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

huskymedic said:
Tulsa World sports columnist - interesting comment on AAU

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 52m 52 minutes ago
"David Boren responds to Paul Finebaum declarations" tweets coming up... #Sooners

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 52m 52 minutes ago
Boren: "I think we're really looking ahead at a whole wave of realignment as these (TV) contracts come to an end.. 4 or 5 years away from it

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 50m 50 minutes ago
Boren: "I haven't wanted us to extend our grant of rights by 20 years or something like that so that OU would have no choices."

Guerin Emig ‏@GuerinEmig 50m 50 minutes ago
Boren: "Very important to always have the possibility of making a move if we want to, but assure you we don't have any plans to make a move"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 49m 49 minutes ago
Boren: "I don't disagree with the thought that it's in our interest that the Big 12 succeed. So no, we're not desperate to go anywhere else"

Guerin Emig‏@GuerinEmig 48m 48 minutes ago
Boren: "Question is are you in a conference that's going to have a chance to play for national championships and going to be in playoffs?"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 46m 46 minutes ago
Boren on Big 12: "Financially, it's not a great hardship, frankly... What we're getting per school is not really out of line with others"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 45m 45 minutes ago
Boren: "We’re in pretty stable position w/ the Big 12, and I don’t look till 4 or 5 yrs from now for all these things to become fluid again"

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 45m 45 minutes ago
Boren on Big Ten: "I would say AAU membership itself might not be what decides (OU isn't AAU), but your academic reputation matters."
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New article that goes w/ Tweets: David Boren commits to Big 12 ... 'at this point in time'
 
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Actual key tweet
 
Nobody is going anywhere for years. There isn't a cable network on the planet that can provide 9 figures for anyone's move.

The conferences are completely at the mercy of Amazon. If Amazon doesn't get involved in live sports their next deals are lower and your Purdues and Wakes sleep with one eye open.
 
SAMCRO said:
the B12 should invite all the G5 schools to come one by one and make a 1 hour sales pitch on why they'd be the best choice to join the B12. There could be videos, a deck, celebrity endorsements...
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I envision the B12 Commissioner ensconced on a raised throne like a medieval king, while emissaries from foreign lands line up to present themselves and their lavish gifts.

If an emissary is rewarded and his land is adjoined to the kingdom, the emissary is draped in a burnt orange stole...representing the yoke...a symbol of subservience and serving.
 
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billybud said:
I envision the B12 Commissioner ensconced on a raised throne like a medieval king, while emissaries from foreign lands line up to present themselves and their lavish gifts.

If an emissary is rewarded and his land is adjoined to the kingdom, the emissary is draped in a burnt orange stole...representing the yoke...a symbol of subservience and serving.
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Except the throne is just an old toilet and the burnt oange thing isn't a stole, it's stuck to the bottom of their shoe.
 
The Funster said:
Except the throne is just an old toilet and the burnt orange thing isn't a stole, it's stuck to the bottom of their shoe.
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Yet still would come the kings from the east, following yonder star.....that star in the sky would compel them forward......

Like the flash of a lighthouse denoting safe harbor draws a sailor from stormy sea.
 
I don't know about you guys, but I really like Boren.

The more he talks = the more he riles everyone up.

The more everyone gets riled up = the more unstable things become.

The more unstable things become = the better for UConn.

I don't think anything is going to happen anytime soon, but I'd prefer lots of drama to everyone quietly accepting the status quo.
 
mavblues said:
I don't know about you guys, but I really like Boren.

The more he talks = the more he riles everyone up.

The more everyone gets riled up = the more unstable things become.

The more unstable things become = the better for UConn.

I don't think anything is going to happen anytime soon, but I'd prefer lots of drama to everyone quietly accepting the status quo.
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I think UCONN gets an ACC or Big Ten invite before anything happens way out there in Big 12 country.
 
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whaler11 said:
Nobody is going anywhere for years. There isn't a cable network on the planet that can provide 9 figures for anyone's move.

The conferences are completely at the mercy of Amazon. If Amazon doesn't get involved in live sports their next deals are lower and your Purdues and Wakes sleep with one eye open.
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I think it's even bigger than that. IMO, the next go around the SEC & B1G are the only conferences that really get paid. The PAC will do OK primarily because of their geography. But, the ACC & B12 will see a reduction in fees. This causes a rush by schools in both of those conferences to try & find a way to join either the SEC or B1G.

In that scenario I'm pretty sure UConn doesn't make the cut. There will however be a lot of schools looking for a home and we can be a part of the "best of the rest" conference. That conference will provide an increase in revenues to us for sure. That puts UConn back in a strong position. It puts us on equal footing with BC & Cuse since neither of them are making the SEC/B1G cut either. If given an equal chance, I'm sure UConn will succeed.
 
bobbyinaz said:
I think it's even bigger than that. IMO, the next go around the SEC & B1G are the only conferences that really get paid. The PAC will do OK primarily because of their geography. But, the ACC & B12 will see a reduction in fees. This causes a rush by schools in both of those conferences to try & find a way to join either the SEC or B1G.

In that scenario I'm pretty sure UConn doesn't make the cut. There will however be a lot of schools looking for a home and we can be a part of the "best of the rest" conference. That conference will provide an increase in revenues to us for sure. That puts UConn back in a strong position. It puts us on equal footing with BC & Cuse since neither of them are making the SEC/B1G cut either. If given an equal chance, I'm sure UConn will succeed.
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If that's how things pan out, I can definitely see the B1G grabbing both UCONN and BC.
 
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So why would ND fully join for football? I want to believe it, but struggling to think of a reason other than some how it improves their odds of a National title.
 
Exit 4 said:
So why would ND fully join for football? I want to believe it, but struggling to think of a reason other than some how it improves their odds of a National title.
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Option 1-Because we're super duper nice and want to be a good conference mate.
Option 2- Brando doesn't know squat of the inner workings of ND and needed to talk about something in the offseason.
 
2....

Brando predicted, last summer, ND would join ACC within three years...Said coach really wants to join conference...but also hedges and says that Notre Dame has to be enticed by money (not likely) or it becomes clear that Notre Dame will never play for a football championship as an indy.
 
Brando was right about the ACC network, so I'll give him some leeway here. Thought it was interesting that he noted the Baby Boomer ND fans are militant about independence, while Gen X and millennial ND fans are "seeing the light"... Recruits don't know the history and mystique, they want to play for conference championships.

Also says if Texas and OU get back to being successful, the B12 will re-sign the GOR.
 
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junglehusky said:
Brando was right about the ACC network, so I'll give him some leeway here. Thought it was interesting that he noted the Baby Boomer ND fans are militant about independence, while Gen X and millennial ND fans are "seeing the light"... Recruits don't know the history and mystique, they want to play for conference championships.

Also says if Texas and OU get back to being successful, the B12 will re-sign the GOR.
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I will give Brando some credit on the Gen X and millennial thing. They're's not as militant about independence, but Brando misses where the money flow from, that would be the boomers .
 
billybud said:
2....

Brando predicted, last summer, ND would join ACC within three years...Said coach really wants to join conference...but also hedges and says that Notre Dame has to be enticed by money (not likely) or it becomes clear that Notre Dame will never play for a football championship as an indy.
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Brian Kelly really would want to join I assume, but Brian needs to worry about getting fired not independence. He isn't a deciding factor here. Independence absolutely hurts us more than helps I believe on the field. Off the field the university loves the marketing angle.
 
huskyrob1 said:
If that's how things pan out, I can definitely see the B1G grabbing both UConn and BC.
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The entertainment value of watching this board erupt might be worth something, but there's no way that BC, with or without it's ridiculous price tag, is coming to the Big Ten. Well, the long shot would be if the P4 goes to a 20 x 4, but I don't see that either.
 
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