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

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Not to jinx the mojo but anyone else thinking "maybe they're just dumb enough to take us?"

 

[junglehusky]

It's dead!
It's alive!
It's dead!
It's alive!
It's dead!
It's alive!
It's dead!






... BUT FOR HOW LONG????

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

If true, this is a neutral result for us. It's bad because it's a potential door out of the AAC that's closed, but it's also good because it would close the door for now on a very realistic situation where we're stuck in a weakened AAC minus one or more of Cincinnati, UH, UCF, or Memphis.

 

[junglehusky]

If true, this is a neutral result for us. It's bad because it's a potential door out of the AAC that's closed, but it's also good because it would close the door for now on a very realistic situation where we're stuck in a weakened AAC minus one or more of Cincinnati, UH, UCF, or Memphis.

 

[Exit 4]

Yuck, that is a weird video clip.

 

[jostar1]

"Castiglione is one of two high-placed sources to tell CBS Sports Big 12 expansion is over. The other source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said expansion was dead regarding "those teams."

That's a reference to usual group of schools attached to the Big 12 that includes BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Colorado State, UConn, Houston and Memphis."

So they're still dreaming about FSU and Clemson.

 

[jostar1]

John E. Hoover ‏@johnehoover · 2h2 hours ago
Bob Bowlsby, Joe Castiglione offer divergent views on the topic of Big 12 expansion

From the article:

"On Tuesday, Big 12 Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby told the Des Moines Register that a decision on expansion could be forthcoming within the next two weeks.

On Wednesday, University of Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione told CBS Sports that there is no timeline for Big 12 expansion and the topic was essentially dead.

Both Bowlsby and Castiglione are good people and great men and tremendous leaders and certainly captains of their industry.

But these two reports, less than 24 hours apart, illustrate precisely the kind of divergence that exists at the highest levels in the Big 12, and are a perfect example of why this league simply may not be fixable.

It may be just too much to ask the Big 12 to come to a consensus on something as important as expansion."

 

[jostar1]

David Benedict Retweeted
UConn Huskies ‏@UConnHuskies · 8h8 hours ago

Best in College Sports: UConn ranked among elite at No. 14 by @CBSSports
Best in College Sports: Oklahoma beats out North Carolina, Notre Dame in 2015-16

 

[TRest]

David Benedict Retweeted
UConn Huskies ‏@UConnHuskies · 8h8 hours ago

Best in College Sports: UConn ranked among elite at No. 14 by @CBSSports
Best in College Sports: Oklahoma beats out North Carolina, Notre Dame in 2015-16

That and a dollar will get us a cup of coffee at McDonalds.

 

[jostar1]

John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ · 8h8 hours ago
After 36 years in Bristol, John Wildhack is leaving ESPN to become Athletic Director of Syracuse, his alma mater. Full story coming in SBD.

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS · 8h8 hours ago
So what does having a major ESPN exec as Syracuse AD mean for the ACC's strategy with ESPN? It certainly can't hurt the ACC's efforts.

 

[jostar1]

That and a dollar will get us a cup of coffee at McDonalds.

How can we be stuck in the AAC? It's unbelievable!

 

[TRest]

How can we be stuck in the AAC? It's unbelievable!

Well, I guess Bowlsby was recently quoted as saying about 100 schools win 95% of the ncaa championships, which should keep us safe for a while when the P5 decides to whittle down Division 1.

 

[TRest]

John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ · 8h8 hours ago
After 36 years in Bristol, John Wildhack is leaving ESPN to become Athletic Director of Syracuse, his alma mater. Full story coming in SBD.

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS · 8h8 hours ago
So what does having a major ESPN exec as Syracuse AD mean for the ACC's strategy with ESPN? It certainly can't hurt the ACC's efforts.

It means Syracuse isn't a very desirable AD job.

 

[shizzle787]

Well, I guess Bowlsby was recently quoted as saying about 100 schools win 95% of the ncaa championships, which should keep us safe for a while when the P5 decides to whittle down Division 1.

I think they would rather wittle down the FBS than D-1 as a whole. The more teams in college basketball the better; the less teams in college football the better.

 

[History Geek]

John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ · 8h8 hours ago
After 36 years in Bristol, John Wildhack is leaving ESPN to become Athletic Director of Syracuse, his alma mater. Full story coming in SBD.

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS · 8h8 hours ago
So what does having a major ESPN exec as Syracuse AD mean for the ACC's strategy with ESPN? It certainly can't hurt the ACC's efforts.

What Syracuse’s hire of an ESPN executive tells us about college sports

 

[sportsart]

BCU ranked higher than Rutgers? Ouch.....

 

[CL82]

John Ourand ‏@Ourand_SBJ · 8h8 hours ago
After 36 years in Bristol, John Wildhack is leaving ESPN to become Athletic Director of Syracuse, his alma mater. Full story coming in SBD.

Jon Solomon ‏@JonSolomonCBS · 8h8 hours ago
So what does having a major ESPN exec as Syracuse AD mean for the ACC's strategy with ESPN? It certainly can't hurt the ACC's efforts.

Crimeny why can't the AAC pull off something like that? I mean if Syracuse got an ESPN exec our conference should be able to get a broadcast network executive! Could imagine that what that would mean as to, oh I know say CBS's strategy toward the American!

 

[don356]

Crimeny why can't the AAC pull off something like that? I mean if Syracuse got an ESPN exec our conference should be able to get a broadcast network executive! Could imagine that what that would mean as to, oh I know say CBS's strategy toward the American!

You're kidding. We have as per wiki Micheal Aresco, a college and television executive!

 

[junglehusky]

Not strictly CR, but tangentially related. Will ACC go similar route?

 

[Exit 4]

Not strictly CR, but tangentially related. Will ACC go similar route?

I guess I am getting old, because while I'll use apple tv, espn III and several other streaming services on occasion, I don't see myself getting involved in twitter - ever.

 

[junglehusky]

I guess I am getting old, because while I'll use apple tv, espn III and several other streaming services on occasion, I don't see myself getting involved in twitter - ever.

When twitter did a test broadcast of Wimbledon, IIRC you didn't need to have a twitter account or even use the mobile app. You could just open the url on a browser and it worked pretty well (for me at least). Will be interesting to see if other sports use the same approach. I don't think I tried to watch their NFL broadcast.

 

[Jimdish255]

Twitter: monthly active users 2010-2016 - Statista

Twitter has a decent number of users who may be able to cross promote events on other social media platforms. No idea how many are football fans, or college sports fans in general or how they monetize that distribution. But it may be totally irrelevant if they' re just doing Olympic sports.

 

[JSM1970]

Seems like a desperate move

Is this mostly based on women's hoops and field hockey?

That and a dollar will get us a cup of coffee at McDonalds.

 

[BoatShow]

Seems like a desperate move

Is this mostly based on women's hoops and field hockey?

Please start typing your posts UNDER the post you're quoting as 99.9% of posters here do. Sorry if it's OCD but it always throws me off. I suppose I could just block you. Or you could stop posting.

 

[Husky25]

Seems like a desperate move

Is this mostly based on women's hoops and field hockey?

Desperate move by whom to do what, exactly?