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"I do apologize if I did the wrong thing by posting this information. I do not write on message boards and I’m not familiar with what would be the correct actions one would take in communicating some information. I was given this sites name and was given my screen name by a friend who thought the people who gather on this site would like to know this information.

I probably should have waited to write this information on this site until next at least next January. I’m not a person who would normally know, nor would have the interest to pay attention to this sort of matter, but I happen to be a family member of a person who works for a person that is a decision maker for the University of Connecticut. My friend told me members of this site would like to know what I was told through my family association. My timing should have been better because I was also told that the University of Connecticut would not know one way or the other on entering the Big Ten Conference until February or March of 2014. I do not know why these dates are in play for this possible event to occur.

I do not know enough about this subject matter to speak more on it so I just want to say sorry to those who I have offended in any way."


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Interesting.
 
The poster I get a kick out of most on that thread is He1nousOne...guy lives in AZ and roots for Rutgers/Iowa...consistantly puts us down..yet has ZERO knowledge of how we impact metro-NY, Providence, and MA tv market through carryover in addition to pur own numbers. But then again you can't be ANY kind of expert on our DMA when you live on the other side of the country.
 
[I do apologize if I did the wrong thing by posting this information. I do not write on message boards and I’m not familiar with what would be the correct actions one would take in communicating some information. I was given this sites name and was given my screen name by a friend who thought the people who gather on this site would like to know this information.

I probably should have waited to write this information on this site until next at least next January. I’m not a person who would normally know, nor would have the interest to pay attention to this sort of matter, but I happen to be a family member of a person who works for a person that is a decision maker for the University of Connecticut. My friend told me members of this site would like to know what I was told through my family association. My timing should have been better because I was also told that the University of Connecticut would not know one way or the other on entering the Big Ten Conference until February or March of 2014. I do not know why these dates are in play for this possible event to occur.

I do not know enough about this subject matter to speak more on it so I just want to say sorry to those who I have offended in any way.]


...The classic 4th degree family connection with a foggy, 6 month forecast. I'm going to go ahead and say there is a 3% chance this is credible and that is only because I am so desperate for some B1G news. I'm not offended, just (still) depressed :(
 
UconnFamily said:
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"I do apologize if I did the wrong thing by posting this information. I do not write on message boards and I’m not familiar with what would be the correct actions one would take in communicating some information. I was given this sites name and was given my screen name by a friend who thought the people who gather on this site would like to know this information.

I probably should have waited to write this information on this site until next at least next January. I’m not a person who would normally know, nor would have the interest to pay attention to this sort of matter, but I happen to be a family member of a person who works for a person that is a decision maker for the University of Connecticut. My friend told me members of this site would like to know what I was told through my family association. My timing should have been better because I was also told that the University of Connecticut would not know one way or the other on entering the Big Ten Conference until February or March of 2014. I do not know why these dates are in play for this possible event to occur.

I do not know enough about this subject matter to speak more on it so I just want to say sorry to those who I have offended in any way."


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This tells us that the AD quotes from B1G schools about moving to the 16 team model may indeed have legitamacy to them...and that we most likely are a candidate because of our location and "availability" ....BUT we have to get our house in order..AAU first and foremost..most likely athletic facilty upgrades (including stadium expansion) as well...among other things.
 
sportsart said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are way too many actual journalists with real connections who would be leaking info if they had it.

Doubtful some online knucklehead gets the dirt first. Being that they are attention seekers they probably tried to get some legit media person to buy it and they laughed them off.
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No disrespect to you "sportstart" but did you ever take the time to think that maybe, just maybe, one or some of these online knucklehead/s might be related to, or friends with Jim Delany, Mike Aresco, Susan Herbst, Warde Manuel, etc...?

You don't solely have to be a journalist to have some inside scoop
 
I'm with sportsart here. I know we're desperate, but people aren't actually buying into this drivel, are they?

If UConn to the B1G were to happen, it's not breaking on a message board by some anonymous poster.
 
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UConn990411 said:
I'm with sportsart here. I know we're desperate here, but people aren't actually buying into this drivel, are they?

If UConn to the B1G were to happen, it's not breaking on a message board by some anonymous poster.
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http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i..._expanding_report_hints_it_may_be_coming.html

Idk, reading this article it shows that the BiG ten "might" expand in 2014 with two more teams. The last paragraph of the article to me hints that the BiG ten may add a team for Rutgers.... hmmm... maybe Uconn?

it's almost identical information that Tennessee Tuxedo had
 
UconnFamily said:
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i..._expanding_report_hints_it_may_be_coming.html

Idk, reading this article it shows that the BiG ten "might" expand in 2014 with two more teams. The last paragraph of the article to me hints that the BiG ten may add a team for Rutgers.... hmmm... maybe Uconn?

it's almost identical information that Tennessee Tuxedo had
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You're connecting an awful lot of dots there by calling their information "identical."

That could easily be a UConn fan who used that same quote to come up with a make-believe timeline regarding the UConn invitation. Plus, one of those self-proclaimed realignment expert clowns goes by the name Tuxedo Yoda, which makes me think Tennessee Tuxedo is a hoax.

I honestly think UConn to the B1G is a possibility down the road, but people here need to stop going crazy over everything these random posters/tweeters say.
 
UConn990411 said:
You're connecting an awful lot of dots there by calling their information "identical."

That could easily be a UConn fan who used that same quote to come up with a make-believe timeline regarding the UConn invitation. Plus, one of those self-proclaimed realignment expert clowns goes by the name Tuxedo Yoda, which makes me think Tennessee Tuxedo is a hoax.

I honestly think UConn to the B1G is a possibility down the road, but people here need to stop going crazy over everything these random posters/tweeters say.
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I guess your right "Uconn990411" but we will see what happens by 2014
 
sportsart said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. There are way too many actual journalists with real connections who would be leaking info if they had it.

Doubtful some online knucklehead gets the dirt first. Being that they are attention seekers they probably tried to get some legit media person to buy it and they laughed them off.
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I am in sales and I never talk in public anywhere, but it is simply amazing what I hear on a plane, in the airport, on a train, the next table at dinner, etc. people think they are in an invisible cocoon. I heard 2 hedge funds guys talking stocks during the recent ct challenge. Unfortunately, they were going to slow for me to get much out of it.
 
My timing should have been better because I was also told that the University of Connecticut would not know one way or the other on entering the Big Ten Conference until February or March of 2014. I do not know why these dates are in play for this possible event to occur.
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Could the timing be related to the 2014 NCAA Convention?
January 15-18, 2014

San Diego, California
Venues: The Hilton San Diego Bayfront and San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina will serve as the headquarter hotels for the 2014 NCAA Convention meeting space. The San Diego Convention Center will also house meetings. The Hilton San Diego Bayfront, the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina and the Omni San Diego Hotel will provide sleeping rooms for Convention attendees.

Per Dennis Dodds:
Those non-BCS leagues (once again: MWC, MAC, Sun Belt, Conference USA, American in 2014) don't want to be cut further out of the BCS herd. They've already been marginalized in the College Football Playoff .
As far as establishing a Division 4 within the NCAA, "it's kind of like conference realignment," said John Infante, who writes the Bylaw Blog for athleticscholarships.net. "you don't send an invitation until you know it's going to be accepted."
Look for big changes at the 2014 NCAA Convention in San Diego. Emmert already has sent out save-the-date reminders to administrators for what promises to be the biggest convention since the reform days of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
 
UconnFamily said:
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i..._expanding_report_hints_it_may_be_coming.html

Idk, reading this article it shows that the BiG ten "might" expand in 2014 with two more teams. The last paragraph of the article to me hints that the BiG ten may add a team for Rutgers.... hmmm... maybe Uconn?

it's almost identical information that Tennessee Tuxedo had
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If anything it suggests Tennessee tuxedo or his contact read that article. Occam's razor etc.

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jostar1 said:
Could the timing be related to the 2014 NCAA Convention?
January 15-18, 2014

San Diego, California
Venues: The Hilton San Diego Bayfront and San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina will serve as the headquarter hotels for the 2014 NCAA Convention meeting space. The San Diego Convention Center will also house meetings. The Hilton San Diego Bayfront, the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina and the Omni San Diego Hotel will provide sleeping rooms for Convention attendees.

Per Dennis Dodds:
Those non-BCS leagues (once again: MWC, MAC, Sun Belt, Conference USA, American in 2014) don't want to be cut further out of the BCS herd. They've already been marginalized in the College Football Playoff .
As far as establishing a Division 4 within the NCAA, "it's kind of like conference realignment," said John Infante, who writes the Bylaw Blog for athleticscholarships.net. "you don't send an invitation until you know it's going to be accepted."
Look for big changes at the 2014 NCAA Convention in San Diego. Emmert already has sent out save-the-date reminders to administrators for what promises to be the biggest convention since the reform days of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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I think 2014 would be aligned with the big going into negotiations for tv.
What schools will drive the needle are the extenuating circumstances...
 
FDNY99 said:
This tells us that the AD quotes from B1G schools about moving to the 16 team model may indeed have legitamacy to them...and that we most likely are a candidate because of our location and "availability" ....BUT we have to get our house in order..AAU first and foremost..most likely athletic facilty upgrades (including stadium expansion) as well...among other things.
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I've never seen a persuasive rationale for why a conference would expand to 14 with the intent of staying at that number. Any conference over 12 is ultimately looking to go to at least 16.

Who knows where or when Connecticut fits ultimately, but there are at least 4 spots open to be filled sometime between today and shortly after the current GOR's expire.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The first hint we got that Rutgers was leaving was this board.
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Remember RUlookinatme? He was a poster on the WVU board who said that Rutgers and Maryland were going to the Big 10 a couple of months before it happened. He also posted that a source close to the Rutgers AD, Tim Pernetti, said that UConn and Virginia were going to the Big 10:


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Source close to TP says UConn and Virginia to Big 10 -------------------------------------------------
Delaney wants the northeast and I quote, "lock, stock and barrel".

Here is a discussion of RUlookinatme:

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/rulookinatme.29941/
 
Every predatory move in the last 10 years came because a Conference saw an opportunity to grow their contracts TV revenue. We are told that the 2014 is am important B1G year for their revision in 2016.

So I say ... Bingo. There's enough breadcrumbs to predict more moves.
 
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Yeah that second post only made me feel worse about the first one. But I bet we will all start getting extra anxious by the end of the basketball season anyway.
 
UConn990411 said:
You're connecting an awful lot of dots there by calling their information "identical."

That could easily be a UConn fan who used that same quote to come up with a make-believe timeline regarding the UConn invitation. Plus, one of those self-proclaimed realignment expert clowns goes by the name Tuxedo Yoda, which makes me think Tennessee Tuxedo is a hoax.

I honestly think UConn to the B1G is a possibility down the road, but people here need to stop going crazy over everything these random posters/tweeters say.
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Nah, hope is all we have left.
 
From what I know, the Tennessee Tuxedo poster was a troll attempt by someone who took snippets of articles and spun a little story of his(her) own. I wouldn't put much stock into it. Bear in mind that may be a blessing in disguise, because the AAC could become something special within the next several years. The BB will be good and the FB schools are all rising stars. I think it will be a nice conference moving forward.
 
miko33 said:
From what I know, the Tennessee Tuxedo poster was a troll attempt by someone who took snippets of articles and spun a little story of his(her) own. I wouldn't put much stock into it. Bear in mind that may be a blessing in disguise, because the AAC could become something special within the next several years. The BB will be good and the FB schools are all rising stars. I think it will be a nice conference moving forward.
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And how do you know this?
 
miko33 said:
From what I know, the Tennessee Tuxedo poster was a troll attempt by someone who took snippets of articles and spun a little story of his(her) own. I wouldn't put much stock into it. Bear in mind that may be a blessing in disguise, because the AAC could become something special within the next several years. The BB will be good and the FB schools are all rising stars. I think it will be a nice conference moving forward.
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Instead of telling us you have knowledge that exposes the guy as a troll, why not articulate that information thereby giving each of us the opportunity to arrive at our own conclusion? Otherwise, the guy with 7 posts chock-a-block with preposterous notions might sound a tad trollish.
 
miko33 said:
From what I know, the Tennessee Tuxedo poster was a troll attempt by someone who took snippets of articles and spun a little story of his(her) own. I wouldn't put much stock into it. Bear in mind that may be a blessing in disguise, because the AAC could become something special within the next several years. The BB will be good and the FB schools are all rising stars. I think it will be a nice conference moving forward.
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A troll calling a troll a troll.....
 
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If the B1G is looking to move from 14 to 16 members between now and when their current media (not just TV anymore) contract expires, I would expect that UConn has been evaluated by the B1G. Not to do so would be a poor business decision and the one thing that the B1G is focused on is running their business.

Why

The B1G failed to further expand into the Southeast when the ACC put a GoR in place. The XII will stick together as long as Texas wants it to (I personally believe that Texas or WV will be the first to mount a legal challenge to the GoR). Thus, the only schools that the B1G can look at are from the American, the Mountain West, the SEC, or independents.

· American: Maybe – Connecticut; No – Cincinnati (not AAU, Ohio St), Houston & SMU (not AAU, B1G will go to TX for Texas, not anyone else), Memphis (Louisville is #160, Memphis isn’t even rated), USF & UCF (not AAU, B1G will go to FL for Florida St & maybe Miami, not anyone else), Temple (not AAU, Penn St), East Carolina (see TX & FL schools, B1G will go to NC for UNC and maybe Duke, no one else), Tulane (AAU, limited sports value, not contiguous), Tulsa (not AAU [but US news #83?] and private, small market), and Navy (athletics are not on the same age as P5).

· Mountain West – Non AAU schools only Colorado State borders a B1G state and it does not provide enough value to override the negatives. All others are in XII or PAC territory (and I do not believe that the B1G will poach from the PAC, too much history there)

· Independents: Maybe – ND, will only go B1G as a last resort, i.e. ACC implodes; No – BYU (smaller version of ND with the same issues and less value; Army & Air Force – Same as Navy above.

While I do not believe that AAU, contiguous states, and state flagship universities are not set in stone yes/no factors for the B1G; the value of potential member in the B1G must heavily outweigh if these two issues are negative. Of all of the schools who do not meet both standards, I only believe that ND, Oklahoma (especially if tied to Texas and not tied to Oklahoma State), and Florida State would get into the B1G ‘automatically.’ UConn is more of a borderline case; but, one that is bolstered by the fact that it is a state flagship, is a brand name basketball program, and has stated goal to get to AAU status and that while not contiguous with a B1G state, it’s only 175 miles between Rutgers and UConn and they both share the NYC DMA.

Of course, if UNC (B1G or SEC) or Texas (PAC, SEC, B1G) decide to bolt, all bets are off.
 
mikeo33 is a Pitt fan, based on posts at CSNbbs boards.
 
Hobo: What exactly is... is your persuasion on the B1G, since you brought him up?

The Boy: Well, I... I want to believe... but...

Hobo: But you don't want to be bamboozled. You don't want to be led down the primrose path! You don't want to be conned or duped. Have the wool pulled over your eyes. Hoodwinked! You don't want to be taken for a ride. Railroaded!

Hobo: Seeing is believing. Am I right?
 
GG said:
Another post by our friend. I have absolutely no idea if there is any truth to it.

http://csnbbs.com/showthread.php?tid=642686&page=53[/quote] ]
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Geez - he really went out on a limb there.... it's common knowledge there are plans for a new on campus rink in the works.

>>My friend, who connected me to this site, has egged me on to give proof of what I said last week to be true of Big Ten and the University of Connecticut now in the process of having advanced talks with the growing possibility of the University of Connecticut receiving an invite to the Big Ten in the date range of February, March of 2014. I’m pretty sure I have found a way to give proof to the readers of this site without making myself more exposed.

In the next month, in 4 weeks, you will hear public statements out of the President’s office, not just out of the Athletic Department, which will describe advanced financial plans of the University of Connecticut building a new On-Campus Ice Arena for the Men’s and Women’s University of Connecticut Hockey teams.

The University of Connecticut is working off of Big Ten instructions on how to maximize their value to gain entrance into the Big Ten conference. The Big Ten Hockey league currently has 6 teams and will be played on BTN starting this October. There will be double headers played every Friday night during the winter season. The Big Ten Hockey league is projected to be very profitable and the University of Connecticut can add value to this new league. The University of Connecticut Women’s Hockey Team, and the University of Connecticut commitment to this program, has added tremendous value to the University of Connecticut brand in front of the eyes of Big Ten officials, especially to the University of Minnesota, which is a very important step in this process. The Big Ten, besides adding the University of Connecticut in all sports, is interested in adding another partial member for “Hockey Only” from Hockey East to create an 8 team Big Ten Hockey League. These 2 new additions, University of Connecticut, plus a "Hockey Only" university, will add much needed content and value to the BTN network.
The University of Connecticut is working on adding value to their brand, working on items within their control, and is showing a commitment of growth to the Big Ten.

To answer the question of where is the proof, you will have it in new public statements in regards to advance financial plan in the building of a new On-Campus Ice Arena for the Men’s and Women’s University of Connecticut hockey teams. This investment is secured, and is now seen as a vital investment for the University of Connecticut going forward.

I don't think I can add any more information nor detail, but most importantly I will not need to in 4 weeks. You can now shut down my membership to this site if needed. Thank you.<<

 
A few thoughts on the hockey angle :

1)Even if the Hockey team does get off that ground that does not mean an offer has been extended
2)Big Ten has already passed on numerous overtures for Hockey-only membership. Just about every single member of the newly formed NCHC + ND has wanted in and was rebuffed, all of which have better hockey pedigree than a newly formed D-1 program.
3)Big Ten doesn't need to beef up Women's hockey - not a revenue sport and they have won 8 of the past(only) 13 NCAA championships.
 
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