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

[noeynox]

Hmmmm...last year, #15 FSU......beat #6, #8, #10, #17 in funding..

But..the problem is after 2024 those ranking numbers get pulled llike weak taffy when the new P2 contracts take effect.

Welcome to our world when he had BCS status yanked away from us. We know it sucks.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Yeah, they average about 44k. They are a second fiddle to UK on the basketball side, but not really on the football side. One of the teams that will likely benefit from the portal with coaching sorted out.

I think we need to be cautious in reading too much into the Big XII talking about basketball being undervalued. @JohnFSilver Colorado has a football national championship and name brand. Even pre "Coach Prime" they averaged 44k for home football last year, and they went 1-11. Think about that. Basketball has gotten a little better under current coach, .664 winning %. 8 combined mens/women cross country championships since 2000.

Most importantly, the message of having them come back, is absolutely invaluable to the Big XII after so many teams left. It's the school they want most, I guarantee it.

Agree with brand. But is Colorado football a bigger brand than UConn women?

I loved Colorado as a kid, Hagan, Bienemy, but they stopped being great when Mcartney left and have been irrelevant since Neuheisel left.

 

[huskymedic]

Most important thing is once you get into a P5 you’re part of the club and looked as an equal. Washington st, Oregon st, Kansas st, have done nothing for eons. Yet are considered P5 because they are there.

 

[Urcea]

highest non-P2 is Virginia at 14th, $161.9m. Clemson is 17th, $158m. Oregon is 19th, $153m. Louisville and Washington round out the non-P2 with 146m (23rd) and 145.1m (25th)

Also hat tip to you all noticing Florida State when I didn’t…guess they’re already gone to the P2 in my mind

 

[freescooter]

Really, I didn't know Arizona was a Northeastern state. His brother grew up in the northeast, so your reasoning is off...

Right. No evidence that a Hurley would leave the northeast if the money was right.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Agree with brand. But is Colorado football a bigger brand than UConn women?

I loved Colorado as a kid, Hagan, Bienemy, but they stopped being great when Mcartney left and have been irrelevant since Neuheisel left.

Much bigger than UConn women. The UConn woman commanded a local PBS tv deal at what, $1m a year. Colorado football is bigger than UConn men’s basketball. it’s just how things are. That said, I think our best bet is to go in with them. Prime is going to make some noise.

If you never read/saw the outside the lines about that era, especially the story about Hagan going back to LA, read it. Some of the best sports journalism I can recall. ESPN's Outside The Lines - Turf Wars: Gangs & Sports

 

[Forte]

Special Board Meeting

Colorado Special Board Meeting - 30 minutes Monday the 19th. Big12 vote? Keep an eye out for an official leak.

It's back on same length 30 minute special board meeting that was canceled prior... better late than never. Monday Monday.

 

[Skiblets]

!!!

 

[JohnFSilver]

Disagree on the ESPN not seeing streaming coming. Out of the big sports broadcasters they have the are the best positioned for the eventual switch to streaming. They have picked up a lot of good content on the cheap.

It wasn’t an opinion tbh. Heard it from executives there in town hall meetings. They were late to the party. They had to go buy Bam tech from mlb to catch up.

Their entire strategy was linear tv specialization. They didn’t for see the streaming disruption.

 

[coachcap]

Special Board Meeting

Colorado Special Board Meeting - 30 minutes Monday the 19th. Big12 vote? Keep an eye out for an official leak.

It's back on same length 30 minute special board meeting that was canceled prior... better late than never. Monday Monday.

So. using bizarro logic, Colorado announces on Monday evening the move to the XII. & UConn follows suit on Tuesday evening using the Coaches Road Show at Kinsman as its platform. BRILLIANT!

 

[How Sway?!]

When's the last time a realignment decision was actually kept under wraps until a board meeting? I have a hard time seeing this Colorado meeting actually leading to anything new.

 

[ScottVib]

 

[Chuck]

When's the last time a realignment decision was actually kept under wraps until a board meeting? I have a hard time seeing this Colorado meeting actually leading to anything new.

I've heard they are just voting on which THC gummies to serve in the dining halls.

Definitely doesn't seem like they'll be voting to leave, but who the heck knows.

 

[hank970]

Over the last 20 years, why is Colorado better than UConn Athletics?

I guess we can say Denver market, but outside of that what do they have?

Colorado would die for the success of UConn sports over the last 25 years. In the current “P5”, the bottom 20% of P5 teams are worse gets from UConn. The only thing they do better than UConn is collect a paycheck .

Their facilities, fanbase, market, and athletic success and potential are better than many P5 teams.

It’s getting to be annoying the narrative. UConn isn’t taking a step up in the Big 12 or ACC. It’s kind of who they are where they belong.

Over the last 20 years, why is Colorado better than UConn Athletics?

I guess we can say Denver market, but outside of that what do they have?

Colorado would die for the success of UConn sports over the last 25 years. In the current “P5”, the bottom 20% of P5 teams are worse gets from UConn. The only thing they do better than UConn is collect a paycheck .

Their facilities, fanbase, market, and athletic success and potential are better than many P5 teams.

It’s getting to be annoying the narrative. UConn isn’t taking a step up in the Big 12 or ACC. It’s kind of who they are where they belong.

UC-Boulder's sports are nothing to rave about in recent years, but it's a state flagship in a large and growing DMA, the school's academics are strong, it supports very high research activity (more than $500 million/year), it's a member of AAU, it has an endowment of more than $2.1 billion, boasts of several Nobel laureate affiliations, and has large alumni presence on the west coast. Those things are what made it attractive to the PAC. In addition, it has a beautiful campus in a gorgeous setting, and the main cafeteria in its student center memorializes Alferd Packer, the only man (I think) ever convicted of cannibalism in Colorado. What's not to like about that?

Oh, and it has an on-campus stadium. It'll be interesting to see if Coach Prime can reverse CU's football fortunes.

 

[jostar1]

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Clearly he thinks we'll be a better Big12 option than Colorado or ASU.

 

[GoConn]

As badly as I want to read into this as he knows he'll be playing in the Big 12, they have gotten commits from Cali recently so location doesn't mean much. It does show you how capable Mora is though.

 

[RSTuthill]

As badly as I want to read into this as he knows he'll be playing in the Big 12, they have gotten commits from Cali recently so location doesn't mean much. It does show you how capable Mora is though.

He has a lot of connections.

 

[huskymedic]

-> On Wednesday, when asked to address the validity of Yormark’s reported visit, Memphis president Bill Hardgrave declined.“Yeah, I’m not going to talk about any of that,” he told The Commercial Appeal.

Memphis vice president and athletic director Laird Veatch also neither confirmed nor denied that any meetings took place. “You know, what I would say is we have, throughout, tried to be really professional and thoughtful about not commenting about the process,” said Veatch. “We’ll continue that. I believe that’s the right way to operate. You don’t want to get into commenting or speculation on anything. It’s not beneficial to the university or to the process or to anybody involved.” <-

 

[JohnFSilver]

UC-Boulder's sports are nothing to rave about in recent years, but it's a state flagship in a large and growing DMA, the school's academics are strong, it supports very high research activity (more than $500 million/year), it's a member of AAU, it has an endowment of more than $2.1 billion, boasts of several Nobel laureate affiliations, and has large alumni presence on the west coast. Those things are what made it attractive to the PAC. In addition, it has a beautiful campus in a gorgeous setting, and the main cafeteria in its student center memorializes Alferd Packer, the only man (I think) ever convicted of cannibalism in Colorado. What's not to like about that?

Oh, and it has an on-campus stadium. It'll be interesting to see if Coach Prime can reverse CU's football fortunes.

I love CU Boulder. Campus is awesome and I think my daughter is going to try and go there. That said, it has become pro sports town with the Nuggets, Avs, Rockies, Rapids and Broncos. Lot of competition in that market.

There for two weeks next month. I’ll scout out places for UConn-CU meet ups.

 

[JohnFSilver]

T

-> On Wednesday, when asked to address the validity of Yormark’s reported visit, Memphis president Bill Hardgrave declined.“Yeah, I’m not going to talk about any of that,” he told The Commercial Appeal.

Memphis vice president and athletic director Laird Veatch also neither confirmed nor denied that any meetings took place. “You know, what I would say is we have, throughout, tried to be really professional and thoughtful about not commenting about the process,” said Veatch. “We’ll continue that. I believe that’s the right way to operate. You don’t want to get into commenting or speculation on anything. It’s not beneficial to the university or to the process or to anybody involved.” <-

They didn’t meet. There is no discussion.

 

[jostar1]

 

[RSTuthill]

I love CU Boulder. Campus is awesome and I think my daughter is going to try and go there. That said, it has become pro sports town with the Nuggets, Avs, Rockies, Rapids and Broncos. Lot of competition in that market.

There for two weeks next month. I’ll scout out places for UConn-CU meet ups.

Uh ,,, perhaps not get ahead of yourself and even jinx the whole thing. By all means get started on your data base, but only for purposes of visiting your daughter If you catch my drift ....

 

[LoyalFanCT]

this is great news

Clearly he thinks we'll be a better Big12 option than Colorado or ASU.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Simply put, it's all about football.... UConn's is widely looked down upon ... by its own Bball fan base especially. Other programs like Kansas, and even Colorado have had years upon years of horrible football products and empty stadiums with the luxury of P5 money to prop their egos....UConn has had to use alternative revenue sources to keep spending on par with P5 athletic programs ... P5 old money doesn't respect that. What I find most interesting in all this is how much UCF and Cinci thumb their noses at UConn athletics. Perhaps they have earned it but talk about entitled fanbases forgetting where they came from.

UCF fan base is beyond entitled. Saying how the Big12 is above adding G5s. Bruh who do you think you are.