Post by 12power on Nov 17, 2012 8:33:28 GMT -8
BE will still be power conference in '13 loaded w/NFL players
The Examiner.com wrote this excellent article about one of the key measures of big time college programs- players currently in the league. The article doesn't try to make the leap that the nBE is the best conference in terms of NFL talent, but instead tries to disprove the notion that there will be a significant drop off in quality of football in the league as compared to the P5.
www.examiner.com/article/big-east...fl-players
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Anybody who thinks the Big East will not be a power conference in college football in 2013 should look at the number of players in the NFL today that played for the 12 teams that will make up the Big East in 2013.
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Adding together the six teams already in the Big East that are staying, Louisville (19 NFL players), Rutgers (17), Cincinnati (15), UConn (12), Temple (10), and South Florida (9), with the six new teams, Boise State (18), UCF (13), San Diego State (12), SMU (9), Houston (8), and Memphis (6), and you get 148 NFL players. So an average of 12.33 players per Big East team are in the NFL right now.
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15 teams from the so called Big Five college football conferences that each have less NFL players than the average Big East team does. So 25% of the teams from the Big Five conferences have less NFL players than the average Big East team. Collectively, the 15 teams average 8.5 NFL players vs a 12.33 average for the Big East teams.
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A bunch of partisan and biased old men sitting a room trying to control everything in college football can try and tell you differently, but the Big East will be a power conference in college football in 2013.
Well said...I wonder if Aresco & crew will add this to the list of talking points.
The Examiner.com wrote this excellent article about one of the key measures of big time college programs- players currently in the league. The article doesn't try to make the leap that the nBE is the best conference in terms of NFL talent, but instead tries to disprove the notion that there will be a significant drop off in quality of football in the league as compared to the P5.
www.examiner.com/article/big-east...fl-players
Premise:
Quote:
Anybody who thinks the Big East will not be a power conference in college football in 2013 should look at the number of players in the NFL today that played for the 12 teams that will make up the Big East in 2013.
Facts:
Quote:
Adding together the six teams already in the Big East that are staying, Louisville (19 NFL players), Rutgers (17), Cincinnati (15), UConn (12), Temple (10), and South Florida (9), with the six new teams, Boise State (18), UCF (13), San Diego State (12), SMU (9), Houston (8), and Memphis (6), and you get 148 NFL players. So an average of 12.33 players per Big East team are in the NFL right now.
Analysis:
Quote:
15 teams from the so called Big Five college football conferences that each have less NFL players than the average Big East team does. So 25% of the teams from the Big Five conferences have less NFL players than the average Big East team. Collectively, the 15 teams average 8.5 NFL players vs a 12.33 average for the Big East teams.
Summary:
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A bunch of partisan and biased old men sitting a room trying to control everything in college football can try and tell you differently, but the Big East will be a power conference in college football in 2013.
Well said...I wonder if Aresco & crew will add this to the list of talking points.
