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NYUConn said:
FIRE UP FLIGHT AWARE
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Why? They just said they're going to Dallas to meet with the Big 12. Tracking a tail # won't give you any insight of the the presentation.
 
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Husky25 said:
Why? They just said they're going to Dallas to meet with the Big 12. Tracking a tail # won't give you any insight of the the presentation.
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Then again, neither does most of the threads on the Boneyard, but has that ever stopped any of us from looking at them?
 
Husky25 said:
Why? They just said they're going to Dallas to meet with the Big 12. Tracking a tail # won't give you any insight of the the presentation.
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Blauds said that, not the University. Blauds's track record is mixed at best.

And really? LOL. Obviously a flight tracking service isn't helpful in determining anything more then where and when planes take off and land, but thanks for letting us know.
 
NYUConn said:
Blauds said that, not the University. Blauds's track record is mixed at best.

And really? LOL. Obviously a flight tracking service isn't helpful in determining anything more then where and when planes take off and land, but thanks for letting us know.
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Typically this sort of thing works backwards.

1. Some surfs flight aware for charter jets From BDL to DFW or DAL (or ORD or CHA for that matter).
2. Posts on Boneyard.
3. Rampant speculation on who is on the plane and why.
4. Reports of fishing phone calls to the President's or Athletic Director's office for the express purpose of seeing if they are there.
4a, If not, Rampant speculation gets ratcheted up.

Knowing that UConn is making a presentation on Thursday or Friday in Dallas negates steps 1. - 4a.
 
huskymedic said:
You batsards broke him... He went Full Dude.
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What's funny is that if you log out of Twitter, you can read his posts and still copy/paste and comment on them here. If you really want to troll him, you can also set up a Twitter account under a 2nd e-mail address.
 
Husky25 said:
Typically this sort of thing works backwards.

1. Some surfs flight aware for charter jets From BDL to DFW or DAL (or ORD or CHA for that matter).
2. Posts on Boneyard.
3. Rampant speculation on who is on the plane and why.
4. Reports of fishing phone calls to the President's or Athletic Director's office for the express purpose of seeing if they are there.
4a, If not, Rampant speculation gets ratcheted up.

Knowing that UConn is making a presentation on Thursday or Friday in Dallas negates steps 1. - 4a.
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But we don't know. Blauds claims he knows, but unless you hear from school itself, you can't take it as gospel.
 
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FDNY99 said:
When did he block you? I've been on that list for almost 3 months now...he has VERY thin skin
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He went full on private I think.

Re: FlightAware, not sure what finding the flight will do since we know UConn is giving a presentation. The more intriguing thing to find would be a flight originating from Dallas coming to CT, implying that B12 officials would be making a visit to Storrs.
 
What I want to know is what is Benedict's schedule and has he gone hunting recently with his buddy at TCU (AD I think?)
 
NYUConn said:
But we don't know. Blauds claims he knows, but unless you hear from school itself, you can't take it as gospel.
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I don't take anything in conference realignment as Gospel...wait. Yes I do. Given that the Gospel is a collection of stories handed down word of mouth from person to person, and was not put on paper (so to speak) for 5 decades after the Crucifixion, thereby making it impossible to fact-check. It probably has more in common with conference realignment as anything else.
 
Husky25 said:
I don't take anything in conference realignment as Gospel...wait. Yes I do. Given that the Gospel is a collection of stories handed down word of mouth from person to person, and was not put on paper (so to speak) for 5 decades after the Crucifixion, thereby making it impossible to fact-check. It probably has more in common with conference realignment as anything else.
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Sorry all I heard when I read this was one giant fart noise.
 
FDNY99 said:
When did he block you? I've been on that list for almost 3 months now...he has VERY thin skin
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He didn't block me... just can't access his rantings as easily. He's not that interesting - he was a sense of amusement.
 
I just posted this on Premium. Blauds seems pretty confident we are in the running for one of 2 spots - not 4.

"The presentations should be concluded by the end of the week or early next week. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and his staff are then expected to decide on a final list of schools to give to the Big 12 Presidents for consideration when they meet next month. Houston, Cincinnati and UConn are expected to be the final contenders for two spots.

The Presidents will either choose two schools or vote not to expand, which would go against the recommendation of Bowlsby who feels the Big 12’s best chance to stay relevant among the Power 5 conference schools is to expand to 12 schools and create a conference championship game with two divisions of six schools."
 
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huskymedic said:
He didn't block me... just can't access his rantings as easily. He's not that interesting - he was a sense of amusement.
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The guy has completely gone off the deep end this weekend. It appears as though he's accepted that Memphis is no longer under consideration. On the other hand, he is blaming everyone except Donald Trump for the snub, going so far as to call out institutional racism within the Big XII.
 
NYUConn said:
Sorry all I heard when I read this was one giant fart noise.
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Not sure what this means and I think I'm better off for it.

Carry on.
 
BlueandOG said:
I just posted this on Premium. Blauds seems pretty confident we are in the running for one of 2 spots - not 4.

"The presentations should be concluded by the end of the week or early next week. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and his staff are then expected to decide on a final list of schools to give to the Big 12 Presidents for consideration when they meet next month. Houston, Cincinnati and UConn are expected to be the final contenders for two spots.

The Presidents will either choose two schools or vote not to expand, which would go against the recommendation of Bowlsby who feels the Big 12’s best chance to stay relevant among the Power 5 conference schools is to expand to 12 schools and create a conference championship game with two divisions of six schools."
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Interesting that his comments seem to imply BYU is not in play. I find that hard to believe unless there's something behind the scenes we didn't see.
 
BlueandOG said:
I just posted this on Premium. Blauds seems pretty confident we are in the running for one of 2 spots - not 4.

"The presentations should be concluded by the end of the week or early next week. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and his staff are then expected to decide on a final list of schools to give to the Big 12 Presidents for consideration when they meet next month. Houston, Cincinnati and UConn are expected to be the final contenders for two spots.

The Presidents will either choose two schools or vote not to expand, which would go against the recommendation of Bowlsby who feels the Big 12’s best chance to stay relevant among the Power 5 conference schools is to expand to 12 schools and create a conference championship game with two divisions of six schools."
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Blauds has a source, just like a lot of these people have sources. If his source turns out to be wrong, it doesn't mean that his source was bad, it just means that the decision went a different direction.

That said, I really like UConn's odds in a 2 of 3 from Houston, Cincinnati and UConn. I continue to believe that there is no way the Big 12 agrees to 5 of 12 teams from their conference being from Texas. It is not going to happen. California has 4 teams in the Pac 12, and that is the realistic limit for a 12 team conference. I think 5 of 14 is even a little Texas-heavy.

I also don't think BYU is out of the running yet. If it looks like ESPN can't stop expansion (assuming they even want to), I expect them to support BYU because they could fold their BYU TV deal into the Big 12 TV contract, thereby reducing the cost of this round of expansion to ESPN .
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Blauds has a source, just like a lot of these people have sources. If his source turns out to be wrong, it doesn't mean that his source was bad, it just means that the decision went a different direction.

That said, I really like UConn's odds in a 2 of 3 from Houston, Cincinnati and UConn. I continue to believe that there is no way the Big 12 agrees to 5 of 12 teams from their conference being from Texas. It is not going to happen. California has 4 teams in the Pac 12, and that is the realistic limit for a 12 team conference. I think 5 of 14 is even a little Texas-heavy.

I also don't think BYU is out of the running yet. If it looks like ESPN can't stop expansion (assuming they even want to), I expect them to support BYU because they could fold their BYU TV deal into the Big 12 TV contract, thereby reducing the cost of this round of expansion to ESPN .
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Agreed. Everyone keeps talking about UConn and or Cincy not having enough support from the Texas schools. Why would Iowa State, both Kansas schools, WVU or Oklahoma schools vote for Houston? The political pressure from Texas means nothing to them. Unless Texas gives those schools something (a network, extending the GOR) there is no motivation for those schools to vote for Houston.

In addition, if I were TCU or Baylor, I wouldn't want to give Houston a huge recruiting edge by putting them in the Big 12. They will pass them very quickly.
 
BFieldHusky said:
Agreed. Everyone keeps talking about UConn and or Cincy not having enough support from the Texas schools. Why would Iowa State, both Kansas schools, WVU or Oklahoma schools vote for Houston? The political pressure from Texas means nothing to them. Unless Texas gives those schools something (a network, extending the GOR) there is no motivation for those schools to vote for Houston.
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Because if Houston's football is legit and continues to be legit, it will make them more money next negotiating cycle. Politics plays a role, but $ is more important. $ buys politics anyways.
 
auror said:
Because if Houston's football is legit and continues to be legit, it will make them more money next negotiating cycle. Politics plays a role, but $ is more important. $ buys politics anyways.
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Networks don't want Houston. They didn't bring any value as the market is shared by other schools.
 
If it's between us, Cincy, and Houston, Houston will get left out because they are too good at football. Here me out: the Big 12 did research specifically to find out which format would lead to the highest percentage chance of a team in the playoff. Obviously, OU and Texas were referring to themselves when referring to that team. Would adding UH increase or decrease their odds of getting in? UConn and Cincy are perfect because they are mediocre in football and great in most other departments. They usually won't stink up the joint, but they also won't usually compete for a CFP spot.
 
BFieldHusky said:
Networks don't want Houston. They didn't bring any value as the market is shared by other schools.
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1) They didn't want Houston for a BigXII network. If there is no network, all they care about are raw eyeballs.
2) They didn't want the Houston of 2 years ago. They certainly might want a Houston of 2-3 years from now if the team keeps winning. There is enough alumni and it's a large enough market if Houston "takes back the city". Then they would really want them.
3) Did you not see the rating Houston got the other day?
 
I'm not confident in our chances if they go two, we need them to go four. Houston is peaking too much right now that I think there'd be a major perception problem if they passed them over. And there's no way they'll pick UConn over Cincinnati.
 
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