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

[upstater]

So after all of these grand plans from the B12, they end up adding 4 teams…and only two new markets (Colorado and Arizona). And we hear it is football success that drives the bus…but the 4 teams added have a combined football record below .500 in the last 5 seasons…and were below .400 this past season.

So maddening! I thought BY might be forward thinking, but just ended up going with the short sighted picks that win with the 60 year old dinosaurs they hang out with at booster receptions. No forward thinking again!

The amazing thing about all this is Fox/ESPN didn't want to pay for the Pac12, but they love paying for all of Utah and all of Arizona x2. It must have been Oregon, Washington, Cal and Stanford that they thought stunk.

At the end of the day, this doesn't make sense.

It's how you end up with the worst of the Pac12 and the best of the AAC.

I have to think that the end of this contract in 2031 is going to result in a kind of worse than Pac12 situation. Except there will be absolutely no place for these teams to go.

 

[huskidork]

huge jump for northern arizona, Big 12 getting a great program

is the link to the meeting but they are just voting to go into executive session which won’t be live

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Don't care if both Arizona and ASU go to the B12, we just need to beat Utah.

 

[Punkbo]

Who said they were fun. When I was at Yale Law, I guaranty you I wasn't fun enough to go to Brett Kavanaugh's parties.

This post belongs in the Boneyard Hall of Fame. It’s got everything:

“When I was at Yale Law”
Translation - I’m smart!

“Guaranty”
Legal form of guarantee

“Brett Kavanaugh” - classic name drop

Congrats @businesslawyer! This one is a winner!

 

[JohnFSilver]

This post belongs in the Boneyard Hall of Fame. It’s got everything:

“When I was at Yale Law”
Translation - I’m smart!

“Guaranty”
Legal form of guarantee

“Brett Kavanaugh” - classic name drop

Congrats @businesslawyer! This one is a winner!

I loved it. Crafty, funny, accurate.

 

[ESLNKY03]

I wasn’t active back then. Was there any talk of Louisville to the ACC, or was it out of left field?

 

[WestHartHusk]

I took DBs earlier tweets as potential capitulation. But if that is right, this tweet is ICE COLD. I don’t think he is punking his own fans…right? RIGHT?!?!

 

[WestHartHusk]

I wasn’t active back then. Was there any talk of Louisville to the ACC, or was it out of left field?

Here we go…

 

[upstater]

The reason the p2/p3 schools might take over the tourney is the $700-800m that the NCAA takes off the $1.1b annual revenues from it.

However they configure it, the p2/p3 are going to take most of that money for themselves.

I have no idea how D2 and D3 are going to run championships because the NCAA wont be around to run them.

 

[huskidork]

god I hope the Big 12 realizes they already have a team in Utah, and takes the team who actually provides a better market

 

[Huskyforlife]

Thamel mentioned nothing if ASU. Makes you wonder.

That actually is interesting. You’d think he’d mention both…

 

[Urcea]

Realignment isn’t close to finished but that isn’t necessarily a good thing for UConn. It’s more likely Former P5 schools will drop down to G5 than vice versa. We couldn’t get into the acc. If we swing and miss on the B12, where do you think this is really heading. I already know, no where good. There is chatter cal may drop football. Wash state and Oregon state are done. Stanford, who knows. This won’t end well for anyone left out.

if there is a marked shift of like 5+ P5s being left out in the wilderness, aren't they just able to form a lesser power conference?

 

[WestCoastHusky]

That actually is interesting. You’d think he’d mention both…

ASU president is pretty pro PAC-12 prior to the rumor that B1G is looking into expansion. B1G pretty much destroyed whatever stability that's left in the PAC with that one statement.

FOX will not let Apple have the PAC-12 content. Apple might step up and save the PAC-12 by offering more money, but it is a very long shot.

 

[ctchamps]

I wasn’t active back then. Was there any talk of Louisville to the ACC, or was it out of left field?

Just read the first couple of pages in this thread.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Just read the first couple of pages in this thread.

Why I hate the splinter threads. The story is all here.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

All true. None of this is positive for UConn. It will be an unsustainable uphill battle. Getting a seat this go around was a must.

UCF, Houston, and Cincy really lucked out with their timing. Highly doubtful they be in discussion today.

 

[superjohn]

I wasn’t active back then. Was there any talk of Louisville to the ACC, or was it out of left field?

It was pretty out of left field, everyone surrounding UConn was talking UConn was in and so were the national talking heads. UConn was a mess then though, the people in charge were asleep at the wheel.

All true. None of this is positive for UConn. It will be an unsustainable uphill battle. Getting a seat this go around was a must.

Completely disagree.

 

[Bongo Fury]

Invest even more. Who cares about the deficit

 

[djct1999]

if there is a marked shift of like 5+ P5s being left out in the wilderness, aren't they just able to form a lesser power conference?

Either you are in or out. I am curious to see how acc responds. I don’t think they can sit idle and let the big 12 win. Maybe they consider UConn, Cal, and Stanford then add Gonzaga, nova and Georgetown(or Xavier or St. John’s ) for hoops? Not sure what they can do really.

 

[djct1999]

It was pretty out of left field, everyone surrounding UConn was talking UConn was in and so were the national talking heads. UConn was a mess then though, the people in charge were asleep at the wheel.
Completely disagree.

Of course you do. No need to go back and forth, let’s just completely disagree again.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

If 16 seed Boston College ever wins a tournament game against 1 seed Kentucky or 2 seed UConn, people will 100% care. They’re still a David because the expectation will be for them to lose handily.

People absolutely wouldn't give an F.

Stuff like that happens during the regular season in conference play and nobody cares.

You really think that Joe 6 pack, who follows college hoop via his bracket in March is going to be as into the story of a power league school he's heard of, beating a power league school he's heard of, as opposed to St Peters beating Kentucky?

In what world?

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Either you are in or out. I am curious to see how acc responds. I don’t think they can sit idle and let the big 12 win. Maybe they consider UConn, Cal, and Stanford then add Gonzaga, nova and Georgetown(or Xavier or St. John’s ) for hoops? Not sure what they can do really.

It will come down to what ESPN will allow them to do.

 

[djct1999]

It will come down to what ESPN will allow them to do.

If they sit idle they are admitting defeat.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

If this were the case, UCF would've NEVER been added to the Big 12.

UCF is the Rutgers of Florida, espeically if a confernece cannot get a hold of UF and/or FSU. A very large, state school in a decent size metro area with a lot of talent to recruit from. They have had a bit more success on the field, too.

 

[huskidork]

People absolutely wouldn't give an F.

Stuff like that happens during the regular season in conference play and nobody cares.

You really think that Joe 6 pack, who follows college hoop via his bracket in March is going to be as into the story of a power league school he's heard of, beating a power league school he's heard of, as opposed to St Peters beating Kentucky?

In what world?

this 10000% the NCAA Tournament is one of the few things I hope stays the same