Just some other stuff to get out there.
UConn. Really? Didn’t your state’s governor learn anything from the Missouri governor trying to get his state school into the Big 10?
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, speaking to reporters outside his Capitol office, said he no longer expects the ACC to act quickly after adding Pittsburgh and Syracuse from the Big East earlier this month.
“I think there was expectancy built up initially that this was quickly going to be resolved,” he said. “That’s clearly not the case. The ACC has the first decision to make and that’s whether they’re going to stay at 14 teams or stay at 16. I know that there’s one team, one school that they would like to get into the ACC that would guarantee them going to 16 teams and that’s been speculated to be Notre Dame. I suspect that that’s true. I don’t know how likely that is to happen or not happen. Although, I tend to think it’s not terribly likely.”
Malloy said if Notre Dame isn’t interested the ACC must decide if there is any compelling reason to expand again.
“Beyond that, then you fall back to the Big East,” he said “The Big East then has to rebuild itself to fill the loss of the two teams that left and has to worry about its ability to compete on the major sports of basketball and football in particular, as well as how do we make that work for student athletes.”
Well played, governor. I’m sure announcing that UConn will settle to fall back into the Big East will do wonders for the effort to rebuild the conference. It just enhances that image of stability.
In a rarity, a rather rational piece on the Big East’s problems that notes that the current expansiopocolypse issue is driven not simply by football, but by the TV money. You know, the very reason the Big East came into existence.
How about this gem. The concept of the 16-team superconference was conceived back in 1990, by Raycom?
“Developing the Super Conference” was the name of the booklet that first proposed the idea in 1990, and its 240 pages held the future of college athletics. It’s just that no one knew how long it would take to get there.
That plan, the first to suggest the super-conference model as the best way to maximize a league’s value, was written by Charlotte-based Raycom Sports for the now-defunct Metro Conference. From that, the concept of a super conference and its merits were born. Based on where conference expansion now appears to be headed, it was an idea well ahead of its time.
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Raycom, the dominant TV production company and syndicator of that day, had deals with the Big Eight, Southwest Conference, Big Ten and ACC. It spent six months developing the super-conference model, taking into account TV households, conference footprint, alumni bases, regional rivalries and institutional compatibility. The 240 pages included everything from mock schedules and average attendance in football to SAT scores for each school.
Raycom’s plan called for the Metro to expand to 16 football-playing schools with two eight-team divisions or four four-team divisions, similar to what has been discussed by the ACC, the Pac-12 and others in recent weeks. It was compelling enough that at one point that spring in 1990, presidents and ADs from all 16 schools met in Dallas to talk it through.
The Metro Conference was a non-football conference. In 1990 its members were: FSU, Louisville, Cinci, Memphis St., South Carolina, Southern Miss, Tulane and Virginia Tech. The other schools that attended the Dallas meeting: Temple, West Virginia, Miami, East Carolina, Boston College, Syracuse, Penn State and Pitt.
Of course, Penn State went to the Big Ten that year. A year after that, FSU chose to join the ACC. South Carolina (and Arkansas) went to the SEC. Conference upheaval, is arguably not that new a thing. It is just that college sports are not quite so regionalized any longer, and the money is so much bigger.
Then there is West Virginia. You showed a visitor such a good time. Provided a sampling of local sports talk, and then you reverted to your natural tendencies after the LSU loss.
Authorities have not identified the victims, but Helen Smith said her son-in-law, Marcus Mason, and daughter, Hannah, of Pittsburgh, were among those attacked. She said they were stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic outside Milan Puskar Stadium when someone threw a rock in the car’s driver’s side window.
Hannah, who is 22 weeks pregnant, was driving at the time. The rock landed in her lap, Smith said.
When her husband asked a group of people who threw the rock, several individuals approached the vehicle.
Randy Smith, Hannah’s father, said three men attempted to drag two of the couple’s friends from the back seat before grabbing Marcus. They then pulled him out of the vehicle and started beating him.
Hannah rushed around the car to her husband and tried to stop the attackers, he said. She was knocked down in the process.
Smith said other drivers in traffic did not attempt to stop the beating until Hannah started screaming at the attackers, saying she was pregnant.
“I think it probably saved his life. He was not conscious or moving when she got to him,” he said.
Marcus sustained a broken nose, a crushed eye socket and a fractured frontal bone in the middle of his forehead, Hannah said in a Facebook post Sunday.
This is why you can’t have nice conferences, WVU.
Inbreds come out of the hills at night in Morgantown. Read that article today and was not a bit surprised. They should be restricted to day games, and a DRY stadium. Stay classy West Virginia.
Seriously, beating a pregnant woman, and nobody steps in?
People always ask why i hate WV so much and I always point to these type of facts, that (much like Flyer Fans) they pride themselves on being scumbags; roudy, rude, ignorant, and ofcourse no realistic view on sports.
The Providence mafia couldn’t lead a group of campfire girls.
Ultamately WVU is responsible for the public’s safety whether its the actions of the student body or general citizens of WV. Those stadiums serving alcohol will have problems – Iowa was great (no alcohol served in stadium).
Big East expansion plans continue to look bleak. It appears the football schools have completely given up on getting all conference additions to the conference. What would the service academies gain by join such a dysfunctional conference?
I guess they can’t get into Pitt, so they have a grudge there(and they love the Eat Shit Pitt line, so juvenile) and they can’t get into State Penn,
so Morganhole here I come.
Hey I can act like a total imbecile and fit right in. I can beatup pregnant women and when there’s 50 of us against a pregnant woman and 3 others, we can be real tough guys.
You know we went down to Morganhole twice in the 5 years I went to Pitt. Never had a problem, we all had our Pitt gear, nobody said nothing to us. But this sports arena violence seems to be picking up around America, much like the nitwits around the world at soccer games that cause large riots.
Something is indeed wrong in this culture anymore.
Really ?
Why would we want such an abysmal community college associated with PITT anymore.
In fact I cringe when the TV announcers always somehow get that phrase, well Morganhole is only 150 miles from Pittsburgh, during a broadcast of a PITT game.
Some idiot adult down there almost put out Tom Herrion’s Eye with a quarter the other year. Probably was aiming to hit Jamie.
I could care less if we play these slimebags anymore at all.
historical series, 60 or so of the 103 games have been in Pittsburgh.
In the first 30 years(games) of the series, 25 of the games were played in Pittsburgh.
If I’m a PITT administrator entertaining any thoughts of continuing this series, I’d seriously consider ONLY playing them in Pittsburgh again.
Or not at all!
Rivals has him listed as 6-1 183 lbs.
Click on this link, to see:
Yea I know John. But there was quite of bit of whiners on here worrying about the Hillbillies.
Whereas if they had gotten an SEC bid they couldn’t care less about PITT and where we’d land.
It’s like Pine-Richland High School vs. Woodland Hills.
Did anyone notice that Ejaun Price played against ND? I don’t remember his name being called if he did.
Sounds like a multiple guess question so which liars do we believe
The same with the voytik hight if it was not agood site i would not post it. it was back when he was espn if that helps you find it.
point being i dont post things unless i think they could be true except if it is just my opion then i saw it is my thought or something like that.
Sort of like when DeJuan (as opposed to Ejuan) Blair was listed at 6-8.
@FRankcan,
If that is indeed true, Voytick at 5-11 or 6-0 or so and 183 lbs. that is right around the same size of one Trey Anderson.
all so wilner from san jose mercury news louisville heating up with big 12
And the king of the QB scramblers, Fran Tarkenton who led the Vikings to 2 or 3 Superbowls.
Currently Drew Brees is only 6-0 and he can wing it. TREY ….TREY…..TREY….we want TREY !
Voytik is a 4 star recruit though. He had an incredible game this past weekend. 4 rushing TD’s and 1 throwing TD. Almost 300 yards of total offense.
Could be a white Pat White. haha
Total Net Yards 398 268
Total Plays 73 70
Average Gain Per Play 5.5 3.8
Is this the 4rth straight game the other team had more plays than us ???
3.8 yards per play……Really !
And we are not seriously considering a QB change.
Again Really !
Total Net Yards 422 475
Total Plays 71 81
Average Gain Per Play 5.9 5.9
Maine – PITT
Total Net Yards 371 381
Total Plays 71 90
Average Gain Per Play 5.2 4.2
Buffalo – PITT
Total Net Yards 403 410
Total Plays 93 66
Average Gain Per Play 4.3 6.2
When I looked at Malzahn’s first year at Auburn in 2008 last night, they were a very mediocre team at 5-7, losing to lightweight Vanderbilt and by 17 points to WVU. Yet they had over 167 plays that were over 15 yards, as opposed to 47 or so the year before that went for 15 yards or more.
Unless things change drastically, we’re looking at the 47 or so number.
Not good for a Triple Option Spread offense, that was billed as……(well you know the rest)
WVU is different. At WVU, I fear for my safety. It simply has no place in athletics. I take no comfort in the fact that non “rivals” are treated with the same complete lack of human dignity. It’s revolting. Simply put, I stand by my earlier comments; I won’t miss WVU at all. I couldn’t care less if they rot in some sub-conference hell and we never play them again. Traditions change, and sometimes its painful, but if its time to move on, so be it.
WVU/WV Community College/13th grade…. whatever.
They need us much more than we need them…will not cry a tear if we never play them in anything agian.
The sad part is the Steeler games have become very similar to Morganhole. A bunch of drunk guys who believe that their identities come from the home team….”How dare you come to our town and wear the other team’s colors.” I have seen terrible alcohol fueled incidents at Steeler games as well. It’s amazing to me how if you are a true fan you can get up in the middle of a series and go get a beer, and come back 20 minutes later…how do you miss even one play? I know that for my son and I, we look forward to the traditions of each saturday. It seems for many (no longer the minority)it is about the drinking, the tailgate and the party and less about the game.
It is just a message board post. One of the messages says that ESPN has NOT reported it. So, I would not exactly call this a confirmed report. But where there is smoke there is fire…
I really hate to see the Big East falling apart like this. While the ACC is our future I did enjoy Pitt’s time in the Big East. Unfortunately, the arrogance of its past and present commissioners is now coming home to roost.
At this point it appears to be a rumor. L-ville would just be jumping from one sinking ship to another. Titanic to the Andrea Dorea.
They might see it as a larger payday, which it would be. But if they jumped ship and let’s say next year or the year after the B12 imploded, would the BigEast let them back in, I doubt it.
I do agree, ND fans are some of the classiest out there. Went to ND last year and it was an awesome experience.
– gave an unearned MBA to the WV governor’s daughter who is a VP of major industry whose owner happens to have the football fiels named after him (Milan Puskar)
– took conisiderable pride in being named as a Top 10 party school (probably listed it in their brochure)
– had ex football coach who is a WVU alum sue the school
– someone from adult section throws a coin that hits the forehead of a Pitt assistant BB coach
– head basketball coach has 2 drunken episodes, and incoming FB coach has incident at WV casino
– head FB coach asks media to ‘dig up dirt’ against his incoming replacement resulting in his early dismissal
– had to have special legislation to make couch burning illegal
– gave gift cards for WVU merchandise for people handing in obscene T-shirts
– LSU fan and pregnant wife assaulted after the game
The above is just off the top of my head — I’m sure there is more