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

[Waquoit]

Don't forget, Utah has the gameplan for threatening to go to Congress if they are not included

Go to Congress and do what?

 

[superjohn]

Seriously, if this goes down, it will be the biggest overpayment in the history of college sports.

They took 4 of the worst properties that NO ONE wanted to pay for back WHEN they were affiliated with USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford.

All told, the B12 would have added WV, TCU, Cincy, UCF, Houston, BYU, Arizona, ASU, Utah and Colorado.

Added to Iowa St, Kansas St., Kansas, Baylor, Oklahoma St, and Texas Tech.

And somehow this group is going to make $50m a year.

Wow. Yormark spinning gold.

Good lineup of basketball schools at the moment but man that's a fugly lineup of schools.

 

[superjohn]

I don’t see it either.

Do they need two schools in Utah? Does anyone even need one school in Utah?

If you ever have a chance to corner the Utah market you need to do it. They should add Utah State as well and look into adding Southern Utah and Weber State.

 

[kobe]

Good lineup of basketball schools at the moment but man that's a fugly lineup of schools.

enjoy decades of church league ball on fs2 and november home games against umass on cbssn.

all the best to you and your family john.

 

[CL82]

I'm saying they're forcing the ACC to give them as little money as possible. If you tell me that nothing will keep you from leaving, I'm not cutting you a break

This. I would call the bluff and say that FSU should either submit its withdrawal from the conference or should stop it's public whining. There are a lot of schools that would like to be in their situation.

 

[upstater]

I don’t see it either.

Do they need two schools in Utah? Does anyone even need one school in Utah?

Utah population 3.3m. Water sources drying up fast.

 

[upstater]

Good lineup of basketball schools at the moment but man that's a fugly lineup of schools.

I like Kansas. I would welcome them into any conference. But as for the rest...

 

[king conn]

Go to Congress and do what?

When Utah was not in a BCS conference, Orin Hatch threatened to rally Congress with Antitrust

They soon became p5

 

[HuskyHawk]

Pretty remarkable all of this is being discussed and the largest tv market is basically being ignored.

There aren’t any FBS football teams in it other than Rutgers. They weren‘t ignored.

 

[jostar1]

When Utah was not in a BCS conference, Orin Hatch threatened to rally Congress with Antitrust

They soon became p5

Orin Hatch is dead.

 

[ctchamps]

Anyone else feel the silence is deafening?

 

[noeynox]

When Utah was not in a BCS conference, Orin Hatch threatened to rally Congress with Antitrust

They soon became p5

I've brought this up many times...but Orin Hatch...he gone! He had some real clout.

 

[Fishy]

This. I would call the bluff and say that FSU should either submit its withdrawal from the conference or should stop it's public whining. There are a lot of schools that would like to be in their situation.

Bingo.

Shut up or do something.

 

[CL82]

enjoy decades of church league ball on fs2 and november home games against umass on cbssn.

all the best to you and your family john.

Is it troubling to you that the big 12 is adding so many more schools after you, all of whom will make more money than Cinci? Talk about being the redheaded stepchild...

 

[superjohn]

enjoy decades of church league ball on fs2 and november home games against umass on cbssn.

all the best to you and your family john.

I sincerely hope you live another 60+ years. You won't see a single Cincinnati championship just like the previous 60+ years but I hope you live to be the oldest human ever.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

enjoy decades of church league ball on fs2 and november home games against umass on cbssn.

all the best to you and your family john.

Go away.

 

[NH Husky]

enjoy decades of church league ball on fs2 and november home games against umass on cbssn.

all the best to you and your family john.

5>2 (60+ yr old ones at that). Baaaahahaha!!!

Wasn’t the NIT the big championship then? Baaaaahaha!

Go away fool

 

[Huskyforlife]

Something that just crossed my mind. If B12 does go with ASU and Utah to get to 16, is there any way we miss on the round of 20 when the ACC falls apart? Wouldn’t they add us for that northeastern wing with Cuse and maybe BC? Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s Yormarks actual idea with us.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Something that just crossed my mind. If B12 does go with ASU and Utah to get to 16, is there any way we miss on the round of 20 when the ACC falls apart? Wouldn’t they add us for that northeastern wing with Cuse and maybe BC? Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s Yormarks actual idea with us.

Do you really want to wait 13 years to find out? For whatever reason, I have said in the past that B1G will screw us over with their injection into the process. Of course, they made their intentions known today. Unless Apple can really put something together to get the PAC-9 tied down with a GOR, it will be wild wild West again with this realignment thing.

 

[Hoophound]

Something that just crossed my mind. If B12 does go with ASU and Utah to get to 16, is there any way we miss on the round of 20 when the ACC falls apart? Wouldn’t they add us for that northeastern wing with Cuse and maybe BC? Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s Yormarks actual idea with us.

I think Yormark is probably selling us as an in to NY that is critical at this time. If we succeed and help grow the Big 12 brand, it will be worth much more for the next contract than they would be with no presence in the northeast.

 

[JMick]

Bingo.

Shut up or do something.

IMO, the more FSU runs their mouth, the better it is for us. We are viewed as a safety school that can be picked up whenever. If an ACC spot is potentially up for grabs then that isn't true anymore.

 

[jostar1]

 

[JohnFSilver]

Listen. Ya have to have pride. If big 12 has us on deck, but passes. Dont come back.

And his idea of a national conference that is dominant in hoops is over. It’s a terrific hoops conference. But, it ain’t national.

It figures that that is where we are at.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

IMO, the more FSU runs their mouth, the better it is for us. We are viewed as a safety school that can be picked up whenever. If an ACC spot is potentially up for grabs then that isn't true anymore.

The rest of the ACC would be insane not adding us right now due to all this instability. I doubt FSU is the only school with these thoughts. There will be other ACC schools once FSU tested the GOR. For the rest of the ACC schools, there is safety in numbers. If ACC is smart, they will try to think out of the box for once. I am pretty sure they are a bunch of old-school dinosaurs that only react to things.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Do you really want to wait 13 years to find out? For whatever reason, I have said in the past that B1G will screw us over with their injection into the process. Of course, they made their intentions known today. Unless Apple can really put something together to get the PAC-9 tied down with a GOR, it will be wild wild West again with this realignment thing.

I don’t think it’ll take 13 years. FSU is clearly up to something, it seems like they’ll be on the move real soon. If that happens, it makes sense from a strategic standpoint to lock down your west coast wing with the next 3 additions, and your east coast wing when other schools become available that match up perfectly with UConn. UConn/Cuse/BC/Louisville would make for a very solid eastern B12 wing with what they already have.