What is a Mythical Jesuit anyway? Father Hulk?
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12-08-2008, 12:49 PM #21
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12-08-2008, 01:14 PM #22
Yeah, yeah, okay.
I was borrowing from references to the mythical national championship in college football prior to the BCS or the mythical Ohio Valley Conference comprised of X, UC, MU, and Dayton.
At least the Jesuit thing is more mythical than virtual, though it is more anything else than mythical.X A V I E R
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12-08-2008, 01:57 PM #23
[quote=muskienick;73181]Here we go --- pipe dream #3,746:
All-Jebbie Conference:
EAST: Canisius, Georgetown, St. Joe's, Xavier
CENTRAL: Detroit, Loyola (IL), Marquette, St. Louis
WEST: Creighton, Gonzaga, San Francisco, Santa Clara
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That's a ton of travel even if you keep the games to "divisions"."He's a little bit ball-dominant, he needs to have the ball in his hands, and he's not a good shooter." Ball-dominant … isn't that a nice way of calling someone a ball hog? Where is my Jay Bilas Thesaurus?
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12-08-2008, 01:59 PM #24
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12-08-2008, 02:10 PM #25
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12-08-2008, 02:16 PM #26
I'd like to have Butler added to the A10, or part of whatever conference might be formed in the future. I wonder if they'd even be interested though? The Horizon (MCC) hasn't seemed to have held them back. Which is kind of ironic when you consider Xavier fans complaints about the A10.
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12-08-2008, 03:05 PM #27
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12-08-2008, 03:55 PM #28
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12-08-2008, 05:05 PM #29
I was daydreaming again about the All-Continent Conference mentioned in post #18 in this thread. There traditionally has been criticism of such a widespread conference because of the travel time involved and the additional costs to the members.
That causes one to wonder what the cut-off point is for taking the bus vs taking the plane to an event. Certainly, XU would bus to Butler and Dayton and maybe even Duquesne. Do the Muskies fly to St. Louis, DC, Philly, and places of that distance? Our family has flown to Washington State (Sea-Tac Airport) and it's about a 5 hour flight. Heck, a bus trip to Chicago would take that long. Ergo, I don't see where the time/distance element should come into play. As far as the money is concerned, wouldn't a Conference such as the one described at the end of that earlier post attract many times the amount of League TV money (that most proposed members currently enjoy) and wouldn't local and regional sponsors be more likely to throw money at the radio and TV airings contracted by the individual members of the league (as compared to the current members of the A-10, Horizon, or WCC)?
I know, the minor sports are a part of this equation as well. How do the volleyball, swimming, and soccer teams now travel to URI, UMass, Olean, etc.?
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12-08-2008, 07:20 PM #30
[QUOTE=Muskie;73219]The concept is a fun idea. I agree on the travel front. Also, not a real strong RPI conference with Canisius, Detroit, Loyola, SF and Santa Clara. This seems a bit like a nationa-wide Horizon Conference. I do like the idea of a preseason conference among some combination of these teams.
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