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

[Rufus]

The next deals for media rights for these G5 conferences will be interesting.

The American has lost Houston, Cincinnati, UCF and SMU, even though the current contract pays when they were part of the conference.

The Mountain West has lost their top 5 programs, and the current contract pays for those schools being in the conference.

Conference USA lost half its membership to the AAC last year and those schools were all included in the current CUSA media rights contract.

There are going to be some hurt feelings when the next contracts start for these conferences.

Not to mention, the PAC-12 contract is all speculative at this point.

 

[Rufus]

Sacramento State is on speed dial.

 

[Dooooooomed]

IMO Memphis is gonna regret not making the move.

 

[metsfan2323]

IMO Memphis is gonna regret not making the move.

Memphis to PAC for football (along with UConn) and BE for basketball would be a win/win. BE basketball could use another good basketball brand.

 

[Urcea]

 

[MemphisBlues]

Memphis to PAC for football (along with UConn) and BE for basketball would be a win/win. BE basketball could use another good basketball brand.

That would certainly solve the problem for Memphis and UConn but I wonder if the other Big East schools would be that accommodating.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

What a BS rule

 

[Rufus]

 

[Vowelguy]

Memphis to PAC for football (along with UConn) and BE for basketball would be a win/win. BE basketball could use another good basketball brand.

And you're expecting Memphis can recommend a school with a good basketball brand?

I would be stunned if the BE had ANY interest in a school that has nothing in common.

 

[LBird33]

This is the signal that we might get a FB only invite. This is also the right move for the PAC-12.

Rule number 1. Gulp

 

[UCFBfan]

Yikes! You can't tell me there are not better established options out there than a FCS school that is still in the process of moving up. This shows how desperate this has truly become and it's ridiculous. The PAC is just as desperate. If they add a Sac St, then this entire thing is just a giant pile of dung.

 

[Vowelguy]

Yikes! You can't tell me there are not better established options out there than a FCS school that is still in the process of moving up.

And these great options are?

There are 8 G5 schools not in the PAC/MW.
UTEP & Tex St have already been invited to the MW.
UTSA has said it's staying in the AAC.
That leaves UNT, Rice, Tulsa, Sam Houston, and NMSU.

At the same time that Memp/UTSA re-committed to the AAC, the other 3 above may have as well. And if they hadn't they ain't leaving the AAC for a watered down MW. So basically you're left with Sam Houston & NMSU.

 

[Waquoit]

The PAC now can be considered an NCAA conference with 8 full members, but they are not considered an FBS conference until they have 8 full football-playing members

One good thing about that requirement is that if go to the PAC as a plus 1, the repercussions won't be as serious if/when we leave.

 

[UConn Dan]

Sources: UConn won’t join Pac-12, doesn’t consider conference the right fit

Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac 12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university d…

www.courant.com

Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac-12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university doesn’t consider this the right fit at this time.

So UConn, for the moment, will remain independent in football, in a season in which it has shown significant competitive improvement, and a member of the Big East in basketball and most other sports. UConn’s long-held ambition is to join one of the power conferences. Talks with the Big 12 were paused last month.

 

[noeynox]

Sources: UConn won’t join Pac-12, doesn’t consider conference the right fit

Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac 12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university d…

www.courant.com

Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac-12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university doesn’t consider this the right fit at this time.

So UConn, for the moment, will remain independent in football, in a season in which it has shown significant competitive improvement, and a member of the Big East in basketball and most other sports. UConn’s long-held ambition is to join one of the power conferences. Talks with the Big 12 were paused last month.

Or were they?

 

[Chuck]

Or were they?

Not sure if you are joking, but I kind of thought similar.

I'm really hoping this is a sign that we are close with one or more options. Otherwise, I'm not sure why UConn would say no when we don't even know if they were offered. Why not take this all the way to the goal line and then say no if something else materializes. Even then, they must know about the Charlie Brown metaphor. Why cut off any potential option considering how many times we've been left at the altar.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Not sure if you are joking, but I kind of thought similar.

I'm really hoping this is a sign that we are close with one or more options. Otherwise, I'm not sure why UConn would say no when we don't even know if they were offered. Why not take this all the way to the goal line and then say no if something else materializes. Even then, they must know about the Charlie Brown metaphor. Why cut off any potential option considering how many times we've been left at the altar.

We have reasonably good, nearly complete schedules for football covering the next few years. We don't know what (if anything) an agreement for football with the new PAC would have provided financially and we would have been facing four or five road games a year in the Rockies or on the west coast.

If we wouldn't receive any broadcast revenues (or a CFP share) the cost could have been prohibitive.

 

[UCFBfan]

Sources: UConn won’t join Pac-12, doesn’t consider conference the right fit

Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac 12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university d…

www.courant.com

Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac-12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university doesn’t consider this the right fit at this time.

So UConn, for the moment, will remain independent in football, in a season in which it has shown significant competitive improvement, and a member of the Big East in basketball and most other sports. UConn’s long-held ambition is to join one of the power conferences. Talks with the Big 12 were paused last month.

Alright! Time to move along from this board until the next rumor surfaces. Adios boys! Lol

 

[CL82]

Alright! Time to move along from this board until the next rumor surfaces. Adios boys! Lol

 

[NH Husky]

Soprattutto con l'imminente UConn all'ACC

 

[huskymedic]

What a cluster

 

[bendm]

College football ‘Super League’ details unveiled, would be called ‘College Student Football League’

The details feature a football-only reorganization of the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools into two distinct conferences.

www.nytimes.com

The football only super league. Includes all FBS schools organized into 2 conferences. UConn in the “group of 8” conference but starting in the second year and every year thereafter, the top teams in that conference would be “promoted” and play in the “group of 12” conference. Unclear how that works. No relegation for the top teams.

Most importantly, “an overwhelming majority of the revenue — 94 percent — would be distributed to Power 12 programs, with the remaining 6 percent going to the Group of 8.” Nice to be included at all but oof can they be any greedier with those proportions.

 

[gioff2323]

At some point cooler heads will prevail and the MWC and Npac will merge. There may be some folks demoted to CUSA or sun belt, but this Mexican standoff in the NW is just so odd. Otherwise we’re literally looking at schools like Sam Houston state, Sacramento state and tarleton state getting invites because they’ve got a pulse. Honestly, there like 2 dudes picking up the last girls at a bar on a Sunday night at this stage.

 

[Stray_Dog]

Not sure if you are joking, but I kind of thought similar.

I'm really hoping this is a sign that we are close with one or more options. Otherwise, I'm not sure why UConn would say no when we don't even know if they were offered. Why not take this all the way to the goal line and then say no if something else materializes. Even then, they must know about the Charlie Brown metaphor. Why cut off any potential option considering how many times we've been left at the altar.

...because, we need to show strength to respective suitors. Imagine we think we are in a strong position - how many times have we been over-confident on this issue and then Louisville or SMU or freaking anybody U gets the nod and we sit back bandaging our wounds as we wear our cone of shame. So maybe - just maybe this time around, we use the PAC-12 get our name out there. Show interest - get some more folks talking about us... Before the conversation gets too serious - we balk. we leave knowing we were not a fit knowing they may have been using us to get more attention themselves... but now we broke it off before they did. To me it doesn't matter because in truth - us in the PAC-12 is as sensible as UConn building a home stadium on an Alaskan island. Staying independent short term is no worse than joining the PAC-12. In fact we don't have to see if the AD can get clauses in a contract to let us out should a better conference come calling.

 

[Muddler]

College football ‘Super League’ details unveiled, would be called ‘College Student Football League’

The details feature a football-only reorganization of the 136 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools into two distinct conferences.

www.nytimes.com

The football only super league. Includes all FBS schools organized into 2 conferences. UConn in the “group of 8” conference but starting in the second year and every year thereafter, the top teams in that conference would be “promoted” and play in the “group of 12” conference. Unclear how that works. No relegation for the top teams.

Most importantly, “an overwhelming majority of the revenue — 94 percent — would be distributed to Power 12 programs, with the remaining 6 percent going to the Group of 8.” Nice to be included at all but oof can they be any greedier with those proportions.

While I assume a voluntary organization can mostly set their own rules, Congress does control their tax exempt status. I'd like to hear a good argument how major D1 sports, with conference that are coast to coast still deserve tax exempt status.