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

[HuskyHawk]

So If quality of football is a major criteria for getting into the P5, as a result of this seasons games, Navy beating Houston, UConn beating Cincinnati, Cincinnati giving Houston a run for its money, and UConn almost beating Navy, I would think that both Houston and Cincinnati should no longer be considered P5 candidates. Maybe, Navy is a P5 school?? Lol

Realistically, quality of football means over the last 30-50 years. It includes attendance and overall program recognition. It does not include recent wins and losses.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[DarthGrumpy]

ESPN reporting that the XII, which it has media rights to, is not expanding. Likely true and likely just a tad conflict of interest.

 

[CL82]

If true, it's a good thing, I guess, so...

Yay.​

 

[whaler11]

It's been obvious for weeks that the Big XII isn't expanding.

What's the conflict of interest in an ESPN reporter saying it?

The Big 12 isn't expanding because they need 8 votes and there aren't schools that 8 of them will agree on.

It's not some conspiracy - it's how dysfunctional organizations work.

 

[noeynox]

It's been obvious for weeks that the Big XII isn't expanding.

What's the conflict of interest in an ESPN reporter saying it?

The Big 12 isn't expanding because they need 8 votes and there aren't schools that 8 of them will agree on.

It's not some conspiracy - it's how dysfunctional organizations work.

Look out for "head fakes"!

 

[noeynox]

Now cry yourselves to sleep.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

So how much did the B12 extort out of ESPN/Fox not to expand? I hope it was enough to justify the embarrassing charade they put on over the past couple of months.

 

[whaler11]

Now cry yourselves to sleep.

Shows how difficult it will be for the Big 10 to expand. Their network will lose tens of millons of subs over the next 7 years.

If they are planning on 52 million each at that point any new schools would need to bring 70 million a year in to even be considered.

The 14 current schools aren't giving up network equity to anyone who doesn't increase their individual rake.

The Big 12 is far from dead. Texas + Oklahoma doesn't approach 140 million a year.

With A&M already in the SEC - Texas brings even less marginal revenue to the SEC even if the hurdle is lower.

By 2025 the PAC 12 network will have gone the way of the MTN.

Texas and Oklahoma will find their best athletic and financial deal exactly where they are.

The ACC deal into the 2030s ended expansion for the P5.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Shows how difficult it will be for the Big 10 to expand. Their network will lose tens of millons of subs over the next 7 years.

If they are planning on 52 million each at that point any new schools would need to bring 70 million a year in to even be considered.

The 14 current schools aren't giving up network equity to anyone who doesn't increase their individual rake.

The Big 12 is far from dead. Texas + Oklahoma doesn't approach 140 million a year.

With A&M already in the SEC - Texas brings even less marginal revenue to the SEC even if the hurdle is lower.

By 2025 the PAC 12 network will have gone the way of the MTN.

Texas and Oklahoma will find their best athletic and financial deal exactly where they are.

The ACC deal into the 2030s ended expansion for the P5.

At the experation of the next B1G contract the world could be a different place.
I've been around a long time ,the one certainty is change.
The status quo might require maximization of all potential markets and expansion might be a must.
I won't be here but you can tell everyone on the board how the old man might have been on to something. Projecting out 8 or 10 years with current data is a recipe for failure.
UConn one objective is survival.,

 

[upstater]

At the experation of the next B1G contract the world could be a different place.
I've been around a long time ,the one certainty is change.
The status quo might require maximization of all potential markets and expansion might be a must.
I won't be here but you can tell everyone on the board how the old man might have been on to something. Projecting out 8 or 10 years with current data is a recipe for failure.
UConn one objective is survival.,

Look at the debt they are taking on. At today's rates, and assuming $20m a year in total debt service, we are talking about $300m in debt on athletic facilities.

They better hope there is no change in those network contracts, because if these anticipated revenues don't pan out, that $300m mountain is going to kill.

 

[djct1999]

In the next 10 years, contraction is more likely than expansion. First,the G5 schools that should be in, followed by any school in Big 12 not named OU or UT, followed by bottom feeders of remaining schools. Trickle down doesn't work. By 2050, college football may barely exist. By 2035, few if any will care. Life goes on.
All I hope is that Congress goes after the NCAA and removes it's non profit status! Time to call them out for what they really are.

 

[The Funster]

In the next 10 years, contraction is more likely than expansion. First,the G5 schools that should be in, followed by any school in Big 12 not named OU or UT, followed by bottom feeders of remaining schools. Trickle down doesn't work. By 2050, college football may barely exist. By 2035, few if any will care. Life goes on.
All I hope is that Congress goes after the NCAA and removes it's non profit status! Time to call them out for what they really are.

The current conference/TV model just isn't sustainable. They are killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Instead of grabbing for as much money as possible, and killing tradition in the process, they should have kept the conferences regional and instead of undercutting each other (and killing the BE) should have collectively bargained media deals. yes it would have been less money for some of the bigger schools but it would have been far healthier for college football (and all sports) in general.

 

[upstater]

The current conference/TV model just isn't sustainable. They are killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Instead of grabbing for as much money as possible, and killing tradition in the process, they should have kept the conferences regional and instead of undercutting each other (and killing the BE) should have collectively bargained media deals. yes it would have been less money for some of the bigger schools but it would have been far healthier for college football (and all sports) in general.

I don't think it is a money grab only. They are pouring money into facilities and coaching with the expectation the money will be there in the future.

 

[noeynox]

Shows how difficult it will be for the Big 10 to expand. Their network will lose tens of millons of subs over the next 7 years.

If they are planning on 52 million each at that point any new schools would need to bring 70 million a year in to even be considered.

The 14 current schools aren't giving up network equity to anyone who doesn't increase their individual rake.

The Big 12 is far from dead. Texas + Oklahoma doesn't approach 140 million a year.

With A&M already in the SEC - Texas brings even less marginal revenue to the SEC even if the hurdle is lower.

By 2025 the PAC 12 network will have gone the way of the MTN.

Texas and Oklahoma will find their best athletic and financial deal exactly where they are.

The ACC deal into the 2030s ended expansion for the P5.

It's why I posted it. Every day that goes by feels it is getting closer to midnight for us as far as getting into a p5.

Those financial numbers are absurd. Rutgers starts getting full shares in 2021.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Trojan supports UConn to P5

 

[Sea Goat]

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Jez, look at the list of the "Bottom 10". You'd think the Catholics and the Mormons would finally realize that sex by consenting adults does happen frequently outside of marriage (e.g. in college) and the Immaculate Conception was a "one off" deal.

 

[upstater]

Jez, look at the list of the "Bottom 10". You'd think the Catholics and the Mormons would finally realize that sex by consenting adults does happen frequently outside of marriage (e.g. in college) and the Immaculate Conception was a "one off" deal.

The Immaculate Conception happened at least twice. It doesn't refer to Jesus's conception, by the way.

 

[Sea Goat]

The Immaculate Conception happened at least twice. It doesn't refer to Jesus's conception, by the way.

It is referring to the conception of the Blessed Virgin - that much I knew. I'm a "lapsed" catholic (I'll admit it, but they won't.), but I am familiar with the Catholic Catechism.
OK - enough about religion - just trying to keep it light. Caveat - I'm really counting on the existence of purgatory. I don't think I want an "up or down" vote right off the bat. I do hope they count the last 5 years, while our beloved Huskies have been in CR purgatory, towards all of our purgatory sentences. (And - No, I haven't come across anyone on this board that doesn't deserve at least a short stretch there.)

 

[Waquoit]

The Immaculate Conception happened at least twice. It doesn't refer to Jesus's conception, by the way.

There was Franco Harris, what was the other one?

 

[Husky Pete]

There was Franco Harris, what was the other one?

LOL. That was the "Immaculate Reception".

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Jez, look at the list of the "Bottom 10". You'd think the Catholics and the Mormons would finally realize that sex by consenting adults does happen frequently outside of marriage (e.g. in college) and the Immaculate Conception was a "one off" deal.

The immaculate conception really has nothing to do with sex
It has to do with original sin
It's often confused with the Virgin Birth by the ignorant.
You probably went to Catholic School ,what a failure of education.
Notre Dame is not considered Cstholic at least by the Newman standards ,it's totally considered heterodox.

 

[Sea Goat]

The immaculate conception really has nothing to do with sex
It has to do with original sin
It's often confused with the Virgin Birth by the ignorant.
You probably went to Catholic School ,what a failure of education.
Notre Dame is not considered Cstholic at least by the Newman standards ,it's totally considered heterodox.

Yes to insure she was born free of the Original sin derived from the consequences of the fall of man. But enough of that, I'll see you in purgatory...

 

[Waquoit]

That was the "Immaculate Reception".

Oh, nevermind.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Yes to insure she was born free of the Original sin derived from the consequences of the fall of man. But enough of that, I'll see you in purgatory...

I believe the BY CR board is suficient purgation.

 

[Sea Goat]

I believe the BY CR board is suficient purgation.

Bravo!!!

As I have suggested we all deserve some dispensation for having lived with the grossly disproportionate amount of guano UConn has put up with in this CR hell.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

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How did USC not make the Top 10 as this list literally has their name on it?

 

[huskymedic]

Nothing earth-shattering for those who occupy the BY.

Altavilla: Experts Say UConn Should Have Backup Plan As Big 12 Meets Monday To Tackle Expansion

 

[Exit 4]

Nothing earth-shattering for those who occupy the BY.

Altavilla: Experts Say UConn Should Have Backup Plan As Big 12 Meets Monday To Tackle Expansion

Back up plan = stay in the America and understand we won't be able to pay coaches like we have in the past. Moving to the BE or anywhere else won't material improve the media $, so AAC it is.

 

[JSM1970]

Stay in AAC and add some combination of Air Force, Boise or BYU as football only

or even GA Southern, which is on the rise and in a good market

Back up plan = stay in the America and understand we won't be able to pay coaches like we have in the past. Moving to the BE or anywhere else won't material improve the media $, so AAC it is.