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

[UConn Dan]

P, Diaco, Edsall, Mora? Are they counting Weist and Loose Panels?

I know that turned my head too, but they're definitely counting the interims too:

Pasqualoni
Weist
Diaco
Edsall
Spanos
Mora

 

[shizzle787]

Absence of a full ACC invite, I would prefer an Olympic sports ACC invite and to play 5 ACC football games a year. It’s unlikely but that would be my preference. I think we would probably get 10-15 million per year in that arrangement, which is better than the Big East but not as good as the Big 12.

 

[jostar1]

 

[noeynox]

Does this change people's minds about the Big 12?

 

[giddyup]

One of those approaches leaves the school with $360 million more in media money over that 10 year period. I think I would lean that way.

This is about as complicated would you like $360M or $70M and $70M doesn’t pay your bills and the does.

 

[Kolumbo]

Some people did in the replies to his tweet.

Josh Gattis@speed_in_space
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4h
UConn has 25k undergraduate students and is a land grant R1 state university with a major agricultural program.

It has infinitely more in common as a school with West Virginia, Kansas, KSU, ISU, etc than it does with Creighton, Marquette, and Xavier.

This is a no brainer.

Stewart Mandel@slmandel
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4h
You may be right. It comes down to what does UConn want to be as an athletics brand. When it went back to the Big East it signaled at the time they were pretty much punting on football. Putting that program in the Big 12 would be a significant 180.

CardiffGiant11@CardiffGiant11
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4h
no stewart. they went back to the big east because the aac was doing them no favors, the cash was not that good, and no offense to fans of the new schools, the aac has been on a downward trajectory with the further loss of UCF Cincy and Houston.

Josh Gattis@speed_in_space
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4h
Exactly. People act like we chose the Big East over the ACC. It was literally either stay in a league with Tulsa, Rice and Charlotte or at least go to a big basketball league with some regional teams and buy time to build momentum.

Nothing screams big time like Rice football!


CardiffGiant11@CardiffGiant11
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4h
exactly! the constant parroting of “gave up on football” is such bs and frankly a great example of a confirmation bias.

I like the banter over there but darn I wish there were at least a reason for it. Let's get an invite and then debate why accepting it before the words were spoken was the right call.

 

[Patman]

UConn would definitely agree to join the B12 if asked The question is what if they don't take football, or if football is given only four or five games a year in the B12 rather than full membership. Or, if the ACC asks us too, Then we would be like a popular person asked by more than one person to the prom. We would have to choose,

B12 without football is beyond a non-starter. I mean as in if that happens the benedict should be happy if he can escape town without a riot.

 

[Hoophound]

AD Dave would never support leaving the Big East for the B12 without a home for football. That would be dumb.

 

[Stinger92860]

B12 without football is beyond a non-starter. I mean as in if that happens the benedict should be happy if he can escape town without a riot.

AD Dave would never support leaving the Big East for the B12 without a home for football. That would be dumb.

Before you can say that, what is the dollar offer? Does the offer include a bridge to full membership for football?

 

[huskymedic]

 

[noeynox]

Before you can say that, what is the dollar offer? Does the offer include a bridge to full membership for football?

You can put that question to bed. Yormark has said no BB only offers to schools with FBS programs.

 

[CashewCrew]

This is an annual occurrence at this point. Year in and year out, Twitter and Reddit find the need to talk (down to) UConn when these stories start popping up. I used to thoroughly enjoy reading the CFB reddit but now it's absolutely unbearable when UConn is mentioned - we are worth less than nothing to them. UCF, a school I did not know existed 10 years ago, and literally did not exist 60 years ago, now feels that they are a supreme entity to us because of a TV contract paycheck. Regardless, our athletic department keeps winning with what we have - and that's all we can do.

 

[UConn Dan]

 

[TRest]

Kind of hard to spin this as just a nothing-burger.

 

[Ha Who]

Kind of hard to spin this as just a nothing-burger.

 

[noeynox]

Kind of hard to spin this as just a nothing-burger.

He heard the weather is nice up here this time of year.

 

[TRest]

He heard the weather is nice up here this time of year.

Dairy bar joke yada yada

 

[CL82]

Kind of hard to spin this as just a nothing-burger.

Oh it's a something burger, the question is whether it's a meeaningful double decker burger with all the trimmings or a white castle slider.

 

[jostar1]

We need to start tracking flights.

 

[Ha Who]

We need to start tracking flights.

Or at least follow these guys to the car wash

 

[Chonky]

Kind of hard to spin this as just a nothing-burger.M

This is a Key Tweet.

 

[UConn Dan]

Probably the Key-est Tweet since this board's existence.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Kind of hard to spin this as just a nothing-burger.

Given who tweeted it, maybe you should have said "nothing-Berger."

 

[Ldandy]

While I don't believe that a potential Big 12 Offer is imminent, in our current timeline it would be foolish to dismiss the possibility of anything out of hand. I read this board regularly, as well as a number of others, and it is always interesting to see how UConn is perceived by other fanbases.

Obviously, the results of the last decade+ in football have badly affected the perception of the school among fans with a football centric viewpoint, that said it's amazing how quickly perceptions can change. One non comatose football season combined with another basketball championship has warmed a lot of fans to the idea of a UConn Addition.

I've always been high on The Huskies as an addition for The B1G, however I understand the economics of the situation. I really hope you guys find your way into a fair $ value conference, as UConn above many others has earned the right to compete.

 

[Kolumbo]

Hope they took him around Horsebarn Hill, the Equestrian Team, UConn Country is Big XII Country.

 

[LBird33]

Maybe do a few shots at the local watering hole and get him to make us an offer while on video

 

[Patman]

Before you can say that, what is the dollar offer? Does the offer include a bridge to full membership for football?

You mean how much money to do something very stupid and become a laughing stock? BTW, we can see your angry response.

 

[jostar1]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Kolumbo]

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