DukesDan wrote:

There are a lot more people at X, Dayton, St. Louis, Butler, VCU that are VERY involved in the school's basketball program. They give money, go to every game, watch every game on tv, they send their kids to that school and those kids attend every game. Duquesne doesn't have that right now and needs 10 years and 4 to 5 NCAA bids to get anywhere near that.

Duquesne has very little school pride in athletics. All the alumni go around wearing their 800 dollar class rings but dont go to a single sporting event Duquesne hosts except the city game.

I unfortunately think we deserve anything we get.

I don't think their legacies will be affected by this at all because so few alumni and current students care about athletics at all.

I understand your points, but the loyal 100 or so are getting far less than we deserve.  Here are the supporters that have bought tickets, donated, anguished, argued and celebrated at times. We are getting far less in return than what we have put into this.

I sent emails to Zeise at the PG and the Trib guy asking them to please get some sort of response concerning this from DU.  No response from either person yet.

NEC

DukesDan wrote:

Nice work, they probably dont even know who to call though.

Zeise would. His work is head and shoulders above what Jennifer Menendez did last year. 

I'm hoping that we can somehow land in the CAA with perhaps Richmond, URI, SBU, St. joes and LaSalle.  They would take us as a group. 

And I am praying that Dayton gets left out in the cold after reading the A10 message boards.

I just think that URI and Richmond already play CAA football and could have their arms twisted.  I don't see Creighton leaving MV for the situation listed above.   The others are all possible.

Last edited by duqkurt (12/13/2012 4:33 pm)

Rhode Island doesn't care about football at all.  They suck.  Also, creighton won't join a watered down a10.  They'll stick in the MVC.  Why leave?

Simms wrote:

Rhode Island doesn't care about football at all.  They suck.  Also, creighton won't join a watered down a10.  They'll stick in the MVC.  Why leave?

I didn't say they were good in football. I said they play football in the CAA. The CAA could make a power play to force them to join for all sports.  And the CAA is not much different than the remaining A10 schools. I miss Temple already.   I wonder what will happen to Temple.

I freaking hate the Big East Catholics. Always have and this ensures the hatred lives strong.

CLK wrote:

Done deal?

http://zagsblog.com/articles/big-east-source-no-decision-yet/

Adam Bagni� @NBC10_Adam

New "Atlantic 10" wud likely look like this: URI, La Salle, St.Joes, VCU, UMass, GW, Duquesne, Fordham, Richmond, St.Bonny, St.Louis. +adds

I doubt SLU would stay with that group. The closest school is over 600 miles away. That would leave 10 schools. Would the league stand pat with 10? I'd be in favor of that.

I just doubt that the Catholics would do all this and not try and decimate the A10 at the same time.  Why they wouldn't take the top 5 and go to 12 and just eliminate the competition?   Other than the fact that they are Catholic schools with fancy mission statements supposedly bases on Catholic beliefs, IMO they don't leave behind any resemblance of a strong A10 to bite them in the ass later.

I know this won't happen, but what if the A10 teams decided to stick together and not bolt.  Would the balance of power shift to the A10 as far as picking and choosing who they wanted to take?  Just wondering who the BE Cats would try to get the and what that league would look like in comparison to the A10 for TV money.I know it is a silly questions with teams like Dayton an Xavier all but out the door without looking back.

Jim Ferry on 970 for coaches show now

I'll take it.