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

[CAHUSKY]

If you haven't been there, then you cannot make a statement about the venue. Period.

Based on decades and decades of history and having watched games at MSG I really can. The fact that your quite possibly the only person on earth who doesn't realize the allure of the garden doesn't make you correct.

 

[buddy]

Based on decades and decades of history and having watched games at MSG I really can. The fact that your quite possibly the only person on earth who doesn't realize the allure of the garden doesn't make you correct.

I am just saying that if a person has never been to a venue, they have no business criticizing it.

 

[SubbaBub]

I am just saying that if a person has never been to a venue, they have no business criticizing it.

It's more than just the building. By any metric new yankee stadium is better than the old one, except it isn't because it has no soul. Barclay's isn't in downtown Manhattan and doesn't have the history of great and historic events. Doesn't have the surroundings. I'm sure it's a fine place to watch a game, but not a memorable one. I can't name the arena the other regionals were held, but in ten years everyone will remember Uconn beat MSU AT THE GARDEN. That's the only point anyone is making here.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It's more than just the building. By any metric new yankee stadium is better than the old one, except it isn't because it has no soul. Barclay's isn't in downtown Manhattan and doesn't have the history of great and historic events. Doesn't have the surroundings. I'm sure it's a fine place to watch a game, but not a memorable one. I can't name the arena the other regionals were held, but in ten years everyone will remember Uconn beat MSU AT THE GARDEN. That's the only point anyone is making here.

I can't deny that it is special, due to the history of the building, the college basketball, NBA, NHL and boxing events that occurred there. Fenway Park is like that for me. I am sure the old Yankee stadium was as well. It's about degrees though. A game against Duke at MSG, at this moment, might rate a 10 on the meter. A game at Barclays (being a cooler, newer, trendier building and locale) would then be about a 9.85. The MSG fanboys on here seem to see things more like MSG as 10, and the next best possible arena would be a 2. It is a tiny bit more desirable due to the history. That's all. Now Izod, yes that's below Barclays, but still, for UConn anyway, rates an 8 or so.

Simply put, a game in metro NY against Duke is a fantastic development, even if they played it on a playground court.

 

[mrhandyman]

I can't deny that it is special, due to the history of the building, the college basketball, NBA, NHL and boxing events that occurred there. Fenway Park is like that for me. I am sure the old Yankee stadium was as well. It's about degrees though. A game against Duke at MSG, at this moment, might rate a 10 on the meter. A game at Barclays (being a cooler, newer, trendier building and locale) would then be about a 9.85. The MSG fanboys on here seem to see things more like MSG as 10, and the next best possible arena would be a 2. It is a tiny bit more desirable due to the history. That's all. Now Izod, yes that's below Barclays, but still, for UConn anyway, rates an 8 or so.

Simply put, a game in metro NY against Duke is a fantastic development, even if they played it on a playground court.

That would be awesome watching them dive for loose balls on blacktop!

 

[SubbaBub]

That would be awesome watching them dive for loose balls on blacktop!

UConn/Duke at Rucker would be epic.

 

[jostar1]

Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs 4h

"It was almost comical to see Mr. Emmert announce a new rule on April 15," re "Hungry Huskies." http://courtney.house.gov


Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs · 4h

Joe Courtney on fire at unionization hearings. He also sounds like a hopeless UConn fan.


Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs · 4h

Courtney knows his stuff -- references Perry Jones sitch at Baylor.

 

[Limbo Land]

Guess I should be insulted as a "hopeless" Uconn fan, but that would mean I care about Dennis Dodd's opinion on things.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs 4h

"It was almost comical to see Mr. Emmert announce a new rule on April 15," re "Hungry Huskies." http://courtney.house.gov


Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs · 4h

Joe Courtney on fire at unionization hearings. He also sounds like a hopeless UConn fan.


Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs · 4h

Courtney knows his stuff -- references Perry Jones sitch at Baylor.

Joe should ask Dennis about his Syracuse Dart article.

 

[BoatShow]

UConn-Duke could be played at the local Y and it'd be a big deal.

 

[jostar1]

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   Brett McMurphy ‏@McMurphyESPN 6h
   Earliest ACC could start an ACC Network? "Several years,” Swofford said
   

 

[jostar1]

ESPN ACC ‏@ESPN_ACC · 6h

Swofford says a potential ACC Network is still several years down the road, if it does happen.

 

[whaler11]

ESPN ACC ‏@ESPN_ACC · 6h

Swofford says a potential ACC Network is still several years down the road, if it does happen.

The ACC missed the boat on a network. They should have skipped the 2003 raid and instead approached the Big East on partnerships including a network. Neither had enough on their own, but they could have been very successful together. They could have owned the winter.

 

[jostar1]

@TomHolmoe
The official Twitter account of BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe


Matthew Crawford ‏@Thorlongus22 · May 2

@TomHolmoe As a fan of BYU sports. I am very concerned about where BYU stands with the big boys. I'm worried we will be left out. Response?

Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 4

@Thorlongus22 Matt, join the club. The ever shifting landscape of college athletics IS unsettling to us all. I get up everyday to battle.


Matthew Crawford ‏@Thorlongus22 · May 4

@TomHolmoe thanks for the response. Do you think we will ever be included with the P5?


Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 4

@Thorlongus22 That's the vision!


Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 12

Folks, I feel like scheduling is proceeding in a positive manner. I suggest you not react to every press release as if it's final.


Sherman ‏@Skurtz91 · May 12

@TomHolmoe I think I speak for a lot of cougar fans out there that we would not like to be on the outside looking in at the big boys.


Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 12

@Skurtz91 Nor would I...


Aaron Beagley ‏@Cougarblitz84 · May 15

@TomHolmoe are you nervous about what the future holds for BYU football with all this P5 stuff?


Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 15

@Cougarblitz84 It's ALL of us, against ALL of them! Nervous? Does that help? Focus on the task. To be the best, you have to play the best.


Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 15

Cougar Softball opens NCAA Tourney with 7-2 win over Northwestern. Winner's bracket game tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/45yJg1O881



Matthew Crawford ‏@Thorlongus22 · May 15

@TomHolmoe shouldn't you be trying to get BYU into s P5 conference instead of going to a softball game?

Tom Holmoe

‏@TomHolmoe @Thorlongus22 Winning NCAA games is a beautiful thing and I'll take ALL the help we can get. I AM working!


Matthew Crawford ‏@Thorlongus22 · May 15

@MichaeltheRowan @TomHolmoe well hopefully this time BYU will not be difficult and get in a conference when they have a chance.

Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 15

@Thorlongus22 @MichaeltheRowan We will not make it difficult.


Jared G ‏@jmgcougman · May 16

Latest Big 12 rumor: Y snubbed in '10 & '11 due to demands that @byutv get occasional 2nd Tier rights & multiple game guarantee. @TomHolmoe


Tom Holmoe ‏@TomHolmoe · May 16

@jmgcougman @byutv Not true at all. Quit spreading rumors!

 

[OkaForPrez]

Very interesting.

 

[Nostical]

It's insane for the AD of BYU to be tweeting with these twits. The back and forth makes the Boneyard look incredibly civil and adult. I can't imagine Warde Manuel ever engaging like that. It's embarrassing.

 

[noeynox]

I didnt really think that was real.

 

[jostar1]

I didnt really think that was real.

At least he didn't say he was monitoring the situation.

https://twitter.com/TomHolmoe

 

[noeynox]

Oh my. Guess that is real.

 

[CTMike]

We're not alone in our unending nervousness/paranoia.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I am a fan of Holmoe. Someone has to fire the first shot. Let them be the troublemakers.

 

[pinchy]

You know what is particularly unnerving, I listen to Sirius radio a lot during the day and Jack Arute( a CT native who never supports anything CT unless it involves racing, who takes time out of his show occasionally to talk about how small time CT football is and who is the biggest proponent the p5 Death Star) speaks to a lot of coaches and Ad's of the g-5 conferences and I have yet to hear any of them rail against what is happening to them. It is absolutely maddening.


However, today the UNLV football coach Did go after the NCAA today for their APR mess. It was refreshing to hear although perhaps not the smartest approach considering they are probable still paying for the fight "Tark" put up against the NCAA

 

[Kevin Caliendo]

If Warde is not spending all of his time trying to get Uconn into a P5 conference then he is either leaving or should be fired. Because there will not be an athletic department of importance to run in a couple years if Uconn is still in the AAC.

I do think he realizes this.

 

[Dooley]

MWC is thinking about their BYU scheduling philosophy. My guess is that Holmoe's tweets were scheduled at a good time to combat these worries.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo...st-latest-to-evaluate-whether-to-schedule-byu

 

[FDNY99]

You know what is particularly unnerving, I listen to Sirius radio a lot during the day and Jack Arute( a CT native who never supports anything CT unless it involves racing, who takes time out of his show occasionally to talk about how small time CT football is and who is the biggest proponent the p5 Death Star) speaks to a lot of coaches and Ad's of the g-5 conferences and I have yet to hear any of them rail against what is happening to them. It is absolutely maddening.


However, today the UNLV football coach Did go after the NCAA today for their APR mess. It was refreshing to hear although perhaps not the smartest approach considering they are probable still paying for the fight "Tark" put up against the NCAA

The last time I listened to Arute's show was when a CT caller called in after the Buffalo game and asked about the situation with P being fired and CR. Arute told the caller that UCONN was VERY dysfunctional starting from the top down..and that they needed to take a VERY HARD look at themselves in the mirror! He had lashed back at a caller who had called for P's head after the Towson game saying he didn't talk about jobs that weren't open (he was DEFINITELY a P homer/supporter). He has supported UCONN in the past, but has definitely been taking shots at them since Herbst and Manuel have been there. Nice to know that he takes these shots from his home studio in CT.