
And that's why UConn president Susan Herbst and athletic director Warde Manuel ought to bring all UConn's national championship trophies down to Big 12 headquarters today. Walk to Irving, Texas, if needed. Put the trophies on Bowlsby's desk and tell him how the Huskies can bring quality academics and so much basketball credibility to his conference, how they can extend the footprint East toward New York. You know, get in on the Power 5 gold while still being years away from actually winning the Big 12 football title and stealing the thunder of the gridiron powers.
Unless, of course, Bob Diaco has a plan to win the Big 12 next year.
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-jeff-jacobs-1208-20141207-column.html#page=1
"What country do we live in? America?" Baylor coach Art Briles said before the final rankings came out, arguing that he'd beaten TCU. "If you and I race and you beat me, you're faster than me. We play a football game on the field, we win, we're the better team. We are, and that's the way it is."
Only they weren't the better conference.
And that's why UConn president Susan Herbst and athletic director Warde Manuel ought to bring all UConn's national championship trophies down to Big 12 headquarters today. Walk to Irving, Texas, if needed. Put the trophies on Bowlsby's desk and tell him how the Huskies can bring quality academics and so much basketball credibility to his conference, how they can extend the footprint East toward New York. You know, get in on the Power 5 gold while still being years away from actually winning the Big 12 football title and stealing the thunder of the gridiron powers.
Unless, of course, Bob Diaco has a plan to win the Big 12 next year.
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-jeff-jacobs-1208-20141207-column.html#page=1