The Big East expansion groundswell thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

If you want I'll even upgrade my metaphor to a shit BLT.

I found the perfect bacon for your shit sandwhich!!!!!!!

Everything is better with bacon, or at least that's what I've heard.


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[Viking]

Everything is better with bacon, or at least that's what I've heard.


baconlube.com

I can't believe it's not butter!

[Viking]

So when do you think Dick H is going to break the BYU to the BE news?

[LiveCoug]

Swedish squeezable bacon! Awesome!

Swedes love squeezable condiments. Our favorite is the squeezable shrimp cheese. Yummy!

[Viking]

Swedish squeezable bacon! Awesome!

Swedes love squeezable condiments. Our favorite is the squeezable shrimp cheese. Yummy!

Yes, the swedes are easily squeezed, especially by hitler:


"However, when it came to trade with the Nazi regime, the Swedes, for a period of time, accommodated themselves to the Reich to an even greater extent than the Swiss did. The Swedish economy was, for a number of years, almost fully integrated into the Nazis' New Order; the country supplied Germany with high-grade iron ore (30 percent of that used by the German armaments industry), as well as ball bearings, foodstuffs, wood, and many other raw materials. In matters of finance, the Swedes cooperated with Germany by providing credit, which allowed the delivery of vast quantities of military equipment to the Wehrmacht. Moreover, after the war, the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank, "examined gold it had received from the Nazis in payment for exports and returned about 13 tons that presumably had been stolen [from] Belgium and the Netherlands."24

The Swedes believed, at least for the first years of the war, that cooperation with Germany was necessary to preserve a precarious neutrality. But after 1943 the Swedish government, heeding Allied warnings about neutrals doing business with Germany, detached the country from the German "political and commercial web," and gradually established closer ties with the Allies.25 There is no doubt that for several years Sweden put its considerable economic resources at the disposal of the Reich; but its behavior in the latter stages of the war removed much of the stigma of collaboration."

[LiveCoug]

Yes, the swedes are easily squeezed, especially by hitler:


"However, when it came to trade with the Nazi regime, the Swedes, for a period of time, accommodated themselves to the Reich to an even greater extent than the Swiss did. The Swedish economy was, for a number of years, almost fully integrated into the Nazis' New Order; the country supplied Germany with high-grade iron ore (30 percent of that used by the German armaments industry), as well as ball bearings, foodstuffs, wood, and many other raw materials. In matters of finance, the Swedes cooperated with Germany by providing credit, which allowed the delivery of vast quantities of military equipment to the Wehrmacht. Moreover, after the war, the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank, "examined gold it had received from the Nazis in payment for exports and returned about 13 tons that presumably had been stolen [from] Belgium and the Netherlands."24

The Swedes believed, at least for the first years of the war, that cooperation with Germany was necessary to preserve a precarious neutrality. But after 1943 the Swedish government, heeding Allied warnings about neutrals doing business with Germany, detached the country from the German "political and commercial web," and gradually established closer ties with the Allies.25 There is no doubt that for several years Sweden put its considerable economic resources at the disposal of the Reich; but its behavior in the latter stages of the war removed much of the stigma of collaboration."

Why you gotta be like that? Consider me having stepped outside with you.

[Viking]

Why you gotta be like that? Consider me having stepped outside with you.

Right now! I shall be fighting for country and my heritage so you better bring it!

[Viking]

Kudos to MRD for nailing it with this thread.

[myboynoah]

Kudos to MRD for nailing it with this thread.

I'm still not feeling it, my friend. Why would BYU want to join a league from which most of the current members would bolt in a nano-second? This seems like it could be a disaster and few writers are even considering this angle.

[lambdacoug]

So if this happens hopefully the BE will only play 7 conference games. 5 against your division and then one home and one away against two teams from the other division. Division winner is based upon the division games.

This would leave BYU to play 5 OOC games. If those are: Utah, Utah State (force them into a 2-1 deal to balance out the A-H-Neutral deals throughout the land), the Neutral deal, a decent and hopefully either Big-12 or Pac home and home series and a crappy team that might even be 1-AA/FCS.

Over a three year period this is how I see the schedule working out and I will use Penn State as our neutral team:

YR 1:
Home - Boise State, SMU, UConn, USU, Oregon State, FCS
Away - Utah, AFA, Houston, Cincy, Penn State, Navy

YR 2:
Home - Utah, AFA, Houston, Cincy, Utah State, South Florida, FCS
Away - Boise State, SMU, Penn State (N), Louisiville, UCLA

YR 3:
Home - Boise State, SMU, Rutgers, UCLA, Penn State, FCS
Away - Utah, AFA, Houston, Cincy, Utah State, UCF

Uhhh. Perhaps we should look first to replace the FCS game. I guess it is a step up.

I'd rather not play PSU.

[LiveCoug]

This, I believe, would be horrible for the BE and BYU

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...me-sources-say

[Jeff Lebowski]

This, I believe, would be horrible for the BE and BYU

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...me-sources-say

Wow. Not good for Utah either.

I hate everything about the BCS. If they had any integrity we would have a playoff.

[il Padrino Ute]

Wow. Not good for Utah either.

I hate everything about the BCS. If they had any integrity we would have a playoff.

As do I. It's a horrendous way to decide which teams play for a fake national championship.

[jay santos]

This, I believe, would be horrible for the BE and BYU

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...me-sources-say

This is why I say it's beyond stupid to make long term decisions about conference affiliation on current BCS rules which are changing yearly.

[jay santos]

Wow. Not good for Utah either.

I hate everything about the BCS. If they had any integrity we would have a playoff.

At a minimum, NCAA should step in and manage the bowl system. The bowls as entities add a layer of cost to the system that's unnecessary and bring in all the unfairness because everything's a profit motive. The NCAA should receive applications from cities to host bowl games and then allocate teams fairly with a selection committee the same as basketball. I'd like to see a tourney, but that would be a good first step to eliminate a lot of the garbage.