New PAC-12 Forming

[GoConn]

 

[cellocgg]

C'mon Dave, now is not the time to be picky

 

[gioff2323]

Wait - we turned someone down? The times they are a changing!

 

[gioff2323]

You're serious which makes this even funnier.

6 top 50 teams ain’t bad

 

[UConn Dan]

It’s probably because he have one of the other two lined up

 

[NowInStorrs]

I hope that means we got some good news from the B12

 

[Fishy]

Probably the right move for UConn.

Upsides and downsides to being in the P12 - I can see the admin deciding that the downsides weighed down the upside.

 

[noeynox]

Given how much talk there has been recently about how NIL in football has evened the playing field for them, this is kind of expected.

 

[GoConn]

Publicly saying no through the Courant is kind of strange no? Why even say anything?

 

[Hondo 77]

It’s probably because he have one of the other two lined up

Or the offered an SMU type deal.

 

[UConn Dan]

Publicly saying no through the Courant is kind of strange no? Why even say anything?

They don’t have to comment on it all. This way they can get it out there that we turned them down. Not the other way around. It’s likely targeted message at the Big 12 and the ACC schools more than anything else

 

[superjohn]

Publicly saying no through the Courant is kind of strange no? Why even say anything?

Probably because they know there will be lunatics in the fanbase saying even the Pac doesn't want us.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

I hope that means we got some good news from the B12

They had their chance, multiple times.

 

[UConn Dan]

Or the offered an SMU type deal.

That’s also possible that it was a crap deal. Whatever it was, it wasn’t worth it for us since our goal is full time in one of the power conferences

 

[Hondo 77]

 

[WestCoastHusky]

I hope that means we got some good news from the B12

I hope this means we are still talking to the B12. If B12 doesn't want UConn football until 2031, what's the point not joining the PAC-12 as a football only until then?

There are definite benefits joining the conference and get to play some opponents regularly. Maybe the cost of buying out games already scheduled for the next few years outweigh the cost of joining just for a few years.

 

[jostar1]

"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".

That's because they are still talking to the Big 12 (per Flugaur). Maybe things are getting closer.

 

[Fishy]

I don’t think we need to do much parsing of the situation to understand why the flagship of a state where you can dip your toes in the Atlantic Ocean might not consider the Pacific Athletic Conference to be the ‘best fit.’

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I don’t think we need to do much parsing of the situation to understand why the flagship of a state where you can dip your toes in the Atlantic Ocean might not consider the Pacific Athletic Conference to be the ‘best fit.’

It's 4 flights a year for the football team.

Only way they turned this down is if the terms were awful. Not buying "fit" in of itself as a valid excuse.

 

[KryHavok]

If there isn't another announcement sometime this month about positive progress in accepting an invite into a conference, then this news of turning down a possible move to the PAC is mindblowingly stupid. I was a UConn BBall fan before becoming a general UConn sports fan, and I would leave the BE in a heartbeat if it meant our survival. This news is nucking futs.

 

[Fishy]

It's 4 flights a year for the football team.

Only way they turned this down is if the terms were awful. Not buying "fit" in of itself as a valid

If you think the logistics here is just "four flights", you have no idea how a football program operates.

 

[ZooCougar]

Also this:

Sacramento State's Pac-12 committee raises $35 million for NIL funds

Sacramento State is ramping up its quest to land an invite to the Pac-12 Conference.

Five days ago, the school announced plans for a new multi-use football stadium. The Sac12 executive committee announced Monday afternoon it has sourced $35 million in NIL funds from local businesses, community leaders and a local tribe in the last 24 hours.

The committee announced its goal is to raise a $50 million NIL war chest. The Sac12 executive group launched shortly after the Pac-12 added Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Colorado State.

Sacramento State's Pac-12 committee raises $35 million for NIL funds

The Sacramento State Pac-12 executive committee announced it has sourced $35 million in NIL funds in the last 24 hours.

www.on3.com

Nobody actually believes this is true.

 

[CL82]

Well, he was correct. There was no deal in place last week.

Or was there?

 

[WestHartHusk]

If you think the logistics here is just "four flights", you have no idea how a football program operates.

So you think logistics is a legitimate excuse in 2024? I hope you are just being argumentative and not defending what you've heard from the AD.

 

[ZooCougar]

Or was there?

That was just Rothstein and the bball writers coping. They love these basketball centric leagues.