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[UConnTrumbull]

Jake Trotter@Jake_Trotter 12 mins ago · Oklahoma City
Recent numbers show the Big 12 has lost its stranglehold on the Houston TV market. Could UH deliver it back?

Jake Trotter@Jake_Trotter2 mins ago · Oklahoma City
In 2010, the Big 12 had 9 of the 10 most watched games in Houston. Last year, that number was 2.

If the Big 12 welcomes Houston, do better TV ratings follow?

Pretty dumb argument. In 2010, Texas A&M was still in the Big 12, now they're not. Even last year, only one UH game made the top 1o in ratings in the Houston market (AAC title vs. Temple). The only way UH is a game-changer for ratings is if they produce TCU/Baylor type results for the next 5-10 years while hoping A&M and UT suck.

 

[dr.holiday]

Anyone that has been to Houston knows it belongs to A&M. Houston joining the Big 12 will not change that. Houston joining the PAC12 would not change that. There is nothing Houston can do to change that.

 

[Sea Goat]

From Andy Katz --
CBB Podcast: West Virginia's Bob Huggins on expansion, "I wouldn't pick any. I think we're good the way we are."

There is no accounting for all the boxes of rocks that you come across...

 

[CL82]

Pretty dumb argument. In 2010, Texas A&M was still in the Big 12, now they're not. Even last year, only one UH game made the top 1o in ratings in the Houston market (AAC title vs. Temple). The only way UH is a game-changer for ratings is if they produce TCU/Baylor type results for the next 5-10 years while hoping A&M and UT suck.

Could it be the same thing we're seeing with Tramel? Is the Big 12 'preparing the field' for the candidates it will invite?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Could it be the same thing we're seeing with Tramel? Is the Big 12 'preparing the field' for the candidates it will invite?

No idea but I'm starting to think we're in if they expand by 4 (little talk of UCF, Memphis, CSU lately with BYU still fighting the LGBT battles). As always #PrayFor4

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Big 12 expansion candidates from a basketball perspective (w/ the requisite tap to nads by Myron)

<<1. Connecticut Huskies
Name the only program with four national championships since 1999. It's not Duke (three national championships in that stretch) or North Carolina (two). The answer is Connecticut. The Huskies won in 1999, 2004, 2011 and 2014. Due to academic issues, they were banned from the postseason in 2012-13. But UConn is a modern powerhouse with 10 Elite Eight appearances since 1990. If the Big 12 decides to make a basketball-only decision, UConn should be its first choice.<<

Suggested edit...

"...Due to academic issues, they were banned from the postseason in 2012-13, although UConn sanctions were for issues of a significantly less of a degree that took place over a shorter timeframe than fellow basketball powers Louisville, North Carolonia, and Syracuse, who minimally sanctioned or not sanctioned at all.

 

[dayooper]

Syracuse has no defense. They are worse than Temple for sure, probably worse than Cinci. BC has a great D and no offense. ECU is a complete unknown at this point really.

I think BC's defense is a question mark. Losing your DC, when he is the one credited for making the defense great, has to put a question mark on that defense. BC is abysmal, worse than Rutgers, IMO.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think BC's defense is a question mark. Losing your DC, when he is the one credited for making the defense great, has to put a question mark on that defense. BC is abysmal, worse than Rutgers, IMO.

Well we lost the same exact guy as our DC, and it didn't have a huge impact. They won't be as good on D, or as bad on O.

 

[Husky25]

Well we lost the same exact guy as our DC, and it didn't have a huge impact. They won't be as good on D, or as bad on O.

I recall a definite drop off. Though it may have had something do with the Defense spend 20% more time on the field the year after Brown left.

 

[FDNY99]

I recall a definite drop off. Though it may have had something do with the Defense spend 20% more time on the field the year after Brown left.

One thing to remember about BC...their new OC Scott Loeffler isn't some guru. He has been run out of town his last 2 stops. It was definitely a questionable hire by the Dazzler.

 

[don356]

From Andy Katz --
CBB Podcast: West Virginia's Bob Huggins on expansion, "I wouldn't pick any. I think we're good the way we are."

Was he sober?

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[UConnNick]

From Andy Katz --
CBB Podcast: West Virginia's Bob Huggins on expansion, "I wouldn't pick any. I think we're good the way we are."

Translation: he doesn't want to be in a conference with his old school, Cincinnati.

 

[dayooper]

One thing to remember about BC...their new OC Scott Loeffler isn't some guru. He has been run out of town his last 2 stops. It was definitely a questionable hire by the Dazzler.

Loeffler got his start at Michigan (he was a QB and a grad assistant there). He was the QB coach for the 2008 0-16 Detroit Lions.

 

[UConn Dan]

Bob Bowlsby remains very mum about the process that could lead to Big 12 expansion, but one Big 12 school official said 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has called power brokers, including Oklahoma State’s T. Boone Pickens, lobbying for support for BYU to join the conference. Romney is a BYU grad. Bowlsby said there are fewer than 20 interested candidates as has been reported, but declined to say if any Power 5 conference schools have expressed interest. He’s almost done going through applicants’ one-hour video presentations and has had “several calls” with Big 12 presidents to update them. Asked how the presidents are feeling about the process, Bowlsby said, “It depends on who you ask. I think there continues to be an open mindedness about it. I think some have developed their positions and probably aren’t sharing it. If it was a clear path, it wouldn’t have taken so long.”

Bohls: Romney’s pushing BYU, one AP voter’s pushing Texas

 

[FDNY99]

Loeffler got his start at Michigan (he was a QB and a grad assistant there). He was the QB coach for the 2008 0-16 Detroit Lions.

his last 2 jobs:
2012 Auburn OC 3-9
2013 Va Tech OC 8-5
2014 Va Tech OC 7-6
2015 Va Tech OC 7-6

 

[Jae-VT]

his last 2 jobs:
2012 Auburn OC 3-9
2013 Va Tech OC 8-5
2014 Va Tech OC 7-6
2015 Va Tech OC 7-6

JMHO, but Coach Loeffler just ran into a series of bad luck; too many to recount here.

I'm not saying he is the next great head coach nor the next great offense coordinator. I just want to be fair to the man; he knows how to coach QBs and he was Coach Addazio's OC when they were both at Temple during the 2011 - 2012 season. Temple went 9-4 that year. It could be that Addazio provided guidance and overrode some of OC Loeffler's manic tendencies.

The guy has a high football IQ and can design some great plays. It's just that his offenses are sometimes overly complex and he also has a tendency to be too smart for his own good. All in all, he is a good OC and if he can stay at a school with coaching stability, I'm interested to see how his teams offenses will perform.

From a VT fan, and I apologize in advance if I upset anyone.

 

[The Funster]

I figure UConn can go 12-0, get through the semi-final game pretty easy but have a tough game to win the CFP.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Translation: he doesn't want to be in a conference with his old school, Cincinnati.

They'd both beat him like a drum.

 

[jostar1]

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
LIVE on #Periscope: Houston press conference

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
. @UHouston basketball arena to be called The Fertitta Center

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
AD Hunter Yurachek says funding still needed for arena in the ‘seven-figure range’ but things still on track

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 57m57 minutes ago
Asked if he thinks UH has enough support to join Big 12, Fertitta says: ‘I don’t see how you don’t say Houston when it’s all over with.'

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 56m56 minutes ago
UH board chairman Tilman Fertitta expects a Big 12 decision ‘will all be over' within 60-90 days 'and hopefully UH will be in the Big 12'

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 14m14 minutes ago  Houston, TX
. @UHouston board of regents will vote today to approve negotiating contracts to begin new @UHCougarFB indoor practice facility


Joseph Duarte@Joseph_Duarte
@UHCougars beat writer for @HoustonChron.

 

[huskymedic]

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
LIVE on #Periscope: Houston press conference

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
. @UHouston basketball arena to be called The Fertitta Center

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
AD Hunter Yurachek says funding still needed for arena in the ‘seven-figure range’ but things still on track

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 57m57 minutes ago
Asked if he thinks UH has enough support to join Big 12, Fertitta says: ‘I don’t see how you don’t say Houston when it’s all over with.'

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 56m56 minutes ago
UH board chairman Tilman Fertitta expects a Big 12 decision ‘will all be over' within 60-90 days 'and hopefully UH will be in the Big 12'

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 14m14 minutes ago  Houston, TX
. @UHouston board of regents will vote today to approve negotiating contracts to begin new @UHCougarFB indoor practice facility

Joseph Duarte@Joseph_Duarte
@UHCougars beat writer for @HoustonChron.

$20m donation allows him to have a bunch of opinions! Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell. Nice sugar daddy.

 

[NYUConn]

Joseph Duarte ‏@Joseph_Duarte · 1h1 hour ago
AD Hunter Yurachek says funding still needed for arena in the ‘seven-figure range’ but things still on track

The fact that someone could cut a $20 million check to Houston and they still need funding for the arena in the 'seven-figure range' should tell you how much a giant mess Houston is and what a colossal risk it would be for the Big 12 to invest in them.

 

[dr.holiday]

Houston would be a major drag on the Big 12. A&M owns that city and always will. It makes no difference how they do on the field.

 

[Jae-VT]

I'm not sure this would qualify as a "Premium Tweet" so I shall post the story/article here for your edification:

Big 12 Expansion: Money Grab or Power Play?

 

[PRHusky]

Have these people that think Houston to the Big 12 is a sure thing seen their crowds recently at basketball games? Man, I know football drives the bus, but I don't think UConn has played in front of more depressing and smaller crowds this millennium and that includes games at Tulane and ECU. Houston was not even able to get sell-out crowds for football games in what amounted to their dream season. The city of Houston simply does not care about the University of Houston.