and our great compelling fan base, the UConn Nation, is there for us no matter what happens.
Nope, not lobbying at all.
David Glenn Show 8-15-16 Hour 2
Brent McMurphy dissects the upcoming expansion decision that will be made by the Big 12.
http://www.hipcast.com/podcast/HDJv9GLS
David Glenn Show @DavidGlennShow · 1h1 hour ago
PODCAST Hour 2: @McMurphyESPN drops bad news about @ECUAthletics' chances in the Big 12 expansion decision.
Ryan Mills @Ryan_C_Mills · 1h1 hour ago
@DavidGlennShow @McMurphyESPN @ECUAthletics
Brett McMurphy is a known ECU hater regardless of expansion chances
Brett McMurphy@McMurphyESPN
@Ryan_C_Mills
I don’t just hate ECU. I hate every school. I was asked if ECU was among top candidates. They’re not. Blame the B12 presidents
Nope, not lobbying at all.
Good find. Chuck Carlton confirmed it's real. Wondering if Bowlsby has something up his sleeve.Did this just launch today? It looks legitimate to me, based on the followers.
Big 12 Digital (@Big12DN) | Twitter
I was going to put it in premium top shelf tweets but I needed to comment on it. It's not the tweet, exactly, but the creation of the new twitter handle itself, sort of like announcing a digital network without announcing it.
Put some respeck on my name.Watch it CL82, most adore Queen Suzy here. Surprised CT Mike gave you a like.
I hope it's in the bag. Because if not, as someone previous said, love to hear their explanation for playing it coy.
Did this just launch today? It looks legitimate to me, based on the followers.
Big 12 Digital (@Big12DN) | Twitter
I was going to put it in premium top shelf tweets but I needed to comment on it. It's not the tweet, exactly, but the creation of the new twitter handle itself, sort of like announcing a digital network without announcing it.
You want to know the funny part of all this. 99% of the fanbase is probably fine the way things are going in terms of the admin doing everything they can to put us in the best light for Big 12 officials.
I have no doubt that if the big donors had a problem with it, they would be putting pressure on Suzy and Benedict to ramp up the noise.
The rabid, over the top, I know better fan base that resides here is what, a few hundred die hards, with most not having a clue on what is the best approach.
What may be happening behind the scene is SH knows we are not getting in and she would look foolish begging. Not something I hope is true, but it may be.
We got a certain someone sticking up for Hathaway now. This place has become insufferable.
You want to know the funny part of all this. 99% of the fanbase is probably fine the way things are going in terms of the admin doing everything they can to put us in the best light for Big 12 officials.
I have no doubt that if the big donors had a problem with it, they would be putting pressure on Suzy and Benedict to ramp up the noise.
The rabid, over the top, I know better fan base that resides here is what, a few hundred die hards, with most not having a clue on what is the best approach.
What may be happening behind the scene is SH knows we are not getting in and she would look foolish begging. Not something I hope is true, but it may be.
We got a certain someone sticking up for Hathaway now. This place has become insufferable.
Love these grandiose reactions when absolutely nothing has been settled yet.It's pretty hard to defend SH when you objectively compare us to the schools that we are going to lose out to, but I guess someone had to try. I have been a supporter riggt up until today, but she has had two chances now and has learned absolutely nothing about how to sell our school. I am firmly ready fr a change in administration if we get passed over for Cinci, Houston and Memphis.
We got a certain someone sticking up for Hathaway now. This place has become insufferable.
Do you mind citing the post where someone stuck up for Jeff Hathaway? You brought his name up unsolicited and not a single post that followed yours had anything complimentary to say about him.
Someone tried to blame Herbst for us not getting in the ACC earlier and I said Hathaway was responsible and whaler called me out on changing the subject instead of responding to my post directly.
For one nothing is more insufferable than an adult who uses a rolling eyes emoji.
Yes, I was that someone. And I didn't blame her. I said I am pro-Suzie and I said I expect her to figure out what other conferences are looking for and implored her to hammer the point home that we deliver what they're looking for. You then quoted that post and literally wrote "Jeff Hathaway" for no apparent reason. Even though the man literally was not even employed by the university since before even Syracuse and Pitt left. I agreed that he didn't set us up well for conference realignment. And no one here defended him.
For one nothing is more insufferable than an adult who uses a rolling eyes emoji.
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Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig · 12h12 hours ago
Humored by #Big12Expansion, humbled by a West Virginia injury and sickened by Hope Solo. It was quite a week.
Guerin-teed it was quite a week: Humored by Big 12 expansion, humbled by a West Virginia injury and sickened by Hope Solo
This is from the article:
Visit Lawrence on a fall Saturday. Grab a bite downtown on Massachusetts Street. Stroll the prettiest campus in the Big 12 Conference. Drop by Allen Fieldhouse and see if Bill Self left the door unlocked. It can be an exhilarating day.
Just know that if you use your football tickets and spend three hours inside Kansas’ half-empty stadium, you’re liable to require a joy transplant.
Kansas’ average attendance last year was 27,282. The next-worst figure in the Big 12 was Baylor’s 46,190. That gulf, besides KU’s pitiful record since Mark Mangino left town, makes it pretty obvious that the Big 12 puts up with Jayhawks football solely because of Jayhawks basketball.
KU football besmirches the conference. There’s no other way to say it.
Remember that attendance figure. Assuming you have been to KU’s Memorial Stadium the past seven years, remember how depressing that feels compared to going literally anywhere else in the league for a game.
What I’m about to show you are 2015 average attendance figures from several of the 18 schools reportedly interviewing to join the Big 12 (a salute to ESPN.com’s Brett McMurphy for the scoop)...
South Florida: 26,578
Air Force: 26,026
Colorado State: 24,917
New Mexico: 23,528
Arkansas State: 23,007
Tulane: 22,930
SMU: 21,043
Northern Illinois: 13,942
All worse than Kansas. Here’s more...
UCF: 30,065
San Diego State: 29,066
UConn: 28,224
All comparable to Kansas. And...
Cincinnati: 37,096
Houston: 33,980
Boise State: 33,612
Those last three programs could make the Big 12 better on the field — they’re certainly better than Kansas — but the attendance figures don’t add up. All three play in 37,000-40,000-seat stadiums, so it’s not like there’s room for major growth.
I am reminded of the classic Sesame Street tune “One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.” Change “one” to “18” and you’ve got the theme song for Big 12 expansion. You just have to laugh.
You just have to hope that Bob Bowlsby and his board of directors have an end game in mind that is more sensible than laughable, meaning one that involves expansion of a different kind (lawyers and TV execs working 24 hours a day to cut a Power 5 deal nobody knows about) or no expansion at all.
Would it be embarrassing to double back after pressing forward so publicly? Yes. But not as much as adding another four teams from a group being outdrawn by Texas high schools.
Guerin Emig
@GuerinEmig
Sports columnist for the Tulsa World.