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Jeff Jacobs: Hey ESPN, What Can You Do For UConn?

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APA said:
According to an article on Oklahoma.scout, the "leading four" according to "multiple reports" are Memphis, Central Florida, Colorado State and Houston. Take it for what it's worth.
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TRest said:
If accurate that's almost a death wish for the B12.
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Yeah, if that's anywhere near true, that's a HUGE swing-and-miss (actually 4 swing-and-misses) for the B12 conference. Nowhere in this grouping is a school or athletic department that can support a $30M/yr buy-in or add any sort of value whatsoever to a B12 Network.

This kind of move would say one thing: the B12 is doing the bare minimum to create a Championship Game until it dissolves in the next 1-5 years. There would be no network that would come out of that grouping. Texas and Oklahoma have a foot out of the door and the remaining little fish need to do anything and everything possible to attach themselves to either one.
 
APA said:
According to an article on Oklahoma.scout, the "leading four" according to "multiple reports" are Memphis, Central Florida, Colorado State and Houston. Take it for what it's worth.
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If those were the leading 4 with no chance whatsoever, that might be believable.
 
Dooley said:
This dude has one other post and the crux of it says that UConn should pass on the B12 and wait for an ACC invite. His second post is this gem: the "obvious is confirmed" UConn should dump football if it doesn't get into the B12 in the upcoming weeks.

There are 3 conclusions:
1. we have a UConn fan that is terribly misinformed;
2. we have a fan of Cinci/USF/UCF/Memphis/Houston/BYU here trying like hell to devalue UConn and plant seeds of doubt on our board;
3. Nelson has multiple profiles

I don't think it's number 3. I really hope it's not number 1. My money...or, $$$...is on number 2.
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Can you fund the $28 million subsidy every year? If so, UConn's problems are solved!!!
 
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Dooley said:
Yeah, if that's anywhere near true, that's a HUGE swing-and-miss (actually 4 swing-and-misses) for the B12 conference. Nowhere in this grouping is a school or athletic department that can support a $30M/yr buy-in or add any sort of value whatsoever to a B12 Network.

This kind of move would say one thing: the B12 is doing the bare minimum to create a Championship Game until it dissolves in the next 1-5 years. There would be no network that would come out of that grouping. Texas and Oklahoma have a foot out of the door and the remaining little fish need to do anything and everything possible to attach themselves to either one.
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You are talking about a conference that makes the decision making of the old Big East look shrewd. Nothing these clown shoes do would shock me at this point. Personally I'm not convinced that all of the talk that Boren is doing now regarding expansion is simply not cover for them to bolt to The SEC or B1G in a few years. He'll say look we did everything we could to save it, but now we have to do what's best for us.
 
Ldandy said:
You are talking about a conference that makes the decision making of the old Big East look shrewd. Nothing these clown shoes do would shock me at this point. Personally I'm not convinced that all of the talk that Boren is doing now regarding expansion is simply not cover for them to bolt to The SEC or B1G in a few years. He'll say look we did everything we could to save it, but now we have to do what's best for us.
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I have thought this from the start. You may get expansion, you can definitely get a championship game, but to get Bevo to convert the LHN to the Big12 Network is about as unattainable as you can get. Boren knows it, Bevo knows it and the rest of the Big12 should know it.

BTW - I don't blame Texas one bit. They need to look after themselves and the LHN is in their best interest. Most of those schools would have been where UConn is with out them. If they can get their facilities upgraded in the next few years and remain solvent, they will enter their post Big12 with a leg up on most of the other G5 schools.
 
APA said:
According to an article on Oklahoma.scout, the "leading four" according to "multiple reports" are Memphis, Central Florida, Colorado State and Houston. Take it for what it's worth.
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Fine by me.
 
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4in16 said:
So let me get this straight, it's fine by you?
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NYUConn said:
So let me see if I get this, the same GE that wouldn't accept a higher tax rate from a state in dire financial straits was somehow going to be convinced to write a blank check to get that state university into a different athletic conference?

Got it.

FWIW I'm not bitter at GE for leaving CT, they are a business, not a charity (just like I'm not necessarily angry at the state for not budging on their tax rate since they need the revenue).

But the idea that they could be convinced to help UConn's athletic department is hilariously terrible.
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The state of CT does not "need the money". The state of CT NEEDS TO BE FAR MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS!
Stop all the social welfare BS, greatly reduce State Pensions and Overly Generous Retirement Benefits for State workers. Let them contribute to their own retirements instead of having taxpayers foot the entire bill.
How much state $$ has been spent on bad roadwork (I-84 in Waterbury / Cheshire) or on faulty buildings? Plenty. How about all of the corruption in the State Government? What happened to all the extra money (hundreds upon hundreds of millions) we got from the Indians over these many years? What ever happened to the "temporary status" of CT's State Income Tax?
This is all why I cant wait to get the hell out of CT and why people are leaving in droves. Several extremely wealthy people have left Greenwich (with more on the way) and this lost income has greatly contributed to the state's fiscal / budget problem.
Cut back on all the welfare and freebies to lazy dirt bags who don't contribute to society and only want freebies. By stopping with the waste, the state would right the ship and possibly reduce the tax burden on residents and businesses and make it a more attractive place to live and even attract new businesses.
 
FASTEDDY said:
The state of CT does not "need the money". The state of CT NEEDS TO BE FAR MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS!
Stop all the social welfare BS, greatly reduce State Pensions and Overly Generous Retirement Benefits for State workers. Let them contribute to their own retirements instead of having taxpayers foot the entire bill.
How much state $$ has been spent on bad roadwork (I-84 in Waterbury / Cheshire) or on faulty buildings? Plenty. How about all of the corruption in the State Government? What happened to all the extra money (hundreds upon hundreds of millions) we got from the Indians over these many years? What ever happened to the "temporary status" of CT's State Income Tax?
This is all why I cant wait to get the hell out of CT and why people are leaving in droves. Several extremely wealthy people have left Greenwich (with more on the way) and this lost income has greatly contributed to the state's fiscal / budget problem.
Cut back on all the welfare and freebies to lazy dirt bags who don't contribute to society and only want freebies. By stopping with the waste, the state would right the ship and possibly reduce the tax burden on residents and businesses and make it a more attractive place to live and even attract new businesses.
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Take it easy, Hannity.

You can get as lean and efficient as possible, but if you're not collecting revenue you're going to perpetually run a deficit. You can't cut your way to a surplus.
 
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FASTEDDY said:
The state of CT does not "need the money". The state of CT NEEDS TO BE FAR MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS!
Stop all the social welfare BS, greatly reduce State Pensions and Overly Generous Retirement Benefits for State workers. Let them contribute to their own retirements instead of having taxpayers foot the entire bill.
How much state $$ has been spent on bad roadwork (I-84 in Waterbury / Cheshire) or on faulty buildings? Plenty. How about all of the corruption in the State Government? What happened to all the extra money (hundreds upon hundreds of millions) we got from the Indians over these many years? What ever happened to the "temporary status" of CT's State Income Tax?
This is all why I cant wait to get the hell out of CT and why people are leaving in droves. Several extremely wealthy people have left Greenwich (with more on the way) and this lost income has greatly contributed to the state's fiscal / budget problem.
Cut back on all the welfare and freebies to lazy dirt bags who don't contribute to society and only want freebies. By stopping with the waste, the state would right the ship and possibly reduce the tax burden on residents and businesses and make it a more attractive place to live and even attract new businesses.
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This should be on the Cesspool board. I don't want to read these rants on the Conference Realignment board.
 
jostar1 said:
Not much new here, but it did show up in a San Antonio newspaper along with 25 pictures of Bowlsby, Diaco, Auriemma, Calhoun, and Ollie:

Would ESPN lean on the Big 12 to accept UConn as a potential expansion member?

Would ESPN lean on the Big 12 to accept UConn as a potential expansion member?
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I particularly liked the quote....

"With the Big Ten hinting it could be moving more games to the Fox network and away from ESPN, the network could be looking for more Power Five programming. Maybe more exposures for the Big 12 at a higher contract might be possible.

But what if that offer came with a promise involved: the inclusion of UConn to the Big 12 in the upcoming expansion."

The great irony is that above statement implies including UConn would be a lesser economic addition for the Big12 compared to the other candidates. It completely ignores UConn has the best academic program, is only AAC program which is its state's Flagship university, has the largest DMA for television, and largest athletic budget of the realistic expansion candidates. UConn has the biggest upside of any of the AAC teams.

I'd expect ESPN to tell the Big12 that UConn makes their conference more financially attractive especially compared to the other expansion candidates. That is business... not nepotism. I don't expect ESPN to look out for UConn, they certainly have not so far. But ESPN should understand and will likely communicate the worth of the expansion candidates and it is a lot more than who had the best football season last year.

UConn is not a "pity bang" which needs to be set up on a double date by ESPN...we are pretty attractive on our own.
 
This Jacobs article is making its way around. I saw at least a half dozen different writers/outlets around the country (mostly B12 areas) tweet it out today. A lot of people have never made the "ESPN is in Connecticut" connection. It would really blow their minds to tell folks that ESPN originally began as a network to air UConn and the Whalers.
 
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jostar1 said:
Not much new here, but it did show up in a San Antonio newspaper along with 25 pictures of Bowlsby, Diaco, Auriemma, Calhoun, and Ollie:

Would ESPN lean on the Big 12 to accept UConn as a potential expansion member?

Would ESPN lean on the Big 12 to accept UConn as a potential expansion member?
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One of the most intriguing candidates could be Connecticut, which is already judged to be the nation's foremost power in women's college basketball and a solid program in men's basketball where the Huskies have won four national championships since 1999.

And that's just solid? I wonder if he can name another university with an equivalent record. I know he can't name two of them.
 
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