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 “Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of UConn, of Cincinnati, of “No tomb for the Big East. No long, slow sleep of death embalmed. We shall burn, like the heathen conferences of old!”
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Poor little guy 
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:21 |
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Goetta posted:Poor little guy He's like Pippin being drug to the funeral pyre with Denethor...
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:22 |
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Somewhere in East Tennessee Pat Summitt is going to sit outside on the porch of a big Tennessee farmhouse to watch the sun rise and read the morning paper. As she sips some coffee or perhaps sweet tea she'll open the sports section and read about the Big East collapsing and UConn's floundering to escape. A small smile will creep across her face and she'll give a satisfied nod. She won't quite be able to recall the reason, but she'll just know that the collapse of UConn's athletics program into some minor conference just feels right.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:28 |
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I will piss on DeLoss Dodds' grave when this is all said and done.
Ron Pauls Friend fucked around with this message at Dec 13, 2012 around 19:48 |
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:of It is a great day to not be caught up in this mess, wherever you may be.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:46 |
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Ron Pauls Friend posted:I will piss on DeLoss Dodds' grave when this is all said and done. Is that before or after UH loses to Texas State in the Sun Belt championship game
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:49 |
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Korranus posted:Is that before or after UH loses to Texas State in the Sun Belt championship game Franchi-owned.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:50 |
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As a Marquette fan, I want the seven Catholics to poach Butler, Xavier, Dayton, Creighton, and Gonzaga. Just a nice big "gently caress Football" conference. vvv Yeah, but you know what their bread-and-butter is vvv Cuban Chowder Factory fucked around with this message at Dec 13, 2012 around 19:55 |
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Cuban Chowder Factory posted:As a Marquette fan, I want the seven Catholics to poach Butler, Xavier, Dayton, Creighton, and Gonzaga. Just a nice big "gently caress Football" conference. But not gonna lie that'd be an incredible basketball conference.
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Ghost of Reagan Past posted:Butler and Dayton play football. I mean, so do Georgetown and Villanova, so no big deal I'd think.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:55 |
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So can anyone give me a simple explanation of why the Catholic schools are leaving?
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As a Texas fan explain to me how this is likely our fault
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:56 |
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Declan MacManus posted:So can anyone give me a simple explanation of why the Catholic schools are leaving?
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 19:59 |
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Declan MacManus posted:So can anyone give me a simple explanation of why the Catholic schools are leaving? TV contract issues, constant defections, travel concerns, lousy new adds like Tulane. Or at least that's what's in all the news articles.
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Declan MacManus posted:So can anyone give me a simple explanation of why the Catholic schools are leaving? Check out this blog entry by one of the espn writers, but apparently the basketball schools are tired of being "pushed around" by the football money.  quote:Finally, the Big East -- the true essence of the league, not the ramshackle Ellis Island it has currently become -- is doing something. They want the conference to be basketball focused and you know, just gets funnier from that point on. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...lege-basketball
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go3 posted:As a Texas fan explain to me how this is likely our fault The money generated by the Longhorn Network forced a sea change where TV demographics and marketability became the primary paradigm in realignment solutions, rather than geographic considerations and tradition, forcing conferences into disparate survival strategies which in the Big East's case was unsustainable. Korranus fucked around with this message at Dec 13, 2012 around 20:03 |
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Declan MacManus posted:So can anyone give me a simple explanation of why the Catholic schools are leaving? The Big East doesn't really make any sense anymore. The schools have nothing in common in general, which would be fine if there was a bunch of football tv money to keep everyone happy. But it became apparent really fast that wasn't going to happen after RU and UL left.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 20:00 |
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:
I love you for this OP.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 20:01 |
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Declan MacManus posted:So can anyone give me a simple explanation of why the Catholic schools are leaving? They're giant entitled babies deluded as to their actual value. adaz posted:Check out this blog entry by one of the espn writers, but apparently the basketball schools are tired of being "pushed around" by the football money. They made every loving decision for the past twenty years!
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I hope the Big East dies just because I'm tired of reading about it and gently caress having schools from Idaho and California in an east coast conference.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 20:18 |
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Libertine posted:I hope the Big East dies just because I'm tired of reading about it and gently caress having schools from Idaho and California in an east coast conference. Listen, it's a really Big East.
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Korranus posted:The money generated by the Longhorn Network forced a sea change where TV demographics and marketability became the primary paradigm in realignment solutions, rather than geographic considerations and tradition, forcing conferences into disparate survival strategies which in the Big East's case was unsustainable. The Longhorn Network is a symptom of the money grabbing, not the cause. UT's just muscling its way to a bigger payday in a different way.
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Korranus posted:The money generated by the Longhorn Network forced a sea change where TV demographics and marketability became the primary paradigm in realignment solutions, rather than geographic considerations and tradition, forcing conferences into disparate survival strategies which in the Big East's case was unsustainable. The Big 10 Network was what did that. The Longhorn Network is just an extreme example of it.
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go3 posted:As a Texas fan explain to me how this is likely our fault If you actually have to wonder why, you are indeed a Texas fan
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 20:46 |
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Isn't the Longhorn Network hemorrhaging money right now because it pretty much can't be seen outside of Austin?
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 20:55 |
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Coco13 posted:Listen, it's a really Big East. It is all East of the West Coast.
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Cuban Chowder Factory posted:As a Marquette fan, I want the seven Catholics to poach Butler, Xavier, Dayton, Creighton, and Gonzaga. Just a nice big "gently caress Football" conference. the Zags are more than happy with their King of the Catholic West status. Travel times and flights into and out of Spokane are fairly tough compared to places like Philly and New York.
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Elephanthead posted:It is all East of the West Coast. It's all East of Hawaii. Note: Hawaii to join Big East in 2019.
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Benne posted:Isn't the Longhorn Network hemorrhaging money right now because it pretty much can't be seen outside of Austin? My understanding is it's not losing money or anything but Texas is getting paid a bit over half of what they were expecting since most TV providers don't want the package. swickles posted:It's all East of Hawaii. Note: Hawaii to join Big East in 2019. This would be hilarious if it weren't also probable at this point. 
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swickles posted:It's all East of Hawaii. Note: Hawaii to join Big East in 2019. What part of the island chain is the University of Hawaii located on, hmmm?
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Goetta posted:What part of the island chain is the University of Hawaii located on, hmmm? I guess it's... technically east of Kauai...
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Basil Hayden posted:I guess it's... technically east of Kauai... The Big East: East of Guam! Note: Guam to join in 2024.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 21:05 |
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Well at least Joe Paterno has something to laugh about from the grave.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 21:07 |
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Benne posted:Isn't the Longhorn Network hemorrhaging money right now because it pretty much can't be seen outside of Austin? No, ESPN pays about $10 million for something or other to do with it. UT has endowed seven academic chairs with the money from the network.
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Benne posted:Isn't the Longhorn Network hemorrhaging money right now because it pretty much can't be seen outside of Austin? The best part is OU's 3rd tier content is going to be in 80 million homes from the jump because FOX isn't holding out for AMC-level money from the cable companies like ESPN is for the LHN.
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All the cool schools have their own dedicated networks. Even if some of them are an SD channel on a regional cable provider
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 21:12 |
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:He's like Pippin being drug to the funeral pyre with Denethor... I don't get this ref, I don't think I want to get this ref.
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| # ? Dec 13, 2012 21:23 |
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ExplodeYourself posted:It is a great day to not be caught up in this mess, wherever you may be. Depending how it shakes out we might be looking at not having a home in another 12 years so I'm not willing to quite go that far.
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Brennan posted:I don't get this ref, I don't think I want to get this ref. Give me a little bit and I'll turn it into a 40k ref.
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