There will be player interviews, puff pieces and the assorted stuff coming out of today’s actual Big East Media Day. Then there is the stuff surrounding the day that is already out there. Stories that came out just before or today. Or the tweeted breaking stories of some interest.
If you have followed some of the media, you know that those going to Big East Media Days were really looking forward to golf and the lobsters last night. The media inevitably talk it up, and well, the waistlines reflect it.
So I have a hard time believing that the Big East would actually move the Media Day to NYC (hattip to On the Banks).
The Pac-10’s savvy decision to bring all 10 coaches and four of its star quarterbacks to New York last week struck a nerve with Big East coaches and athletic directors.
“This is our market, and we have to make sure we protect it,” one AD told The Post.
Could that mean moving the league’s media day from Newport to New York? That idea could be gathering steam.
The media would bitch and moan to no end, so don’t buy it. Besides, they finally got the Cinci newspaper to spring for sending one of their guys to media day.
While no one apparently broke the legendary 9 lobsters in one sitting record, Greg Romeus and Jonathan Baldwin apparently were respectable with 6 apiece. No word on Pinkston who I thought had a great shot at the record.
While on the topic of overindulgence, The Octonion returns with some disturbing mascot action.
Of course the Big East is feeling a little relaxed. They didn’t get raided — nearly expanded to 12/20 — and everyone gets to keep making fun of UCF and Memphis rumors.
Sorry, not worried about when Rutgers gets the Big 10/12 call. My bet is on the Big 10/12 stays pat for a few years. Expansion frenzy is paused once more. It’s still likely a when not if, and the Big East should know that.
The only significant “breaking news” out of the Big East Media Day is that the Big East will now issue weekly injury reports, a la the NFL, with “probable, questionable, doubtful and out” as the standards.
Can’t help but think this smacks of the Big East’s consultant Paul Tagliabue’s NFL-esque idea. Make the Big East more accessible for gamblers and that will drive more interest and TV ratings.
The Big East, though, claims this was the brainchild of the Big East football coaches.
Spokesman John Paquette said the coaches came up with the idea this weekend, which is interesting. If all the coaches comply with the policy, then everybody will be on equal footing when it comes to injury news, instead of one team being coy and the other being open.
The ACC already does this.
Since three of our first five games are Utah, Miami, and Notre Dame we have certainly padded our non con.
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“However, the real winner of this game could very well be the Pitt Panthers as the Big East power boasts an astonishing nine different players in the game – Wright, Belton, Alston and Nova from Jersey and Poteat, Chestnut, Kline, Lafayette Pitts from Woodland Hills and Artie Rowell from Central Dauphin.”
I don’t think this was the right decision.
“Frankly, from my experience, it was handled no differently than any other fist fight.”
Does he mean a street fight or a fight during a hockey game?
Does the “settlement” mean that Sheard’s opponet’s name will also be on Sheard’s signing bonus’ check?
Settlement, shmettlement, Wanny’s gotta act above the law.
If there was mutual combat/consent, then I think in PA the offense is merely a Class C misdemeanor. Sheard’s defense attorney seems to be making the point that there was mutual combat (i.e. a fistfight). If that was the case, and the DAs must have agreed to some degree to make this plea happen, and there was no serious bodily injury to the complaining witness, then this was the correct thing to do LEGALLY. However, I think Wanny would have earned some points from the media if he made Sheard sit for Utah.
But I feel, given the facts, it is warranted and it doesn’t matter who we play first.
What’s the message Wanny’s sending? Taken to the extreme, it’s OK to fight off an official who’s trying to intercede in an on-field fight.
I know, it’s a stretch. But it’s a stretch I’m sure the media will jump on.
But… the only description of that night’s events are from the arresting officer and that description does not address how this fight started, what the involved parties’ relationships are to each other, or any other relevant circumstance. That sort of information, when revealed, can(and probably would here) prevent the victim from bringing a viable civil suit.
I do like how the Trib now says “Parker was knocked through a glass door at the art gallery and suffered cuts and bruises”. Being knocked through a glass door and being “thrown” through a glass door are two totally different things. Sounds a bit like the media (and the officer possibly) had a bit of over sensationalism; which is very typical in todays day and age.
Some of the problems Pitt has can be traced to the lack of support from the alumni base. Plus poor leadership prior to Nordy. I will admit one thing, why didn’t Nordy and Marniatto keep you informed on their plans. unblieveable!!!!
