(08-31-2011 06:29 PM)catdaddy_2402 Wrote: (08-31-2011 01:25 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote: (08-31-2011 12:02 PM)bitcruncher Wrote: The BEast's focus on basketball, at the expense of football, is why the conference is so unstable. It's also the reason for the dissatisfaction among the 2 main football schools in the conference - Pitt and WVU...
There are some who would make the same complaint about the ACC...
They would be correct too.
In a perfect world the two conferences would get together and let the football first programs from both join together and let the basketball firsts from the other join together and both go on their merry way.
This is where the BE wil fail on the doorstep of success. Yea we have the best basketball but you have to ask if it would still be the best without the BB schools and the answer is yes.
Who is he kidding. Marinatto is protecting Providence, Gtown, Nova, Seton Hall. Four FB schools are ranked in the top 25. So without the the BB schools, half the FB schools would be ranked. Louisvelle and SYracuse are two of the top three in BB attendance. UCONN hunting for a fourth title since 1999 and UCOnn women- well you know.
This is where the BB interests hurt us. Without SYr, Uconn, Louisville, etc, Providence would be dead- nobody. But we are addressing those concerns as well as NOVA in football. Why? Just plain dumb.
But ths is no longer something you can blame on Marinatto. If the Fb AD's and Presidents don't take control of their own futures-- they are at fault. If the whole world can figure this out, there's no reason the FB schools can't plan to rectify the situation. BE BB is great even without the BB schools.
Marinatto earlier said FB drives the train. But now the BB schools have been in his ear and he's confused again.