So what happened to all the Big XII talk?

[Hoophound]

Yeah don't know where things stand now, but here's a reminder of the presents Connecticut has in NYC and especially MSG:



You're welcome Commissioner Yormark.

Never gets old.

 

[HuskyHawk]

What Every College Sports Fan Wants for the 4th of July - More Realignment

July 1 looked like this summer's crescendo for college conference realignment, but don't close the book just yet.

pokesreport.com

I don’t have a membership but these two comments seemed pertinent:

Pokes4158
He literally said he has sources and they were told the big 12 is not done this summer. Not really click bait at that point. I think all the things you said we social media driven narratives he specifically said they don't use. Everything you said was kind of pointless there.


Robert Allen
Staff
No Gonzaga. No Memphis because those aren't happening. Arizona State not willing to go. Utah also staying put. Arizona on the fence but our sources insist Colorado and UConn are most likely.

This is what I said before. Utah has an incentive to stay. Utah State is likely near the top of the list of adds to the PAC if anyone leaves. As a state school, they’d get a rival and get more $ between the two schools. Arizona a maybe and Colorado a probably. It’s an easier move for them, their best history came in the Big 8/12.

 

[The Yakk]

This is what I said before. Utah has an incentive to stay. Utah State is likely near the top of the list of adds to the PAC if anyone leaves. As a state school, they’d get a rival and get more $ between the two schools. Arizona a maybe and Colorado a probably. It’s an easier move for them, their best history came in the Big 8/12.

We should be ahead of Utah, no matter what incentives they have for themselves.

Great Salt Lake is a few years away from reaching its final state as a bone-dry shallow saucer full of 100 years of previously-dissolved toxic chemicals. When the winds blow those across the region, they are facing a massive ecological and public-health disaster.

Who in their right mind will want them in a conference ahead of us?

 

[giddyup]

We should be ahead of Utah, no matter what incentives they have for themselves.

Great Salt Lake is a few years away from reaching its final state as a bone-dry shallow saucer full of 100 years of previously-dissolved toxic chemicals. When the winds blow those across the region, they are facing a massive ecological and public-health disaster.

Who in their right mind will want them in a conference ahead of us?

Utah is great for prospecting area … for minerals.

 

[Samoo]

We should be ahead of Utah, no matter what incentives they have for themselves.

Great Salt Lake is a few years away from reaching its final state as a bone-dry shallow saucer full of 100 years of previously-dissolved toxic chemicals. When the winds blow those across the region, they are facing a massive ecological and public-health disaster.

Who in their right mind will want them in a conference ahead of us?

Great, wer're betting our success on Utah's dystopian future

 

[Vowelguy]

all I'm hearing about now is SDSU, Colorado and whatever is going with the Pac XII.

There was no way in hell the B12 was adding UConn while the PAC was on the verge of dissolving; the UConn talk this spring was silly. (MWC teams to the B12 was even dumber.)

Maybe if the PAC restabilizes, the B12 will look elsewhere, though even then I’m skeptical.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Maybe the Big 12 was just using us as leverage to try to shake loose the schools they wanted from the Pac. Basically scare them into believing this was their one and only shot at a seat on the life raft otherwise they were giving their spot away to a G5 like UConn.

 

[UConn Dan]

I know medic posted it in key tweets already but I think up for discussion here. Is it me or is Dodd making it sound like we’re essentially a lock with whatever PAC 12 schools come along!?! Obviously I don’t think it happens without at least one of them.

San Diego State not part of Big 12 expansion plans as Aztecs face uncertain future with Mountain West, Pac-12

SDSU once believed it had two Power Five conferences knocking down its door

www.cbssports.com

Though SDSU once believed the Pac-12 and Big 12 were interested in adding it to their respective conferences, the Big 12 has little interest in bringing SDSU aboard, sources indicated to CBS Sports this week. This despite Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark's stated intent to expand his league to the West Coast.

Rather, the Big 12's current expansion focus continues to be on UConn and any Pac-12 schools that may be shaken loose once it has a media rights deal to pitch to its membership.

 

[RSTuthill]

SDSU are newbies to this realignment game we play and thus are unfamiliar with Rule 1. I am sure that it is something of a shock as it is slowly sinking in.

 

[Bongo Fury]

But they are shiny new and southern cal. Okay with them going to the PAC but should not be rewarded with BIG 12 based on their over confident behavior.

 

[NowInStorrs]

SDSU are newbies to this realignment game we play and thus are unfamiliar with Rule 1. I am sure that it is something of a shock as it is slowly sinking in.

They did join the Big East for a day or two a decade or so ago.

 

[huskymedic]

I know medic posted it in key tweets already but I think up for discussion here. Is it me or is Dodd making it sound like we’re essentially a lock with whatever PAC 12 schools come along!?! Obviously I don’t think it happens without at least one of them.

San Diego State not part of Big 12 expansion plans as Aztecs face uncertain future with Mountain West, Pac-12

SDSU once believed it had two Power Five conferences knocking down its door

www.cbssports.com

Though SDSU once believed the Pac-12 and Big 12 were interested in adding it to their respective conferences, the Big 12 has little interest in bringing SDSU aboard, sources indicated to CBS Sports this week. This despite Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark's stated intent to expand his league to the West Coast.

Rather, the Big 12's current expansion focus continues to be on UConn and any Pac-12 schools that may be shaken loose once it has a media rights deal to pitch to its membership.

 

[noeynox]

I love the haters that show themselves in every thread whenever UConn is brought up. Memphis in particular.

 

[AzHusky]

Here we go again with another clueless talking head with UConn having travel issues.

 

[giddyup]

Here we go again with another clueless talking head with UConn having travel issues.

Yes, those Northeast dirt roads and bridge washouts make wagon travel nearly impossible. I mean where do they get this garbage from?

 

[BlueandOG]

Here we go again with another clueless talking head with UConn having travel issues.

Exactly! This is such BS! UCONN travels very well.

 

[GoKU]

Travel is not an issue. It's already been discussed between the Big 12 and UConn. The Big 12 will schedule similar to what they did with WVU with all sports but football.

 

[CL82]

SDSU are newbies to this realignment game we play and thus are unfamiliar with Rule 1. I am sure that it is something of a shock as it is slowly sinking in.

I think you're actually referring to conference realignment rule #2: Do not submit your resignation from a conference until you actually have a place to go.

 

[businesslawyer]

I think you're actually referring to conference realignment rule #2: Do not submit your resignation from a conference until you actually have a place to go.

LOL. Would have thought that was rule 1 through 7. Unlike our rule #1, this one should have been obvious to everyone before getting kicked in the nuts.

 

[greenday61892]

"Terrible in football" was this man asleep this past fall?

 

[CL82]

"Terrible in football" was this man asleep this past fall?

That is the perception. It will take a while to fix it. Having a winning record will certainly help. Winning a bowl game against a P5 opponent will help more.

 

[CL82]

LOL. Would have thought that was rule 1 through 7. Unlike our rule #1, this one should have been obvious to everyone before getting kicked in the nuts.

You would think so, right? I understand what they were trying to do with that letter, but the way it structured was... unfortunate. The language should have been structured to reconfirm membership, probably at the start and finish of the letter, and then ask for flexibility regarding the exit fee timeline. Hindsight is 20/20, but it definitely could've been more strategically written.

 

[noeynox]

"Terrible in football" was this man asleep this past fall?

Takes more than one 6-7, season to wash away the stink of a terrible decade.

 

[jostar1]

I love the haters that show themselves in every thread whenever UConn is brought up. Memphis in particular.

I think Cincinnati fans are the worst. They don't want UConn in the Big 12.

 

[huskymedic]