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uconnphil2016 said:
Agreed. My feeling is that we need to get out for financial reasons, but that I'll feel really awkward if I ever go to an away game at any of the schools. Maybe I'm just being prejudiced, but I can't imagine our fans fitting in too well with the rest of the conference. Would be bizarre. I'd feel much more comfortable at ACC schools. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just picture their stadiums to take on the appearance of massive Trump rallies on Saturdays.
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That's college football country baby!
 
Sounds like us and Cincinnati are the current favorites. BYU scares me though because of their football. If the Big 12 wants football schools it will go with Cincinnati and BYU. Cincinnati is golden. Good basketball and football. Still like our chances though. We have 13 national championships since 2003 and have a strong presence in the NYC market. I heard the Big 12 could vote as early as September on potential candidates.
 
JimOllie said:
Sounds like us and Cincinnati are the current favorites. BYU scares me though because of their football. If the Big 12 wants football schools it will go with Cincinnati and BYU. Cincinnati is golden. Good basketball and football. Still like our chances though. We have 13 national championships since 2003 and have a strong presence in the NYC market. I heard the Big 12 could vote as early as September on potential candidates.
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The whole 'possibility of conditional football members' screams BYU. It also tells that the Big XII brass see no feasible way of BYU being a full member...both, in my opinion, are positives for UConn. If the Big XII starts adding football only, it probably means that more than two schools are added. If they don't add a conditional, it appears to cross BYU off the list of candidates.
 
Just spoke to someone who is connected to the Big 12. He said BYU will be invited for sure. Also said Cincinnati is the second favorite. BUT he says they will expand 4 more teams. His prediction would be that UConn and Memphis will take the final two spots. Only thing he mentioned was that UConn football could be an issue.
 
JimOllie said:
Just spoke to someone who is connected to the Big 12. He said BYU will be invited for sure. Also said Cincinnati is the second favorite. BUT he says they will expand 4 more teams. His prediction would be that UConn and Memphis will take the final two spots. Only thing he mentioned was that UConn football could be an issue.
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You talked to the dude of West Virginia or you just read his twitter?
 
superjohn said:
You talked to the dude of West Virginia or you just read his twitter?
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Not even sure who you're talking about. What did he say? From what I heard, if the Big 12 expands to 12 it will be BYU and Cincy. If they go to 14, we are 90% in.
 
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JimOllie said:
Not even sure who you're talking about. What did he say? From what I heard, if the Big 12 expands to 12 it will be BYU and Cincy. If they go to 14, we are 90% in.
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He's a guy on Twitter, who posted the same thing you did. I'm guessing the guy you spoke to just read the dude's twitter.
 
superjohn said:
He's a guy on Twitter, who posted the same thing you did. I'm guessing the guy you spoke to just read the dude's twitter.
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Could be. Hopefully we get in because this could be our last chance at getting into a P5 for a while.
 
Kitaman said:
20 page thread coming. Nice distraction though.
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Memphis fans think they are in due to Fed Ex influence and we aren't even in the top 5 or 6. They think Houston and SMU are also ahead of us along with Cinci, BYU and Memphis.

If everyone who thinks recruiting is so dependent on conference is right, it should be an easy sell for our AD to say that we would be good in football once we join a P5 conference. Right?
 
We are being sold short by other schools because there is no way they can compete with us based on facts. They don't have the budget, athletic success, brand, academics or market to compete with us. The good schools have terrible athletics and the garbage schools have decent football at the moment, but no real history of success in anything.

Much easier to rule us out arbitrarily. Don't waste your time with that stuff.
 
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JimOllie said:
Just spoke to someone who is connected to the Big 12. He said BYU will be invited for sure. Also said Cincinnati is the second favorite. BUT he says they will expand 4 more teams. His prediction would be that UConn and Memphis will take the final two spots. Only thing he mentioned was that UConn football could be an issue.
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Connected how? Because....
 
Hoophound said:
We definitely fit that criteria but so does every other school if you want them to.
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Sure, if you squint really hard when you look at them. At least we aren't hearing that all that matters is how good your football team is RIGHT NOW.

How did CUSA teams leapfrog us so easily. There are teams that weren't even accepted into the Big East that are potentially getting in before us. What the hell happened?!?!?!?!?!?
 
Andy KatzESPN Senior Writer
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If UConn found a home for football, the Big East would seriously consider the Huskies for all other sports, according to a source with knowledge. The Big East would be a natural fit. So far the 10-team Big East only has all sports members, but doesn't offer Division I (FBS) football. UConn is in all sports in the AAC. If given the choice, the Huskies would want to be in the Big 12 in all sports. But the chances that offer ever comes is still too hard to predict now.
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
If we don't get into the Big 12, I'm moving to Australia to save myself from having to witness the UConn athletic program gradually wither away into the abyss.
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I lived there for 8 years. It doesn't help. The internet has killed 'hiding from reality' overseas. The weather is good though.
 
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Paesano said:
How did CUSA teams leapfrog us so easily. There are teams that weren't even accepted into the Big East that are potentially getting in before us. What the hell happened?!?!?!?!?!?
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Big East = Basketball.

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Football >>>>>>>>>>>>> Basketball.
 
Jerry1714 said:
Andy KatzESPN Senior Writer
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If UConn found a home for football, the Big East would seriously consider the Huskies for all other sports, according to a source with knowledge. The Big East would be a natural fit. So far the 10-team Big East only has all sports members, but doesn't offer Division I (FBS) football. UConn is in all sports in the AAC. If given the choice, the Huskies would want to be in the Big 12 in all sports. But the chances that offer ever comes is still too hard to predict now.
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The Big East is NOT a natural fit. Those schools don't match UCONNs profile in any way. The ACC matches UCONN's profile, but that ship has sailed.
 
husky99 said:
Is Big 12 = or >then big 10. I seriously do not follow this at all
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Big 10>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Big 12
Big 12>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AAC
 
uconnphil2016 said:
The whole 'possibility of conditional football members' screams BYU. It also tells that the Big XII brass see no feasible way of BYU being a full member...both, in my opinion, are positives for UConn. If the Big XII starts adding football only, it probably means that more than two schools are added. If they don't add a conditional, it appears to cross BYU off the list of candidates.
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If football onlies included it will likely be BYU, CSU as the FBOs and Cinci and UConn as full. Improves football, improves basketball, improves academics, improves market.
 
intlzncster said:
The Big East is NOT a natural fit. Those schools don't match UCONNs profile in any way. The ACC matches UCONN's profile, but that ship has sailed.
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Scenerios by priority:
1. Big 12 for all sports
2. Big 12 for football and BE for all other sports
3. Big 12 for football and A1o for all other sports
4. Jump off a bridge
 
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CL82 said:
Big 10>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Big 12
Big 12>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AAC
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The correct formula is:

Big12>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AAC
 
The leaders in the clubhouse for Big 12 expansion remain BYU, Cincinnati and Connecticut. The next tier includes South Florida, Central Florida, Memphis, Colorado State, Houston, Boise State and Tulane. If the league does add four schools, there’s really no standout candidate for that fourth slot. (Houston has the best program and television market of available schools, but there’s still some hesitancy within the state of Texas to allow the Cougars to use the Big 12 to potentially leap over current members). Schools like Temple, San Diego State and Northern Illinois don’t really have a chance, but will give it a shot anyway. “They’re going to open it up like an auction,” one Big 12 source said. “They don’t want it to be like they’re out there soliciting schools.”

Big 12 expansion looks to be a near certainty

Seems there are varying opinions on the candidates.
 
14 may end up being my favorite number of this goes down the way I want.
 
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