(11-20-2018 05:28 PM)bigblueblindness Wrote:  

(11-20-2018 05:02 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote:  

(10-03-2018 07:45 AM)orangefan Wrote:  I love how this thread from 2015 continues to get activity.

The school has potential like a diamond in the rough.

I wish we still had 10 team conferences so the following would be a viable Big East Conference (no particular order). I know most of these schools were charter or late add members of the old Big East, but this one would be cohesive without the split in priorities from the non-football private schools:
- UMass
- Boston College
- Syracuse
- Buffalo
- Pittsburgh
- Rutgers
- Maryland
- UConn
- West Virginia
- Temple

I think everyone would find a culturally cohesive group that could still compete with eastern Big 10 and northern ACC schools out of conference but still have a respectable chance at competing for conference championships every year instead of hoping to hit a great recruiting cycle every 4-5 years. No, they will not hit the media revenue numbers of the Big 10 or ACC, but that also gives them license to not participate in the facility/recruiting war that is making schools spend silly money.

That is not a terrible conference from a media revenue standpoint actually. There are teams in there with good football footing already, and there would be instant rivalries which always bring eyes to TVs and stories to tell on the talk shows....

That conference would hold up against the best G5 (the AAC) in football and be better than the AAC in basketball right out of the gate.

It will NEVER happen but that is an attractive package right there!