Dom Amore: If Big 12 calls, UConn will have to choose between Big East love and Power Five money.

[NowInStorrs]

I think we want the PAC deal to be worse than the Big 12 so that Colorado has a reason to leave but not so much worse that all the other schools want to leave as well.

 

[navery12]

I think we want the PAC deal to be worse than the Big 12 so that Colorado has a reason to leave but not so much worse that all the other schools want to leave as well.

 

[huskymedic]

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-> “I walk carefully, because I don’t want to upset the hardcore basketball fans who are so emotionally connected to the Big East,” Mora said Tuesday before the UConn Coaches Road Show panel discussion at the Kinsmen Brewing Company.

“I always see it through the lens of a football coach, and for the overall athletic department and I know, for football, having a chance to be in a Power Five conference would be amazing. It would be an amazing opportunity for us to compete against the best, to have an opportunity to win championships, it would certainly help our recruiting.”

The pull of Power 5 money, particularly through a lucrative, football-driven TV deal, would make an invitation from the Big 12 very difficult for UConn to turn down, but the school’s basketball successes as part of the original and now the new Big East, not to mention the comparatively miserable experience in between, the seven years in the American Athletic Conference, is naturally top of mind for fans who are reluctant. <-

-> “I do understand this emotional connection to the Big East,” Mora said. “Obviously it’s a basketball school. We’ve got 16 national championships, I’m aware of all that. But for football, I’d love it to happen.” <-

 

[NHRich]

Arizona and Colorado to the big 12 most likely.

 

[CL82]

I know that people say even numbers exclude us and odd numbers include us but why couldn't be Colorado, Arizona, and UConn. Colorado and Arizona a good match up in the west in Connecticut into fourths of the eastern pod.

 

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[metsfan2323]

I really get the sense that Kansas is at the center of power in the current B12. That has to help our cause since they are basketball centric.

 

[Jbirdp5]

I really get the sense that Kansas is at the center of power in the current B12. That has to help our cause since they are basketball centric.

That’s a really good question because we know the Oklahoma and Texas ad carried the most power and influence in the big 12. With them leaving it’s interesting to see who fills that role. Kansas is a decent guess, maybe tcu with their recent success but they are fairly new to the conference.

 

[noeynox]

That’s a really good question because we know the Oklahoma and Texas ad carried the most power and influence in the big 12. With them leaving it’s interesting to see who fills that role. Kansas is a decent guess, maybe tcu with their recent success but they are fairly new to the conference.

Always been a fan of the OK State athletic dept. They seem to have quality BB, FB, Beisbol, etc. Probably bot elite, but good everywhere.

 

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[Jbirdp5]

Always been a fan of the OK State athletic dept. They seem to have quality BB, FB, Beisbol, etc. Probably bot elite, but good everywhere.

I was thinking of them, they have always been basically overshadowed by Oklahoma and seemed to follow their lead…..now might be their time

 

[NHRich]

Apparently there is a good chance the pac 12 is in for major changes. Lots of good schools there for the big 12 to pick from. Of course I hope that doesn’t happen. But what can the pac 12 do if they lose Colorado and Arizona… maybe more?
The big 12 may regret adding those 4 recently added.