Conference realignment "Rumors" "tweets" "etc"

[Bull Matrix]

2 hours ago, DontPushMe said:

Looking like worst case scenario for us is about to happen. Pac folds altogether with the two valuable schools to the acc. The remaining 2 probably recreate the pac as a best of the mwc to keep the branding. Smu joins acc. Acc gets more stable. Zero landing spots for us for the next 10+ years. 

 

Seriously time to consider my proposal to shut the program down and focus on Olympics

 

I don't think they'd accept it regardless but we should absolutely be offering to play the acc for free for at least as long as smu is willing to. 

Nope!  Shutting down is giving up which is a very weak thing to do…

[belgianbull]

2 hours ago, Bullwinkle said:

This is why I say joining the BigEast was the worst thing to happen to USF. It interrupted the natural growth cycle of the program. It set unrealistic expectations for such a young program. Apathy has set in with the fan base and nothing but a Power conference is good enough. Solid programs takes many decades, some a century to build. We tried to make it happen in 10 years. Make the best of whatever situation you are in and good things will happen.

I think having been in the Big East was great for us and was fun and exciting while it lasted. Its kind of like having dated a Brazilian supermodel for about 5 years, after which being dumped. Wouldn't trade the good times we had while in the Big East, which included wins against FSU, WVU, Notre Dame, Clemson, and consistently being ranked. We just squandered it at some point with not building the OCS sooner and our AD and coaching hires.

[Sellular1]

17 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

I think having been in the Big East was great for us and was fun and exciting while it lasted. Its kind of like having [b]dated a Brazilian supermodel for about 5 years, after which being dumped[/b] Wouldn't trade the good times we had while in the Big East, which included wins against FSU, WVU, Notre Dame, Clemson, and consistently being ranked. We just squandered it at some point with not building the OCS sooner and our AD and coaching hires.

Now we can’t even get a ZJ from a toothless Cuban abuela 

Edited August 19, 2023 by Sellular1

[MaltLiquorBull]

16 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

I think having been in the Big East was great for us and was fun and exciting while it lasted. Its kind of like having dated a Brazilian supermodel for about 5 years, after which being dumped. Wouldn't trade the good times we had while in the Big East, which included wins against FSU, WVU, Notre Dame, Clemson, and consistently being ranked. We just squandered it at some point with not building the OCS sooner and our AD and coaching hires.

Being in the big east was a great experience for both football and basketball.  I knew the conference was temporary, but i never thought we’d ever get left back and even passed over.  Talk about unstable.  The minute Miami, BC, and VT bolted and the big east backfilled, it was already being messaged on espn that it was an inferior conference (I don’t think it was inferior, but that was the talking points). Couple that with the instability of having 9 teams (including ND) who did not participate in big east football.  It was broken to start with, but I thought we were in the club. Oh well.  Glad to have experienced it, and I’d take a similar situation over what we have now any day.

[USFBULL_08]

It will be interesting going forward to see the returns from AAU status vs what some of the top 2-3 conferences are making.

[Bull Matrix]

1 minute ago, USFBULL_08 said:

It will be interesting going forward to see the returns from AAU status vs what some of the top 2-3 conferences are making.

I would like the think than the AAU status blows away whatever they are calling the power conferences nowadays lol 

[jjlovecub]

4 hours ago, Bullwinkle said:

This is why I say joining the BigEast was the worst thing to happen to USF. It interrupted the natural growth cycle of the program. It set unrealistic expectations for such a young program. Apathy has set in with the fan base and nothing but a Power conference is good enough. Solid programs takes many decades, some a century to build. We tried to make it happen in 10 years. Make the best of whatever situation you are in and good things will happen.

What a ridiculous take. We should have taken advantage of what we had. 

4 hours ago, DontPushMe said:

Looking like worst case scenario for us is about to happen. Pac folds altogether with the two valuable schools to the acc. The remaining 2 probably recreate the pac as a best of the mwc to keep the branding. Smu joins acc. Acc gets more stable. Zero landing spots for us for the next 10+ years. 

 

Seriously time to consider my proposal to shut the program down and focus on Olympics

 

I don't think they'd accept it regardless but we should absolutely be offering to play the acc for free for at least as long as smu is willing to. 

What a weak mentality. Not going your way so quit. 

[Outlaw]

3 hours ago, Bull Matrix said:

Nope!  Shutting down is giving up which is a very weak thing to do…

The only thing we should be shutting down is the other team's offense. Time to get mean and nasty in the trenches again.

[Outlaw]

1 hour ago, USFBULL_08 said:

It will be interesting going forward to see the returns from AAU status vs what some of the top 2-3 conferences are making.

I really don't think power conferences care about AAU status as much as winning games against top 25 teams.

[Rocky Style]

3 hours ago, Sellular1 said:

Now we can’t even get a ZJ from a toothless Cuban abuela 

Don't count us out!