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Houston Chronicle exclusive: Texas, Oklahoma reach out to SEC about joining conference.

seeya27 said:
So to ask the dumb and obvious question: does this help, hurt, or prove irrelevant to UConn football? Does an SEC super conference impact college basketball in any way>
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I would this wouldn't affect football too much. It might mean we can get a couple more high profile schools on the schedule like OK State, Baylor, TCU and K state.
 
Might have a larger group of schools thinking independence is an option and open up some scheduling options for UConn. I like where we are. The American will become another MAC level conference, Big12 will become P6 (American level)Either conference could disband all together. The only thing that would be better would be a BIG10 invite with Kansas or ND, but I don’t see it. Transfer portal will be active.
 
UCFBfan said:
I enjoy watching those Big 12 schools squirm and wonder where they might have to go. We've been in that spot far too often and been screwed out of it for way too long. I will enjoy watching this play out. I also enjoy making faux conference moves knowing we're all set where we are.
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So many of these fans overestimate their value too. Like I can’t see the ACC adding WVU. Aside from their terrible academic profile, they don’t add any TV market of value.
 
Milo65 said:
Might have a larger group of schools thinking independence is an option and open up some scheduling options for UConn. I like where we are. The American will become another MAC level conference, Big12 will become P6 (American level)Either conference could disband all together. The only thing that would be better would be a BIG10 invite with Kansas or ND, but I don’t see it. Transfer portal will be active.
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Thing is- independence is only an option if you can park all other sports someplace. Most schools don’t have the option to do what we have done.
 
It's funny....I think about what it would mean for football if they joined the ACC and my response is..."eh". Yeah... stability is nice...bowl tie ins are nice...money is much better...but I am really embracing the independent schedule concept. Yes...ACC is overall better for the program...but I don't mind being indie.
 
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WestHartHusk said:
Kansas, welcome to the Big East.
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Love it. Don’t think it happens. If Kansas is left on the vine - which could only happen after a P12 raid, then I think the P12 finds a way to add them too and they go for it.

As for the B1G, I just can’t see their response to the SEC grabbing TX and OK to be to grab a BB school in a small state regardless of its history. I would think they wait and try to spring UVA and a NC school in 2035.
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
It's funny....I think about what it would mean for football if they joined the ACC and my response is..."eh". Yeah... stability is nice...bowl tie ins are nice...money is much better...but I am really embracing the independent schedule concept. Yes...ACC is overall better for the program...but I don't mind being indie.
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It's the money.
 
tzznandrew said:
It's the money.
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and developing conference rivals and trying to win a conference crown. Being in the ACC would be 10 times better than our current position. Look at our current home slate vs what we would have as a home slate in the ACC, obviously we would be much better off in the ACC. (recruiting, ticket sales, money, fan interest)
 
metsfan2323 said:
and developing conference rivals and trying to win a conference crown. Being in the ACC would be 10 times better than our current position.
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I love being in the NBE for basketball. I hate the ACC. But a bunch of the ACC teams you play are essentially other Big East schools.

The B10 won't happen, but that's the dream. Fewer immediate basketball rivalries, but some local schools and big money.
 
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Still think the B1G picking up UConn is a smart move to lock down the northeast. In fact, if they took UMass, the two would dominate recruiting and squeeze BC into irrelevance. The result would be capturing the money train from Portland to NYC . It would make fir a powerful regional trivalent with eyes.
 
BlueDogs said:
Still think the B1G picking up UConn is a smart move to lock down the northeast. In fact, if they took UMass, the two would dominate recruiting and squeeze BC into irrelevance. The result would be capturing the money train from Portland to NYC . It would make fir a powerful regional trivalent with eyes.
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UMass to the Big10 is up there with the guy proposing to trade UN-L for Iowa State.
 
metsfan2323 said:
and developing conference rivals and trying to win a conference crown. Being in the ACC would be 10 times better than our current position. Look at our current home slate vs what we would have as a home slate in the ACC, obviously we would be much better off in the ACC. (recruiting, ticket sales, money, fan interest)
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It's mostly the money though. The rest is gravy.
 
BlueDogs said:
Still think the B1G picking up UConn is a smart move to lock down the northeast. In fact, if they took UMass, the two would dominate recruiting and squeeze BC into irrelevance. The result would be capturing the money train from Portland to NYC . It would make fir a powerful regional trivalent with eyes.
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They wouldn’t need UMass to do that.
 
BlueDogs said:
Still think the B1G picking up UConn is a smart move to lock down the northeast. In fact, if they took UMass, the two would dominate recruiting and squeeze BC into irrelevance. The result would be capturing the money train from Portland to NYC . It would make fir a powerful regional trivalent with eyes.
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Lol... Squeeze BCU into irrelevance? Where have you been the last 20 years.

#trollbetter
 
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BlueDogs said:
Still think the B1G picking up UConn is a smart move to lock down the northeast. In fact, if they took UMass, the two would dominate recruiting and squeeze BC into irrelevance. The result would be capturing the money train from Portland to NYC . It would make fir a powerful regional trivalent with eyes.
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In a streaming model, UMass is not a completely terrible idea. It has a huge alumni base in a major media market and it would wipe BCU out in Mass.

As I said on the CR board, NIL is a game changer in this too. In a world where a school athletic department can be successful if it is willing to cheat, having 2 schools from Alabama and 2 schools from Mississippi makes a lot of sense. In a world where every school can pay their players, the dynamics change quite a bit.

Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd will probably be the two highest paid female basketball players in the world over the next 3 years. I don't know what that means for realignment, but it is going to be important.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
In a streaming model, UMass is not a completely terrible idea. It has a huge alumni base in a major media market and it would wipe BCU out in Mass.

As I said on the CR board, NIL is a game changer in this too. In a world where a school athletic department can be successful if it is willing to cheat, having 2 schools from Alabama and 2 schools from Mississippi makes a lot of sense. In a world where every school can pay their players, the dynamics change quite a bit.

Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd will probably be the two highest paid female basketball players in the world over the next 3 years. I don't know what that means for realignment, but it is going to be important.
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Nah, UMass is a completely terrible idea.
 
WestHartHusk said:
Nah, UMass is a completely terrible idea.
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For now, yes. They are way behind us, somehow.

The idea of UMass was laughed at before they won a hockey title. They are going to need a new football stadium.
 
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Durks07 said:
Has anyone ever met an actual Umass fan?
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I meet my first a few weeks ago. I feel like they are a bit like Dave Matthews fans; loathe to admit it until really pressed.
 
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