E.T. Posted March 5, 2004 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 4,751 Content Count: 37,675 Reputation: 2,367 Days Won: 29 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Inside Dish: Big East's Legal Strategy Looks Flawed02/29/2004 Matt Hayes --------------------------------------------------------------------------Though lawyers for the Big East continue to take legal action following the ACC's raid of the league last summer, it appears their fight is futile. After losing three straight court rulings to the ACC, the Big East now will seek monetary damages from Miami (Fla.) and Boston College -- two of the three defectors to the ACC -- in another suit. The problem: Virginia Tech, the third defector, isn't part of the suit. "You're going to prove malice by picking and choosing who to sue and who not to sue of the three who left? Good luck," says one BCS administrator. . . .Duke coach Ted Roof wants to compete for the state of North Carolina's top recruits, and he took a big step last week by adding legendary Charlotte high school coach Tom Knotts to his staff. Knotts coached Florida star QB Chris Leak at Independence High and led the Patriots to four straight state championships. Knotts will coach quarterbacks at Duke, and one of the state's top recruits next year will be Independence QB Joe Cox. . . .West Virginia picked up a key late recruit and beat out Nebraska for blue-chip RB Raymond Williams, Ohio's Mr. Football. Williams might have to sit out his first season as a partial qualifier. WVU also got an early start on 2005, landing one of the nation's top juniors in RB Jason Gwaltney, who chose the Mountaineers over recruiting power Southern California. . . .TCU is close to completing a contract extension for coach Gary Patterson that would make him one of the highest-paid non-BCS coaches. Patterson is signed for $650,000 a year through 2006. The new deal would bring him close to $1 million a year with incentives. Staff writer Matt Hayes covers college football for Sporting News. Email him at mhayes@sportingnews.com and include your name and location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuseroc Posted March 5, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 11 Content Count: 49 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/13/2003 Share Posted March 5, 2004 It is flawed. The BE needs to just drop that silly lawsuit, and conentrate their efforts on getting its new schools in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smazza Posted March 5, 2004 Group: Member Topic Count: 9,898 Content Count: 66,091 Reputation: 2,434 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted March 5, 2004 it certainly doesn't look good for BE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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