Replace UMass with Temple and I’d love it. Bring the basketball schools into the fold as well…
PSU has been in the Big 10 for 31 years now; it’s time to move on. This conference has been great for the overall athletic program. Almost every athletic program that either isn’t in the Big 10 or SEC would do anything to become a member of one of these conferences.
Young boy, we’ll move on when we are good and ready!
Georgetown, St. John’s, and Villanova didn’t know what was for their own good.
That conference is the ACC today with Penn State, USCe and a mid-tier Big XII team. It's no different than the ACC
The difference is that conference likely would’ve picked up Boston College, Maryland, and Rutgers as well. It would’ve been one of the first leagues to have their own TV network and would be in a position of strength during realignment.
I had a copy of a USA today article that stated PSU played the toughest schedule in the country in 1982 when Joe won his 1st Natty. I carried it in my wallet for years because of nay sayers like you.
Having their own network isn't the issue. The ACC does as well. The issue is the lack of top teams. You get ND to join that and you have something to work with but adding Penn State and South Carolina to the ACC keeps it where it is right now. Way behind the big 2.
Sorry, I was referring to the schools who voted “no” on Penn State joining the Big East. But you’re right. It made sense at the time since basketball made more more than football, but none of them saw the big picture of where college sports was headed.
I thought the guy he threw it to was number 97. Therefore, I assumed he was a D end or something. Also part of me thinks that the whole reason they started running the tight end and having him throw passes was because that’s what Warren does. Franklin is continuously in douche’s head.
That would not be surprising. The Duz would be a gym teacher if not a football coach. He’s not known to be a creative thinker.
Back in those days several of those teams were far better than they are now. Pitt, Syracuse, West Virginia, Maryland were consistently top twenty teams. Boston College and V Tech had some good teams.
In 1982 Pitt had NFL HOF QB Marino, Maryland had Boomer Esiason, BC had Flutie, West Virginia had Jeff Hostetler. Those teams were good football teams.
Great TV markets too……..
Yep. East coast population with money. NYC, Boston, Philly, DC, Pittsburgh.
I believe it was TE Overman no 87 i believe but could be wrong.
I stand corrected after reading an account on the Pitt Board, where it is stated that Bartholemew attempted the pass to Isiah Neal, a DEFENSIVE TACKLE NO LESS. Bartholemew pass was terrible, and the effort was good but a TE or Wideout could have tipped the ball to himself or better timed the jump. Never ever saw a play such as that.
Great post! An eastern conference even with us in it would have collapsed as it did anyway. I never liked the Big East conference, it wasn't an all sports conference (no wonder it was a b-ball power, they just cherry picked those smaller b-ball power schools with no cred in any other sports). And the ACC is on life support. I'm glad we're in the B10. Especially for how it has benefited other smaller sports, like wrestling. We have no Cael, and no wrestling dynasty without being in the B10. Volleyball, field hockey benefited too IMO.
Can’t compare that with the ACC’s current deal, IMO. The ACC’s deal with ESPN (including the network) essentially hamstrings the conference. Remember, Swofford did it as part of a “sweetheart” deal with his son’s RayCom network.
Pretty impossible to make predictions on ghe ‘what if’ game but things would certainly be different.
How? It was always going to be a 2 conference leggue.
So you're excited when we play Maryland and Rutgers? Come on
I think you have it backwards. It’s shifted to two conferences because of money. An east coast conference that had all the major northeast markets plus a few others (Atlanta, Miami) would’ve been on-par or exceeded the Big Ten and SEC. Remember, the Big Ten got the network and eventually took the lead in revenue thanks to PSU, Maryland, and Rutgers.
It wouldn't have been on par with either of those. The Big Ten still will have expanded. I don't know how you're looking at the ACC today and believing any of this.
This...Texas and OU likely would be in the Big Ten. The Big XII probably never exists at least as it does today.
And I’m not sure why you’re equating a hypothetical East coast league with today’s ACC. There are massive differences between the two:
You’re new here. This cat Lando takes the opposite position from common sense on any topic known to man. Especially if he can get a dig in at Penn State, subtle or otherwise.
As noted that Lando guy takes the opposite of whatever anyone says even when he is wrong which is most of the time and will drag it our for 50 pages of drivel - the dude has no life outside of the board it seems.
I think this is delusional. If ND hasn't joined the Big Ten as is they aren't joining that. The Big Ten and SEC have way better options to expand westward.
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