Re: Re: The new BE

[Brian Johnson]

HOLY DUPLICATION OF E-MAIL MESSAGES, BATMAN! ;-)

--- jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
> I agree that BC is a big loss, but their fball
> program has been consistently
> good, but not really great.  They are a good fit for
> the ACC and what they
> want, and given a choice, I would take BC over USF
> in a heartbeat, but from
> UC's perspective, I'd rather have Syracuse.
>
> Question about ND:  Does anyone think they will
> regain their Lou Holtz days
> of success?  Personally, I do not think they can do
> it as an independent.  I
> wonder how they would feel about a BE fball
> conference that eventually went
> to 12 teams, and fielded two 6 team divisions.  You
> play the other 5 within
> your division and 1 crossover game that rotates. 
> That would be only 6 conf.
> games.  Would something like that be worth it if ND
> said they'd do it?  Ok,
> so now I am thinking crazy stuff, but why not!  ;-)
>
> jon b
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rands, William (randswj)"
> <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>;
> <address@hidden>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:12 AM
> Subject: RE: [UC Football] The new BE
>
>
> > I think BC is a big loss. It has good name
> recognition in fb, is in a
> great
> > market, and has a strong reputation for
> academics.It has some cachet.Syr,
> > WVU & Pitt all have good fb history, but WVU & Syr
> are way down
> recently.The
> > new BE will not be an impressive fb conference. Oh
> well.
> > Like everybody, I think USF is probably next in
> line.
> >         Bill
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jon breiner [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 9:16 AM
> > To: address@hidden;
> address@hidden
> > Subject: [UC Football] The new BE
> >
> >
> > Well, with BC going to the ACC, I guess it is for
> sure UC is going to the
> > new BE.  Who will join UL and UC?  I figure USF
> based on media reports,
> but
> > would be interested in other thoughts?  How do you
> think the divisions
> would
> > break down in bball?  I still think this will be
> the best basketball
> > conference in the US.
> >
> > As for fball, the talk lately has been to include
> more conferences in the
> > BCS.  I read somewhere that if the BE is not part
> of the BCS, the BCS
> would
> > no longer have the majority of Div I schools, so
> it seems "they" need the
> > BE.  With Syracuse, Pitt, etc. the BCS inclusion
> can be justified, even if
> > it is the "worst" of the included conferences.
> >
> > So for me, BC leaving is not a huge surprise and
> does not bother me as
> much
> > as if it had been Syracuse, for instance.
> >
> > jon b


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