SHUHitman said:

I thought the event was a great idea, I just think the timing and presentation may have been less than ideal. Trying to explain to my wife that we would need to leave University Day early, tell our 4 year old to skip the pumpkin painting and then pay $175 to head down to Bunny's for a meet and greet and autos that we had gotten for free for the past 10 years just wasn't a winning proposition.

The optics of taking the players off-site and charging money on the one day of the year where it's about "pirate family" was not great. I had to pass on it, unfortunately.

I would have rather just paid $75 and had a signed team poster shipped to me. That offer was not and still isn't available to me, which makes little sense imo.

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and then to have the conversation at the end of the season, "remember your favorite player? Yeah, he left and is playing for our rival now."

Just a horrible era for the sport right now. I always thought the players should be something like a revenue share, but it's just craziness now.

I believe poster sami noted he has the hats and will soon work on sending them out.

Not much respect for rutgers vaunted recruiting class

I thought the event was a great idea, I just think the timing and presentation may have been less than ideal. Trying to explain to my wife that we would need to leave University Day early, tell our 4 year old to skip the pumpkin painting and then pay $175 to head down to Bunny's for a meet and greet and autos that we had gotten for free for the past 10 years just wasn't a winning proposition.

The optics of taking the players off-site and charging money on the one day of the year where it's about "pirate family" was not great. I had to pass on it, unfortunately.

I would have rather just paid $75 and had a signed team poster shipped to me. That offer was not and still isn't available to me, which makes little sense imo.

SOBO1 said:

I would take Boston College and Notre Dame if there was some national football conference established and all other sports remained in regional conferences with original rivals. I'm not a fan of huge state schools competing in the same conference as small private Catholic universities.

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The bigger the better for me. More eyeballs mean more $$$.

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Rimas said:

Where is my hat?

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Same; is there an updated timeline?

Has anyone gone further past his expiration date than this guy?

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Let’s hope Judge becomes Mr October this year.

Sorry to hear it. She played in a broad spectrum of movies and was very good and everything I saw her in.

Where is my hat?

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silkcitypirate said:

I said big time football programs not want to be football programs !!!!

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Oh, believe me, you were not subtle my friend.

Well, we all have to start somewhere. For Connecticut football that currently means beating Buffalo this weekend and getting to a 3-2 record.

Baby steps.

Great, great actress. Mother Seton pray for her.

And Judge even hits righthanded. Sosa and McGuire are part of the reason why it is not as newsworthy as it should be. The stench lasts a long time.

Judge in NY, Ohtani in LA. Baseball cannot be more lucky. Maybe if they made a fool of themselves as they ran around the bases the Post would pay more attn.

I would take Boston College and Notre Dame if there was some national football conference established and all other sports remained in regional conferences with original rivals. I'm not a fan of huge state schools competing in the same conference as small private Catholic universities.

I know there are a few that believe we should not be involved with dual football/basketball college type programs.

I am not one of those and may be in the minority but...,

I believe that a golden future belongs to The Big East if it can wait to pick off the more basketball centric college programs that are unwanted by the power football schools and create the best basketball conference in America with a strong base of traditional basketball powers (additional state schools preferred) while still maintaining an enjoyable football presence that generates additional league value through its media partners.

I believe that is a smart future forward if presented. It may just take patience as the insanity of these zany conference expansions keep separating rivalries.

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If he can hit 2 more and get to 60, would be only 3rd player to get to 60+ HR season multiple times in career, joining McGwire and Sosa. Sosa reached 60+ three times in his career.