Re: Expand C-USA??!!

[Brian Johnson]

I've NEVER heard a good explanation as to why a
football conference needs to expand in order to
improve.  The Big East, Big Ten, ACC and Pac 10 are
all in the BCS, despite having less than 12 football
teams.

I'm all for a solid football progam and conference,
but C-USA has gone about it all wrong from day one. 
The football quality of the conference has done
nothing but stagnate, while the basketball has become
diluted.  There are so many teams that some never end
up playing each other.  I think UC's football team
would be just as good right now if the conference had
eight, or six teams for that matter.

Besides, 1000+ mile road trips make no practical
sense.  Could you tell us how road games to places
like Colorado Springs or Provo benefit the already
dubious state of this conference?

--- dfairchild <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm tired of hearing about how we have hurt the
> basketball programs because
> of expanding for football.  There might be some
> truth, but as a UC fan, I
> like where our football program is at now much
> better than 10 years ago.
>
> I think C-USA should look at raiding a couple of
> Mountain West or WAC team
> and create the first nationwise college conference. 
> If we could get a
> couple of these teams -- Air Force, BYU, CSU, Utah,
> Tulsa or SMU -- it could
> lead to a great TV package and certainly bring more
> exposure to our teams.
> I have no idea how it would have to work, but given
> the state of college
> sports and how difficult it is to break up the hold
> the six power
> conferences have, it is atleast worth more than a
> passing thought.
>
> DF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wedinger, Keith
> [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:41 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [UC Basketball] State of Kentucky may need
> therapy soon
>
>
> With UK and Louisville in a race to be #1 in the
> polls, I can only imagine
> how psycho the fans are getting down there (boy, am
> I glad I don't live down
> there anymore).  Check out this article which is
> quite humorous in a lot of
> spots.
http://msn.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/forde_pat/1507174.html
>
<http://msn.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/forde_pat/1507174.html>
> BTW...has anyone given any thought to the
> possibility that Louisville could
> very well be ranked #1 when they come to the Shoe
> later this month?
>
> J. Keith Wedinger
> Senior Software Developer
> Sterling Commerce


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