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

[Bongo Fury]

Wonder if we’d do it for say $10m a year and a football scheduling deal that gave us 4-5 games a year. A “lite” version of the Norte Dame deal.

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[Patrick79]

This is garbage and the man deserves an ass kicking for his stunning lack of grey matter.

Anyways, the one shinning light in all of this is seeing the eventual implosion of the ACC and the rats like BC, Cuse, etc fall into even greater irrelevance.

I think UConn’s best shot is to use the next couple of years to get as flashy and committed to football as possible (generate buzz, like Co did) and work channels. The school has good fundamentals that would make it attractive but it has to change perception.

As for B12, I 100% believe he was interested in UConn and may still want us in this period or the next. B10 is a distant distant hope. Otherwise we’ll end up in some non-premiere league and won’t be able to compete in the long run in any important sport. There are years between that and where we are now, but the BBall only fans have to recognize that the Hurleys of the world don’t coach for places w no resources.

 

[greenday61892]

You can either join the conference or be independent. Which is what Notre Dame currently does. You cannot, however, move that sport into another conference if it’s sponsored by your main conference.

Well which is exactly why we cannot join Big 12 as basketball only.

 

[greenday61892]

No. No more. I'm done. No more conference realignment and Charlie Browns.

 

[shizzle787]

FSU will not be joining the Big 12.

 

[Hoophound]

Win football games. Win, and offers will come.

 

[Purple Stein]

Nice that our football program is being put on par with a school that hasn't played a football game since WWII.

 

[Rufus]

Statement from the Pac-12 Conference: Aug. 4, 2023

The Pac-12 Conference released the following statement on Aug. 4, 2023: Statement from the Pac-12 Conference "Today’s news is incredibly disappointing for student-athletes, fans, alumni and staff of the Pac-12 who cherish the over 100-year history, tradition and rivalries of the Conference of...

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[djct1999]

UConn fans are crushing him in the comments.

 

[Banta55]

We are going to get 7-10 million from the BE. Why would we travel to get the same from the Big 12?

Not going to get even close to that

 

[shizzle787]

Not going to get even close to that

We are at 4 million now and the expectation is a pretty decent uptick.

 

[djct1999]

You know what would be funny if Yormark takes St John’s instead and they only have a fraction of our exit fee

It wouldn’t matter. UConn basketball only won’t have a problem finding a seat.

 

[Banta55]

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[shizzle787]

It wouldn’t matter. UConn basketball only won’t have a problem finding a seat.

I'd rather be in the ACC as a basketball-only. 5-6 game football arrangement. 20 million per year. 1st team to leave we replace. Bowl tie-in.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Lol GoKU will go down as the biggest fraud in Boneyard history

Maybe not if he was basing on what was taking place a few days ago and not last night and this morning. The back and forth with ASU in particular could have been them (and maybe Utah) going back and forth between the Pac-12 (Apple) and XII to gain more leverage and money. The XII could have flinched and gave full-shares to get it over the finish line. I have the impression that Oregon and Washington did the same with the B1G.

 

[Seamus84]

Cal and Stanford.

Other than maybe NYU and Columbia, there are not two schools more culturally, philosophically academically and athletically different from the B12 than Stanford and Cal-Berkeley. Truly amazing.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

We are at 4 million now and the expectation is a pretty decent uptick.

Yeah, the PAC was anticipating a small uptick on their next contract. Look how that ended.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Win football games. Win, and offers will come.

Like Colorado going 1-11 or Arizona and ASU being useless basically forever?

 

[Patrick79]

Yormark is not the problem, he legit sees value in UConn and hasn’t been able to sell us to the presidents. However, having his interest is a good thing for UConn’s brand. Guarantee it raises our stock and perception across athletics (though not enough).

 

[ec33]

We've seen this game before.

It is starts "Oregon State and UConn" and in the middle it becomes "Oregon State and Washington State" before finishing off "Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, and Stanford, with UConn looking in from the outside."

 

[WestHartHusk]

Yeah, the PAC was anticipating a small uptick on their next contract. Look how that ended.

For most of the league they seem to be doing pretty well.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

It would be cool but no one outside of UConn fans would really care

The Mansfield mafia would make sure that never happens and I am not sure I want to see Rte 195 and US 44 with 40K fans coming into and going out of campus on game day.

 

[aburks41]

Maybe not if he was basing on what was taking place a few days ago and not last night and this morning. The back and forth with ASU in particular could have been them (and maybe Utah) going back and forth between the Pac-12 (Apple) and XII to gain more leverage and money. The XII could have flinched and gave full-shares to get it over the finish line. I have the impression that Oregon and Washington did the same with the B1G.

No, GoKU was a fraud. I got confirmation from someone that every single person on this board knows. Talked with them a couple hours ago. All of the smoke around us was a lie by Yormark to get the Pac schools to jump. He used us, and executed it perfectly

 

[CTBballfan243]

Stuff must still be going on behind the seen because we haven’t (at least I haven’t) heard boo from UConn to talk fan base off ledge. Unless the AD’s play is pretend that UConn never had any interest in joining the B12…….B18 whatever it’s called.

 

[aburks41]

We've seen this game before.

It is starts "Oregon State and UConn" and in the middle it becomes "Oregon State and Washington State" before finishing off "Oregon State, Washington State, Cal, and Stanford, with UConn looking in from the outside."

Or somehow Pitt and Cuse will get yet another life raft when they never even deserved the first one