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

[JSM1970]

Very good point, would he really rather play UConn in football or LSU, Bama, Florida

The genius in Boren is that his motive in all of this could very well be to help facilitate the implosion of the Big 12 and blame Texas as he joyfully glides into the SEC for real money.

 

[MattMang23]

Very good point, would he really rather play UConn in football or LSU, Bama, Florida

That's not the correct analogy... It is, would he rather play UConn or Mississippi St, Vanderbilt and Kentucky? You can't compare us to the top of the SEC.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

That's not the correct analogy... It is, would he rather play UConn or Mississippi St, Vanderbilt and Kentucky? You can't compare us to the top of the SEC.

It would still be the latter.

 

[CL82]

Very good point, would he really rather play UConn in football or LSU, Bama, Florida

Alternative view. Would he rather big a fish in a big pond or a small fish in a bigger pond? I think it's the former.

 

[pj]

It would still be the latter.

I have a feeling it would be more like, "Would I rather make $45 mn/yr or $25 mn/yr?"

 

[MattMang23]

It would still be the latter.

Agree. But it's not a matter of us v. Florida.

 

[Stinger92860]

It would still be the latter.

Then let's cut to the chase and create a 32 team NFL version of college football. The money would be huge. While they are at it, make attending classes optional. For those choosing to not be student athletes, pay them the equivalent scholarship value above room and board in cash.

 

[HuskyHawk]

That's not the correct analogy... It is, would he rather play UConn or Mississippi St, Vanderbilt and Kentucky? You can't compare us to the top of the SEC.

You both mistake his intent in all of this. Money from athletics is just a part of it. Ask yourself, would he rather promote the University of Oklahoma to HS kids in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee or Connecticut and NY (Westchester at a minimum)? Boren is embarking on the journey UConn started already. He wants it to be seen academically as a destination school, more like a Michigan or Wisconsin or Texas.

Boren "gets it" at a level far beyond these talking heads sports imbeciles, who keep thinking that this is just about football. The Big Ten schools can already attract kids from our region, although UConn in the league would help them. The Big XII? This part of the country has the top performing high schools and plenty of money to spend on what will look like cheap tuition even out of state.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Then let's cut to the chase and create a 32 team NFL version of college football. The money would be huge. While they are at it, make attending classes optional. For those choosing to not be student athletes, pay them the equivalent scholarship value above room and board in cash.

That's what big time football is already.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

then there is this beauty from Dick Weiss with a Mike Brey quote:
Dick Weiss ‏@HoopsWeiss 3m3 minutes ago
nd on place in acc: "We will always be seen as stepchild." Mike Brey. Irish play UNC in semis today.@bluestar media1

HAH - almost word for word the same quote Jeff Jackson gave about the ND hockey team being in Hockey East. They must coordinate this stuff.

 

[nd73]

then there is this beauty from Dick Weiss with a Mike Brey quote:
Dick Weiss ‏@HoopsWeiss 3m3 minutes ago
nd on place in acc: "We will always be seen as stepchild." Mike Brey. Irish play UNC in semis today.@bluestar media1

At least we're not the "red headed step-child".

Progress!!!!!!!

 

[FDNY99]

At least we're not the "red headed step-child".

Progress!!!!!!!

Mike Brey needs to learn to keep his mouth shut. For a guy who has never won the BIG one and always seems to spit the bit in the NCAA tournament he has a LOT to say. He had a LOT of to say ND's last season in the BE and he has a LOT to say now. For a guy who has never won the BIG one and always seems to spit the bit in the NCAA tournament he has always seems to be running his mouth. I can see why he and Chris Christie get along so well.

 

[MattMang23]

They will bolt if the Big XII doesn't expand and do the same. He wants the broader exposure as much or more than the money.

Right. But if the choice is a few suburban New York applications and 25M/year staying in the Big XII or applications from New Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville and 30-35M/year, which do you think they're going to choose?

Basically what I'm saying is that OU isn't meeting the goals you're stating just by adding UConn.

 

[Fishy]

Right. But if the choice is a few suburban New York applications and 25M/year staying in the Big XII or applications from New Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville and 30-35M/year, which do you think they're going to choose?

I think they'd chose a key tweet because this is the key tweet thread.

Why do you hate the key tweet thread? Are you an anarchist?

You are now officially an enemy of the key tweet thread. I am making a list.

 

[MattMang23]

I think they'd chose a key tweet because this is the key tweet thread.

Why do you hate the key tweet thread? Are you an anarchist?

You are now officially an enemy of the key tweet thread. I am making a list.

What will you do with the list? I don't know if I want to be on such a list until I find out what the repercussions are.

 

[CL82]

What will you do with the list? I don't know if I want to be on such a list until I find out what the repercussions are.

 

[Samoo]

Has Matt posted since asking his insolent question? Will he ever post again. Has he gone swimming with the Fishy?

 

[jostar1]

Brian Davis ‏@BDavisAAS · 21m21 minutes ago
This is an awesome game by future Big 12 members Cincinnati and UConn. 4OTs.

Brian Davis ‏@BDavisAAS · 17m17 minutes ago
ESPN's Mike Patrick: "We started this game 2 hours, 56 minutes ago. That's a football game in the Big 12." Subtle, huh?

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[jostar1]

John E. Hoover ‏@johnehoover · 42m42 minutes ago
HOLY HELL THE END OF THE CINCINNATI-UCONN GAME!!!

John E. Hoover ‏@johnehoover · 41m41 minutes ago
Or should I say, the end of the 3rd overtime!!


John E. Hoover Retweeted
American MBB ‏@American_MBB · 25m25 minutes ago

.@UConnMBB ecstatic after 4OT win over Cincinnati
https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/708417000880652288?embed_source=clientlib&player_id=1&rpc_init=1

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   The Franchise ... Co-host, Afternoons w Hoover & Rew ... Columnist at http://TheFranchise.OK.com ... Listen at am1270/fm107.9 in Tulsa, fm107.7 in OKC
   
   Tulsa, OK
   

 

[jostar1]

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
Chuck Carlton Retweeted Brian Davis
Brian DavisVerified account ‏@BDavisAAS 1h1 hour ago
ESPN's Mike Patrick: "We started this game 2 hours, 56 minutes ago. That's a football game in the Big 12." Subtle, huh?

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
Actually that's a half in Big 12 football .

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
So UConn wins the David Boren play-in game for Big 12 membership over Cincinnati.



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@ChuckCarltonDMN
Reporting on all things Big 12 for the Dallas Morning News.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
Chuck Carlton Retweeted Brian Davis
Brian DavisVerified account ‏@BDavisAAS 1h1 hour ago
ESPN's Mike Patrick: "We started this game 2 hours, 56 minutes ago. That's a football game in the Big 12." Subtle, huh?

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
Actually that's a half in Big 12 football .

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
So UConn wins the David Boren play-in game for Big 12 membership over Cincinnati.



Chuck CarltonVerified account
@ChuckCarltonDMN
Reporting on all things Big 12 for the Dallas Morning News.

We did that against Louisville too...

 

[jostar1]

Not a tweet but saw this story posted on the Cincy board:

Here's how Cincinnati's pitching itself as a Big 12 expansion candidate
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...nnati-big-12-conference-expansion-realignment

Note: The author says he requested documents from UConn for two months (Dec, 2015 and Jan, 2016) under FOI and was told that there were no documents.

 

[huskeynut]

Not a tweet but saw this story posted on the Cincy board:

Here's how Cincinnati's pitching itself as a Big 12 expansion candidate
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...nnati-big-12-conference-expansion-realignment

Note: The author says he requested documents from UConn for two months (Dec, 2015 and Jan, 2016) under FOI and was told that there were no documents.

Herbst and company are not that stupid. There will be no paper trail.

 

[billybud]

It is not Fishy's List that matters...it is Bowlsby's List.

Bowlsby is the football Schindler, handing passes out of football Krakow as the G5's are being herded towards the railway cars.

 

[NYUConn]

It is not Fishy's List that matters...it is Bowlsby's List.

Bowlsby is the football Schindler, handing passes out of football Krakow as the G5's are being herded towards the railway cars.

Great post, bro. Real tactful.

 

[MattMang23]

It is not Fishy's List that matters...it is Bowlsby's List.

Bowlsby is the football Schindler, handing passes out of football Krakow as the G5's are being herded towards the railway cars.

Wow. Anything else you want to add?

 

[SAMCRO]

It is not Fishy's List that matters...it is Bowlsby's List.

Bowlsby is the football Schindler, handing passes out of football Krakow as the G5's are being herded towards the railway cars.

Wow. Thanks for trivializing one of the most horrific historical events of all time. Anxiously awaiting your CR analogy w/ other examples of ethnic cleansing around the globe, or the Atlantic triangular slave trade.

 

[billybud]

I am not a PC kind of guy....I understand the use of "ammo" and how folks play the PC card when they can.

On a sports board, I doubt that anyone really believes that the holocaust is being trivialized...no more than when one talks about something being "nuked".

I understand, and deplore, the use of conversational taboos in America....when a black football player states that the current college use of athletes is a furtherance of "the plantation"....I don't take umbrage at his trivialization of slavery, I understand his context.

 

[Kgun7]

I am not a PC kind of guy....I understand the use of "ammo" and how folks play the PC card when they can.

On a sports board, I doubt that anyone really believes that the holocaust is being trivialized...no more than when one talks about something being "nuked".

I understand, and deplore, the use of conversational taboos in America....when a black football player states that the current college use of athletes is a furtherance of "the plantation"....I don't take umbrage at his trivialization of slavery, I understand his context.

... and all this time I thought ignorance was your biggest weakness ...

 

[coachcap]

I feel like I'm slipping below the quick sand of human ignorance without a life line.