Big 12 Pausing Expansion

[CL82]

Providence, which doesn’t have football, has not been approached by any other conferences, Napolillo said

Surprising. I would've thought they'd have had as good a chance as anyone..

 

[Patman]

I’d like to think we stalled out because we refused to give away the shop. But, my instincts are there is an entrenched group of flat-Earthers that a very parochial in the B12.

I the latter is more likely. Maybe different schools have Fox's ears versus ESPN's ears as well. Maybe while UConn makes national sense uconn still doesn't make regional sense to some of the Fox networks in the chain.

 

[AllHusky]

Not knowing the players in any way, you could see an Iowa State resistant to an Eastern(NYC) school, or the battling Latter Day Saints opposed to the Yankee heathens, who knows, but points are well taken. We just don’t move the needle for so many people, and we should. It’s somewhat irrational.

The ACC crowd is in 2 camps, the “they stink at FB” group, and the “keep them out, they’ll be eating our lunch” group.

Win in FB and the dialog changes.

 

[CL82]

Not knowing the players in any way, you could see an Iowa State resistant to an Eastern(NYC) school, or the battling Latter Day Saints opposed to the Yankee heathens, who knows, but points are well taken. We just don’t move the needle for so many people, and we should. It’s somewhat irrational.

The ACC crowd is in 2 camps, the “they stink at FB” group, and the “keep them out, they’ll be eating our lunch” group.

Win in FB and the dialog changes.

Or at least it changes the argument used to keep us out.

 

[Waquoit]

Providence, which doesn’t have football, has not been approached by any other conferences, Napolillo said.

Approached to do what?

 

[ZooCougar]

Providence College’s Steve Napolillo is kind of a big deal - The Boston Globe

It has been a busy summer for PC athletic director Steve Napolillo, who as Big East Athletic Directors chair, has had to navigate rumors that two-time defending national champions UConn might be lured away to the Big 12.

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-> It has been a busy summer for PC athletic director Steve Napolillo, who is currently serving as chair of the Big East Athletic Directors, and had to navigate rumors that the league’s top draw, two-time defending national champions UConn, might be lured away to the Big 12’s football money.

So, is Napolillo relieved that UConn and the Big 12 have put their talks on hold?

“That’s going to be a daily story,” Napolillo said last week. “The Big East is a great conference. It is with them, it was without them, and it will be without them again” if they were to leave.

Napolillo said the Big East — and all leagues — are “100 percent looking over our backs” as the power football conferences attempt to recruit marquee programs like UConn. Last week, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, and San Diego State announced plans to leave the Mountain West Conference for the PAC-12.

Providence, which doesn’t have football, has not been approached by any other conferences, Napolillo said.

“It’s really an arms race,” Napolillo said. “We’re just making sure we have our pulse on things.” <-

Just an unbelievable article. Ok Providence.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Just an unbelievable article. Ok Providence.

I for one am relieved to hear that no one has reached out to Providence. Phew.

 

[ZooCougar]

I for one am relieved to hear that no one has reached out to Providence. Phew.

Who would? The NEC?

 

[CL82]

I for one am relieved to hear that no one has reached out to Providence. Phew.

You have to think they'd have as good a chance as anyone.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Who would? The NEC?

They just lost sacred heart so maybe