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

[whaler11]

More people would actually watch them. YES is national on satellite, but those games are bought for filler and not watched by B12 fans on YES. They use the lower division games for this purpose also, quite often.

More people would watch B12 games on YES if UConn was in the league? Yes that is a pretty safe assumption if they get back on Comcast.

Of course they are just in the syndication network as filler. You can probably count their current average viewers on your fingers and toes.

Picking up UConn's t3 still might not make sense for them because you are pretty much talking about women's basketball games and they have the Nets.

 

[jostar1]

Kirk Bohls ‏@kbohls · 7h7 hours ago
Bohls: In search of a deal, UT leaps to become a Houston booster | Hookem.com

 

[jostar1]

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 14h14 hours ago
The air miles breakdowns to those seven Big 12 possibilities:
Houston 248
Memphis 431
Colo St 642
Cincinnati 812
UCF 984
BYU 989
UConn 1,470

jay kevin ‏@jaykevin62 · 14h14 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN starting from where?

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 13h13 hours ago
@themanbiff @jaykevin62 Those miles are from DFW. The website Air Miles Calculator will also give you the flight duration.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 14h14 hours ago
Of course, Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has repeatedly said he's more concerned with an electronic footprint than geographic one.

Brandon Helwig ‏@UCFSports · 14h14 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN Better gauge is which airports have decent nonstop flights from Big 12 cities for non-revenue sports travel.

Chuck Carlton‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
@UCFSports Good point but most are close enough to major airports that it's not a huge factor. But yes, a lot of direct flights to MCO.

Educate the Ignorant ‏@UCF_Facts · 13h13 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN I noticed it's not mileage to WV. Hmmmm. What's the air miles to WV again?

Chuck Carlton‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
@UCF_Facts WVU is in the league, although on an island. More interesting would be mileage from WVU to candidates as a travel partner/rival.

Educate the Ignorant ‏@UCF_Facts · 13h13 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN Correct. That's what I was really asking. Is it better for the B12 to go east or west and 3 time zones.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 13h13 hours ago
@UCF_Facts Fair point. But as I tweeted a few minutes ago, Big 12 talking less geographic footprint than electronic footprint. So who knows?

 

[Charley Horse]

Kirk Bohls ‏@kbohls · 7h7 hours ago
Bohls: In search of a deal, UT leaps to become a Houston booster | Hookem.com

ShaggyBevo the Texas board is often full of poo but some guy on the Realignment Is Not Going Away thread was reporting a quid-pro-quo deal with UofH for Texas' Houston campus about a month ago.

I wouldn't bother looking there though. It's mostly ignorant, entitled youngsters talking about how Texas needs to be in the B1G and an incessant North Carolina fan bleating four hundred times a day about how Texas should be in the ACC.

Not a lot of quality info at all so it's utterly amazing they were actually on the vanguard of a news point.

 

[CL82]

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 14h14 hours ago
The air miles breakdowns to those seven Big 12 possibilities:
Houston 248
Memphis 431
Colo St 642
Cincinnati 812
UCF 984
BYU 989
UConn 1,470

jay kevin ‏@jaykevin62 · 14h14 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN starting from where?

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 13h13 hours ago
@themanbiff @jaykevin62 Those miles are from DFW. The website Air Miles Calculator will also give you the flight duration.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 14h14 hours ago
Of course, Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has repeatedly said he's more concerned with an electronic footprint than geographic one.

Brandon Helwig ‏@UCFSports · 14h14 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN Better gauge is which airports have decent nonstop flights from Big 12 cities for non-revenue sports travel.

Chuck Carlton‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
@UCFSports Good point but most are close enough to major airports that it's not a huge factor. But yes, a lot of direct flights to MCO.

Educate the Ignorant ‏@UCF_Facts · 13h13 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN I noticed it's not mileage to WV. Hmmmm. What's the air miles to WV again?

Chuck Carlton‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
@UCF_Facts WVU is in the league, although on an island. More interesting would be mileage from WVU to candidates as a travel partner/rival.

Educate the Ignorant ‏@UCF_Facts · 13h13 hours ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN Correct. That's what I was really asking. Is it better for the B12 to go east or west and 3 time zones.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 13h13 hours ago
@UCF_Facts Fair point. But as I tweeted a few minutes ago, Big 12 talking less geographic footprint than electronic footprint. So who knows?

Perhaps time is more important that distance?

Air time + travel time from airport to field, would be a more useful metric.

 

[FDNY99]

As per @NYUConn these are key tweets:

Ed Daigneault ‏@EdDaigneault 16m16 minutes ago
Met with UConn AD David Benedict today. He said he hasn't spoken directly with anybody in Big 12 but ...


Ed Daigneault‏@EdDaigneault
"we're having communication. We're giving the information we feel is appropriate and will help us moving forward."

Ed Daigneault ‏@EdDaigneault 10m10 minutes ago
Benedict said in regard to any expansion, "there's been ongoing work on this long before my tenure. Things are going on behind scenes."

 

[nelsonmuntz]

As per @NYUConn these are key tweets:

Ed Daigneault ‏@EdDaigneault 16m16 minutes ago
Met with UConn AD David Benedict today. He said he hasn't spoken directly with anybody in Big 12 but ...


Ed Daigneault‏@EdDaigneault
"we're having communication. We're giving the information we feel is appropriate and will help us moving forward."

Ed Daigneault ‏@EdDaigneault 10m10 minutes ago
Benedict said in regard to any expansion, "there's been ongoing work on this long before my tenure. Things are going on behind scenes."

Sounds like full blown FOIA avoidance.

 

[NYUConn]

Sounds like full blown FOIA avoidance.

Duh. People have been complaining about that for months. Most speculation (from Adimeback.com) is that the discussions are being conducted through the private, UConn Foundation.

 

[FDNY99]

Duh. People have been complaining about that for months. Most speculation (from Adimeback.com) is that the discussions are being conducted through the private, UConn Foundation.

I would be surprised if Tranghese comes up to UConn and talks in person to Herbst and Benedict as well. Anything to eliminate a trail (emails, texts, etc....)

 

[SubbaBub]

FOIA isn't a blank check to insert yourself into an ongoing decision making process as it is a right to see the record afterwards.

 

[UC313]

I like that it's happening in the dark. Wanna hang with the good old boys, ya better start actin like a good old boy.

 

[Adios]

If electronic footprint is the goal, we're in. Let's hope the Big Ten adds us in our lifetimes so we can travel to games more easily...

If UT or OU left and we were left behind, we'd be one of the most powerful institutions in whatever would become of the Big 12.

 

[uconnell]

If electronic footprint is the goal, we're in. Let's hope the Big Ten adds us in our lifetimes so we can travel to games more easily...

If UT or OU left and we were left behind, we'd be one of the most powerful institutions in whatever would become of the Big 12.

Really, explain please.

 

[Adios]

Really, explain please.

"Electronic footprint" means size of electronic media market. We have the largest market or best reach out of all "G5" schools.

 

[junglehusky]

He deferred questions on options to Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, but did reply when asked about Texas’ stance on its Longhorn Network.

“My view is we didn’t really address that issue directly, but one of the things we’re very interested in is a new kind of platform,” Gee said. “One can make an argument that in three or four years we’re going to be moving away from the traditional kind of [conference] networks. Frankly, from my point of view — and many points of view — I think that’s where we’re heading.”


So will the Big 12 move to 12 or 14 schools?

“I’m not going to speculate,” Gee said. “I’ve always been very bullish on expansion. But I want to make sure we get the right teams with the right cultures. If there’s 12, that’s great. If there’s 14, that’s great. But I want to make sure we do it right — and get the right group of people together.”

The next step in expansion apparently falls to Bowlsby and his staff.

“I think the commissioner will be doing his due diligence between now and our next scheduled meeting, which I think is in October,” Gee said. “I suspect he’ll be prepared to discuss recommendations with us then.”

- See more at: Mitch Vingle: WVU’s Gee: Big 12 doesn’t want to be predators

 

[jostar1]

“I think we certainly should have a national base, absolutely,” said the WVU president. “But we also have to recognize there are some wonderful institutions in Texas. We have four now in the conference and I think we will consider that as part of the overall package we are putting together.”

- See more at: Mitch Vingle: WVU’s Gee: Big 12 doesn’t want to be predators

 

[UConn Dan]

So Houston is in. #PrayFor4

 

[nelsonmuntz]

“I think we certainly should have a national base, absolutely,” said the WVU president. “But we also have to recognize there are some wonderful institutions in Texas. We have four now in the conference and I think we will consider that as part of the overall package we are putting together.”

- See more at: Mitch Vingle: WVU’s Gee: Big 12 doesn’t want to be predators

So Houston could be part of a negotiated package. Consistent with Flugs.

 

[billybud]

the foo's of CR....(the software censor won't let me post an "F" and a "U" together....(too bad for Fishy...limits him a little).


UConn...academic foo, M & W's basketball foo, market foo, brand foo

BYU...Mormon viewer foo, sober fans foo, football foo, brand foo

Cincinnati....market wishful thinking foo. Bearcats also have animal miscegenation foo, WVU rival foo

Memphis....Fedex foo, haircut foo...and that's all the foo

Houston....makes foo's of everyone but Texas if selected

 

[UConnTrumbull]

The only consistent thing being said that is giving me hope is this desire for a network/non-traditional network. If market size is really the driving force, we have to be in.

 

[noeynox]

I hope when Herbst meets with these guys she starts ny saying why,we should be school #11, not 12, 13, 14, etc.

We are the number one choice and we will tell you why!

 

[FDNY99]

Matt is better than any CT Horde member so I'm putting this here:
Matt Schonvisky‏@MattSchonvisky
Big 12 Expansion: hearing writers and media from Austin, TX saying 'UConn makes too much sense' should be music to Huskies fans

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Matt is better than any CT Horde member so I'm putting this here:
Matt Schonvisky‏@MattSchonvisky
Big 12 Expansion: hearing writers and media from Austin, TX saying 'UConn makes too much sense' should be music to Huskies fans

Rule #1: UConn makes too much sense BUT.......

 

[FDNY99]

Rule #1: UConn makes too much sense BUT..

Here was my response to him:
‏@AB670 5m5 minutes ago
@MattSchonvisky Facts and data don't lie Matt


Whether facts and data play into the B-12's decision is gonna be another issue.

 

[coachcap]

I hope when Herbst meets with these guys she starts ny saying why,we should be school #11, not 12, 13, 14, etc.

We are the number one choice and we will tell you why!

My question is which Herbst will show up for the meeting: Sue the no holds barred tough executive negotiator, or Suzie the sorority co-ed who lets her hair down provocatively & makes doe eyes like she's begging for a date with the star quarterback?