Big 12

[WestCoastHusky]

UCLA is AAU, one of the top universities in the country, the largest of the California system, 25 varsity programs, Los Angeles, The Rose Bowl, a blue-blood basketball program which makes the dance just about every year. I wouldn't be surprised if UCLA got 110% its first year.

"UCLA is second to only Stanford University as the school with the most NCAA team championships at 121 NCAA team championships.[2][3] UCLA offers 11 varsity sports programs for men and 14 for women.[4]"

Both UCLA and USC are excellent academic schools with huge brands. B1G is lucky to get them, and they certainly deserve to bet 100% from day 1. I am sure B1G will come after Oregon, Washington, Stanford, and CAL once the PAC-12's fate is sealed.

 

[UCONNRPh]

If/when the ACC falls apart, the Big 12 would most likely try and get Pitt/Cuse, maybe even BC. UConn needs to get into the Big 12 first, so they wont be leap frogged by those schools and left behind. Thats why IMO, its crucial to get into the Big 12 Now

Exactly !

 

[RSTuthill]

Cruising around online I uncovered the factoid that Cincinnati is getting full member status at the start of their third year in the league. I believe that would be 2025. Only two years of transition. I did not uncover their initial distribution but reading between the lines likely ~$14-15 million. Sounds like a one third, two thirds, three thirds schedule.

 

[Patman]

UConn, Cincy, and WVU can steer that conversation from inside the Big 12 as well. Big selling point to me

well, that would be the selling point. the plan would have to be is that you have a Big East Coast and a Big Midwest after the ACC fall apart.

 

[NowInStorrs]

well, that would be the selling point. the plan would have to be is that you have a Big East Coast and a Big Midwest after the ACC fall apart.

Add in Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and maybe even Duke if nobody else scoops up those schools and all of a sudden we have quite a few schools we have history with and it would be a ridiculous basketball conference.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

UCLA is AAU, one of the top universities in the country, the largest of the California system, 25 varsity programs, Los Angeles, The Rose Bowl, a blue-blood basketball program which makes the dance just about every year. I wouldn't be surprised if UCLA got 110% its first year.

"UCLA is second to only Stanford University as the school with the most NCAA team championships at 121 NCAA team championships.[2][3] UCLA offers 11 varsity sports programs for men and 14 for women.[4]"

The hell with basketball, soccer, tennis, and field hockey. The whole realignment saga has been about football and only football or so we’ve been led to believe and force fed, and UCLA hasn’t done anything in football EVER!!! They only woke up a little bit once a man named Jim Mora started coaching them. How many times have they finished a season in the top 25??? How many times have they even won the PAC 10 or 12 in football. Hey, you know what, maybe the SEC will extend an invite to Duke to join the SEC, they’re one of the top universities in the country, and has a blue blood basketball program, along with championships in many other sports.

UConn has 16 National Championship Banners in basketball, hanging from the rafters in Gampel, along with stellar results in other sports, yet the knock for years according to everyone who hates UConn has been that they stink in football.

 

[Patman]

Add in Louisville, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and maybe even Duke if nobody else scoops up those schools and all of a sudden we have quite a few schools we have history with and it would be a ridiculous basketball conference.

I think you add everybody left at that point. But more or less yes. Then you get prepared for the terms for the schools that will be forced out* of the Big10 once the NRLB claims that athletes are employees.

*by forced out I mean that it is my view that the B10 will get rid of its weak sisters, which we know they want, by instituting institutional pay minimums. They'll find other ways to do this too. Nobody actually wants an equal slice of the pie after all. SEC will do it too. Hello Vanderbilt!

edit: I won't replace it but I think we intrinsically know they want the weak sisters gone but there no chatter.

 

[huskymedic]

The whole realignment saga has been about football and only football or so we’ve been led to believe and force fed, and UCLA hasn’t done anything in football EVER!!! They only woke up a little bit once a man named Jim Mora started coaching them. How many times have they finished a season in the top 25???

Does last year count?

1	Georgia (63)	1,575	15-0	1
2	TCU	1,484	13-2	3
3	Michigan	1,438	13-1	2
4	Ohio State	1,394	11-2	4
5	Alabama	1,303	11-2	5
6	Tennessee	1,294	11-2	6
7	Penn State	1,200	11-2	9
8	Washington	1,097	11-2	12
9	Tulane	1,025	12-2	14
10	Utah	876	10-4	7
11	Florida State	814	10-3	13
12	Southern Cal	795	11-3	8
13	Clemson	791	11-3	10
14	Kansas State	784	10-4	11
15	Oregon	758	10-3	15
16	LSU	757	10-4	16
17	Oregon State	742	10-3	17
18	Notre Dame	535	9-4	19
19	Troy	322	12-2	23
20	Mississippi State	320	9-4	24
21	UCLA	243	9-4	18
22	Pittsburgh	233	9-4	NR
23	South Carolina	180	8-5	20
24	Fresno State	164	10-4	NR
25	Texas	95	8-5	21

Others receiving votes: Duke 49, UTSA 45, Air Force 40, Boise State 38, Minnesota 35, Texas Tech 19, North Carolina 8, North Carolina State 6, Iowa 4, Louisville 3, Purdue 3, Maryland 2, Marshall 2, Cincinnati 1, Illinois 1

 

[Kolumbo]

The hell with basketball, soccer, tennis, and field hockey. The whole realignment saga has been about football and only football or so we’ve been led to believe and force fed, and UCLA hasn’t done anything in football EVER!!! They only woke up a little bit once a man named Jim Mora started coaching them. How many times have they finished a season in the top 25??? How many times have they even won the PAC 10 or 12 in football. Hey, you know what, maybe the SEC will extend an invite to Duke to join the SEC, they’re one of the top universities in the country, and has a blue blood basketball program, along with championships in many other sports.

UConn has 16 National Championship Banners in basketball, hanging from the rafters in Gampel, along with stellar results in other sports, yet the knock for years according to everyone who hates UConn has been that they stink in football.

We're talking about a conference which added Rutgers and you are questioning why UCLA would get a full share. It get it, CR makes no sense. But UCLA is, I mean, forgetaboutit.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Does last year count?

1	Georgia (63)	1,575	15-0	1
2	TCU	1,484	13-2	3
3	Michigan	1,438	13-1	2
4	Ohio State	1,394	11-2	4
5	Alabama	1,303	11-2	5
6	Tennessee	1,294	11-2	6
7	Penn State	1,200	11-2	9
8	Washington	1,097	11-2	12
9	Tulane	1,025	12-2	14
10	Utah	876	10-4	7
11	Florida State	814	10-3	13
12	Southern Cal	795	11-3	8
13	Clemson	791	11-3	10
14	Kansas State	784	10-4	11
15	Oregon	758	10-3	15
16	LSU	757	10-4	16
17	Oregon State	742	10-3	17
18	Notre Dame	535	9-4	19
19	Troy	322	12-2	23
20	Mississippi State	320	9-4	24
21	UCLA	243	9-4	18
22	Pittsburgh	233	9-4	NR
23	South Carolina	180	8-5	20
24	Fresno State	164	10-4	NR
25	Texas	95	8-5	21

Others receiving votes: Duke 49, UTSA 45, Air Force 40, Boise State 38, Minnesota 35, Texas Tech 19, North Carolina 8, North Carolina State 6, Iowa 4, Louisville 3, Purdue 3, Maryland 2, Marshall 2, Cincinnati 1, Illinois 1

One time???? Post Jim Mora???? Which I already brought up? Come on, you can do better than that. Lol

 

[CL82]

Cruising around online I uncovered the factoid that Cincinnati is getting full member status at the start of their third year in the league. I believe that would be 2025. Only two years of transition. I did not uncover their initial distribution but reading between the lines likely ~$14-15 million. Sounds like a one third, two thirds, three thirds schedule.

Link?

 

[RSTuthill]

Link?

I will look for it but here is one which is slightly different.

Early exits for Texas, Oklahoma could help Big 12 repay members that agreed to diluted revenue upon expansion

The Big 12 might benefit in the short- and long-term if UT and OU leave early for the SEC

www.cbssports.com

 

[CL82]

I will look for it but here is one which is slightly different.

Early exits for Texas, Oklahoma could help Big 12 repay members that agreed to diluted revenue upon expansion

The Big 12 might benefit in the short- and long-term if UT and OU leave early for the SEC

www.cbssports.com

That's an awful lot to walk away from.

 

[UDann]

All this realignment talk means lot more pressure on Coach Mora to have a successful season.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

All this realignment talk means lot more pressure on Coach Mora to have a successful season.

Fire forges steel!

 

[uconndogs]

Hey, you know what, maybe the SEC will extend an invite to Duke to join the SEC, they’re one of the top universities in the country,

The SEC cares about academics not one iota.......zilch.......nada. They never have and in this developing athletic landscape academics is about the last thing on their mind. All they care about is continued football dominance and the market share of eyeballs that goes along with that. Some success in hoops is a nice add-on, but it's a secondary goal, if that.

 

[Nostical]

Growing up in small town Connecticut there was a girl in our high school we used to describe as a “plain Jane”. She didn’t have many dates and ended up settling for the only guy who paid attention. Then, the summer after her first year in college she came home a head turning stunner with long blond hair and “fully formed”. She suddenly became very attractive to several other guys who’d previously ignored her—and now she had choices that seemed well beyond her grasp.
UConn is now more “fully formed”. And more than one of our newly attractive suitors may be noticing. In a collegiate sports world with lots of moving parts, DB and the BOT will determine which choice is our best long term fit and provides the greatest opportunity to reduce the athletic department's growing financial deficit.
I have little doubt that should a handsome P-5 ask us to the party, we’ll find a gracious way to end our current relationship with the status quo.
.

 

[Palatine]

Growing up in small town Connecticut there was a girl in our high school we used to describe as a “plain Jane”. She didn’t have many dates and ended up settling for the only guy who paid attention. Then, the summer after her first year in college she came home a head turning stunner with long blond hair and “fully formed”. She suddenly became very attractive to several other guys who’d previously ignored her—and now she had choices that seemed well beyond her grasp.
UConn is now more “fully formed”. And more than one of our newly attractive suitors may be noticing. In a collegiate sports world with lots of moving parts, DB and the BOT will determine which choice is our best long term fit and provides the greatest opportunity to reduce the athletic department's growing financial deficit.
I have little doubt that should a handsome P-5 ask us to the party, we’ll find a gracious way to end our current relationship with the status quo.
.

This is a very good way to look at it. The UConn is a one basketball coach school, or the football program is forever dead, doom sayers have been proven wrong. UConn is, indeed, now attractive.

But how in the world can anyone figure out the best long term fit? The situation changes constantly. I think the best we can hope for is to exploit opportunities as they come alone and try to be prepared for the landscape to change.

 

[noeynox]

Growing up in small town Connecticut there was a girl in our high school we used to describe as a “plain Jane”. She didn’t have many dates and ended up settling for the only guy who paid attention. Then, the summer after her first year in college she came home a head turning stunner with long blond hair and “fully formed”. She suddenly became very attractive to several other guys who’d previously ignored her—and now she had choices that seemed well beyond her grasp.
UConn is now more “fully formed”. And more than one of our newly attractive suitors may be noticing. In a collegiate sports world with lots of moving parts, DB and the BOT will determine which choice is our best long term fit and provides the greatest opportunity to reduce the athletic department's growing financial deficit.
I have little doubt that should a handsome P-5 ask us to the party, we’ll find a gracious way to end our current relationship with the status quo.
.

Been waiting for Nostical view.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

All this realignment talk means lot more pressure on Coach Mora to have a successful season.

I have a strong suspicion that he prefers it this way.

 

[Waquoit]

Growing up in small town Connecticut there was a girl in our high school we used to describe as a “plain Jane”. She didn’t have many dates and ended up settling for the only guy who paid attention. Then, the summer after her first year in college she came home a head turning stunner with long blond hair and “fully formed”. She suddenly became very attractive to several other guys who’d previously ignored her—and now she had choices that seemed well beyond her grasp.
UConn is now more “fully formed”. And more than one of our newly attractive suitors may be noticing. In a collegiate sports world with lots of moving parts, DB and the BOT will determine which choice is our best long term fit and provides the greatest opportunity to reduce the athletic department's growing financial deficit.
I have little doubt that should a handsome P-5 ask us to the party, we’ll find a gracious way to end our current relationship with the status quo.
.

So UConn has breasts now?

 

[RSTuthill]

I have a strong suspicion that he prefers it this way.

Absolutely!! I am sure he does.

 

[Palatine]

So UConn has breasts now?

Huge.

 

[phillionaire]

Huge.

Cannons people, big old boobies

 

[Dizzy21]

One time???? Post Jim Mora???? Which I already brought up? Come on, you can do better than that. Lol

UCLA has the 5th largest alumni base in the country that I imagine is largely located in the second biggest metro area in the country. It is also one of the most well known and respected schools in the country, that also has a history in sports. They also play in one of the most well known, iconic stadiums in the world. The consideration of the football team only being in the top 25 in one of the last 4 years or whatever is probably 200th on the priority list when weighing how much they get paid.