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

Durks07 said:
Hmm, I thought it was weird that he'd leave BYU for what feels like a step-down of a job, but I hadn't even considered that as a possibility. Not sure I buy it, but it does provide some logic to what still seemed like a poor career choice.
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Everyone thought Maryland was a lateral move for RE.
 
ASweet3781 said:
A. UConn doesn't have a choice in the matter. They will take the first P5 invite that comes their way and if that's the Big12 than we accept it without hesitation.

B. We are currently in a league with Tulsa, Tulane, SMU, Houston, Memphis, ECU, and 2 directional Florida schools. How exactly does it seem crazy to be in a conference with Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor, Kansas, etc?

Maybe I am biased but I just don't see the appeal of Cincinnati. If they played Ohio State in Cincy how much of the crowd is rooting for the Buckeyes? 60% 70%? If you are not a flagship school of that state I just don't see why you are an attractive option.

I would take BYU and UConn in a heartbeat of the options.
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You're drastically underrating Cincinnati. They've polled the area many times and Ohio State has about 25% support in Cincinnati. They own the state, but UC owns the Cincy metro area. Dayton (which by most accounts is merging with Cincinnati for media markets in 2017) is split about 50/50. The combined Cincy-Dayton metro is about 3M people, which would make it the 18th largest metro in the country.
 
Slasher said:
You're drastically underrating Cincinnati. They've polled the area many times and Ohio State has about 25% support in Cincinnati. They own the state, but UC owns the Cincy metro area.
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Who gets better attendance for men's basketball home games, the Bearcats or Xavier?
 
UDayton itself has a pretty rabid hoops fanbase. I don't believe they sponsor football though.
 
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I'm not sure I buy the equal claim but for argument's sake I'll accept that.

How can you possibly claim you own a market when you are splitting the second highest profile sport 50/50?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I'm not sure I buy the equal claim but for argument's sake I'll accept that.

How can you possibly claim you own a market when you are splitting the second highest profile sport 50/50?
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That was a quick guess from looking at the past couple games of each. X had roughly 10k for most recent 3 games, Cincy had 10k, 10k, 13k. I think X pretty much sells out every game but their capacity is right around 10k. Because UC's ratings are way higher and always have been.
 
Slasher said:
That was a quick guess from looking at the past couple games of each. X had roughly 10k for most recent 3 games, Cincy had 10k, 10k, 13k. I think X pretty much sells out every game but their capacity is right around 10k. Because UC's ratings are way higher and always have been.
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This is a little dated but here are some numbers. Looks like Xavier has an edge.

http://cincyontheprowl.com/2014/07/01/uc-bearcats-basketball-attendance-cincinnati-home-games-7/

http://www.goxavier.com/news/2012/5...s_the_Top_40_In_NCAA_Attendance_Rankings.aspx
 
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uconnflyer88 said:
what the hell is BTM?
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Flug claims to have a contact within or with close ties to the B1G offices. Generally, the information he tweets is from a B1G perspective. He readily admits he does not have any inside sources in the Big 12.
 
Dooley said:
I'm sure Flugs is a swell guy but I don't think he qualifies as a Key Tweeter.
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I "liked" a bunch of posts recently in this thread that involved his tweets. Then I tried to look him up on Google to get his credentials. Then I realized that I would have better luck getting conference realignment info from Vince from ShamWow.

Still, I like that he tweeted that it's either Cincy/UConn or Cincy/Houston and he's just not sure who got the most votes... :confused:

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All right, back to Key Tweets...commentary can go back to the non-key tweet thread.
 
Slasher said:
You're drastically underrating Cincinnati. They've polled the area many times and Ohio State has about 25% support in Cincinnati. They own the state, but UC owns the Cincy metro area. Dayton (which by most accounts is merging with Cincinnati for media markets in 2017) is split about 50/50. The combined Cincy-Dayton metro is about 3M people, which would make it the 18th largest metro in the country.
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UConn owns CT. I also does quite well in New York. Connecticut has 3.6 million people. New York has 19.5 million people. Together that's 23 million people.
 
CL82 said:
UConn owns CT. I also does quite well in New York. Connecticut has 3.6 million people. New York has 19.5 million people. Together that's 23 million people.
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Yeah but how many of those CT people go to Fairfield U games? :rolleyes:
 
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So in the next round of CR we're competing against another school whose FB program has a dynamic Offense/QB and just had their best season ever? Let's see if the Big12 cares as much about metrics as we hope they do.
 
pj said:
If the function of divisions is to select two teams for a football championship game, why would Oklahoma, Texas, Oklahoma State, Baylor, TCU want to fight each other for one spot while letting the likes of Kansas State and West Virginia have an easy path to the championship game?

Also, why would the northern teams want to give up the opportunity to play in Texas for recruiting purposes?

I'd expect a different split, more like:

Texas - Texas Tech - Oklahoma State - Kansas - West Virginia - UConn
Baylor - TCU - Oklahoma - Kansas State - Iowa State - Cincinnati
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No way do they create a divisional system that doesn't have OK and Texas playing every year. I think it would be something like:

East - UConn, Cincy, WVU, Iowa State, Baylor, TCU
West - Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma, OK State, Texas, Texas Tech
 
CallMeBruce said:
No way do they create a divisional system that doesn't have OK and Texas playing every year. I think it would be something like:

East - UConn, Cincy, WVU, Iowa State, Baylor, TCU
West - Kansas, K-State, Oklahoma, OK State, Texas, Texas Tech
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Every conference has permanent crossover opponents when they have divisions. In some cases, there are 2 opponents. So you can be in the same division and still play your rival every year. That east division is looking very very weak. Historically, Baylor and TCU have not been great at football, and a lot of their current success is tied to their coaches. Iowa State has been not good for a long time.
 
upstater said:
Every conference has permanent crossover opponents when they have divisions. In some cases, there are 2 opponents. So you can be in the same division and still play your rival every year. That east division is looking very very weak. Historically, Baylor and TCU have not been great at football, and a lot of their current success is tied to their coaches. Iowa State has been not good for a long time.
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Not to mention that both of the XII's top dogs, Texas and Oklahoma, are going to want to play in the NYC market (Rent or MetLife) on a regular basis and thus UConn would have one or both in their division.
 
upstater said:
Every conference has permanent crossover opponents when they have divisions. In some cases, there are 2 opponents. So you can be in the same division and still play your rival every year. That east division is looking very very weak. Historically, Baylor and TCU have not been great at football, and a lot of their current success is tied to their coaches. Iowa State has been not good for a long time.
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Can we get an invite before we start worrying about the divisions?
 
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