no love for the big east?

[sailor]

<font size="2">i can't be the only one who's bummed by ron's repeated dismissal of the big east conference (football division).&nbsp; now the top three members are in big bowl games, and still nothing.&nbsp; i just saw that there are lines out for all the bowls...and the big east teams are <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/gaming/sheridan.htm" target="_blank" title="spreads">favored</a> by at least 7 points each!&nbsp; hopefully all three will perform well and earn some vindication for us poor maligned north-easterners! </font>

[Marc with a c]

<strong>bronxmarc</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">hopefully all three will perform well and earn some vindication for us poor maligned <u><strong>north-easterners!</strong></u> </font><p>me too.&nbsp; i really hope those dang northeasteners in louisville and west virginia represent for us.</p>

[sailor]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>bronxmarc</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">hopefully all three will perform well and earn some vindication for us poor maligned <u><strong>north-easterners!</strong></u> </font><p>me too. i really hope those dang northeasteners in louisville and west virginia represent for us.</p><p>&nbsp;<font size="2">that part was OBVIOUSLY a bit of a joke.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; and west virginia fought on the side of the north.&nbsp; that makes them a state and a northern state at that, in my book. </font></p>

[SinA]

you mean the <font size="6"><strong>BIG-2</strong></font> and the _{<strong>little-8</strong>}

[cougarjake13]

<p>the main problem always has been that in the nyc area theres no dominant hell theres no decent team in football</p><p>at least rutgers is an up and coming team&nbsp;and i guess other than syracuse who i dont think have ever been good or in title contention you could root for penn state but even with them until the last 2 yrs its been like&nbsp;10 yrs since they were in the mix&nbsp;</p>

[Fezticle98]

<p>The Texas Bowl is a big game? And the Gator Bowl? I assume both of these bowls had tie-ins, so regardless of who finished 2nd and 3rd in the Big East, they would have gone. </p><p>If all 3 teams win, that will say something, even though the teams they are playing aren't great. Definitely an improved conference, but sustain it for a while and the accolades will come.</p>

[sailor]

<strong>fezticle98</strong> wrote:<br /><p>The Texas Bowl is a big game? And the Gator Bowl? I assume both of these bowls had tie-ins, so regardless of who finished 2nd and 3rd in the Big East, they would have gone. </p><p>If all 3 teams win, that will say something, even though the teams they are playing aren't great. Definitely an improved conference, but sustain it for a while and the accolades will come.</p><p>&nbsp;<font size="2">ok, yes the texas bowl isn't as big as i was thinking at first (and k-state is a bit of a patsy as far as possible opponents...so rutgers had better not let us down!), but, yes, the gator bowl is a huge bowl game.&nbsp; it's one of the oldest bowls, it's one new year's day and each team will take home $2.5 million.&nbsp; (now i can't insert links)&nbsp; also, louiseville and wvu play georgia tech and wake forest, the top two teams in the ACC.&nbsp; beating them straigh-up would say a lot about the big east.&nbsp; as far as who gets invited, there are conference tie-ins, but they're not set in stone.&nbsp; normally it's something like big east 2 or pac-10 2 vs big-12 3 or big-10 4. </font></p>

[El Mudo]

<p><span class="postbody"><font size="2">also, louiseville and wvu play georgia tech and wake forest, the top two teams in the ACC.&nbsp; beating them straigh-up would say a lot about the big east.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>No it wouldn't.&nbsp; The ACC STINKS this year, hence the fact that Georgia Tech and Wake Forest are its top two teams, despite the fact that both teams are wretched (Georgia Tech's body of work speaks for itself as a hallmark of awfulness, and Wake never beat a top team all year) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And those two just played a 9-6 barn burner which Wake won for the ACC title</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They'll be lucky if they both don't lose by 50&nbsp;</p>