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Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:22 pm
by ponyboy
Stallion wrote:[Tulsa will] bring more fans than any Big East team except Navy
Do they travel well? I know that in a same sized stadium we averaged 2,000 more fans per game at home this year than did Tulsa. And they had a killer season.
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:49 pm
by BRStang
Ugh.....Tulsa? I was hoping for USM
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:03 pm
by RGV Pony
I do much, MUCH prefer Hattiesburg to Tulsa
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:09 pm
by Kynd Tulsa Phan
Snuzzles
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:11 pm
by LHS81
The grass is too tall in Tulsa
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:22 pm
by Kynd Tulsa Phan
LHS81 wrote:The grass is too tall in Tulsa
Pomy94 and tall grass are having a romantic hill country weekend in a few days,
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:33 pm
by SoCal_Pony
RGV Pony wrote:So to that add Wake Miami and Pitt and someone else and there is your 16 team post ACC death post other conferences raiding etc
Actually, RGV, when you play the game of assigning schools to conferences, you find out that Duke, Syracuse and Boston College are also homeless. Add those 3 schools, remove undesirables, and you have a pretty decent conference.
CT, BC, Cinc, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake, Duke, Navy
SMU, Houston, UCF, USF, Miami, UNLV, SD State, AFA
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:40 pm
by DanFreibergerForHeisman
SoCal_Pony wrote:RGV Pony wrote:So to that add Wake Miami and Pitt and someone else and there is your 16 team post ACC death post other conferences raiding etc
Actually, RGV, when you play the game of assigning schools to conferences, you find out that Duke, Syracuse and Boston College are also homeless. Add those 3 schools, remove undesirables, and you have a pretty decent conference.
CT, BC, Cinc, Pitt, Syracuse, Wake, Duke, Navy
SMU, Houston, UCF, USF, Miami, UNLV, SD State, AFA
I still honestly think something like that is the end game. If you add it up one of North Carolina, GT, or Virginia has a decent chance of still being there as well.
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:43 pm
by BRStang
RGV Pony wrote:I do much, MUCH prefer Hattiesburg to Tulsa
Yeah, me too. Plus, USM has more name rec, although slight, than Tulsa. Brett Favre and much more tradition, too. Tulsa diminishes our association in my opinion, while USM is neutral.
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:46 pm
by gostangs
they are a far cry from SMU or Tulane academically - not that it matters in all of this. I think USM would be better. We cant go where we want to go in a collection of small private schools. We need to be one of the few in the mix - not one of the several.
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:46 pm
by 03Mustang
A guy named Drew Pearson played at Tulsa....and they bring some pretty solid basketball as well.
Tulsa has done far more over the past 15 years to deserve an invite than we have...they simply have the misfortune of being in Tulsa instead of Dallas. They did win CUSA last year....
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:33 pm
by Water Pony
USM football is down now and their BB is weak.
Big East needs strong BB programs for our strength of schedule.
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:52 pm
by SMU2007
This new conference sure is going to be interesting. Way different than c-USA. Can't wait to see if we can almost win this conference, but not actually be able to.
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:53 pm
by SMU2007
Maybe eek out 6 wins and make an anonymous bowl game where we get excited about beating a middle of the road mid major team. Who knows. The possibilities are endless
Re: Tulsa likely to be 12th BE team
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:25 am
by HorsePower
03Mustang wrote:A guy named Drew Pearson played at Tulsa....and they bring some pretty solid basketball as well.
Tulsa has done far more over the past 15 years to deserve an invite than we have...they simply have the misfortune of being in Tulsa instead of Dallas. They did win CUSA last year....
So what (Pearson)? They also had Steve Largent, didn't they?
I'm glad Tulsa is a candidate to join, and I'd like to see Rice, too: private school, elite academics, big city people can drive to. If the Owls aren't invited to join, they need to be on the non-conference schedule EVERY year.