West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck Statement On Big East Meeting
by Patrick_the_Ruminator on Sep 21, 2011 1:40 PM EDT
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PrintWell, we didn't have to wait long after the UConn email about doing "what is in the best interests for the University of Connecticut" to hear from West Virginia. Here is Oliver Luck's statement which Blue and Gold News tweeted in two parts:
President Clements and I represented West Virginia University at last night's BIG EAST meeting in New York. The group concluded the meeting with a strategy to recruit top level BCS-caliber institutions that match the league's strong athletic and academic histories and traditions.
As I stated before, WVU is an excellent flagship, land-grant University, with national-caliber athletic and academic programs. We are, and will remain, a national player in college athletics. The conference office will coordinate any further discussion on this issue.
This statement actually includes the words Big East so that's different than the last one. However, the statement doesn't include anything about being a proud member of the conference or anything along those lines.
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Whatever W VA. Seriously, get behind the Big East! It’s an amazing and awesome conference, and you guys need to step up and own it!
by Go Bulls Go Bucs! on Sep 21, 2011 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
Again, you're dreaming...
…the Big East is in its death throes regardless of who we add. Navy and Air Force? Respectable programs, but not championship programs.
You think we’re “amazing” and “awesome?” Maybe in basketball. Our BCS record is not stellar. WVU and Louisville are the only current Big East memebrs with championship wins. (WVU > Georgia, Oklahoma. Louisville > Wake Forest.) Not only did Cincinatti and UConn lose in the BCS, they were picked apart. It was embarrassing for the entire league. I do think, however, that USF could win a BCS game, if they can keep themselves together to get there.
Navy and Air Force aren’t going to win BCS games. They don’t have big fan bases. Inevitably, there WILL be 4 16-team super conferences, and regardless of how many members the Big East has, it will never be all that super at this point.
I hope Ollie steps up and gets us somewhere better, and I hope USF’s athletic director can find you guys a new home, too, because your school and your fans deserve it.
by MountaineerAirman on Sep 21, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you for the support.
West Virginia is a great program, it is certainly safe from being contracted. I hope both of us have a BCS home and retain our rivalry when this chaos is all over.
by Green Bull on Sep 21, 2011 11:26 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Unless WVU somehow ends up in the ACC
I can’t see USF being more than someone they play really rarely. They’ll probably end up in a super-conference, which means 9 conference games, so only 3-non con spots available. One pretty much has to be a cupcake (which may be required by WV politics to be Marshall). One has to be Pitt (or hordes of fans will storm the admin buildings). And SU and Maryland are probably the top contenders when they want a serious opponent rather than a cupcake in the third spot.
Everybody assumes we'll keep playing Pitt when they go OOC....
I’m not so sure as long as Steve Pederson is AD at Pitt. He’s a moron with no sense of the Backyard Brawl tradition.
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by MtnEer_in_SC on Sep 22, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
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