Everyone that had a legit football program left and joined another conference. Pitt has one of the most historic football programs in the country. Anyone with a brain would have made the same move and joined the ACC.
Yeah and how's that working out for you. The Big and SEC are going to go to 20 teams each snd Pitt won't be one of then.
It’s working well. Thanks for asking. Nobody knows for sure how things will look in the future, but even if it stops at 40 there will be a lot of good football/basketball programs out there that we can join with and it will be a better overall sports conference than the Big East.
As a Providence fan, you arent allowed on a college sports website. You're irrelevant. Beat it
Lol Talk about irrelevant has Pitt basketball finished above 10th place in the acc any year? Providence was in the sweet 16 last year so don't quite think we are irrelevant.
I think these two posts pretty much sum up why the original Big East’s demise was inevitable. The differences in perspective are kinda funny.
There will be plenty of big time schools not invited to the party ( especially for Fb ) and Pitt will be one of those . What’s left will be fine for the level of investment Pitt wants to allocate to athletics. They’ve shown no interest in seriously stepping up to the level that OSU , Alabama and PSU’s of the world invest in attempting to win Fb games .
That’s why I’ve believed for a while now that football should be in separate leagues than the rest of the department. Let football have their nationwide super-leagues while everyone else reverts to regionally-based conferences with traditional rivals. Football makes more money and the school saves on travel costs for everyone else… seems like a win/win in my opinion.
Here's a free tip for you, friend. "Relevance" loses a considerable amount of its prestige when you have to go to another team's anonymous message board and remind everyone that you have it!
That had zero to do with changing conferences. That had 100% with chasing out a coach by an idiot AD.
The issue with that is that Pitt would not be agreeable to shortchange its non-revenue mens and women’s sports in that manner. Pitt is committed to having them compete at the highest level, just like football and men’s basketball. If anything, it’s these sports that have Pitt brass anxious about what is going on right now, probably more than most other universities that just grudgingly drag those sports along for the ride.
With the ACC money they are currently receiving they can fund the non revenue sports , but I doubt they would continue to fund them at this level if revenue takes a serious hit in the future . You can’t spend money you don’t have .
That’s correct, and I’ve said that THIS is the issue that is likely keeping the Pitt brass awake at night these last few days…not so much how it might ruin football. I fervently hope they recognize, if not appreciate, how football drives all the buses.
And again, that is a stupid, moronic comment. NO head coach would ever be at the scene of a crime. Players have phone numbers of lawyers and someone else on staff to contact when they get in trouble. The last HC to meddle when players got in trouble was Foge 38 years ago but those players got in trouble in Oakland and the coaches lived in Oakland and was way before cell phone cameras.
Yes, but you it is easier to get from Columbus to LA than Columbus to Lincoln.
Exactly! This is what I’ve been wanting for a while now. I think it will begin to receive more support now that almost every conference is so widely spread out. Football can split off and generate even more money in its super league while other sports save on expenses trough reduced travel costs. Seems like a win/win.
Looking strictly at the numbers, for sure the idea makes sense.
Maybe in your mind, but you have no idea how anyone would react to that scenario for football. And even if there was a super league for football, why would it mean that teams would be traveling all across the country? They could just as easily realign into geographic conferences, as they have traditionally been. It would save them money on travel expenses as well.
Private charter planes will take care of the teams and I’m sure there will be enterprising companies putting charters together for fans if the demand exists .
