(04-03-2014 03:55 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:41 AM)rednblackattack Wrote:  LOL you are full of it. You are no Ohio State, Purdue or Northwestern. Not even close. Unless UConn quickly develops into a top 25 football program, you aren't wanted by anyone.

I am guessing you just graduated from UL and clueless?

How long have you followed this expansion thing? For the record, UCONN and CUSE was the original choices for ACC expansion before Pitt. This came right out of the mouth of BCU AD, who was on the ACC expansion. He used his position to block UCONN. Read it below:

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2011/10/9/24...on-college

Here is the original Boston Globe story: http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/me...ve_by_acc/

Timing and luck are exactly what got UL into the ACC. Your own AD said "Connecticut was penciled in" before last minute push by your AD and the Southern ACC schools to add UL. ACC originally did not want WVU and all suddenly they want you guys? WVU Would have been a much better add if ACC did not care about academics. By adding UL, ACC showed it no longer cared about academics. They reacted like the old BE used to do. In the long run, it will cost them. Seriously, it was a scared and desperate move by the ACC to appease the southern FB schools (Clemson and FSU) who threaten to leave. This happened right after Maryland left and ACC was vulnerable due to years of horrible football. UL just happens to be the program with Strong at the right place at the right time. A few posters from UVA and UNC confirmed it on the UCONN board as well. They added you guys, but schools like UVA, UNC, and Duke also held their noses by doing so.

Don't let facts stand in your way. There is a lot of history there you are clueless about. FYI, we been discussing this stuff for a long, long time before you showed up.

You seem very bitter about. I would be as well I guess. Bottom line is you were not wanted. The football powers did what was best for the league and they saw that UConn was not an option. They were so against it they threatened to leave. That would not make me feel good

Not this again...

(04-03-2014 03:55 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:41 AM)rednblackattack Wrote:  LOL you are full of it. You are no Ohio State, Purdue or Northwestern. Not even close. Unless UConn quickly develops into a top 25 football program, you aren't wanted by anyone.

I am guessing you just graduated from UL and clueless?

How long have you followed this expansion thing? For the record, UCONN and CUSE was the original choices for ACC expansion before Pitt. This came right out of the mouth of BCU AD, who was on the ACC expansion. He used his position to block UCONN. Read it below:

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2011/10/9/24...on-college

Here is the original Boston Globe story: http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/me...ve_by_acc/

Timing and luck are exactly what got UL into the ACC. Your own AD said "Connecticut was penciled in" before last minute push by your AD and the Southern ACC schools to add UL. ACC originally did not want WVU and all suddenly they want you guys? WVU Would have been a much better add if ACC did not care about academics. By adding UL, ACC showed it no longer cared about academics. They reacted like the old BE used to do. In the long run, it will cost them. Seriously, it was a scared and desperate move by the ACC to appease the southern FB schools (Clemson and FSU) who threaten to leave. This happened right after Maryland left and ACC was vulnerable due to years of horrible football. UL just happens to be the program with Strong at the right place at the right time. A few posters from UVA and UNC confirmed it on the UCONN board as well. They added you guys, but schools like UVA, UNC, and Duke also held their noses by doing so.

Don't let facts stand in your way. There is a lot of history there you are clueless about. FYI, we been discussing this stuff for a long, long time before you showed up.

Here are the facts a$$. UL is IN the ACC, and uconn(ed) isn't. Enjoy your new home, it's really where you belong. LOL!

(04-03-2014 02:34 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 01:48 AM)Knightsweat Wrote:  UCONN is playing good ball, but isn't this a slap in the face to the AAC to say something like "with our peers"? AAC is your peers. if the B1G was your peer group, you would already be in the B1G. Face it, the AAC is your peer group, you just believe you're too good for your peer group. There's a big difference in where you FEEL where you belong and where you actually belong. Just saying...

Our peers are land grant flagship state universities. Please name one that's in the AAC. Yes we are sharing the same conference, but UCONN is different than all the schools here other than athletics. That's just the reality we are dealing with. Successful conferences are usually made up of schools with similar characteristics. Look, I personally feel UCONN should make the best of it. Frankly, I got nothing against any of the AAC schools. I have pitched to have ECU and UCF join the old BE for a long, long time. However, most UCONN fans I know would much rather see UCONN in a conference with other schools with similar profiles.

So are ours. We're now in a conference with them.

UConn would be a good fit [from that standpoint] in the Big 10.

(04-03-2014 03:55 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:41 AM)rednblackattack Wrote:  LOL you are full of it. You are no Ohio State, Purdue or Northwestern. Not even close. Unless UConn quickly develops into a top 25 football program, you aren't wanted by anyone.

I am guessing you just graduated from UL and clueless?

How long have you followed this expansion thing? For the record, UCONN and CUSE was the original choices for ACC expansion before Pitt. This came right out of the mouth of BCU AD, who was on the ACC expansion. He used his position to block UCONN. Read it below:

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2011/10/9/24...on-college

Here is the original Boston Globe story: http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/me...ve_by_acc/

Timing and luck are exactly what got UL into the ACC. Your own AD said "Connecticut was penciled in" before last minute push by your AD and the Southern ACC schools to add UL. ACC originally did not want WVU and all suddenly they want you guys? WVU Would have been a much better add if ACC did not care about academics. By adding UL, ACC showed it no longer cared about academics. They reacted like the old BE used to do. In the long run, it will cost them. Seriously, it was a scared and desperate move by the ACC to appease the southern FB schools (Clemson and FSU) who threaten to leave. This happened right after Maryland left and ACC was vulnerable due to years of horrible football. UL just happens to be the program with Strong at the right place at the right time. A few posters from UVA and UNC confirmed it on the UCONN board as well. They added you guys, but schools like UVA, UNC, and Duke also held their noses by doing so.

Don't let facts stand in your way. There is a lot of history there you are clueless about. FYI, we been discussing this stuff for a long, long time before you showed up.

I think you are the one who is clueless. I don't care what some "northern paper" wrote. UNC and Duke were totally fine with UL being added. UNC has ties to our current president and were totally impressed with everything when their head people were here. Coach K was pulling for us to be added.

As to the comments about UConn being a better fit for "like" ideas and UL being a bad fit they will regret -- far as I can tell, VT, GT, Miami, NC ST, Clemson, FSU, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Pitt -- NONE of them are the land grant flagship school of their state. They are all more urban or regional type schools. They are equally sports minded and academics in some cases. They wanted a school to compete in both areas. UL will be just fine in academics as they have really good business, engineering, dental, medical and law schools. They are affiliated with some really great medical centers in the country and some fortune 100 countries headquartered here. They are on the move and growth is tremendous. We had 15 Fulbright scholars in one academic year about 2 years ago -- more than ANY other school in the entire country for that year. We have Rhodes scholars coming out. We will be just fine--but at the same time we will continue to educate our local community people who work and attend school at night. THAT is what a school is supposed to do -- SUPPORT THEIR OWN instead of just trying to draw in outsiders got temporary residences while attending school. We make NO apologies for it.

(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)uldn Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:55 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:41 AM)rednblackattack Wrote:  LOL you are full of it. You are no Ohio State, Purdue or Northwestern. Not even close. Unless UConn quickly develops into a top 25 football program, you aren't wanted by anyone.

I am guessing you just graduated from UL and clueless?

How long have you followed this expansion thing? For the record, UCONN and CUSE was the original choices for ACC expansion before Pitt. This came right out of the mouth of BCU AD, who was on the ACC expansion. He used his position to block UCONN. Read it below:

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2011/10/9/24...on-college

Here is the original Boston Globe story: http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/me...ve_by_acc/

Timing and luck are exactly what got UL into the ACC. Your own AD said "Connecticut was penciled in" before last minute push by your AD and the Southern ACC schools to add UL. ACC originally did not want WVU and all suddenly they want you guys? WVU Would have been a much better add if ACC did not care about academics. By adding UL, ACC showed it no longer cared about academics. They reacted like the old BE used to do. In the long run, it will cost them. Seriously, it was a scared and desperate move by the ACC to appease the southern FB schools (Clemson and FSU) who threaten to leave. This happened right after Maryland left and ACC was vulnerable due to years of horrible football. UL just happens to be the program with Strong at the right place at the right time. A few posters from UVA and UNC confirmed it on the UCONN board as well. They added you guys, but schools like UVA, UNC, and Duke also held their noses by doing so.

Don't let facts stand in your way. There is a lot of history there you are clueless about. FYI, we been discussing this stuff for a long, long time before you showed up.

I think you are the one who is clueless. I don't care what some "northern paper" wrote. UNC and Duke were totally fine with UL being added. UNC has ties to our current president and were totally impressed with everything when their head people were here. Coach K was pulling for us to be added.

As to the comments about UConn being a better fit for "like" ideas and UL being a bad fit they will regret -- far as I can tell, VT, GT, Miami, NC ST, Clemson, FSU, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Pitt -- NONE of them are the land grant flagship school of their state. They are all more urban or regional type schools. They are equally sports minded and academics in some cases. They wanted a school to compete in both areas. UL will be just fine in academics as they have really good business, engineering, dental, medical and law schools. They are affiliated with some really great medical centers in the country and some fortune 100 countries headquartered here. They are on the move and growth is tremendous. We had 15 Fulbright scholars in one academic year about 2 years ago -- more than ANY other school in the entire country for that year. We have Rhodes scholars coming out. We will be just fine--but at the same time we will continue to educate our local community people who work and attend school at night. THAT is what a school is supposed to do -- SUPPORT THEIR OWN instead of just trying to draw in outsiders got temporary residences while attending school. We make NO apologies for it.

Louisville fits better in the ACC. UCONN fits better in the B1G.

(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)uldn Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:55 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:41 AM)rednblackattack Wrote:  LOL you are full of it. You are no Ohio State, Purdue or Northwestern. Not even close. Unless UConn quickly develops into a top 25 football program, you aren't wanted by anyone.

I am guessing you just graduated from UL and clueless?

How long have you followed this expansion thing? For the record, UCONN and CUSE was the original choices for ACC expansion before Pitt. This came right out of the mouth of BCU AD, who was on the ACC expansion. He used his position to block UCONN. Read it below:

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2011/10/9/24...on-college

Here is the original Boston Globe story: http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/me...ve_by_acc/

Timing and luck are exactly what got UL into the ACC. Your own AD said "Connecticut was penciled in" before last minute push by your AD and the Southern ACC schools to add UL. ACC originally did not want WVU and all suddenly they want you guys? WVU Would have been a much better add if ACC did not care about academics. By adding UL, ACC showed it no longer cared about academics. They reacted like the old BE used to do. In the long run, it will cost them. Seriously, it was a scared and desperate move by the ACC to appease the southern FB schools (Clemson and FSU) who threaten to leave. This happened right after Maryland left and ACC was vulnerable due to years of horrible football. UL just happens to be the program with Strong at the right place at the right time. A few posters from UVA and UNC confirmed it on the UCONN board as well. They added you guys, but schools like UVA, UNC, and Duke also held their noses by doing so.

Don't let facts stand in your way. There is a lot of history there you are clueless about. FYI, we been discussing this stuff for a long, long time before you showed up.

I think you are the one who is clueless. I don't care what some "northern paper" wrote. UNC and Duke were totally fine with UL being added. UNC has ties to our current president and were totally impressed with everything when their head people were here. Coach K was pulling for us to be added.

As to the comments about UConn being a better fit for "like" ideas and UL being a bad fit they will regret -- far as I can tell, VT, GT, Miami, NC ST, Clemson, FSU, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Pitt -- NONE of them are the land grant flagship school of their state. They are all more urban or regional type schools. They are equally sports minded and academics in some cases. They wanted a school to compete in both areas. UL will be just fine in academics as they have really good business, engineering, dental, medical and law schools. They are affiliated with some really great medical centers in the country and some fortune 100 countries headquartered here. They are on the move and growth is tremendous. We had 15 Fulbright scholars in one academic year about 2 years ago -- more than ANY other school in the entire country for that year. We have Rhodes scholars coming out. We will be just fine--but at the same time we will continue to educate our local community people who work and attend school at night. THAT is what a school is supposed to do -- SUPPORT THEIR OWN instead of just trying to draw in outsiders got temporary residences while attending school. We make NO apologies for it.

First of all, Mark Blaudschun is a very well respected former Boston Globe writer who has deep ties to the BE and especially BC. That interview came right out of BC's AD's mouth, who just happened to sit on the expansion committee. Back then, UL is not even on ACC's radar. If that's not from horse's mouth, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe they interpret things differently in Kentucky, but most people can take things as facts when there are actual quotes with real people's names attached to them. Otherwise, I believe Boston Globe would be sued out of the business for making up stuff like you are doing.

UL being a fit for the ACC is laughable. I won't waste anymore time debating it here out of respect for our current AAC conference mates. You might try your pitch with UNC, UVA, and Duke fans to see what they think of your academics. I realize everyone is a legend in his/her own mind, but you are taking it to another level. Just count your blessings you got hot and in at the right time. You don't need to justify anything nor do I care.

Realignment is far from over. Most UCONN fans would much prefer the B1G anyway. In the ACC, only UNC and UVA are our peer schools. In the B1G, everyone is except for Northwestern. In the ACC, no one is UL's peer. In fact, there are far more peers in the AAC for UL than in the ACC.

(04-03-2014 05:04 PM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 04:18 PM)uldn Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:55 AM)SF Husky Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 03:41 AM)rednblackattack Wrote:  LOL you are full of it. You are no Ohio State, Purdue or Northwestern. Not even close. Unless UConn quickly develops into a top 25 football program, you aren't wanted by anyone.

I am guessing you just graduated from UL and clueless?

How long have you followed this expansion thing? For the record, UCONN and CUSE was the original choices for ACC expansion before Pitt. This came right out of the mouth of BCU AD, who was on the ACC expansion. He used his position to block UCONN. Read it below:

http://www.theuconnblog.com/2011/10/9/24...on-college

Here is the original Boston Globe story: http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/me...ve_by_acc/

Timing and luck are exactly what got UL into the ACC. Your own AD said "Connecticut was penciled in" before last minute push by your AD and the Southern ACC schools to add UL. ACC originally did not want WVU and all suddenly they want you guys? WVU Would have been a much better add if ACC did not care about academics. By adding UL, ACC showed it no longer cared about academics. They reacted like the old BE used to do. In the long run, it will cost them. Seriously, it was a scared and desperate move by the ACC to appease the southern FB schools (Clemson and FSU) who threaten to leave. This happened right after Maryland left and ACC was vulnerable due to years of horrible football. UL just happens to be the program with Strong at the right place at the right time. A few posters from UVA and UNC confirmed it on the UCONN board as well. They added you guys, but schools like UVA, UNC, and Duke also held their noses by doing so.

Don't let facts stand in your way. There is a lot of history there you are clueless about. FYI, we been discussing this stuff for a long, long time before you showed up.

I think you are the one who is clueless. I don't care what some "northern paper" wrote. UNC and Duke were totally fine with UL being added. UNC has ties to our current president and were totally impressed with everything when their head people were here. Coach K was pulling for us to be added.

As to the comments about UConn being a better fit for "like" ideas and UL being a bad fit they will regret -- far as I can tell, VT, GT, Miami, NC ST, Clemson, FSU, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Pitt -- NONE of them are the land grant flagship school of their state. They are all more urban or regional type schools. They are equally sports minded and academics in some cases. They wanted a school to compete in both areas. UL will be just fine in academics as they have really good business, engineering, dental, medical and law schools. They are affiliated with some really great medical centers in the country and some fortune 100 countries headquartered here. They are on the move and growth is tremendous. We had 15 Fulbright scholars in one academic year about 2 years ago -- more than ANY other school in the entire country for that year. We have Rhodes scholars coming out. We will be just fine--but at the same time we will continue to educate our local community people who work and attend school at night. THAT is what a school is supposed to do -- SUPPORT THEIR OWN instead of just trying to draw in outsiders got temporary residences while attending school. We make NO apologies for it.

First of all, Mark Blaudschun is a very well respected former Boston Globe writer who has deep ties to the BE and especially BC. That interview came right out of BC's AD's mouth, who just happened to sit on the expansion committee. Back then, UL is not even on ACC's radar. If that's not from horse's mouth, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe they interpret things differently in Kentucky, but most people can take things as facts when there are actual quotes with real people's names attached to them. Otherwise, I believe Boston Globe would be sued out of the business for making up stuff like you are doing.

UL being a fit for the ACC is laughable. I won't waste anymore time debating it here out of respect for our current AAC conference mates. You might try your pitch with UNC, UVA, and Duke fans to see what they think of your academics. I realize everyone is a legend in his/her own mind, but you are taking it to another level. Just count your blessings you got hot and in at the right time. You don't need to justify anything nor do I care.

Realignment is far from over. Most UCONN fans would much prefer the B1G anyway. In the ACC, only UNC and UVA are our peer schools. In the B1G, everyone is except for Northwestern. In the ACC, no one is UL's peer. In fact, there are far more peers in the AAC for UL than in the ACC.

Keep being delusional. The ACC thinks nothing of UConn or you would have been added. Same with the Big 10. Enjoy where you are at and make the best of it. The Big 10 taking Rutgers over UConn must have been rough

I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

Dude, you aren't part of "us," piss off.

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate the AAC (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. This conference has something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and the AAC is as 'American' as they come.

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

(04-03-2014 09:21 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

Douchey post at its finest. Who exactly made you the spokesperson for the AAC?

(04-03-2014 09:32 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 09:21 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

Douchey post at its finest. Who exactly made you the spokesperson for the AAC?

Thou does protest too much. Just be a good neighbor and don't worry about who I am.

(04-03-2014 09:21 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.

But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

Oh, please, stop with the hypocrisy. You guys did the same thing when you left CUSA behind and when you,left the Sun Belt before that.

It would be great for the conference if UConn won the bball championship

I am scared to root for them though, because every team I've pulled for in the tourney has lost

(04-04-2014 01:29 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 09:21 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.



But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

Oh, please, stop with the hypocrisy. You guys did the same thing when you left CUSA behind and when you,left the Sun Belt before that.

We were never in the Sunbelt conference genius. You know, its true what Ben Franklin said, that it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove them right. You just proved them right.


Oh and,


And just so we're clear, UCF and our fans weren't on this board after the Fiesta Bowl telling everyone were too good for the AAC. Your AD really showed his ass on that one.

(04-04-2014 06:22 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 01:29 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 09:21 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 06:36 PM)BE4evah Wrote:  I think this debate is nuts.

First, academics. It doesn't matter. Louisville's undergrad population score atrociously in SAT and class rank. It is a first generation commuter school. But who cares? It doesn't need to be a "good" school. The world needs ditch diggers. No kid in high school is going to dream of getting the acceptance letter to Louisville. So the academic stuff means nothing. Heck, the UNC president openly mocked Louisville's academics.



But it sells out a big arena and has a slight southern culture. So it's really stupid to think academics matter.

Second, Uconn's president is still at it. Just today, she's making allusions to the Big Ten and how a conference with those type of schools is where Uconn belongs. Well guess what? Uconn belongs in the AAC. It will be here for decades. It's best to put this realignment stuff past us and work on making ECU, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa, etc. national brands.

And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

Oh, please, stop with the hypocrisy. You guys did the same thing when you left CUSA behind and when you,left the Sun Belt before that.

We were never in the Sunbelt conference genius. You know, its true what Ben Franklin said, that it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove them right. You just proved them right.


Oh and,


And just so we're clear, UCF and our fans weren't on this board after the Fiesta Bowl telling everyone were too good for the AAC. Your AD really showed his ass on that one.

Sun Belt, MAC, whatever. The point remains the same. You hypocrites did the same thing when you left your previous conference affiliations.

And just so we're clear, genius, our AD never said we were too good for the AAC. In fact, he never mentioned the AAC at all. Never. Not once.

Now, go do your homework and practice your reading comprehension.

(04-05-2014 12:02 AM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 06:22 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-04-2014 01:29 PM)Melky Cabrera Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 09:21 PM)Knightsweat Wrote:  

(04-03-2014 07:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  And UCONN President Herbst will continue to plant those seeds. That's just what the 'Garden' was made for. She is a force, and UCONN fans are glad to have her.

I personally like the AAC and its members. We are all united because we feel like we deserve to be treated better. It's crazy to think that UCONN men's basketball is an "underdog" this year, but we have taken the label and are running with it. Let the P5 conferences underestimate us (like they did with UCF football) or disrespect us (like they did with SMU basketball). In the end we've shown what we're made of. We have something to prove and that makes the AAC a very dangerous opponent. America loves an underdog and we are as 'American' as they come.

With all due respect, some UCONN fans say they like the AAC, while others act like they've forced to dine with the unwashed masses. As of this moment the AAC is all that UCONN has, so show some respect and please stop talking out of both sides of your collective mouths. Your success in basketball is not an excuse to be rude to your conference mates. Thanks.

Signed,

The rest of the AAC

Oh, please, stop with the hypocrisy. You guys did the same thing when you left CUSA behind and when you,left the Sun Belt before that.

We were never in the Sunbelt conference genius. You know, its true what Ben Franklin said, that it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove them right. You just proved them right.


Oh and,


And just so we're clear, UCF and our fans weren't on this board after the Fiesta Bowl telling everyone were too good for the AAC. Your AD really showed his ass on that one.

Sun Belt, MAC, whatever. The point remains the same. You hypocrites did the same thing when you left your previous conference affiliations.

And just so we're clear, genius, our AD never said we were too good for the AAC. In fact, he never mentioned the AAC at all. Never. Not once.

Now, go do your homework and practice your reading comprehension.

LOL. smh