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

[Point6]

The salaries we are paying to our coaches tell me the administration has yet to give the ship. Hell, the state's STEM investment and the faculty hiring initiative are also telling. There must still be a decent chance we land on our feet.

 

[whaler11]

Reality is that UConn is currently not B1G nor a member of any other P5 league.

The reality of UConn's conference home in 2018, 2020 0r 2022, is neither known by me or any other optimist, nor by Fishy, you or any of the other pessimists.

Time will tell...

I can't speak for Fishy but I'm not talking about 2022. I'm talking about the posters who have talked themselves into something near term.

The problem with 2020 or 2022 is that you are running a marathon but limping on mile 10.

 

[whaler11]

The salaries we are paying to our coaches tell me the administration has yet to give the ship. Hell, the state's STEM investment and the faculty hiring initiative are also telling. There must still be a decent chance we land on our feet.

They have not nor should they. I'd be careful equating the university advancement with athletics.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I can't speak for Fishy but I'm not talking about 2022. I'm talking about the posters who have talked themselves into something near term.

The problem with 2020 or 2022 is that you are running a marathon but limping on mile 10.

Either the AAC has to 4x its revenue (minimum) in the ESPN "look in" or UConn needs to join the Big East. There is no way to last 10 years on the current revenue stream.

 

[kyleslamb]

You mean the ones posting here or a few stray people in Connecticut?

Sadly it's a figment of some strong imaginations based on nothing.

No, I'm not talking about this board. There are a lot of places I frequent in Big Ten country that believe UConn will eventually be taken. The question is more about who will be the other team(s) and when.

 

[whaler11]

No, I'm not talking about this board. There are a lot of places I frequent in Big Ten country that believe UConn will eventually be taken. The question is more about who will be the other team(s) and when.

LOL yes because there isn't anyone to take for a decade. Oh hey we'd love to want to add you - it's just every other school except Cincinnati is unavailable.

 

[Fishy]

The Boneyard dictionary -

Optimism - Pretending that we're in year two of a five-year Big Ten plan.

Pessimism - Knowing that we're not.

 

[UConnJim]

Either the AAC has to 4x its revenue (minimum) in the ESPN "look in" or UConn needs to join the Big East. There is no way to last 10 years on the current revenue stream.

Big East is a dead end conference. The conference TV ratings were so bad this year, it is the fastest way to irrelevance and lower payouts. UConn is never going back. Please stop beating this dead horse.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Big East is a dead end conference. The conference TV ratings were so bad this year, it is the fastest way to irrelevance and lower payouts. UConn is never going back. Please stop beating this dead horse.

The AAC at $2MM a year is a dead end conference. The money is so bad this year, it is the fastest way to irrelevance and even lower payouts. UConn can not stay here. Please stop beating this dead horse.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The Boneyard dictionary -

Optimism - Pretending that we're in year two of a five-year Big Ten plan.

Pessimism - Knowing that we're not.

It's actually worse than that. Most of this Board is fine with our current situation because they believe a Big Ten invitation is imminent.

 

[UConnJim]

The AAC at $2MM a year is a dead end conference. The money is so bad this year, it is the fastest way to irrelevance and even lower payouts. UConn can not stay here. Please stop beating this dead horse.

So UConn should change conferences and drop football (or as you have said, go Independant in football) for less than $2 million in TV revenues per year? That is the definition of insanity!

 

[RMoore1999]

The Boneyard dictionary -

Optimism - Pretending that we're in year two of a five-year Big Ten plan.

Pessimism - Knowing that we're not.

Why not be a generous Queen Bee and enlighten the Hive just a wee bit as to what the pessimists "know" so the optimists may be put out of their misery to a quick death befitting a worker bee?

 

[kyleslamb]

LOL yes because there isn't anyone to take for a decade. Oh hey we'd love to want to add you - it's just every other school except Cincinnati is unavailable.

You greatly underestimate the interest shown by other parties toward the Big Ten last round of expansion. "Unavailable" is a term that should be used very sparingly in this environment. Trust me, when the dust settles with the subdivision and ACC legal matters, you're going to see 'unavailable' suddenly back to being 'interest piqued.'

This is just a pit stop right now. It's not a final destination by any means.

 

[Fishy]

Why not be a generous Queen Bee and enlighten the Hive just a wee bit as to what the pessimists "know" so the optimists may be put out of their misery to a quick death befitting a worker bee?

Um, how many different ways do I have to say it?

There is zero truth to any rumors about the Big Ten and UConn. There's been no contact. There's no NDA. Silence is not golden. No news is not good news.

There's a reason UConn just signed contracts to play out of conference games against Indiana and Illinois in 2019 and 2020.

 

[Fishy]

It's actually worse than that. Most of this Board is fine with our current situation because they believe a Big Ten invitation is imminent.

There's isn't one person on this board who's 'fine with our current situation'.

Heading to the Big East, (as if they'd take us), is waving the white flag and accepting that we're no longer a national athletic power.

 

[RMoore1999]

Um, how many different ways do I have to say it?

There is zero truth to any rumors about the Big Ten and UConn. There's been no contact. There's no NDA. Silence is not golden. No news is not good news.

There's a reason UConn just signed contracts to play out of conference games against Indiana and Illinois in 2019 and 2020.

Thanks for playing.

But every NDA I've drafted by its terms prohibits disclosure of the mere existence of the NDA. So hopefully Susan won't tell you she's executed one if she has or when she does.

And if there's no NDA today, that doesn't mean UConn isnt viewed favorably by the powers to be and that there won't be one tomorrow, next month or next year.

But whatever; I'll enjoy my half-full glass, and you go ahead and enjoy what's left of your half-empty one.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Um, how many different ways do I have to say it?

There is zero truth to any rumors about the Big Ten and UConn. There's been no contact. There's no NDA. Silence is not golden. No news is not good news.

There's a reason UConn just signed contracts to play out of conference games against Indiana and Illinois in 2019 and 2020.

I'm sorry, but pointing to scheduling is not proof. Rutgers was scheduling B1G out of conference up until they left, and they had been in discussions with the B1G for a long time.

And pointing to silence to disprove the existence of a NDA is just a baffling argument. Not one of your finer efforts.

 

[kyleslamb]

Um, how many different ways do I have to say it?

There is zero truth to any rumors about the Big Ten and UConn. There's been no contact. There's no NDA. Silence is not golden. No news is not good news.

There's a reason UConn just signed contracts to play out of conference games against Indiana and Illinois in 2019 and 2020.

While I agree there's no NDA in place and no 'official' negotiation/contact has been made, that football contracts have been signed is highly irrelevant. Fact of the matter is that all discussions/negotiations would be made at the trustee and presidential level, and coaches and athletic directors would largely not be privy to those discussions. Maryland and the Big Ten were negotiating for nearly 4 months, and Kevin Anderson only found out about it a few days before the press conference.

The day to day operations of athletic departments are going to be business as usual when it comes to scheduling and such. You won't be able to read anything into scheduling as far as whether or not schools have been having dialogue. In some cases, there might be a few ADs that are privy to what their presidents are doing in terms of realignment, but many aren't.

 

[Point6]

There's a reason UConn just signed contracts to play out of conference games against Indiana and Illinois in 2019 and 2020.

Secret deal that we are headed to ACC and this will be part of ACC vs. B1G challenge??

 

[Fishy]

I think you're all better off reading the West Virginia rumor miners.

 

[CL82]

There's a reason UConn just signed contracts to play out of conference games against Indiana and Illinois in 2019 and 2020.

To build up a relationship with future conference opponents?

 

[Adios]

There's isn't one person on this board who's 'fine with our current situation'.

...but there's Drew.

 

[geohusky]

I guess it's settled. CR is done we're out. No need for this board anymore. Shut it down so we all can find more productive use of our time. It was a good run while it lasted.

 

[Fishy]

...but there's Drew.

Drew is Mike Aresco.

 

[whaler11]

Thanks for playing.

But every NDA I've drafted by its terms prohibits disclosure of the mere existence of the NDA. So hopefully Susan won't tell you she's executed one if she has or when she does.

And if there's no NDA today, that doesn't mean UConn isnt viewed favorably by the powers to be and that there won't be one tomorrow, next month or next year.

But whatever; I'll enjoy my half-full glass, and you go ahead and enjoy what's left of your half-empty one.

So your stance is no matter what evidence doesn't exist - the fact it doesn't exist is evidence of the opposite.

Oliver Stone couldn't tell a story with your narrative.

Your glass isn't half full. You've filled the Stanley Cup with Natural Ice and you're drinking it on Emile Francis' lawn.

You've created an alternate reality and then decided to attack anyone who doesn't exist there.