(02-28-2013 07:00 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: (02-28-2013 06:04 PM)johnbragg Wrote: From where I sit, the Metro Conference had a proud basketball history. Louisville, Memphis State, UAB was good, Cincinatti were all strong, successful basketball programs in the Metro. Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Florida State and Virginia Tech all left to join BCS-AQ conferences. It wasn't a "mid-major" conference--we didn't have that term back then, but even if we did, the Metro was as strong as anybody except the Big East and ACC, at least in my memory.
Yet a lot of posters--especially Memphis posters, it seems--practically spit at the mention of the name. I don't get it. Can anyone explain?
Well, for starters, the name immediately brings to mind the term "metrosexual".
Seriously, is that still a "thing"? IS the Queer Eye show even on the air anymore? So are half the subways in the world gay?
Quote: Plus the Metro was a basketball conference. It has ZERO football history, credibility, or name recognition with football fans.
Which is true of any new name.
Quote:Even in basketball the name is useless. The average recruit was all of 2 years old when the Metro disbanded.
This is true. It's to some extent reviving a dead brand.
Quote:If there was any value left in that ancient brand the C7 would have snapped it up. They didn't because there isn't.
No, we didn't because
1. We're staying with the established name we've had for 30 years
2. None of our members had ANY history in the Metro. (Correction: Apparently SLU did.)
You guys, on the other hand, have Memphis, Cincinnati, Tulane and USF.
It's not my conference, but I'd rather have the Metro Conference name than anything else you're likely to end up with. Metro had some history of success, even if it wasn't in football and it was a long time ago.
"Big 11" or "Eastern 12/10/11" are generic enough that they neither help nor hurt.
"Conference America" or "Big American Conference" are awful. "Great American Conference" might have been okay, but right now the last thing you guys need is to buy the name from a Division II conference.
Quote:Metro sounds urban, urban sounds northeastern, not very reflective of the schools.
Houston, DAllas, Tampa, Orlando, New Orleans, Memphis--Urban. Metro.