Search results

Ever? Kansas did it. The B12 is not that strong. But if you look at the # of NFL players from UConn versus most of the B12 from 10 years ago, UConn was well ahead of most of the schools. I think you can get as much talent here, but we've never ever ever really had the coaching. Maybe a great...

We don't have a guaranteed rivalry in the BE either. Let's face it. If the Big East grew to where the B1G is now, Syracuse would be pitted against Georgetown, Seton Hall vs. St. John's, and we'd get PC. Also, it may be that PSU and USC chose one another for rivalries. We'll see in the future...

Again, you seem to have missed what I wrote entirely. I already stated it twice. I wrote that UConn's men media rights are worth around $11-$12m a year. $25m was adding up other things like the true value of NCAA credits as well as the women's package. I don't think I'll be repeating myself...

We know with realignment that rivalries will be torn apart. But I wasn't prepared to see Penn State without games against Michigan, Michigan State and Rutgers in the same season. Holy cow, Michigan is the big game annually, Michigan St. ends the season as PSU's trophy game, and RU is the young...

Yes, thank you for that info. It slipped my mind. It was a colossal error by the NCAA as this thing was signed BEFORE last year's tourney when interest went through the roof. They needed to delay for a year to see if the 2023 great ratings would continue into 2024. Instead, they signed a below...

This is not at all what I was saying. I'm saying it's a deliberate decision to pay for all NCAA costs and all playoffs and all lawyers with NCAA tournament money. That's an option they CHOSE to take. It has nothing to do with values or markets. UConn obviously is the top basketball school in...

Um, no. The reason football is at a premium is that the NCAA uses the basketball revenue from the NCAAT to fund the playoffs and championships of all other sports, and to fund the salaries at the NCAA, which are considerable. The tourney makes $1.1b a year. The women's tourney will soon sign...

It gives UConn a good excuse. "Why aren't you consistently winning?" "It is difficult to support a program financially outside a competitive conference. When UConn was in the Big East and better supported financially, we competed well."

If you look back, early fall, late august has always been the time that realignment happens.

The votes on the Pac12 schools took 2 days. This is going on so so long. Not good.

Again, you have to consider the half payouts and the buy-ins. It's inflating the per school payout for the old-timers. The fairest way to do this would be to look at the conference's total payout and divide that by the members. The ACC is the same way with SMU not getting any money and also...

You're counting the buy-ins and the reduced payouts. You have to do the average of the contract which is 29.375m. The ACC's contract is ramping up now will easily exceed the B12. The real questions is what happens to the 2 conferences in 2031 & 32. The ACC has the coastline and dense...

But it is a small school compared to all those schools you mentioned. It's a really niche school. I can only compare it to a Wake Forest or a Boston College.

UConn joining the ACC tilts the balance of basketball to the ACC and makes them the undisputed home of the best basketball in the country. It also gives football a home for the next 10 years. It also pays much better than the B12. The problem with the ACC is SMU. Losing the top 2 to 4...

They took SMU. That says it all. That took all the mystery away for what is going on there.

It's because the B12 wants a northeast presence and the meltdown of the ACC isn't going to help it in that regard more than a UConn addition. So no BC and no Syracuse. Pittsburgh is a natural along with Virginia Tech.

Yes, but they're stuck with them now, which isn't a bad thing if the whole thing is going to implode anyway

They would need to explain to schools from other countries why football matters for AAU entry.

Why do you think they added SMU then?

Of course it will increase competence level. Recruiting will get better. More money. And fans traveling has nothing to do with it. Why would it? You think Cincy fans travel to Kansas?

Don't know what Lamont is saying here, but this is absolutely untrue. Storrs campus does not have anywhere near one of the biggest grants per capita.

But, you have an in-built fanbase of 15k in Storrs. So you need 20k to travel.

If you've ever been to Stillwater, you would sympathize with those poor people. This is all they have. By the way, the water is not still in Stillwater. But there's still some water left there. And that's how it got its name.

The vast majority of P4 schools rely on the state for facility improvements. Michigan does. Texas does. Donors don't pay for stadiums, except in the case of T Boone Pickens and the $450m he donated (then rescinded because he lost all his money, only to give it again a decade later). The bonding...

The difference of course is the media money, of which UConn receives very little. If UConn joined the B12, it would instantly vault into the top quarter of the league in spending, even if it reduced it's university subsidy by $20m. And then if it became really aggressive in fake accounting, it...

Once they get the 12th vote, it will be unanimous. Only the B1G had negative votes when PSU was invited. All the other additions were unanimous.

I would always rather be with Syracuse, Duke, Pittsburgh, NC State, Cincinnati, even Louisville, than the Big East.

If I were conspiracy minded, ESPN and the entire P4 need to take UConn if they ever intend to break away from the NCAA. Because not having the 6-time champion presents a huge opening for any antitrust suit.

My problem with all this is that I believe it is severely damaging for this to happen again. You were better off not talking to them at all. At this point I blame the administrators on up to the President of UConn. I know they are desperate, but when asked, "Will you make a pitch to our...

Won't believe we're getting yanked around for a 3rd time

Mindboggling if the B12 does this to UConn for a 3rd time. I wont believe it

If ACC takes football right now, you join the ACC.

BE Soccer and field hockey may have concerns with schools dropping soccer in the near future, especially as we see the paycut from NCAA shares and all these Catholic schools suffering during the demographic cliff. Then again, sports may be one way to attract student athletes to fill seats...

So many people equate the size of the state with the population. They don't realize that Connecticut has more citizens than Iowa and many of the B12 states (and these states are split into 2 universities). They don't understand that 1/3rd of the state is inside NYC's market. They falsely assume...

"Out in the middle of nowhere..." Guy is podcasting from Topeka.