Comments on: MIKE TRANGHESE RETIRES AS HEAD OF THE BIG EAST

By: In My Seat 90 Minutes Before Kickoff

In My Seat 90 Minutes Before Kickoff — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:20:27 +0000

The ACC is the 6th best football league. Have they ever won a BCS game? By the way coop, academically? Yup, no one in the Big East can hold a candle to the Harvard of the South, Florida State.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:53:04 +0000

Here’s some of the Big East’s OOC schedule, mostly on the road. Might settle the argument whether they are the 3rd best conference…. or a MAC – equivalent.

Auburn, Oklahoma, Penn St., Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Fresno State, Kentucky, Notre Dame, etc.

As far as the ACC, I think this link says it all.

http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/2007/12/13/taking-a-bow/

By: montani semper liberi

montani semper liberi — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:53:32 +0000

Hey Coop..how bout you go hop on your tractor and try to help the good old ACC folks learn how to win bowl games. Also maybe try to teach your TIgers how to win the NIT basketball championship.

By: Coop

Coop — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:12:03 +0000

24 – That fact does not bring back Miami and VPI, now does it?

By: iceman

iceman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:54:57 +0000

WVU is the only school in the Big East with anything close to a program that compete year-in and year-out in the other five BCS conferences. The remaining seven are an ugly mix of urban/commuter schools and state schools from pro sports markets with no history of support for college football. They may put together decent teams from now and then, but they’re essentially glorified C-USA/MAC programs with tiny fan bases, low revenues and poor recruiting areas (in the case of Rutgers, a good recruiting area that will always be poached first by established programs).

By: beckett

beckett — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:25:22 +0000

1-9 in BCS games Coop…. Even Ohio State have faired better than you…

By: Coop

Coop — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:01:43 +0000

Again, I don’t recall the Big East having the ability to poach anyone from the ACC. You are not a strong enough conference, athletically, academically, and, most importantly, financially, to entice any of our members to move north.

WVa had a nice run which has come to an abrupt end, Fiesta Bowl win noted. Hiring that former VMI coach was brilliant. Unfortunately, in some Clemson fans’ minds, we beat South Carolina, because otherwise RichRod would have been bolted WVa for Clemson instead of Michigan. Call it a hunch. Either way, WVa is gone.

Louisville had a nice run that appears to be over, as well.

Everyone else in the BE blows. How do I know everyone else in the BE blows?

The ACC owned the rest of the league in OOC play, last season, that’s how I know.

Al Groh had a perfect record versus the Big East, last year, that’s how I know.

But, again, I guess I would be bitter, too, if some guy came in and took my girlfriend away from me, and told me he was going to do it before and during the acquisition.

By: Jester

Jester — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:51:43 +0000

The Big East is held together with duct tape? Why don’t ya go ask Oklahoma, Auburn and Georgia how they feel about playing the Big East?

Oh, and I thought this was about BC? Go take some Ritilin (sp?). It was a good move for Miami. But heck, I’m glad they left the BE now.

The ACC is actually a joke, now.

By: beckett

beckett — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:11:09 +0000

oh yeah Coop… Miami left the greener pastures of the ACC… 6-6 records all around and bowl games in Idaho! Meanwhile, the BE has won 3 straight BCS games… something the glorious ACC cant say…

By: Coop

Coop — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:26:53 +0000

15 – Prudent to stay in the BE?

Certainly not financially.

Your conference is held together with duct tape and Tranghese’s ego. What I loved about the Big East was that Miami held you all at gunpoint, given that they were guaranteed keeping the bowl revenue from any BCS bowl they played in if they remained in the BE….

yet the Canes still bolted for the greener pastures and revenue sharing of the ACC.

We get that you harbor resentment at not being invited to the party in 2002, but we just didn’t want you. You brought nothing to the table, athletically or academically.

Pittsburgh has not been nationally relevant since Dan Marino was doing lines off cheerleaders’ racks.

Or, since we (Clemson) were relevant.

But, one supposes it is the natural reaction of the person that gets dumped to trash the one who dumped them after they have moved on to superior suitors.

By: Upstater

Upstater — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:28:20 +0000

BC would have been a great rival for UCONN if we could ever beat them in football. They get the recruits they want from New England that UCONN wishes they could get and UCONN lost to a 6th place Wake team last year which shows we’re not even close to ready to compete with BC.

By: wooderson

wooderson — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:33:33 +0000

BC has never made the BCS, getting knocked out by a 4 win pitt team I believe. That was nice.

I like how absolutely no one likes BC anywhere. They’re literally the ginger kid of college football. And not in the good way.

By: Hannibal Montegna

Hannibal Montegna — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:03:51 +0000

Boston College didn’t make the BCS.

By: Suomi Ex-pat

Suomi Ex-pat — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:00:57 +0000

What’s up the Finnish theme today? A picture of the Finnish sauna championship in the Reilly post then a Finnair labeled gun (Finland, where there is one gun for every three people!). Glad EDSBS is spreading the Finnish gospel.

By: Jester

Jester — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:54:50 +0000

Oh, I didn’t know Big East was only a football conference.

Didn’t someone say, “You may not think they geographically belong in the ACC, but geographically they make as much sense in the ACC as Marquette does playing basketball in the BE?”

So, yeah, UConn is a natural rival for BC in football AND hoops.

And what about travel costs for BC and its fans? The closest trip is MD.

All I am saying is that it probably wouldve been more prudent for BC to stay in the Big East. Even though it made the BCS, it probably wouldve had a much easier path to the BCS (no championship game and arguable the BE has stiffer competition). Oh, and BC said they werent going to leave and still did. Damn priests.