Big 12 will make significant push for UConn (merged)

[HuskyNan]

Not again…

https://x.com/gswaim/status/1690789882895982592?s=61&t=LU01OMz59oFvdezonOhMMw

 

[Carnac]

Not again…

https://x.com/gswaim/status/1690789882895982592?s=61&t=LU01OMz59oFvdezonOhMMw

This is nice to hear, but I’ll curb my enthusiasm until the Big 12 makes UConn a firm invitation to join.

 

[fireford]

An interesting segment on ESPN a few days ago when Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and his colleagues were discussing realignment. If you skip to around 1:40 of below video they were talking about UConn to the Big 12 was all but a done deal. Now I realize the talking heads don't know everything but they have access to people that us common folks don't have so they are privy to inside information that we aren't. The way he and colleague said it so matter-of-factly, it was implied that it was a matter of when not if UConn will go to the Big 12. Between this and some other things I've seen/read I can't help but think there must still be something in the works.

 

[SEbluebood]

An interesting segment on ESPN a few days ago when Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and his colleagues were discussing realignment. If you skip to around 1:40 of below video they were talking about UConn to the Big 12 was all but a done deal. Now I realize the talking heads don't know everything but they have access to people that us common folks don't have so they are privy to inside information that we aren't. The way he and colleague said it so matter-of-factly, it was implied that it was a matter of when not if UConn will go to the Big 12. Between this and some other things I've seen/read I can't help but think there must still be something in the works.

If I had a dime for every time Russo was wrong, I would be a gajillionaire!!! I would not get too hyped up by his proclamation!

 

[fireford]

If I had a dime for every time Russo was wrong, I would be a gajillionaire!!! I would not get too hyped up by his proclamation!

I understand but it wasn't just him alone. Others in the room were agreeing with him.
And it wasn't said in a way where he was making a "bold prediction". He said it matter-of-factly like it was only a matter of when not if.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Just watched "Mad Dog" Russo and ladies video and isn't it a little crazy how the talking suits say they heard it from a friend who heard it from a "source" high up in the Big 12 office that UCONN will be admitted to the Big 12 next week?
Nobody knows what's going to happen next, not even the AD's and Presidents of the Big 12 schools!
It's insanity running amuck, the insane are running the asylum!
The Colleges and Universities in the Power Conferences are going to be spending millions of $ paying for travel fees for their 15/20 something sports to travel across the country for games!

 

[Carnac]

An interesting segment on ESPN a few days ago when Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and his colleagues were discussing realignment. If you skip to around 1:40 of below video they were talking about UConn to the Big 12 was all but a done deal. Now I realize the talking heads don't know everything but they have access to people that us common folks don't have so they are privy to inside information that we aren't. The way he and colleague said it so matter-of-factly, it was implied that it was a matter of when not if UConn will go to the Big 12. Between this and some other things I've seen/read I can't help but think there must still be something in the works.

I like clowns....these types of clowns.

not this kind.

 

[Plebe]

I'm still waiting on that "significant push" that Sports Illustrated promised me six weeks ago.

 

[Carnac]

USF Athletic Director: AAC evaluating possible expansion amidst Pac-12 chaos​

Even the American Athletic Conference is getting into the act. Michael Kelly said American Athletic Conference members have held several meetings with commissioner Mike Aresco over the past week. The AAC has been active in realignment in recent years and will have new members Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, Alabama-Birmingham, and Texas-San Antonio for the 2023-24 school year.

USF athletic director: AAC evaluating possible expansion amidst Pac-12 chaos

Michael Kelly said American Athletic Conference members have held several meetings with commissioner Mike Aresco over the past week.

www.tampabay.com

 

[CajunHusky]

USF Athletic Director: AAC evaluating possible expansion amidst Pac-12 chaos​

Even the American Athletic Conference is getting into the act. Michael Kelly said American Athletic Conference members have held several meetings with commissioner Mike Aresco over the past week. The AAC has been active in realignment in recent years and will have new members Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, Alabama-Birmingham, and Texas-San Antonio for the 2023-24 school year.

USF athletic director: AAC evaluating possible expansion amidst Pac-12 chaos

Michael Kelly said American Athletic Conference members have held several meetings with commissioner Mike Aresco over the past week.

www.tampabay.com

Jeez ... imagine if UConn had stayed in the AAC....

 

[Carnac]

Jeez ... imagine if UConn had stayed in the AAC....

My reaction to your query is the same as the great Wayne Gretzky's take on Bo knowing hockey in the "Bo Knows" Nike commercial. IMHO, that was a move UConn really needed to make. UConn being in the AAC was like watching crabs in a barrel trying to get out.

 

[CL82]

Carnac, there is no more "Power 5" conferences. And I seriously doubt that Uconn will ever allocate the resources to move itself into the contender for a national championship. While the other schools are cannibalizing themselves we will be so much better off staying put and giving other teams in the league more motivation to strengthen themselves.

Which resources do you perceive to be lacking exactly?

 

[Carnac]

The PAC 12 presidents had an over-inflated view of their worth in the media marketplace. This guy gets it!! Compliments to HuskyMedic, I had to repost this here. Lots of folks on the women's board don't go to the conference realignment thread.

 

[Steelerone]

Which resources do you perceive to be lacking exactly?

There is only one resource - money, money, money

 

[Carnac]

Story by Evan Bredeson • Monday Aug 14, 2023​

Nebraska AD says more conference expansion on the horizon​

Nebraska’s athletic director is sounding the alarm on the future of conference expansion in college athletics. Trev Alberts told Amie Just of the Lincoln Journal Star that he doesn’t believe realignment is anywhere close to being finished.

“History is unkind to conferences that have not had the courage to expand. I don’t believe it’s done. It’s never been done. It’s more likely than not that there will be continued periods of angst. I believe that the next go-around – that’s my basic conclusion – will be far more disruptive than anything we’re currently engaged in. We need to prepare ourselves mentally for that.”

The Big Ten will be adding USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington in 2024. Oklahoma and Texas will be headed to the SEC.

MSN

 

[Steelerone]

Why do all you people who want UCONN to move to another conference not start to look at the future. Sooner or later either the Big 10 or SEC will poach the best teams from the Big 12 and then the thinking will be, "Oh, we should have stayed in the Big East." Remember, less than twenty years ago the malls made stores like Sears and J.C. Penny's obsolete? Now look at what's happened to the malls with the advent of Wal-Mart and Amazon. Sound familiar? Once Clemson and Florida State go to the SEC the ACC will be the Big East South. Let's stay where we are, build our programs within it's own parameters, and remain successful.

 

[CL82]

There is only one resource - money, money, money

So I'm having trouble following your logic you feel we won't allocate resources to move ourselves into contention for a national championship, even though we've won 24 national championships.

Resources you define as being money. But we should stay in a conference that pays us $.10 on the dollar of the Px conferences so we will have less access to "resources?"

 

[hoophuskee]

Why do all you people who want UCONN to move to another conference not start to look at the future. Sooner or later either the Big 10 or SEC will poach the best teams from the Big 12 and then the thinking will be, "Oh, we should have stayed in the Big East." Remember, less than twenty years ago the malls made stores like Sears and J.C. Penny's obsolete? Now look at what's happened to the malls with the advent of Wal-Mart and Amazon. Sound familiar? Once Clemson and Florida State go to the SEC the ACC will be the Big East South. Let's stay where we are, build our programs within it's own parameters, and remain successful.

Let's not stay where we are and get more money so we don't become JC Penny.

 

[Steelerone]

Let's not stay where we are and get more money so we don't become JC Penny.

And just far ahead do you think you will be after paying the exit fee and the travel costs to go over halfway across the country to play Kansas State?, And, given the cost and manpower involved, do you realistically think the Uconn football team will ever be able to contend with the better teams in any major conference. And please don't tell me about the single major bowl game we backed into years ago.

 

[Steelerone]

jor

So I'm having trouble following your logic you feel we won't allocate resources to move ourselves into contention for a national championship, even though we've won 24 national championships.

Resources you define as being money. But we should stay in a conference that pays us $.10 on the dollar of the Px conferences so we will have less access to "resources?"

You are referencing basketball. Has any major conference so far invited us because we are a powerhouse in that one sport. Football is the engine that runs the bus. And I haven't heard anyone from the top echelon of Uconn saying "Yes, we will spend the tens of millions it will take to provide us with a national championship caliber team.

 

[uconnfan68]

And just far ahead do you think you will be after paying the exit fee and the travel costs to go over halfway across the country to play Kansas State?, And, given the cost and manpower involved, do you realistically think the Uconn football team will ever be able to contend with the better teams in any major conference. And please don't tell me about the single major bowl game we backed into years ago.

It's like saying the Steelers are relevant.

 

[sun]

jor

You are referencing basketball. Has any major conference so far invited us because we are a powerhouse in that one sport. Football is the engine that runs the bus. And I haven't heard anyone from the top echelon of Uconn saying "Yes, we will spend the tens of millions it will take to provide us with a national championship caliber team.

Football recruiting blue-chip ratio 2023.

Blue-Chip Ratio 2023: The 16 teams who can actually win a national title

How much talent does it take to win the national championship in college football? And which of the teams in 2023 are most set to deliver on that promise? Unveiling the 2023 Blue-Chip Ratio.

247sports.com

 

[Drumguy]

And just far ahead do you think you will be after paying the exit fee and the travel costs to go over halfway across the country to play Kansas State?, And, given the cost and manpower involved, do you realistically think the Uconn football team will ever be able to contend with the better teams in any major conference. And please don't tell me about the single major bowl game we backed into years

All the naysayers logic about adding travel is just ignorant.


Creighton - 20 hr 39 min (1,367.4 mi) via I-80 W

Marquette is 1089 miles, much closer

 

[CL82]

jor

You are referencing basketball. Has any major conference so far invited us because we are a powerhouse in that one sport. Football is the engine that runs the bus. And I haven't heard anyone from the top echelon of Uconn saying "Yes, we will spend the tens of millions it will take to provide us with a national championship caliber team.

Is that how it works you say you're willing to spend tens of millions of dollars and then you get a national championship?

And where exactly do you believe that Connecticut is underfunded and in need of tens of millions of dollars of investment?

It certainly isn't on campus facilities.

 

[hoophuskee]

And just far ahead do you think you will be after paying the exit fee and the travel costs to go over halfway across the country to play Kansas State?, And, given the cost and manpower involved, do you realistically think the Uconn football team will ever be able to contend with the better teams in any major conference. And please don't tell me about the single major bowl game we backed into years ago.

You mean if they get the extra millions from B12 they can't afford to make some trips to "Kansas?" IMO the travel concerns are extremely exaggerrated vs the money they will be getting. If these were real concerns you really think UCONN wouldn't have nixed the idea? Because it doesn't seem like one bit would UCONN not accept the offer. So, you'd have to believe that UCONN was totally incompetent. But I can't believe that - because of their basketball success as just 1 example. And if UCONN were so nervous about the exit fee you really think there would be these talks? Or at least negotiated entering the B12 after a certain amount of time lapsed?

And why are you so concerned about UCONN's projected record in football if they get in? At least the 1st several years the reason why UCONN gets thie invite is because the commish believes basketball is a growing revenue sport. UCONN is not getting an invite becuase of football, so why are you fretting over it?

 

[TheFarmFan]

Sounds like Yormark has ruled out adding UConn and/or Gonzaga for now...:

https://www.si.com/college/2023/08/16/big-12-commissioner-brett-yormark-league-wont-add-uconn-gonzaga

 

[Carnac]

Wednesday, August 16th 2023

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark says UConn wasn’t added ‘only because dream scenario unfolded’

Another round of paradigm-shifting and to many fans, stomach-churning conference realignment has come to an end, and UConn, despite bringing home yet another men’s basketball national championship last season, remains on the outside looking in at “power conference” membership.

This time though, there was plenty of noise that UConn was finally being seriously considered for an invite into the exclusive club, with Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark reportedly bullish on the Huskies and looking to sell his conference colleagues on their worth.

It may have ended up happening, if not for the Pac-12’s inability to secure a television deal that satisfied its member schools, the Big 12’s ability to convince Colorado to bail, Washington and Oregon’s subsequent decisions to bolt for the Big Ten, and Yormark and the Big 12 waiting with open arms to welcome Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah as the Pac-12 crumbled.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark says UConn wasn’t added ‘only because dream scenario unfolded’

UConn was left on the outside looking in on conference realignment once again, and Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said on a podcast Wednesday that the reason was because “a dream scenario&…

www.courant.com

 

[Cornell Lt]

It's like saying the Steelers are relevant.

Leave my Steelers alone !!!!! They have been a stellar franchise since the late 70's.

 

[hoophuskee]

Wednesday, August 16th 2023

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark says UConn wasn’t added ‘only because dream scenario unfolded’

Another round of paradigm-shifting and to many fans, stomach-churning conference realignment has come to an end, and UConn, despite bringing home yet another men’s basketball national championship last season, remains on the outside looking in at “power conference” membership.

This time though, there was plenty of noise that UConn was finally being seriously considered for an invite into the exclusive club, with Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark reportedly bullish on the Huskies and looking to sell his conference colleagues on their worth.

It may have ended up happening, if not for the Pac-12’s inability to secure a television deal that satisfied its member schools, the Big 12’s ability to convince Colorado to bail, Washington and Oregon’s subsequent decisions to bolt for the Big Ten, and Yormark and the Big 12 waiting with open arms to welcome Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah as the Pac-12 crumbled.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark says UConn wasn’t added ‘only because dream scenario unfolded’

UConn was left on the outside looking in on conference realignment once again, and Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said on a podcast Wednesday that the reason was because “a dream scenario&…

www.courant.com

And then another "dream scenario will unfold" then another . . .

 

[JSB60]

The since discredited Tyler Summitt said it best: “As long as the sign over the door says ‘Head Coach Geno Auriemma’ UConn will be fine.”