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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(11-20-2013 06:21 PM)gosports1 Wrote: The story I heard was that joining nova in their plans will be depaul a and st johns. Finally bringing BIG TIME football to new York and Chicago.those 3 are trying to persuade Marquette, Providence and Georgetown to start up bcs then they will make their move on uconn and have.a real all sport league
say it again so I can laugh!
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
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(11-20-2013 06:21 PM)gosports1 Wrote: The story I heard was that joining nova in their plans will be depaul a and st johns. Finally bringing BIG TIME football to new York and Chicago.those 3 are trying to persuade Marquette, Providence and Georgetown to start up bcs then they will make their move on uconn and have.a real all sport league
say it again so I can laugh!
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Did i go too far ? This stuff is gold! If you laugh too much it won't be as funny after awhile!
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(11-20-2013 06:21 PM)gosports1 Wrote: The story I heard was that joining nova in their plans will be depaul a and st johns. Finally bringing BIG TIME football to new York and Chicago.those 3 are trying to persuade Marquette, Providence and Georgetown to start up bcs then they will make their move on uconn and have.a real all sport league
Well played Sir.
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
I call bull on this thread...Nova isnt going fbs and IF they did they sure as heck wont be in the AAC.
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(11-20-2013 02:01 PM)nightoftheowls Wrote: (11-20-2013 11:50 AM)CommuterBob Wrote: (11-20-2013 11:00 AM)qwerty1 Wrote: (11-20-2013 07:37 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote: Not happening. I regret to inform you your good authority is wrong.
You're mostly correct.
Actually, going to back and trying to reconfirm, it seems that Villanova is not looking to go football-only anywhere. However, don't be surprised to find out that Villanova is looking to join the AAC for all-sports, using Lincoln Financial Field as their home football stadium, with a longer term plan to get into the ACC.
I don't believe Temple has any plans for an OCS, or if they do , they're stil very preliminary. IIRC they have a fairly long-term lease with LFF and even have their own locker room at the facility. LFF has said they don't want a second tenant as well, which left Villanova to look to the MLS stadium in Chester as their truly only viable option, but it only holds 18K, expandable to 25K. PLus, as other allude to, Villanova doesn't exactly have the warmest relationship with some schools in the American (namely Temple who Villanova fought to keep out for years and had to be bribed to accept them). I highly doubt any of this is true whatsoever.
FTR, our lease at the Linc runs through the 2017 season. When the stadium was originally built, Jeff Lurie (the Eagles' owner) tried to keep us out. However, the stadium was financed with public money and is owned by the city, so the city basically told him that he has to let us play there.
We currently pay the Eagles about $1.6 mil/yr in rent. Rumor is that Lurie is once again playing hard ball and will raise rent significantly.
Just yesterday, a regular poster on board said he was at a function where our new prez spoke. There was a Q&A session, and a question about athletics - specifically an on campus stadium was brought up. The prez basically said that an on campus stadium is currently being evaluated and is a long term goal down the road, and if necessary, we would/could play at Franklin Field (Penn's stadium) for the interim period after we left the Linc (post 2017) and prior to the completion of the on campus stadium.
So in other words, Temple doesn't have any plans (other than a cursory evaluation) for an OCS and the lease isn't as long-term as we'd been lead to believe.
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
We have Temple, why do we need Villanova?
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(11-20-2013 04:31 PM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote: Has Georgetown even considered upgrading its football program? If it did, it could play in RFK stadium if the program ever became successful.
That's a pretty lofty dream since the field they play on now only seats 2500 and has been waiting for upgrades for most of a decade...and there are no football schollies.
So don't bet on that bus leaving the terminal anytime soon.
The last sustained statement from Georgetown on this issue? February 2012.
“Georgetown will continue its membership in the Patriot League in the sport of football and explore all of its options, including our ability to compete as a need-based aid program. We remain committed to our goal of providing our student athletes with an unparalleled academic experience and an athletically competitive football program.”
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
We already have Temple... I say we invite Georgetown, UMass and call it a day.
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11-22-2013 10:55 PM |
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
Adding Villanova couldnt be any worse than keeping any of the other old big east teams that are being dominated by the cusa teams in the aac. heck might as well add maine and new hampshire as replacements for rutgers or pitt.
(if we are gonna roll on with a troll thread might as well do it the right way)
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(11-20-2013 06:21 PM)gosports1 Wrote: The story I heard was that joining nova in their plans will be depaul a and st johns. Finally bringing BIG TIME football to new York and Chicago.those 3 are trying to persuade Marquette, Providence and Georgetown to start up bcs then they will make their move on uconn and have.a real all sport league
Not to dredge anything up... but...
Has anyone heard of anything remotely like this being in the works?
That would be a terrible football conference. It's a lot easier to improve Tulane basketball than to develop FBS football programs at NBE/C7 schools.
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(04-26-2017 12:03 AM)BigEastHomer Wrote: (11-20-2013 06:21 PM)gosports1 Wrote: The story I heard was that joining nova in their plans will be depaul a and st johns. Finally bringing BIG TIME football to new York and Chicago.those 3 are trying to persuade Marquette, Providence and Georgetown to start up bcs then they will make their move on uconn and have.a real all sport league
Not to dredge anything up... but...
Has anyone heard of anything remotely like this being in the works?
That would be a terrible football conference. It's a lot easier to improve Tulane basketball than to develop FBS football programs at NBE/C7 schools.
The last I heard on this subject was 4 years ago in the above thread. I hope they do go FBS so we can laugh at them!
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
I saw the "Sons of Ben" movie about this soccer fan group that worked for years to bring an MLS team to Philadelphia. It was their efforts that helped get the support for the stadium in Chester. The stadium that Villanova wanted to use.
It made me think about Nova's plan for FBS. I wonder if there is a "Sons of Ben" type football support group at Villanova. Every now and then I hear one of their delusional fans mention the ACC.
(This post was last modified: 04-26-2017 12:20 AM by BigEastHomer.)
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
lol
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
Bumping a troll thread. Good one
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
(11-20-2013 08:51 AM)Bleeds_Purple Wrote: LoL football only
They will partner with UCONN as football only members. Makes perfect sense....
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RE: Villanova back in the picture for FBS football?
Qwerty1 used to work in a Big 10 Athletic Department back in 2010. If he still works with "insiders" who knows.
The few posts he had were usually about whether Villanova would upgrade in Football or would Temple be allowed in the conference once the conference fell apart.
This was all long before the "AAC" ever was a thought. The only ones who would remember any of this would be long time Cincy, UConn or USF posters and probably Wilkie.
http://csnbbs.com/thread-442307.html
http://csnbbs.com/thread-429530.html
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