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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 4706367, member: 37"] The only uncertainty between Colorado coming back to the B12 was whether the PAC could get a media deal making it worthwhile for Colorado to remain in the PAC. It was likely the Big12 agreed to allow Colorado that option to find out but they put the timeline of Aug 1st for a definitive answer. UConn was to be Colorado's partner to 14 if Colorado agreed to join the B12. Both were thoroughly vetted by Yormack, the Big12 Board plus the media partners. Colorado and UConn were made aware of the terms and probably found them acceptable. All was done to facilitate the process once the domino of Colorado fell. AU would have been the B12 preference over Colorado to partner with UConn but they made it clear to Yormack they were not interested. That remained the case until Thursday when Colorado made their announcement. AU approached Yormack with sincere intentions to change conferences. Yormack and the B12 probably went into hyperdrive to accommodate them but I sincerely doubt that it's at the expense of UConn. Obviously Fox and ESPN have to be contacted to get their approval for monetary increases to accommodate the addition of four schools versus two schools hence the delay. But if they already bought into Yormack's vision of a basketball super conference plus the Big12's expansion into the northeast and the addition of UConn with Colorado was the big prize in that vision they certainly weren't going to drop UConn because of Arizona's change of heart. We just have to be patient until all the paper work is completed. These are the tea leaves I'm reading. Of course I believe [USER=12833]@GoKU[/USER] is not trolling us and he has genuine insight into the process of that conference. So we should know by next week if my belief is accurate given that he has given a timeline. [/QUOTE]

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