tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post7764604943990506129..comments2024-03-24T05:21:33.293-04:00Comments on Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: Key quotes from New York Times article on conference shakeupATL_eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-39008428019721456232012-05-21T12:46:37.770-04:002012-05-21T12:46:37.770-04:00Having been recruited to BC from NY in 1964 for my...Having been recruited to BC from NY in 1964 for my SAT scores, along with hundreds of others from Catholic High Schools in the Northeast and as far away as CA, I'm not Mass-oriented, when it comes to football.<br /><br />Hell, I had to learn a whole new language when I arrived: e.g., "grinders"; "chopped meat"; "frappes". I even followed the basketball team, along with the other "outsiders" from NY. NJ, Ct.-not hockey, until my Mass room mate infected me with college hockey fever.<br /><br />As for following college football, as a card-carrying insomniac, I've spent many a Saturday night-Sunday morning watching Hawaii and other WAC teams play into the wee hours.<br /><br />I was there when BC became a "National School". What I'm afraid of is that I will also be there when BC becomes irrelevant. if and when FSU rides off into the sunset, I'll still be here with the other BC fans and alums waiting not so patiently for GDF and Spaz to follow FSU.<br /><br />I also expect to see Syracuse and Pitt bounce back and look forward to renewing those traditional rivalries.Lenny Sienkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106249138571503999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-89935126845821178122012-05-21T10:42:51.455-04:002012-05-21T10:42:51.455-04:00Lenny, BC long ago became a national school. You ...Lenny, BC long ago became a national school. You need to get out of your provincial doldrums. Not every BC grad lives in Massachusetts and, nationally, Florida State carries way more weight than Syracuse or Pitt. You need to look at the big picture Lenny. The center of college football is not New England.eaglebostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536194020385661646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-59348586287655094662012-05-20T15:04:49.315-04:002012-05-20T15:04:49.315-04:00For BC fans and alums, the only aspect of this tha...For BC fans and alums, the only aspect of this that matters is that GDF is not a player in this mix. His comments and popping off have damaged his credibility to the point where GDF is irrelevant.<br /><br />Unfortunately, this means BC is irrelevant to any of these discussions. BC will not be the masters of our fate. We will be carried along in the current and cast up on the shore someplace with nothing to say about what happens to us.<br /><br />Frankly, I could care less about whether or not FSU comes or goes. I found playing them to be a disappointment- not just when we lost. For better or worse, its not our kind of atmosphere . Who do I talk to about beating FSU? Who cares? Syracuse? Penn State? West Virginia, Pitt, even Rutgers...if we win, I can rag on my friends and neighbors.If we lose, I go into hiding for a couple of weeks. FSU...ho hum. <br /><br />Ger rid of GDF. Get rid of Spaz. Then get back to me about whether I care about who's in what league.Lenny Sienkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106249138571503999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-50987670282061489512012-05-20T13:29:49.950-04:002012-05-20T13:29:49.950-04:00No honest person could ever say there was a connec...No honest person could ever say there was a connection between the NYT selling it's remaining shares in the Fenway Group and the story in the Globe about declining interest in Red Sox tickets. It was pure coincidence that the 1st negative story about the Sox in 10 years appeared one week after the sale. The NYT story about the disarray in the BC football program by Myerberg(although true) only came after the financial seperation. 2. What does this portend for Gdf? Will the Globe spotlight team persue him? Will Blauds and Ryan dessert him? His 10 year contract with the Fenway Group may not provide any protection. 3. If Fsu and Clemson leave the Acc the league will be severely diminished. But you can't blame them. Why settle for a tv package of $12 mil per year whe Iowa St., K-St and Indiana get $20 mil. 4. The 2-13 BCS record the ACC has is deceiving. It doesn't count Miami's 2 wins and doesn't count the 2 games stolen. The title game vs. OSU for Miami and last years Sugar bowl for VT. VT dominated Michigan. They had 400 yards total offense to Michigan's 190. The replay officials of the Pac 12 (partners with the Big 10) were crooks.NEDofSavinHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337433376275407168noreply@blogger.com