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

Fishy said:
No, because it’s meaningless.

We’re operating under a directive to shrink the department’s deficit, so he’s either stupid, dishonest or a politician telling you what he thinks you want to hear.
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Put me down for A.
 
Fishy said:
No, because it’s meaningless.

We’re operating under a directive to shrink the department’s deficit, so he’s either stupid, dishonest or a politician telling you what he thinks you want to hear.
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Who's giving the directive? In the face of the deficit it's never made sense to me how they've built a new hoop practice facility, built a hockey arena, new baseball stadium, upgraded soccer stadium, softball field, and keep improving the Burton facility. Along with making Hurley a top 5? highest paid coach in America.

I get some or even a lot of that money was through donations but if we were at the point where we'd need to consider budget cuts (cutting programs) it's an awfully odd way to go about it.
 
All these conferences going coast to coast… following the big 10 lead …just a money grab…it’s going to be awful for the student athletes..taking away regional rivals…it’s going to backfire on them
 
Gburyhusky said:
So if hypothetically the governor of the State showed up at a UConn football practice today, expressed his support for the program and the athletic department, and specifically declared on the record that the athletics deficit was not a major concern, would that be enough to satisfy the "it's not sustainable" crowd here?
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Every Commitment by a politician is subject to change when the wind shifts . What he really means is coming off a NC were good for a year.
 
Fishy said:
No, because it’s meaningless.

We’re operating under a directive to shrink the department’s deficit, so he’s either stupid, dishonest or a politician telling you what he thinks you want to hear.
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I Would say in this case that your three possibilities are not mutually exclusive.
 
It’s not just bad enough where west coast teams and SMU are being talked about over us in an east coast league. It’s that we aren’t even being mentioned as a possibility when we are in the footprint, just won a natty, and had a football coach of the year candidate who has coached in a P5 league and the NFL. And the network impacting the decision is within our borders. You can’t make it up.
 
Rufus said:
Of course SDSU would be the one to lead this. They aren't making any friends, that's for sure! Between SDSU causing trouble in the MW, Arizona State and Utah looking down at the Big 12, and FSU more or less with the finger on the trigger to leave the ACC, there is lots of public drama going on in college sports!
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"Major programs"?
 
The Viking said:
It’s not just bad enough where west coast teams and SMU are being talked about over us in an east coast league. It’s that we aren’t even being mentioned as a possibility when we are in the footprint, just won a natty, and had a football coach of the year candidate who has coached in a P5 league and the NFL. And the network impacting the decision is within our borders. You can’t make it up.
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But we lack a long history in football and our program has been terrible for many years. Leaving the AAC killed our football program and our image.
 
Gburyhusky said:
So if hypothetically the governor of the State showed up at a UConn football practice today, expressed his support for the program and the athletic department, and specifically declared on the record that the athletics deficit was not a major concern, would that be enough to satisfy the "it's not sustainable" crowd here?
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No. He's there for only a few years, and at some point, every governor is going to have to answer, are the tuition increases sustainable?
 
NE Football said:
But we lack a long history in football and our program has been terrible for many years. Leaving the ACC killed our football program and our image.
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BCU is not as bad as you claim. They're only terrible now. In the 80s they were pretty good. Nor am I certain you'll be kicked out of the ACC. It's probable, but not at all assured. Although I do give you guys credit: you gave UConn a pretty tough game last year.
 
champs99and04 said:
They wanted to shed Oregon State and Washington State. Those two schools were arguably the two least valuable remaining properties in the P5, and like we've seen so many other times in realignment, survival came down to whichever league had the least amount of dead weight. This is how the Big 12 outlived the PAC-12 and why it will probably outlive the ACC despite having lesser brands on the whole.
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Iowa St, Kansas St, Kansas football, WV a state w/ 1.5m people? Not to mention the 3 AAC adds.
 
Exit 4 said:
Ugh, literally the landing space in between.....but a whole new state for ACCN and recruiting. I hate to say it....but it sounds feasible.
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Texas is the best state for football, certainly, but at some point, that well is going to run dry.

Look at the schools that rely on Texas talent: Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, LSU.

9 P4 schools have Texas as their prime recruiting territory.

Is there room for one more in SMU?

At some point, the talent is going to be totally drained.
 
How in the world is smu even in the conversation. This has to be a joke or some bad Intel. There are probably high-school teams that outdraw them.
 
upstater said:
At some point, the talent is going to be totally drained.
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True, but its all important fresh ground for the ACC. TX has added 9 million people since 2000 increasing to 29million. Thats roughly 2.5x the entire population of CT added in 20 years.

But I agree, it will be interesting to see how all the schools fair between the G5 and P4. Its a lot of bodies.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Who's giving the directive? In the face of the deficit it's never made sense to me how they've built a new hoop practice facility, built a hockey arena, new baseball stadium, upgraded soccer stadium, softball field, and keep improving the Burton facility. Along with making Hurley a top 5? highest paid coach in America.

I get some or even a lot of that money was through donations but if we were at the point where we'd need to consider budget cuts (cutting programs) it's an awfully odd way to go about it.
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They did all that...

...to land in a power conference, which...

would shrink the deficit.
 
yuckformak said:
How in the world is smu even in the conversation. This has to be a joke or some bad Intel. There are probably high-school teams that outdraw them.
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Simple. ACC Network and carriage fees in a large metro area and state. If the ACC takes SMU it’s a ST solution, but LT mistake.
 
upstater said:
Texas is the best state for football, certainly, but at some point, that well is going to run dry.

Look at the schools that rely on Texas talent: Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, LSU.

9 P4 schools have Texas as their prime recruiting territory.

Is there room for one more in SMU?

At some point, the talent is going to be totally drained.
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Anyone remember the SMU Pony Express with Eric Dickerson?
 
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