Big 12 Pushing For UConn Part Deux!

[Husky68]

I'll have what you are drinking

Leave some for me.

 

[That Guy]

The Pac can easily survive for the immediate future because Colorado and Arizona are easily replaceable with SDSU and Boise State. Hell, you can even throw in SMU or UNLV.

 

[That Guy]

And the SEC savaged the Big XII. Arkansas, Missouri, Texas A&M, UT and OU. If you put everything back, we'd have 5-6 fairly level conferences. Some would be better in some years, but the SEC and B1G wouldn't stand out like they do now.

To be fair, outside of OU, those other schools haven't really made much noise in the last decade+

 

[Tenspro2002]

its Arizona and UConn announcing today

lol the Big XII wants to get to 14 -- they're not taking a pair, they're taking one more.

 

[jostar1]

lol the Big XII wants to get to 14 -- they're not taking a pair, they're taking one more.

The SEC and Big 10 are at 16. And Yormark is an alpha guy.

 

[Tenspro2002]

The SEC and Big 10 are at 16. And Yormark is an alpha guy.

Well they're sure as s___ not taking two more to get to 15.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

lol the Big XII wants to get to 14 -- they're not taking a pair, they're taking one more.

B12 might be done at 14 if no one else leaves from PAC-12. We have a chance if its 1 or 3 teams from the PAC-12 leaving.

 

[superjohn]

lol the Big XII wants to get to 14 -- they're not taking a pair, they're taking one more.

I think 16.

 

[That Guy]

B12 might be done at 14 if no one else leaves from PAC-12. We have a chance if its 1 or 3 teams from the PAC-12 leaving.

Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, UConn. Easy.

 

[JMick]

Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State, UConn. Easy.

This makes sense if only because the Big XII presidents get 3 of what they want and Yormark gets 1 of what he wants. It's a compromise everyone is happy with.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

This makes sense if only because the Big XII presidents get 3 of what they want and Yormark gets 1 of what he wants. It's a compromise everyone is happy with.

If he can pull off Colorado and the AZ schools the presidents owe him the benefit of the doubt in his NYC vision

 

[ctchamps]

This makes sense if only because the Big XII presidents get 3 of what they want and Yormark gets 1 of what he wants. It's a compromise everyone is happy with.

Yormack gets two - UConn and Arizona. He clearly stated he’s making the B12 the preeminent basketball conference.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I think 16.

That's plausible. But they're not going to take exactly 2 more and stop at 15.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

If these trickles of reports that the ACC is open to expansion have any truth, AD David Benedict absolutely must make a phone call to Jim Phillips before any decision regarding the Big 12 is made.

That said, Utah is a redundant add to BYU in a small state with little/no media draw.

 

[Bongo Fury]

Commish speak

 

[JMick]

If these trickles of reports that the ACC is open to expansion have any truth, AD David Benedict absolutely must make a phone call to Jim Phillips before any decision regarding the Big 12 is made.

The ACC isn't expanding. But if we want to play hypotheticals, there's only 2 good things about the ACC. The length of the GOR and the geography. But you're joining a conference that's DOA.

It would buy us time to get football in order and help elevate our position. But we have to be ready to move when 2036 gets here.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

The ACC isn't expanding, they basically admitted in the article that any candidate that would consider moving to the ACC wouldn't bring enough to make the addition worthwhile. It would be a neutral move with the result being more schools complaining about the situation.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This makes sense if only because the Big XII presidents get 3 of what they want and Yormark gets 1 of what he wants. It's a compromise everyone is happy with.

If he can pull off Colorado and the AZ schools the presidents owe him the benefit of the doubt in his NYC vision

The Big XII has wanted those Arizona schools for a long, long time. It really does make the Big XII the southwest conference if they can pull it off. People may be surprised that this is in Kansas.

 

[RSTuthill]

The ACC isn't expanding. But if we want to play hypotheticals, there's only 2 good things about the ACC. The length of the GOR and the geography. But you're joining a conference that's DOA.

It would buy us time to get football in order and help elevate our position. But we have to be ready to move when 2036 gets here.

Yeah, but gotta get to P5 anyway possible ASAP, if for no other reason than the next move will be as a P5.

 

[tzznandrew]

If these trickles of reports that the ACC is open to expansion have any truth, AD David Benedict absolutely must make a phone call to Jim Phillips before any decision regarding the Big 12 is made.

That said, Utah is a redundant add to BYU in a small state with little/no media draw.

I wouldn't be surprised if it were the reverse: he already did. The only beneficiary to the "ACC is thinking of expanding" is UConn.

Either to have the B12 put a step on it in accepting UConn rather than using us as bait, or (with the same result) making it seem like WVU might be in danger of leaving, and that's a school that has been whining (rightly) about being on an island for a decade now.

 

[Exit 4]

"Jim Philips is open to expanding.." - now lets finish the sentence; "if ESPN will fully pay for it with a full share....and also cut the term of our GOR in 1/2."

The ACC would like to reopen that ESPN contract and moving schools around might be one way to make all parties happy again.

That all said, seems like the ACC expanding is something that is cloud talk and cannot be taken seriously. We cannot wait for the ACC to go through their process and make a legit proposal. Its too late.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I wouldn't be surprised if it were the reverse: he already did. The only beneficiary to the "ACC is thinking of expanding" is UConn.

Either to have the B12 put a step on it in accepting UConn rather than using us as bait, or (with the same result) making it seem like WVU might be in danger of leaving, and that's a school that has been whining (rightly) about being on an island for a decade now.

None of these conferences ever move in ways that make sense for college athletics generally. But I think it is true that WVU, Cinci and UConn to ACC, with the BigXII then taking more Pac schools would be the best result overall.

• UW and Oregon to B1G
• UConn, WVU, Cinci to ACC
• CU, UA, ASU, Stanford, Cal to Big XII, which rebrands as Big West or something.
• WSU, Oregon State to MWC.

 

[Exit 4]

None of these conferences ever move in ways that make sense for college athletics generally. But I think it is true that WVU, Cinci and UConn to ACC, with the BigXII then taking more Pac schools would be the best result overall.

• UW and Oregon to B1G
• UConn, WVU, Cinci to ACC
• CU, UA, ASU, Stanford, Cal to Big XII, which rebrands as Big West or something.
• WSU, Oregon State to MWC.

Lets join the B12 and maybe in 2030 or so "trades" can be made.

 

[ZooCougar]

The Big XII has wanted those Arizona schools for a long, long time. It really does make the Big XII the southwest conference if they can pull it off. People may be surprised that this is in Kansas.

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Yup. Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma actually have some desert.

 

[JeepCSC]

At some point in time, Louisville, Duke, NC State, Pitt, etc will be on the open market. I have to believe there will be some reshuffling the chairs for the BXII and ACC leftovers at that point.