BC is in a lot of hurt. Worst sports program in the ACC, and the only thing of pride for those guys to point to is hockey (which is actually really good). They should have never left the Big East.I had no idea Boston College was putting their hopes and dreams in this man turning around their athletics department
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I had no idea Boston College was putting their hopes and dreams in this man turning around their athletics department
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They seem to believe that the new president who was formerly the football chaplain will get them going on a better trajectory. We’ll see lol. They got fundraiser James on the case to help em be
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I just can't see BC pulling it off. They're more like Holy Cross than Notre Dame. I highly doubt their alumni base antes up in this NIL era. And the Boston community could give two ***** about them. Nothing at all like Miami community. Bostonians have stronger affinity to BU and Northeastern, neither of whom have a football team.
The only way they come back is if the BiG decides to invest in them for the Boston media market like their original plan for Rutgers (NY metro) and Maryland (DC metro). But those bets haven't really worked out. Much easier to expand with a Miami and to a lesser extent SMU (Dallas) who have alumni who are committed to football and sports. The Canes also already have the community support.
The only way they come back is if the BiG decides to invest in them for the Boston media market like their original plan for Rutgers (NY metro) and Maryland (DC metro). But those bets haven't really worked out. Much easier to expand with a Miami and to a lesser extent SMU (Dallas) who have alumni who are committed to football and sports. The Canes also already have the community support.
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Is this the part where whiny SEC homers request the US Government to intervene as ESECPN’s darling programs falter because they can no longer pay to play without competition? Sure seems like it considering who’s all involved here…
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That was going on for decades under table, well before NIL. And of course you mention the highest payer if you're being recruited.
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Also, the fight and hotel have always been on the school, no?
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I spent 3 years in the Boston area during my college days, still go back to visit from time to time.
There is a big following in football for Holy Cross, Michigan (due to Brady), and Harvard. Not that they are going to flock to go see them, but that is where most of their attention lies.
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As a Bostonian for my entire life, people up here generally don't give a crap about college sports in general. With the success of all of our pro teams, it really is just a pro team type of city. I was in high school during the '07 Matt Ryan year where they got up as high as number 2 in the standings and that year was pretty **** cool. Lots of eyes were on the program and people were hyped about them. The very next year it was like the school didn't even have a team lol.
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Same can be said for most of the Northeast. I think Western PA (Penn St territory) and Virginia are the borders for where people start to care about college sports.
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I know it's not popular on here. But I prefer this too. The idea 24 will diminish interest in the regular season is crazy to me. While I agree it will make the ACCCG more or less irrelevant, Canes fans shouldn't care at all about that. The NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has 64 teams, has made that sport much more interesting to watch.
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It would probably make a few games less important but make a lot of other games more important in the long run and likely be the only path for people to stop canceling these big out of conference games
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The "importance" of the regular season becomes just as relevant, as your SEEDING will strongly impact your post-season success.
Thus, while the "one game" differential will be less-pronounced (i.e., teams with 3 or 4 losses may make it in), each game is still vitally important for seedings and matchups. You could lose in the first round, or advance to the finals, based on where you are seeded.
24 teams in the post-season playoffs is fantastic. Death to the worthless "bowl games".
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Much more interesting to watch.....in March. No one cares about college basketball from November - beginning of Feb.
Every game in college football used to mean something now only 11 out of 12 matter - everyone gets at least 1 mulligan. Double the playoff and then 10 out of 12 matter. Personally, I don't care because it is a fairer system to get a champion, but it does dilute the regular season.
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Completely wrong.
Everything you say is wrong.
"Nobody cares about college basketball from November - beginning of Feb." Wrong.
Most of the best non-conference matchups occur in November-December. Unfortunately, that is while college football is hitting its peak.
"Now only 11 out of 12 matter". Wrong.
They all matter. The avoidance of losing matters. You shouldn't just get to say "I'm the national champion because I won 12 games". By the same measure, Miami University (of Ohio) should be the #1 basketball team in the country, right?
Here's the reality. We want good teams to play in the regular season. We want good matchups. We want good ratings. Who gives a **** if a team is 12-0 and played nobody? And why should a Week 1 game between #1 and #2 substantially disqualify the loser?
College football season is fantastic. Every game matters, even if you can't win them all.
But until recently, it was the only team sport at any level that could host a championship game without any form of playoff whatsoever.