Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[The Viking]

So stupid that Louisville and Cincinnati aren't in the Big 12 and we aren't in the ACC.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

So stupid that Louisville and Cincinnati aren't in the Big 12 and we aren't in the ACC.

Thats the thing that gets me...BC, Cuse, RU and UConn should be in the same conference. It feels like someone needs to reshuffle the deck and do the right thing.

I know its not going to happen...but that doesn't make it less frustrating.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I caught this in Wiki looking up the old Metro Conference, just replace Temple with UConn (and Tulane with Clemson) and it is interesting. Just shows how far back people were talking that the basketball and football schools would have to split-up in the Northeast. Damn the fools in Providence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

Metro Super Conference - 16 programs
North: BC, Cincinnati, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, V Tech, W Virginia
South: E Carolina, Florida St, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Tulane

 

[The Funster]

I caught this in Wiki looking up the old Metro Conference, just replace Temple with UConn (and Tulane with Clemson) and it is interesting. Just shows how far back people were talking that the basketball and football schools would have to split-up in the Northeast. Damn the fools in Providence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Conference

Metro Super Conference - 16 programs
North: BC, Cincinnati, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Temple, V Tech, W Virginia
South: E Carolina, Florida St, Louisville, Memphis, Miami, South Carolina, Southern Miss, Tulane

Gavitt knew it was coming. I forget the details but I believe he offered to broker a conference move for Syracuse and BC back in the day. That has been my beef with Tranghese. He refused to see the writing on the wall. He could have brokered a split which ultimately would have been better for everyone. However, at that time UConn had no plans to upgrade FB.

 

[tcf15]

 

[tcf15]

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

welp, that was fun while it lasted.

 

[SAMCRO]

now I can get back to work.....

 

[The Viking]

So what "compromise" was reached? What the Big 12 have to give up to get a CCG without going to 12 teams or two divisions? I thought in a compromise you give something up....

 

[Chuck]

If the compromise is that they play a round robin and their top two teams play for a championship (without divisions and only 10 teams), what a HUGE win for the B12. The other conferences must really not want them to expand.

 

[CL82]

now I can get back to work.....

Yep. back to work....just give me a minute.

 

[upstater]

This will come back eventually.

It really is a weird set-up.

 

[UC1995]

Unless I have word from our WF contact at the car wash.... I won't believe a word of any of it!

 

[UConnTrumbull]

It's only gonna take another few months before OU threatens to leave before we go through this again

 

[upstater]

It's only gonna take another few months before OU threatens to leave before we go through this again

It might take longer than that, but I do agree. I think it will take until at least the end of the next football season.

UConn needs these next two years to be really strong efforts in basketball and football. S16 this year and F8 next year, and 8-4 in football.

 

[BlueHen]

FWIW - this is at least the second time where Bowlsby has stated that the Big XII didn't want to be forced to expand. We'll, they aren't being forced too, so that leaves open the possibility that they may expand anyway.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

FWIW - this is at least the second time where Bowlsby has stated that the Big XII didn't want to be forced to expand. We'll, they aren't being forced too, so that leaves open the possibility that they may expand anyway.

It takes some real wordsmithing to extract that meaning from his statement.

 

[huskymedic]

OU not going quietly:

BradyVardeman 7:11pm via TweetDeck
.@President_Boren says Big 12 would still be disadvantaged even with title game: #Sooners

 

[upstater]

OU not going quietly:

BradyVardeman 7:11pm via TweetDeck
.@President_Boren says Big 12 would still be disadvantaged even with title game: #Sooners

View attachment 11700

UConn! UConn! UConn! UConn!

Or, if not UConn, Boren is out of his mind.

 

[upstater]

It takes some real wordsmithing to extract that meaning from his statement.

Or maybe NOT!!!!!

 

[The Viking]

Well that didn't take long for the Big 12 to not put on a unified face.

Of course what happened today doesn't mean they WON'T expand. It just means they don't have to. But I wonder what happens if a power like Oklahoma stomps its feet really loud when you've got a massive conference or two who would love to add you.

Also for all of us upset about the vote not going the way we wanted it, picture yourself as a Cincinnati fan, where it's been assumed that you're probably going to be one of the 2 teams taken. I would assume those in Cincy are all over the bridges right now.

 

[huskymedic]

OU not going quietly:

BradyVardeman 7:11pm via TweetDeck
.@President_Boren says Big 12 would still be disadvantaged even with title game: #Sooners

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OUDailySports 7:12pm via TweetDeck
.@President_Boren said the Big 12 is disadvantaged by more than just no championship game:
http://www.oudaily.com/sports/oklah...cle_c280b8d2-ba4e-11e5-8fb3-2f2e14dc08bc.html

 

[billybud]

I like one aspect of the Big 12 vote...that will leave Notre Dame as the only probable contender that can not have a 13th game.

 

[BlueHen]

It takes some real wordsmithing to extract that meaning from his statement.

I disagree. Words mean something, I thought there was a reason that Bowlsby kept putting the 'forced' into the sentence. I found this blurb in the article that bobbyinaz linked to in the "Vote is in ..." thread:

However, Bowlsby wouldn't rule out expansion.
"We are constantly monitoring the landscape," Bowlsby said. "What it does is keep us from being forced to expand."

The article also mentions that the Big XII member schools meet in February. Today's vote gives them more options to consider when they meet. The chance of expansion probably went down today, but I don't think it is down to zero.

 

[uchusky32]

Geez, now I have to wait till February to be disappointed! Damn!