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We put a lot of effort into getting one guy to care about us. Hopefully he has some friends.

I think the (well one of the main reasons) reason Cleveland doesn't follow us is because they know we aren't really one of the big boys. Hopefully our Athletic Dept can put a solid case together to show that the Cleveland market would support us if we were to join the Big East and be taken seriously in the Cleve. I personally think they would, if, that's a big if, we were to join the Big East AND win. They don't care if we win in the MAC...but I think they would if we won in the BE.

I think one could make a pretty compelling argument that baseball is in the best shape of any professional sport right now, but that has nothing to do with this.

You answered that yourself earlier, the economy. I certainly don't think CBB is in any trouble drawing the 5th most fans ever during crappy times. And the seating capacity all depends on the conference, imo. 7000-7500 for the MAC/CUSA...over 10k for the Big East.

idiots make me upset.

It's #5 all-time.

This post made me angry edit: that was from the cusa thread

If we went to the BE and built an 8,000 seat arena I'd be amazed.

No one showed NZF the underground campus yet??

I'm saying going to that conference for a year or two doesn't stop us from leaving it after a year or two. I realize I'm putting the cart before the horse.

Why not? Boise did it with the MWC then the BE. TCU the same with the BE to the Big 12.

I've seen it too. Good HD, Gary Waters drawing up plays...seems better than ours so far.

I think there's a happy medium in here. He isn't Phil Knight or some super booster, but he isn't a omplete non-factor. I'll take what I can get.

Oral Roberts would be a top 50 win, Buffalo a top 100 win, K ent a top 100 win, and a win or two over Buffalo/K ent again in the tourney would definitely get us up there.

He was at either the Can't or VCU game in 08. Forget which one. Also at the info opener.

I doubt they're welcome

I think KD has done a good job of tricking everyone into thinking Miami is better han their record. Hopefully he tricked his players so they give him a full 40 minutes, but I'm not falling for it. Zips by 20 again.

I'm from PA...so Pittsburgh teams for me

we need to make sure at least one of the teams leaves with teeth

Yeah, I agree, everyone views it as crap...but the crap of the BCS. As long as they're getting an automatic bid, I'd love to be in it. But, if my math's correct, they're 7-7 in BCS Bowls, but the public doesn't really like facts. They even had the best bowl record since the BCS started as of this article. 24-10 since the 2005-2006 bowl season. I don't want to derail this thread into a big east argument, but...It's not as bad as people think.

The big east has done quite well in BCS bowls, no? WVU over Oklahoma, Georgia, Clemson. Their play has been considerably better than the perception they get. But i agree, it's all about perception. Still the big east, without pitt, wvu, and Cuse is still leaps and bounds ahead of the MAC. Also WVU beat OU after L'Ville beat WF.

Why would one do such a thing?

The problem with bringing 20+ friends is that eventually they'll see the game.. I'll wait till they're better so my friends will come back.

Spin, I don't think anyone is against the Big East, however I doubt our addition to the conference would entice BC to go back.

GP1 is from South Carolina now, I believe that's why he suggested that, not to be rude. Or maybe both