Boise State athletic director Mark Coyle, at the Big East Conference spring meetings, spoke with the media on Monday concerning his school’s participation in the league and the challenges ahead.
This from the Orlando Sentinel:
On whether Boise is still committed to the Big East: “Obviously they made a decision five months ago to join the Big East Conference and nothing has changed. We’re here at the Big East meetings and it’s great to learn a great deal about the conference and its direction.”
On whether Boise has found a home for its other sports: “We continue to explore all options. We have 18 teams in sports; with football that makes 19 sports. We want to make sure we find a good home for all of our sports. We continue to examine all of our options and continue to gather information in this changing landscape.”
On whether BCS automatic-qualification status played into Boise State’s decision to join the Big East: “No, not at all. When the decision was made, that was part of the thought process, that the AQ would go away, so that was not part of the process when we made that decision.”
He was a great guy. Rarely – rarely – said anything bad about anything or anybody.
Here’s the short release from West Virginia.
Rest In Peace, Bill. God Be With You.
DC
Q: John Hicks article on big33 website. http://big33.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146:2012-big-33-player-interview-jon-hicks-connecticut-committ-palmyra-hs-pa&catid=39:home-page-headlines – Dave Lamoureux, Greensburg, PA
A: Thanks for sending Dave – Big 33 no joke. Real deal if you can make it. Great achievement for JH.
Q: Des, Do you think the fact that the Big East conference is in flux is hurting UConn’s football recruiting? – David K. Jaffe, Hartford, CT
A: I’m sorry Dave but what are you basing this question on and what evidence do you have it’s the case? Is it because they haven’t signed 20 for the class of 2013 yet? Thanks
Q: Dez, I am super anxious for this season to start so I can finally get the answer to two questions that have been circling my head for a while now: 1) Will we finally have a QB emerge that will find success actually throwing the ball and not just ‘managing the game’ and 2) How will Temple actually fare in their first season back. Over on the BE blog on ESPN there was a link today to an article suggesting that Temple may be a giant disappointment this year and personally I am thinking that may be an understatement. With only 2 returning starters on offense I can’t help but imagine them getting destroyed by a league with many relatively strong D fronts. What are your thoughts? -Andrew, NYC
A: I hear ya on the QB thing but you should expect more production from the spot than you’ve seen in recent years. Again just my opinion but I think you’ve got some guys in here that can do some things QBs of the past haven’t been able to do. Of course they’ll have to prove it in games… I would never count a W against a Steve Addazio coached team before it’s played. Master motivator there.
Q: Now that we had spring practice any QB’s stand out in your mind? Ray Martineau, Steubenville, OH
A; Hey Ray you know I love ya but with all due respect I beat the poo poo out of what quarterback looked good and stood out in my mind here quite often throughout the spring. I thought I was pretty consistent in who I thought the leader was, Chandler Whitmer, the junior college transfer from Kansas and his performance in the spring game only secured what I thought. All the spring entries are in the archive section. There you’ll find how I detailed the quarterback situation as best I could through spring practice. Thanks Ray
Q: Hi Dez, With the Spring Semester now complete, what goes on with the Coaches & Players between now and Camp? When does Camp open? Tom, Manchester
A: Well Tom I’m sure you know school is out right now. The coaches are in the midst of an “evaluation period” through the end of the month in which they can go out and evaluate the 2013 recruits academically and athletically. The upperclassmen will return at the end of the end of the month to begin taking summer classes and they’ll work out on their own. The freshmen will report and take classes at the end of the June and then begin working out with the upperclassmen on their own, no coaches, media etc. Camp opens the first week of August I believe on Aug.3 or Aug.4. Thanks
Former players feel free to share your memories of Memorial Stadium. Be glad to post them. Open up the history books for the youngins
Thanks Mike….
I just read your article on line about Alumni Stadium and Saturday’s event. Thanks for making my day.
I could not make it up from NJ on Saturday because my daughter had a county championship game in Lax.
I was really disappointed I could not make it but they won the LAX game so it was worth it.
I played in the late 70’s / early 80’s with several guys that were up there and it is always a good time when we get together.
I always hear the comparison to the current UConn teams and the UConn 1AA teams and that small stadium etc. Obviously the program is on another level but I will tell you one thing for sure we had a few guys who could have played anywhere back in the day, Matt Donovan, Dewey Raymond, Reggie Ecleston, Ted Walton, Sweitzer, Dorsey, Rostosky, Ken Miller, Vern Hargraves, Domingos Carlos, Mark Flood, Pete Lamagna, Joe Marcus and Mark Correia. I am sure I missed a few. These were great guys and great teammates. Several of these guys got a shot at the next level and a couple made it. And as far as that small stadium goes, some of the best days in my life were spent in that stadium, small in size or not, it was a good place to play.
I will tell you one thing for certain, Sweitzer would have been a starter on this UConn team. That guy could play.
Thanks for bringing back some good memories.
Michael Ludwig
VP MRO and Facilities Services
Corbus LLC
Click here for a gallery of pictures from Saturday’s event to look back on Memorial Stadium on the UConn campus!
Q: Desmond, The wonderful article about the former players gathering to celebrate 50 years at Memorial Stadium was accompanied in the print edition by 2 photos from the last game that clearly were not representative of such a celebratory event. Why were they chosen? John, Storrs
A: I don’t know about wonderful John but thanks. Yeah you know the story was supposed to be about just that and the photos were ore-determined to reflect such but there were so many of the guys that hadn’t seen each other and they were just ripping off memories of their time in Storrs, period. It was much better stuff so I just tried to capture that because there were some great stories being told. Sometimes you can’t stay in script I guess is the short answer John.
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