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<blockquote data-quote="pressvirginia" data-source="post: 129288370" data-attributes="member: 1348623"><p>Ideal football conference to me was the Big East prior to ACC raids No. 1 & 2.</p><p></p><p>The reason things watered down a bit around 2010-11 had a lot to do with a ton of coaching turnover. Comings & goings in less than a decade included Dantonio, Petrino, Rodriguez, Leavitt, Schiano, Edsall, Kelly.</p><p></p><p>Is a misnomer in my mind that WV had never played, seldom played or infrequently played high major football competition until entering the Big XII in 2012. None of the above includes non-conference & bowl opponents either.</p><p></p><p>Ideal basketball hands down was the Big East. 2011 season 11 of 16 Big East teams played in the NCAA tournament, the all-time record. Best annual conference tournament in history. Weekly ranked vs ranked national TV games. ESPN Game Day destinations. NBA talent abounding, Hall of Fame coaches and plenty of great traditional rivalries. </p><p></p><p>Double round robin & depth of the league makes Big XII basketball tough, but good. Football has blue bloods, along with the more recently emerged. Will take time to build up rivalries. At this point, I'm only concerned with WV & don't really root for the league members.</p><p></p><p>Since things had to change, the Big XII was the best landing spot for WV. Not a fan of the pass happy styles & would rather play regional schools/rivals, but things could be worse. Not only did UConn not get a P5 invite, it was kicked out of the current Big East because of football. Huskies seem okay with that though - won another hoops national championship in their first AAC year.</p><p></p><p>Would be no surprise if things changed down the road. Not into the SEC football chest beating/bias. ACC is not for me either. Both would be intriguing for hoops though. So long as it's Huggins-Cal, WVU-Kentucky twice a year could be a lot of fun. Basically already a rivalry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pressvirginia, post: 129288370, member: 1348623"] Ideal football conference to me was the Big East prior to ACC raids No. 1 & 2. The reason things watered down a bit around 2010-11 had a lot to do with a ton of coaching turnover. Comings & goings in less than a decade included Dantonio, Petrino, Rodriguez, Leavitt, Schiano, Edsall, Kelly. Is a misnomer in my mind that WV had never played, seldom played or infrequently played high major football competition until entering the Big XII in 2012. None of the above includes non-conference & bowl opponents either. Ideal basketball hands down was the Big East. 2011 season 11 of 16 Big East teams played in the NCAA tournament, the all-time record. Best annual conference tournament in history. Weekly ranked vs ranked national TV games. ESPN Game Day destinations. NBA talent abounding, Hall of Fame coaches and plenty of great traditional rivalries. Double round robin & depth of the league makes Big XII basketball tough, but good. Football has blue bloods, along with the more recently emerged. Will take time to build up rivalries. At this point, I'm only concerned with WV & don't really root for the league members. Since things had to change, the Big XII was the best landing spot for WV. Not a fan of the pass happy styles & would rather play regional schools/rivals, but things could be worse. Not only did UConn not get a P5 invite, it was kicked out of the current Big East because of football. Huskies seem okay with that though - won another hoops national championship in their first AAC year. Would be no surprise if things changed down the road. Not into the SEC football chest beating/bias. ACC is not for me either. Both would be intriguing for hoops though. So long as it's Huggins-Cal, WVU-Kentucky twice a year could be a lot of fun. Basically already a rivalry. [/QUOTE]
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