New article on B1G expansion

[WallStreetHusky]

Read into it what you may.....

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/ed...red-big-ten-when-maryland-rutgers-joined.html

 

[Adios]

We fit in the B1G's plans. Completely.

 

[CTMike]

If you consider New England to be Big East/ACC country... UConn to B1G flips that script in a big way.

 

[buckley503]

i read that Uconn is an afterthought when it comes to real candidates. acc or bust after the scavenging stops.

 

[CL82]

Conspiracy Kitty says:
No mention of UConn which proves that UConn is a Big 10 target since Delaney never tips his hand.

 

[HuskyPete]

B1G Wise said academic fit was the initial consideration.

Herbst said UConn will continue to achieve excellence academically and athletically.

Goal...Join AAU and B1G next.

 

[UConn4ever]

i read that Uconn is an afterthought when it comes to real candidates. acc or bust after the scavenging stops.

If Rutgers can get in so can we

 

[Rumrunner]

The illinois chancellor didn't mention aau in academics. Neither did the michigan president, sullivan, when she said of Maryland that they are a great fit, bringing another top 20 public institution into the big 10.

Delany also was quoted today using the same language that the Michigan State AD used yesterday, about not being "outflanked".

Look at a map. The drive to the mid-atlantic needs its northern flank secured. UConn, PSU, MD, Rutgers overwhelms isolated Syracuse, BC and Pitt. Pitt will be more of an afterthought in penn., something I'm sure Penn State wants.

"It is only in small, compactly shaped states that it is possible to have such a unity of military force, and that probably all depends upon a victory over that force. Such a unity is practically impossible when larger tracts of country, having for a great extent boundaries conterminious with our own, are concerned, or in the case of an alliance of several surrounding states against us. In such cases, divisions of force must necessarily take place, giving occasion to different theatres of war."

 

[ZooCougar]

It's all fun and games till Lee sends Jackson around the Union flank. Boom. Chancellorsville.

 

[UConnDan97]

It's all fun and games till Lee sends Jackson around the Union flank. Boom. Chancellorsville.

Well, Delany has already led Sherman's March to the Jersey Shore (cutting off supply lines of chapstick and hair products, apparently), so now he'll need to finish the job by pushing northward...

 

[Gurleyman]

There are two ways to know for sure that we are in the B1G's plans:

1) There's a lot of talk about us going to the B1G
2) There's no talk about us going to the B1G, since it's a secret.

If either of those happen, we're golden.

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[ZooCougar]

I think we're in. Done Deal.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Well, Delany has already led Sherman's March to the Jersey Shore (cutting off supply lines of chapstick and hair products, apparently), so now he'll need to finish the job by pushing northward...

It's very important to understand as early as possible if the march is similar to Sherman's or if it is similar to Pickett's.

 

[UConnDan97]

It's very important to understand as early as possible if the march is similar to Sherman's or if it is similar to Pickett's.

I'm going to go with Sherman's March. The Big East acquiring Tulane feels more like Pickett's Charge....

 

[Waquoit]

The Big East acquiring Tulane feels more like Pickett's Charge....

More like the Redcoats at Yorktown.

 

[UConnDan97]

More like the Redcoats at Yorktown.

Actually, Tulane to the Big East was more like Lincoln in a movie theatre... (too soon?)

 

[thatguyed]

Well, Delany has already led Sherman's March to the Jersey Shore (cutting off supply lines of chapstick and hair products, apparently), so now he'll need to finish the job by pushing northward...

They'll want us if only to lock up the Pepe's and Sally's Cluster. And don't forget Ikea and all of the Scandinavian's in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'm going to go with Sherman's March. The Big East acquiring Tulane feels more like Pickett's Charge....

The Big East trying to acquire BYU was more like Pickett's Charge.

 

[UConnDan97]

They'll want us if only to lock up the Pepe's and Sally's Cluster. And don't forget Ikea and all of the Scandinavian's in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

I think we should certainly leverage the Ikea / Swedish / Midwest angle....this is key...

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think we should certainly leverage the Ikea / Swedish / Midwest angle....this is key...

Ikea? Are there people who think the only Ikea in the world is in CT?

 

[UConnDan97]

Ikea? Are there people who think the only Ikea in the world is in CT?

You know it's a joke, right? Here's a tribute to IKEA to help us get into the B1G, done by Colchester CT's very own Jonathan Coulton:

 

[thatguyed]

I think we should certainly leverage the Ikea / Swedish / Midwest angle....this is key...

You mean we should Blond them and hopes it nots them stupid, then we slink in quietly and join?

 

[UConnDan97]

You mean we should Blond them and hopes it nots them stupid, then we slink in quietly and join?

I was thinking more about leveraging the meatballs, but umm...okay...

 

[HuskyHawk]

You know it's a joke, right? Here's a tribute to IKEA to help us get into the B1G, done by Colchester CT's very own Jonathan Coulton:

Must have missed that one.

 

[UCDaveD]

THE B1G IS COMING! THE B1G IS COMING!