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08:18 AM ET 09.28 | Though the season has yet to begin, Rick Pitino has given conference rivalries a head start. [In a personal blog, Pitino] called for the Big East to admit Temple immediately and took a jab at jealous ACC coaches in reacting to the impending departure of league partners Pitt and Syracuse. In his mind, "The ACC, namely certain basketball coaches, did not like the amount of exposure Big East basketball was getting nationally and the amount of tournament teams selected the past couple of seasons," Pitino wrote. Pitino also questioned the idea that Pitt and Syracuse would strengthen ACC football, stating the Panthers and Orange "have laid off more football staff coaches than Bank of America did with its employees last week."

Rick Pitino, Getty Images

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September 28, 2011 08:29 AM ET

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pic thread!!!

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September 28, 2011 08:40 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:29 AM ET 09.28 by Lanier&Clear...gone

pic thread!!!

2nd the motion

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September 28, 2011 08:50 AM ET

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Sounds to me like Rick (hasn't one a championship in a long time is jealous of "certain" ACC coaches that have won national titles in recent years.

Kinga

Colonial Heights , VA

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September 28, 2011 08:51 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:50 AM ET 09.28 by colonel

You durn tooting.Oh yeah - aye!!!!

The ayes have it

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September 28, 2011 08:51 AM ET

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The ayes have it

so now let me eyes have it!

Lanier&Clear...g…

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September 28, 2011 08:54 AM ET

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The sad fact is that Syracuse WILL improve ACC football.

Lou Stools

Syracuse , NY

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September 28, 2011 09:00 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:52 AM ET 09.28 by colonel

You and FJJ need to have a talk with "your" boy Pitino, get him to calm down, so you guys can ask (beg) them to come to the Big 12. Tell him where all the restaurants are for his usuage, that will do it.

He's in Kentucky so he's one of your boys, not ours!

We'd take him out behind a pump jack and straighten him out.

Deep Creek

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September 28, 2011 09:01 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:54 AM ET 09.28 by Lou Stools

The sad fact is that Syracuse WILL improve ACC football.

Sad but true.

Deep Creek

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September 28, 2011 09:03 AM ET

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Laughable, Rick. You and the Big East can keep sending teams to choke under the spotlight. Makes my bracket losers easy to pick every year.

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September 28, 2011 09:14 AM ET

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Little Ricky shooting off his mouth again. No class.

Respect

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September 28, 2011 09:19 AM ET

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September 28, 2011 09:20 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET 09.28 by colonel

Nope, he is in Louisville, we let them go a long time ago, not a part of Kentucky, moved them over the river to Indiana or Ohio, come to think of it, he may be from Texas.

You've been in Florida too long.

Louisville, KENTUCKY....

...Kentucky side of the river.