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

[upstater]

Yes this hurts, but there are still moves in the future. The 4 remaining PAC schools have lost a lot and are going to look for a solution. The ACC schools (FSU, etc) are grumbling. We all know our strengths (hoops, location, academics) and our weakness (historically terrible football over the last 10 years). If we get a few solid football seasons and maintain in the other sports, we will be in a stronger position the next time openings happen. We are poised for that outcome.

Next time things open though is 2036

 

[ec33]

The hope is that this puts a little pressure on the ACC to break apart. The top programs are getting tired of falling behind financially. Oregon and Washington moving to the B1G eliminates half the spots on the way to 20 (with Notre Dame being 19), putting more pressure on the secondary schools to ensure they make the SEC/B1G cut.

If it happens soon (next year or so), the GFY XVI will busy digesting desert schools and the AAC, and not ready to add schools again from this side of the Mississippi and the ACC might be looking to add schools, which provides another opportunity for the ACC to pass on UConn.

Or not.

 

[upstater]

It’s worked for the SEC in Alabama (Alabama and Auburn) and Mississippi (Ole Miss and Miss St.), two states that are smaller than South Carolina, which is also growing rapidly in the Charlotte and Greenville metros where Clemson is big.

But those are legacy teams.

Mississippi State is not invited into today's SEC. Just like Memphis or VT or NC State.

 

[Vuce]

Oh no

 

[Sea Goat]

For what it’s worth, about an hour ago I privately spoke with someone who would actually know what the heck happened, and he told me ‘UConn was used as a leverage ploy and only as a leverage ploy. They never had any intention of extending an invite. All that Yormark posturing and visiting Storrs? Yup, that was entirely a calculated move.’

So there ya go. I hope Yormark gets his you know what kicked to the curb one day. I will actively be rooting for his downfall. He’s a snake

So a pox on the Big 12. I am not sad, I am mad that we went this fire drill yet again. It wasn't going to be ideal, but it would be a lot better than being stuck in a one-dimensional, small Catholic school conference. I am afraid FB is on death row. Too bad - we were turning it around.

Well, as far as CR is concerned - the constant going forward will be change... Something will happen again soon. I expect that the ACC is prime for the next upheaval. If the Big is going to 18 can the SEC far behind?
The SEC is where the money is the biggest and FSU and Clemson want a piece. ACC GOR be damned! There is enough money around to buy off the lesser members of the ACC. So I see further movement soon.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Oh no

LOL

I guess SDSU and Memphis are getting the call!

 

[UC1995]

 

[ec33]

Oh no

ESPN needs to fill that late night slot and two teams works by having alternating home games.

 

[ZooCougar]

Hilarious. Like we would do that.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Hilarious. Like we would do that.

If you think the big 3 conferences are going to take over the NCAA tournament, and they guarantee a number of football games (which presumably we can parlay into a TV deal) you’d have to strongly consider it.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Basketball only? The joke keeps getting better. So sick of this crap.

 

[RioDog]

Yuck Formark- no hoops w/out FB- if if its that important then he can bring FB along too.

 

[uconnric]

Hilarious. Like we would do that.

We’d need a clear path for football also.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yuck Formark- no hoops w/out FB- if if its that important then he can bring FB along too.

This x 100.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

B12 really expect Uconn to pay $30m to exit the big East for basketball only?

 

[aburks41]

Any insight on the future?

Nope. I didn’t ask and I can guarantee they wouldn’t say anything to me about it. But yeah, Brett Yormark fooled us once. Shame on us if we let him fool us again with this new talk of 18 teams. Because he will absolutely screw with us once again

 

[HuskyHawk]

Hilarious. Like we would do that.

Wonder if we’d do it for say $10m a year and a football scheduling deal that gave us 4-5 games a year. A “lite” version of the Norte Dame deal.

 

[ec33]

Yuck Formark- no hoops w/out FB- if if its that important then he can bring FB along too.

Take our chances. That offer will come again when he comes back for St. Johns (NY market), Georgetown (DMV), and Villanova (Philly).

 

[GG]

 

[WrenchFan69]

Wonder if we’d do it for say $10m a year and a football scheduling deal that gave us 4-5 games a year. A “lite” version of the Norte Dame deal.

We'd turn that down

 

[shizzle787]

Oh no

Cal and Stanford.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Wonder if we’d do it for say $10m a year and a football scheduling deal that gave us 4-5 games a year. A “lite” version of the Norte Dame deal.

Nope. Non starter.

 

[That Guy]

We might not get football membership right away, but we could probably get a scheduling alliance with Big 12 schools and if we perform, I could see us getting a football invite in the future. Take what you can get at this point. It's survival of the fittest.

 

[shizzle787]

No interest in that garbage.

 

[HuskyHawk]

We'd turn that down

Really? To make $5m in the Big East and struggle to schedule games? With 5 Big XII games our FB TV rights would probably go up significantly.

Note: I read basketball only as all Olympic sports. So baseball too.