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

[jostar1]

David Ubben ‏@davidubben · 2h2 hours ago
The only people more disappointed than expansion candidates are those who think today is also the end of Big 12 expansion chatter.

David Ubben ‏@davidubben · 1h1 hour ago
Source: Expansion never came down to a formal vote, but became clear throughout process no candidate had necessary support.

 

[NYUConn]

David Ubben ‏@davidubben · 1h1 hour ago
Source: Expansion never came down to a formal vote, but became clear throughout process no candidate had necessary support.

So no expansion vote, apparently no vote on future divisions or CCG format...

Were they all their for the free shrimp?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Memphis should be demoted to CUSA after this whole episode. Totally exposed their dumpster fire university and genius fanbase.

In a weird way, Memphis fans kind of got the last laugh. They knew they were out a month ago while the serious candidates had to wait for this nonsense. But yes, they are just an awful institution of higher learning.

 

[jostar1]

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant · 8m8 minutes ago
UConn Dave Benedict confirms no Big 12 expansion: "Somewhat anticlimactic."

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant · 5m5 minutes ago
Big 12 boss Bob Bowlsby called UConn president Susan Herbst.."The word tabling was not used.They are not expanding." Benedict said.

 

[CL82]

New head line: Reports: Big 12 Won't Expand For Now; UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold

 

[huskymedic]

Fuller/New Haven Register: Big 12 decision to stand pat not all bad news for UConn

 

[ConnHuskBask]

This saga may have been quite possibly the world's greatest head fake.

 

[huskymedic]

New head line: Reports: Big 12 Won't Expand For Now; UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold

Big 12 Won't Expand For Now; UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold

>>Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who spearheaded a three-month national search for new members, called UConn President Susan Herbst and confirmed the news.

"He communicated to her they have chosen not to expand," UConn athletic director David Benedict told The Courant. "Obviously this is second hand from Susan to me, but the communication to me was that they were not expanding and don't plan on having any further conversations about expansion. The word tabling was not used. They are not expanding and don't have any future plans of discussion expansion."<<

 

[jostar1]

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 2h2 hours ago
Going to be interesting to hear Big 12 spin after 11 schools spent a lots of time, money and prestige trying to impress the presidents.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 2h2 hours ago
If this expansion process was all about removing dysfunctional label from Big 12, don't know if it quite succeeded.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
Really hope that the Big 12 doesn't need any extra votes on an NCAA issue from some group of five schools in the near future.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 1h1 hour ago
Don't know if anyone in the Big 12 will acknowledge it but OU President David Boren's comments last month helped put brakes on expansion.

Pat Clarke ‏@PatClarke39 · 1h1 hour ago
UCF president John Hitt confirms to WESH that Big 12 is not expanding.

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN · 48m48 minutes ago
Big 12 expansion is over, done and finished. Of course, those words don't have same meaning in Big 12 universe as they do in reality.

Simba Walker ‏@UConnTrumbull · 47m47 minutes ago
@ChuckCarltonDMN Should the Big 12 be worried about its future?

Chuck Carlton‏@ChuckCarltonDMN
@UConnTrumbull Immediately? No. Long term? Yes.

 

[huskymedic]

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant · 8m8 minutes ago
UConn Dave Benedict confirms no Big 12 expansion: "Somewhat anticlimactic."

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant · 5m5 minutes ago
Big 12 boss Bob Bowlsby called UConn president Susan Herbst.."The word tabling was not used.They are not expanding." Benedict said.

Jeff Jacobs ‏@jacobscourant 7m7 minutes ago
Call came from Bowlsby to Herbst at 3:53 p.m. "No expansion and no plans to talk about expansion," she said. "This what I expected."

 

[FartMan69]

ESPN gets UConn content for a song. Their ROI on the AAC contract is through the roof. ESPN doesn't want to pay any of their properties $25 Million/year when they can get it for $2 Million.

Yeah i know, which is why we're dead

 

[FartMan69]

How did I never notice Fartman69 as a user name? It's nice to get a laugh today. Though I would suggest those activities should be mutually exclusive. May explain why you are still single.

Ugh i'm not single. 5 years with the roommate last month. But yeah my username is light years above all of yours

 

[UConnNick]

So no expansion vote, apparently no vote on future divisions or CCG format...

Were they all their for the free shrimp?

The shrimp really is wicked awesome!

 

[FfldCntyFan]

One irritating thing about this is thinking back not quite five years; if at that time the B-12 added Louisville and Cincinnati along with TCU and WVU (to return to twelve), pretty much all of the major players involved (including the B-12 as a conference) would have been better off.

 

[huskymedic]

Big 12 Won't Expand For Now; UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold

>>Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who spearheaded a three-month national search for new members, called UConn President Susan Herbst and confirmed the news.

"He communicated to her they have chosen not to expand," UConn athletic director David Benedict told The Courant. "Obviously this is second hand from Susan to me, but the communication to me was that they were not expanding and don't plan on having any further conversations about expansion. The word tabling was not used. They are not expanding and don't have any future plans of discussion expansion."<<

Title change again... Big 12 Won't Expand, UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold; Herbst Says She's Not Surprised

>>Benedict was asked if he was upset that ESPN, a Bristol-based corporation that gets tax breaks from the state of Connecticut, might have played a role in the Big 12's efforts to nix expansion, which would have cost the network more money.

"Not truly understanding all the ins and outs of their contracts and their conference relationships, it would be hard for me to comment on whether it was good idea or bad idea," Benedict said. "ESPN is a partner in our [American] league. I think ESPN has done an amazing job helping college athletics.

"I would say I am very interested in having a dialogue with ESPN now that this is over and talking about how we can partner with them. We are the state flagship university. They reside in the state of Connecticut. I think we should have a relationship like many other universities do with big corporate partners do in their states. I look forward to those conversations.<<

 

[NYUConn]

Title change again... Big 12 Won't Expand, UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold; Herbst Says She's Not Surprised

>>Benedict was asked if he was upset that ESPN, a Bristol-based corporation that gets tax breaks from the state of Connecticut, might have played a role in the Big 12's efforts to nix expansion, which would have cost the network more money.

"Not truly understanding all the ins and outs of their contracts and their conference relationships, it would be hard for me to comment on whether it was good idea or bad idea," Benedict said. "ESPN is a partner in our [American] league. I think ESPN has done an amazing job helping college athletics.

"I would say I am very interested in having a dialogue with ESPN now that this is over and talking about how we can partner with them. We are the state flagship university. They reside in the state of Connecticut. I think we should have a relationship like many other universities do with big corporate partners do in their states. I look forward to those conversations.<<

Was just coming here to post that...VERY interesting from DB.

For the first time ever, school/state officials and the media seem to be coming to the realization that ESPN has been putting the screws to it's flagship university.

 

[Adios]

Looks like the Big 12 will bide it's time and allow for more future prospects to develop (Florida schools, etc).

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Looks like the Big 12 will bide it's time and allow for more future prospects to develop (Florida schools, etc).

Or implode.

 

[noeynox]

How did I never notice Fartman69 as a user name? It's nice to get a laugh today. Though I would suggest those activities should be mutually exclusive. May explain why you are still single.

LOL funny.

 

[huskeynut]

Title change again... Big 12 Won't Expand, UConn's Power Five Dreams On Hold; Herbst Says She's Not Surprised

>>Benedict was asked if he was upset that ESPN, a Bristol-based corporation that gets tax breaks from the state of Connecticut, might have played a role in the Big 12's efforts to nix expansion, which would have cost the network more money.

"Not truly understanding all the ins and outs of their contracts and their conference relationships, it would be hard for me to comment on whether it was good idea or bad idea," Benedict said. "ESPN is a partner in our [American] league. I think ESPN has done an amazing job helping college athletics.

"I would say I am very interested in having a dialogue with ESPN now that this is over and talking about how we can partner with them. We are the state flagship university. They reside in the state of Connecticut. I think we should have a relationship like many other universities do with big corporate partners do in their states. I look forward to those conversations.<<

Good for Benedict. ESPN has some explaining to do. And I hope Hartford puts some serious pressure on ESPN.

 

[TRest]

Time for Jeff to uphold his promise(or was it a resolution) to use the power of the pen to apply the needed pressure on ESPN and whoever the hell else he can to get answers and help to make this happen. Blowhard article a year ago and then. Nothing from him.

I heard him on the radio with Joe D. He has some point about ESPN shafting us in a way, but cannot articulate it to save his life.

 

[noeynox]

I heard him on the radio with Joe D. He has some point about ESPN shafting us in a way, but cannot articulate it to save his life.

What exactly did he say, I don't get impression he as comfortable in front of the mic as Warde was for sure. His voice almost quivers at times.

 

[TRest]

What exactly did he say, I don't get impression he as comfortable in front of the mic as Warde was for sure. His voice almost quivers at times.

I literally couldn't tell you, other than the UConn fans have a right to be mad about ESPN's actions in conference realignment. He does stutter and search for words, almost like he had a stroke.

 

[huskymedic]

I heard him on the radio with Joe D. He has some point about ESPN shafting us in a way, but cannot articulate it to save his life.

What exactly did he say, I don't get impression he as comfortable in front of the mic as Warde was for sure. His voice almost quivers at times.

He's talking about Jacobs I believe - not Benedict.

 

[JMick]

Anyone have a source?

 

[jostar1]

The Big 12 owes a lot of people an apology
The league made a mockery of conference expansion
By Stewart Mandel Oct 17, 2016 at 7:35p ET

Conference realignment’s strangest saga yet came to an anticlimactic end Monday in Dallas. For that, the Big 12 owes a whole lot of people an apology.

It should apologize to the leaders at BYU, Houston and Cincinnati for dangling a coveted Power 5 golden ticket and inspiring them to publicly grovel for it. It should apologize to fans of Connecticut, UCF, USF and Colorado State for giving them months of false hope. It should apologize to administrators at SMU, Tulane, Air Force and Rice for putting time and effort into delivering needless presentations last month for invitations the league surely knew were never coming.

And it should apologize to American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco for treating it as a farm league team where the star players could get called up at any moment.

The Big 12 was never under any obligation to expand, so it’s not like it made a right or wrong call Monday when it “unanimously” elected to remain at 10 members. But imagine being a supporter of one of the supposed finalists when board chairman David Boren said at a press conference Monday that he and his colleagues did not even discuss individual candidates at their meeting.

The weakest of the Power 5 conferences spent the past 18 months standing in judgment of all those purportedly inferior programs. The 10-team league hadn’t added new members since 2012 because it didn’t think any of the available candidates were attractive enough. And after compelling presidents and ADs of those schools to desperately court its favor, the conference came to the conclusion that … nope, still not good enough.

More at:
The Big 12 owes a lot of people an apology

 

[huskymedic]

Anyone have a source?

pg 58 - first document (Response to Big12 Due Diligence). Big 12 Records | University of Connecticut

 

[JMick]

pg 58 - first document (Response to Big12 Due Diligence). Big 12 Records | University of Connecticut

thanks

 

[noeynox]

He's talking about Jacobs I believe - not Benedict.

Ahhh

 

[TRest]

Ahhh

Yep