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Sept 13, 2019 18:14:51 GMT -5
Post by MeatWilkerson on Sept 13, 2019 18:14:51 GMT -5
Per Fatam Breaston, why don't HC and Colgate depart the PL for the Ivy League in sports? Make sense geographically no? Can Clarence Thomas and Bill Simmons makes some calls, no?
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Sept 13, 2019 18:23:46 GMT -5
Post by bigfan on Sept 13, 2019 18:23:46 GMT -5
Ivy League NO WAY
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Sept 13, 2019 19:01:48 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 13, 2019 19:01:48 GMT -5
That will NEVAHHH EVAHHHHH HAPPEN.
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Sept 13, 2019 19:03:14 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 13, 2019 19:03:14 GMT -5
MEATTTTTT.
Keep up the good work.
How about UCONN and Maine to make an even 12 members and two six-team divisions ?
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Sept 13, 2019 19:09:15 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Sept 13, 2019 19:09:15 GMT -5
I think it almost happened in the early 1980s....been discussed here in the past. Ivies were thinking of expanding, Army, Navy, HC, Colgate and W&M were in the mix. They ultimately voted it down obviously.
ETA: there is a NY Times article from 1982 on this....having an issue posting it here on my tablet
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Sept 13, 2019 20:07:58 GMT -5
Post by hcpride on Sept 13, 2019 20:07:58 GMT -5
Colgate took a shot in the early 70's based on geography/sports but were told no. Colgate's four biggest applicant overlap schools (according to USNWR) today are Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth, and BC so maybe they were on to something.
Notwithstanding any Ivy envy, we'd have been a fish out of water in that secular league.
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Sept 13, 2019 20:42:30 GMT -5
Post by matunuck on Sept 13, 2019 20:42:30 GMT -5
I think it almost happened in the early 1980s....been discussed here in the past. Ivies were thinking of expanding, Army, Navy, HC, Colgate and W&M were in the mix. They ultimately voted it down obviously. ETA: there is a NY Times article from 1982 on this....having an issue posting it here on my tablet Very true.
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Sept 13, 2019 20:50:04 GMT -5
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Post by matunuck on Sept 13, 2019 20:50:04 GMT -5
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Sept 14, 2019 6:54:47 GMT -5
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Post by joe on Sept 14, 2019 6:54:47 GMT -5
A league of all large universities and 1 small, liberal arts, purely undergrad Jesuit school. Ok. Got it. Urban legend.
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Sept 14, 2019 7:24:24 GMT -5
Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 14, 2019 7:24:24 GMT -5
Georgetown made inquiries about joining the Ivy League several years ago.
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Post by joe on Sept 14, 2019 8:04:27 GMT -5
Many schools have made inquiries, but that’s all they were. The Ivies have never seriously considered an expansion, nor would or should they. 8 is a perfect even number, no need to dilute their brand.
Fenwick College was the urban legend name given to an Ivy League Holy Cross after we dropped our Jesuit heritage and, I guess, removed the hand of Christ from the library steps and exhumed all the old honored priests from cemetery and moved them to the BC cemetery. Right.
Move on.
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Sept 14, 2019 13:18:25 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 14, 2019 13:18:25 GMT -5
With Catholic Colleges like Sacred Heart and Merrimack moving on up to D-1 is there any possibility the NCAA would allow a post season FCS football tournament (four top Catholic FCS teams not playing in the NCAA FCS tournament) to crown the national Catholic FCS champion?
D-1 basketball has the NIT, CIT, etc. FBS football has an ever increasing number of bowl games. Some type of NIT like post season option for FCS is not completely absurd. A non-secular tournament would probably gather more support, but would the PL and IL turn their high academic noses up at it and decline to participate?
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Sept 14, 2019 13:33:16 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 14, 2019 13:33:16 GMT -5
MEATTTTTT. Keep up the good work. How about UCONN and Maine to make an even 12 members and two six-team divisions ? MEATTT gets the creative juices flowing. How about Maine, UNH, UConn, URI, UMass, HC, Bryant and Merrimack forming an eight team conference with no travel outside of the five state region for in-league play? How about a contract with NESN or NBC Sports Boston to televise all league games? Or does the PL offer us more overall compatability? I'd like a new league to be hands down better before HC becomes a Conference Jumper.
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Sept 14, 2019 14:42:48 GMT -5
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Sept 14, 2019 18:55:22 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 14, 2019 18:55:22 GMT -5
I'll bet big money that HC does not leave the PL in the next decade
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Sept 14, 2019 19:09:34 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 14, 2019 19:09:34 GMT -5
With Catholic Colleges like Sacred Heart and Merrimack moving on up to D-1 is there any possibility the NCAA would allow a post season FCS football tournament (four top Catholic FCS teams not playing in the NCAA FCS tournament) to crown the national Catholic FCS champion? D-1 basketball has the NIT, CIT, etc. FBS football has an ever increasing number of bowl games. Some type of NIT like post season option for FCS is not completely absurd. A non-secular tournament would probably gather more support, but would the PL and IL turn their high academic noses up at it and decline to participate? Theres no reason the NCAA wouldn't ALLOW it. The Pioneer and NEC used to have a "bowl game" prior to securing playoff auto-bids circa 2010. The Celebration Bowl is going strong. If theres enough demand for a Catholic, FCS, also-ran postseason tournament in December in a cold-weather georgraphic footprint then Im sure it will come to fruition.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 14, 2019 19:59:40 GMT -5
...which there is not
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Sept 16, 2019 18:36:52 GMT -5
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Post by gerry on Sept 16, 2019 18:36:52 GMT -5
I highly doubt the Patriot League would allow Holy Cross to continue as a league member of they withdraw from its own football league.
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Sept 19, 2019 9:09:04 GMT -5
Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 19, 2019 9:09:04 GMT -5
Speaking of the Ancient Eight, Yale and UGeorgia had serious and extensive discussions on scheduling a game in 2029, to mark the 100th Anniversary of a game they played to open Georgia's stadium. Couldn't make it work. The thinking on the voy forum is that the available date for the southern Bulldogs was too early in the season for Yale.
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Sept 20, 2019 6:54:30 GMT -5
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Post by Xmassader on Sept 20, 2019 6:54:30 GMT -5
Perhaps HC should think about contacting Georgia—would be a big payday for the Crusaders and give the Bulldogs the chance to finally get a win in the all time series with HC (HC leads 3-0).
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Sept 20, 2019 19:16:52 GMT -5
Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 20, 2019 19:16:52 GMT -5
Perhaps HC should think about contacting Georgia—would be a big payday for the Crusaders and give the Bulldogs the chance to finally get a win in the all time series with HC (HC leads 3-0). IIRC, HC also leads in the all-time series with LSU. Again IIRC, HC and USC (the Exposition Boulevard school) are the only two schools with all-time winning percentages against Georgia.
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Sept 20, 2019 19:31:14 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 20, 2019 19:31:14 GMT -5
Perhaps HC should think about contacting Georgia—would be a big payday for the Crusaders and give the Bulldogs the chance to finally get a win in the all time series with HC (HC leads 3-0). IIRC, HC also leads in the all-time series with LSU. Again IIRC, HC and USC (the Exposition Boulevard school) are the only two schools with all-time winning percentages against Georgia. Hard to believe Alabama doesn't have a winning percentage against Georgia, but perhaps the Bulldogs ran off a string of wins before Bear Bryant came on the scene. No, just checked it. Bama leads 40-25-4 since the series began in 1895. Georgia does however have an all time lead of 67-41-5 over the Rambling Wrecks from Georgia Tech since 1893.
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