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Date Posted: 17:25:31 05/02/03 Fri
Author: Bainsey
Subject: Re: On the subject of football, what's the value of playing football to an AE school?all?
In reply to: Urban Barrister 's message, "On the subject of football, what's the value of playing football to an AE school?all?" on 15:30:22 05/02/03 Fri

>Picking up on my last message about the CC standings,
>why would an AE school want football in the first
>place?

You're joking, right?

>at best, you're
>going to have a good team in a mediocre D-IAA league
>that gets little if any ANY regional or national
>exposure.

You're way off base on this one. Maine, UNH, and NU all play in the Atlantic 10, which, according to RPI and other numerical factors, is the STRONGEST I-AA conference in the nation.

>I mean, how many people -- other than students of
>member schools -- can name last season's champ in the
>Sunbelt Conference? Or the Mid-American? Or the
>Pioneer?

Why would we? Our school isn't in those conferences.

>Personally, I
>doubt anyone was choosing to attend BU because of its
>football team....

If you choose a university based upon the prowess of its athletic teams (assuming you're not an athlete, of course), then you're not making the best selection for yourself. D-I athletics is a wonderful thing, but it shouldn't be a basis for your academic or career decisions.

>Do they really think that someday
>they're going to have a Top 20 D-IA program that
>competes for bowl game invites? If not, then what's
>the point?

What's the point of the bowl games, anyway? At least we at the I-AA level settle the national score correctly. (I know; that's another topic.)

>Heck, I bet
>Bing gets more national exposure this year through the
>success of its golf and tennis teams than any football
>school in the AE has gotten through its football team
>over the past ten years.

Again, you're kidding, right? You forget that ESPN and Headline News scroll scores from ALL Division I teams. That's exposure that college golf and tennis never get, and D-I football schools get it every autumn weekend.

As for the "no damn soccer" comment from UAalum72, last time I checked, that was played in the fall, too.

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[> [> Re: On the subject of football, what's the value of playing football to an AE school?all? -- UAalum72, 18:11:32 05/02/03 Fri

>As for the "no damn soccer" comment from UAalum72,
>last time I checked, that was played in the fall, too.

I was trying to write that with a redneck drawl, but anyway, yes soccer is played in the fall, but does anyone watch?

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