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

[hoopsfan22]

I, like you, would like to see UConn in B10. But Nebraska is the only non AAU university in the B10. They are a former member. Notre Dame, which is not in the B10, may be an exception if they want to join B10. But UConn is not a shoe-in to the B10 especially without an AAU membership. Also, the football team is still not even in the top 50 let alone top 25. UConn is just not a research powerhouse now. It is a much better fit for the ACC.

I hear ya. I know there's probably a better chance it's 90 degrees tomorrow instead of the snow we're looking at on the ground than us getting into the B1G. The B1G like all of the P5 conferences are filled with dead weight that they are stuck with from a bygone era. If you were starting conferences from scratch today we'd be in one of the big boy conferences. Maybe that's what the P2 should do rather than just breakaway with the existing schools.

 

[Kolumbo]

Since it's all gone to hell let's take stock of recent activity:
B1G - It was about markets so B1G added Maryland & Ruttie
SEC - Then it was about football brands so SEC added Oklahoma & Texas
B1G - brands & markets - B16 added UCLA & USC

The only way UCONN is remotely considered by B1G is if B1G and SEC go to like 30 teams each and the ACC is still behind a GOR-wall. But that's, OK. This isn't the same P5 anymore. UCONN's AD is on fire right now, just keep feeding the flame.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Since it's all gone to hell let's take stock of recent activity:
B1G - It was about markets so B1G added Maryland & Ruttie
SEC - Then it was about football brands so SEC added Oklahoma & Texas
B1G - brands & markets - B16 added UCLA & USC

The only way UCONN is remotely considered by B1G is if B1G and SEC go to like 30 teams each and the ACC is still behind a GOR-wall. But that's, OK. This isn't the same P5 anymore. UCONN's AD is on fire right now, just keep feeding the flame.

The reasons are made up after they decide what schools they want. That's how all of the conferences operate. They tailor the requirements such that only the schools they've decided to invite can qualify which is why it changes every round of realignment. The rest of the process is just a show and done for theater.

 

[Stinger92860]

How do you come up with these predictions? There are so many teams who want to get into the B10. B10 hasn't even accepted legacy basketball power Kansas yet, and they are AAU member. If UConn gets AAU membership and has a top 30 football team, maybe B10 will seriously consider us. The best chance we have for the near future is ACC. Unless PAC12 falls apart and will take anyone for football only.

Unless the Fairfield County area switches from the NYC DMA to New Haven-Hartford DMA we have 0 chance of joining the B1G. Even if it did, we have less than 1% chance at this point. So, it’s not looking good.

 

[Rufus]

Kevin Warren is on record saying AAU membership is not a requirement to join the B1G. Having said that, I think this comment is geared toward the 4 football schools not currently in the P2:

Notre Dame
Florida State
Clemson
Miami

Combined with AAU member Oregon, those are the only 5 major football schools not in the P2.

 

[UConnJim]

Unless the Fairfield County area switches from the NYC DMA to New Haven-Hartford DMA we have 0 chance of joining the B1G. Even if it did, we have less than 1% chance at this point. So, it’s not looking good.

As the cable bundle declines and ala carte cable and streaming become more adopted, DMAs will not be important anymore, but brands will become more important. I like UConn's chances in the future college athletics landscape.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Kevin Warren is on record saying AAU membership is not a requirement to join the B1G. Having said that, I think this comment is geared toward the 4 football schools not currently in the P2:

Notre Dame
Florida State
Clemson
Miami

Combined with AAU member Oregon, those are the only 5 major football schools not in the P2.

And if Florida State or Clemson leave the ACC, that may provide an opening for UConn, GOR or not.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

And if Florida State or Clemson leave the ACC, that may provide an opening for UConn, GOR or not.

If that opportunity arise, UConn should not agree to any gor that binds us to a conference like the ball and chain that currently exists in the ACC.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Huskyforlife]

 

[Stinger92860]

As the cable bundle declines and ala carte cable and streaming become more adopted, DMAs will not be important anymore, but brands will become more important. I like UConn's chances in the future college athletics landscape.

I think you will the see growth of conference networks before individual school streams. Regardless of the service, the SEC and B1G will get the money. We need to get into a P5 conference for long term viability.

 

[Husky25]

The tweet makes it sound like there is more too it, but this is how executive sessions work. There are a number of condition under which an otherwise public body my enter them and one is contract negotiation. Unexecuted contracts are confidential, but official votes cannot take place in executive session.

 

[MKH2317]

Interesting Tweet by Benedict. I wonder what his intentions were with it. I don’t have twitter, so I don’t have any context to it. Was it a blanket advertisement of UConn athletics? Was it directed toward the ACC? Is he hinting at joining the ACC?

In my opinion, if I were an AD such as Dave, a tweet like this makes us seem like victims, it has a “look how good we are even though we got left out, can we come and play too?” kind of vibe to it. I wouldn’t tweet anything like this UNLESS…we’re actually secretly making the move to a P5 conference. In which case the tweet takes on a “if you think we’re good now, watch how good we’ll be when we add $35-50 million in TV revenue” vibe. The ladder is the only scenario that would prompt me to tweet something like this. But that’s just me, I’m not an AD

 

[huskymedic]

Interesting Tweet by Benedict. I wonder what his intentions were with it. I don’t have twitter, so I don’t have any context to it. Was it a blanket advertisement of UConn athletics? Was it directed toward the ACC? Is he hinting at joining the ACC?

In my opinion, if I were an AD such as Dave, a tweet like this makes us seem like victims, it has a “look how good we are even though we got left out, can we come and play too?” kind of vibe to it. I wouldn’t tweet anything like this UNLESS…we’re actually secretly making the move to a P5 conference. In which case the tweet takes on a “if you think we’re good now, watch how good we’ll be when we add $35-50 million in TV revenue” vibe. The ladder is the only scenario that would prompt me to tweet something like this. But that’s just me, I’m not an AD

This is the tweet that AD Dave commented “Powerful” to…

 

[hoopsfan22]

This is the tweet that AD Dave commented “Powerful” to…

Wonder how many of those schools also have a ranked men's and women's hockey team?

 

[Husky25]

Interesting Tweet by Benedict. I wonder what his intentions were with it. I don’t have twitter, so I don’t have any context to it. Was it a blanket advertisement of UConn athletics? Was it directed toward the ACC? Is he hinting at joining the ACC?

Every other school in the Tweet that the "Powerful" tweet references is in the FBS P5, with a fat media deal.

 

[Hogoff]

Wonder how many of those schools also have a ranked men's and women's hockey team?

Ohio State is ranked 14 in mens hockey.

 

[Rufus]

Ohio State is ranked 14 in mens hockey.

And #1 in Women’s Ice Hockey as the defending national champions.

 

[Hogoff]

And #1 in Women’s Ice Hockey as the defending national champions.

I don’t think any of the other schools have hockey as a NCAA sport.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Rufus]

I don’t think any of the other schools have hockey as a NCAA sport.

Four current B1G schools have women’s ice hockey:

Ohio State
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Penn State

OSU won their first national championship last year. Wisconsin and Minnesota have won multiple national championships. So many in fact that the only other schools who have won are Minnesota-Duluth and Clarkson, who are each multi-time national champs as well. Those are the only 4 schools to win it all since women’s ice hockey became an NCAA sport in 2000-2001. Ohio State became the fifth school with a national championship last year.

NC Women's Ice Hockey Championship History | NCAA.com

The complete list of NCAA Women's Ice Hockey NC champions from the first season to today.

www.ncaa.com

 

[UConnJim]

I think you will the see growth of conference networks before individual school streams. Regardless of the service, the SEC and B1G will get the money. We need to get into a P5 conference for long term viability.

Conference networks subs and revenues are currently driven by MSAs so a school like Rutgers is very valuable. When people have to opt in or buy a conference network, fan bases and brands will be the drivers of subs and revenues. And, the conference will know what fan bases are driving subs and they could decide to divide revenues by subs per school. For example, if Ohio State is bringing in 5 million subs and Rutgers is bringing in 300 k subs, why would they get the same payout? And why not bring in other schools into their conference if the payout is based on actual subs interested in the school?

 

[CoastAtlantic]