(06-19-2020 05:50 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote: Couldn’t remember the old Big East commish’s name (meatball as a message board nickname came to mind) and that the Tigers hired him as a consultant in hopes of achieving BCS status. My internet search with key words including the some of the above yielded an article out of WV entitled “Get Over Yourself Memphis.” I’ll link it for your reading pleasure. While I couldn’t remember Tranghese’s name, I recall thinking they could’ve paid me to tell them to fix football. It was a long process that started b/f TW’s famous speech, but I get why he is credited and he wasn’t wrong in saying so.
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/m...ad0d4.html
Chuck is still there and maybe has given up. He never got the concept of dreaming big and believing dreams come true.
Here is his idea of a great conference idea. No slight intended to any school on the list.
Marshall (Huntington, West Virginia)
Western Kentucky, (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Old Dominion (Norfolk, Virginia)
Middle Tennessee (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
UAB (Birmingham, Alabama)
Southern Miss (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
Florida Atlantic (Boca Raton, Florida)
Florida International (Miami)
Appalachian State (Boone, North Carolina)
Coastal Carolina (Conway, South Carolina)
Troy (Troy, Alabama)
South Alabama (Mobile, Alabama)
Georgia Southern (Statesboro, Georgia)
Georgia State (Atlanta)