Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell. | Page 443 | The Boneyard

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

Khal Drogo said:
Big 12 may find St John’s more desirable than UConn. With billionaire backing St John’s and the hiring off Pitino St John’s is on the rise and is NYC’s team. Why wouldn’t they add Gonzaga and St Js? No drama with Football.
Expand ...
Because of this:

1200x0.jpg
 
What's the growth story on St. John's University? How old is Pitino? IMHO- Small private colleges are not a good fit for growing a conference.
 
.-.
I prefer to listen to Brett Yormark, rather than Berry Tramel.

"I've never apologized, nor will I ever apologize for being proactive. We must be bold. We must be aggressive and thoughtful. We have to market like we never have before. We're the challenger brand to the Big Ten and the SEC. Anything we do has to be additive. If we aren't expanding, I want to give people a reason why we wouldn't be. We also aren't just a football conference. On the basketball front, we've got to bring the product to all the right places, and New York is the place for it. I want us to have a big moment in New York. Everybody will have an opinion of us, but I'm very bullish on who we are and where we're going. We've got to strive to be the best version of ourselves and continue to find ways to increase our reach."
 
huskymedic said:
Berry Tramel still banging his UConn animus drum…



Assisted access <<
Expand ...

Near the end of the article he actually talks some sense:

"Some of the 2016 UConn allure remains.

"It’s always good to get a state’s flagship university. The more “University ofs”, the better. The Big 12 has lost OU, Texas, Missouri and Nebraska. But it added West Virginia and is getting back Colorado. If the Big 12 adds an Arizona or Utah (or, pray tell, Oregon or Washington), that flagship pedigree would get even stronger. Connecticut would add to that.

"Also, academically, Connecticut is quite strong, which doesn’t mean much but is a nice bonus. UConn is rated 67th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, one spot behind Texas A&M and one spot above Massachusetts.

"Connecticut’s population, 3.6 million, makes it the biggest state in the Union without a Power Five school. It’s still New England, a college football wasteland, but that’s a lot of people.

"Connecticut’s media market is a plus. Its long-time affiliation with ESPN wouldn’t hurt."
 
Kolumbo said:
Near the end of the article he actually talks some sense:

"Some of the 2016 UConn allure remains.

"It’s always good to get a state’s flagship university. The more “University ofs”, the better. The Big 12 has lost OU, Texas, Missouri and Nebraska. But it added West Virginia and is getting back Colorado. If the Big 12 adds an Arizona or Utah (or, pray tell, Oregon or Washington), that flagship pedigree would get even stronger. Connecticut would add to that.

"Also, academically, Connecticut is quite strong, which doesn’t mean much but is a nice bonus. UConn is rated 67th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, one spot behind Texas A&M and one spot above Massachusetts.

"Connecticut’s population, 3.6 million, makes it the biggest state in the Union without a Power Five school. It’s still New England, a college football wasteland, but that’s a lot of people.

"Connecticut’s media market is a plus. Its long-time affiliation with ESPN wouldn’t hurt."
Expand ...


It's the old who needs another Kansas argument, when Kansas is the best thing going for the B12, and frankly we are better than Kansas. We do Kansas better than Kansas.
 
.-.
Tremel is ridiculous. New England is a college football wasteland…who created thst?

Conference realignment destroyed northeast football. BC has floundered, as has Syracuse. That is not UConn’s fault. If uconn is in acc or big 12 they aren’t as bad as they were last 10 years. G5 football is a wasteland for New England because fans know good football, they will go watch FCS, and the local little ivies which play decent football.
 
Khal Drogo said:
Big 12 may find St John’s more desirable than UConn. With billionaire backing St John’s and the hiring off Pitino St John’s is on the rise and is NYC’s team. Why wouldn’t they add Gonzaga and St Js? No drama with Football.
Expand ...
Whatever meds they have you on,....

They aren't working.....
 
Bongo Fury said:
Somewhat positive with an extremely negative headline. Who besides us is going to read the article. Most will just see the headline on X.
Expand ...
1. Agree. But his cons were also garbage and could easily be debunked.

2. Can we all agree to to still call it Twitter? X is stupid and hope the name does not catch on
 
JohnFSilver said:
Tremel is ridiculous. New England is a college football wasteland…who created thst?

Conference realignment destroyed northeast football. BC has floundered, as has Syracuse. That is not UConn’s fault. If uconn is in acc or big 12 they aren’t as bad as they were last 10 years. G5 football is a wasteland for New England because fans know good football, they will go watch FCS, and the local little ivies which play decent football.
Expand ...
He just keeps recycling his old tired arguments…
huskymedic said:
Tramel has his own agenda… I’ve mentioned it before but he’s is not a UConn Football fan.

From 2019: Should UConn drop football?

“But perhaps Connecticut should just drop football. Yes, the Huskies have made a big investment in football. But that investment has not paid off. UConn athletics have a major debt. The Huskies averaged just 10,000 fans last season in East Hartford’s Rentschler Field, some 30 miles from campus.

And the truth is, UConn basketball has suffered while the university chased football stability and success.

Is that a good model in the Northeast, which does not have college football fervor? Is that a good model when the future of all football is suspect, because of the concussion issue?

Rentschler Field is state-owned, built primarily for the Huskies. The Hartford Courant reported earlier this year on Rentschler Field’s economic troubles.

It’s not at all clear that UConn needs football or that East Hartford needs Rentschler Field…

…Football is not for everybody. It seems more and more likely it is not for Connecticut.”
Expand ...
 
.-.
JohnFSilver said:
Tremel is ridiculous. New England is a college football wasteland…who created thst?

Conference realignment destroyed northeast football. BC has floundered, as has Syracuse. That is not UConn’s fault. If uconn is in acc or big 12 they aren’t as bad as they were last 10 years. G5 football is a wasteland for New England because fans know good football, they will go watch FCS, and the local little ivies which play decent football.
Expand ...
I have a feeling Tremel has never once been east of the Mississippi.
 
.-.
Kolumbo said:
Near the end of the article he actually talks some sense:

"Some of the 2016 UConn allure remains.

"It’s always good to get a state’s flagship university. The more “University ofs”, the better. The Big 12 has lost OU, Texas, Missouri and Nebraska. But it added West Virginia and is getting back Colorado. If the Big 12 adds an Arizona or Utah (or, pray tell, Oregon or Washington), that flagship pedigree would get even stronger. Connecticut would add to that.

"Also, academically, Connecticut is quite strong, which doesn’t mean much but is a nice bonus. UConn is rated 67th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, one spot behind Texas A&M and one spot above Massachusetts.

"Connecticut’s population, 3.6 million, makes it the biggest state in the Union without a Power Five school. It’s still New England, a college football wasteland, but that’s a lot of people.

"Connecticut’s media market is a plus. Its long-time affiliation with ESPN wouldn’t hurt."
Expand ...

Except the last sentence
 
GG said:
Is Oregon a legitimate possibility?
Expand ...
Wherever they go a GOR will be involved. They will string this out as long as possible for a B1G invite, or try to get the best deal they can with the least upheaval. Unfortunately the best deal is probably the Big12 with the most upheaval for the University.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,190
Messages
4,556,230
Members
10,441
Latest member
Virginiafan


Top Bottom