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[CL82]

I’ve always thought that MHVER3 was awesome and maybe he does not live in his parents basement

Probably moved up to the guestroom. Good for him!

 

[CL82]

Not difficult at all, Big 12.

What if the ACC countered with immediate full share and immediate membership for football versus the big 12 "we will ease you in" approach?

 

[jostar1]

 

[jostar1]

 

[LoyalFanCT]

What if the ACC countered with immediate full share and immediate membership for football versus the big 12 "we will ease you in" approach?

Hopefully, Dave Benedict is on the phone with ACC too.

 

[jostar1]

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Listen to Frank the Tank. He is the realignment guru

 

[CJasmer]

Is it tickets distributed or actual attendance at the game?

 

[GoConn]

Frank the Tank gets it.

 

[Stinger92860]

I call BS on this. Houston averaged 25K the year before joining the B12 and 36K in year 1.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

You don't ever wait for the ACC. That's an outdated conference that just reacts like the old Big East. They don't think out of the box. This is the conference that has screwed over UConn time and time again. They added Louisville over UConn. They recently added Calford and SMU while UConn is next door. They deserve to die. The ACC is very much like the PAC-12 that just imploded. It is not a surprise that both Clemson and FSU want out.

UConn is better off hitching onto the Big 12 wagon. At minimal, B12 has a great commissioner that's constantly thinking out of the box and innovating.

 

[psilotic]

post #2,326
"They bring a state with money and 3.4million people obsessed with UConn and would pay for a streaming service to watch. Big 12 with UConn, Arizona, Kansas, Houston and Baylor is by far the best conference in college basketball.

"And it would be great for our fans to have a rivalry game we actually care about every year.

"You guys are really short sighted about UConn. The Big 12 is positioned to be the 3rd conference standing and we better hope to get a lifeline. If/When the ACC falls apart and we see UConn safely in the Big 12 and Rutgers safely in the Big 10 and then we’ll be here lamenting where it all went wrong.

"UConn should be in the ACC, and at the very least our admin should publicly and loudly advocate for them to be in the ACC so we might have a friendly advocate for us if we need a life raft.

"Edit: their football is also only irrelevant because it’s not in a major conference. If the ACC blows up, our football will be just as irrelevant. UConn in the big 12 means it’s not irrelevant anymore."

FSU vs The ACC

If that ever happens...time to strip tax exempt status from universities since it appears they want to run AAA teams for the NFL and NBA. What will probably happen, to avoid that exact proposal, is private ownership groups (hello, private equity firms!) would actually own the teams and would...

syracusefan.com

Lot of folks with very short memories in that thread. UConn beat Syracuse 6 out of 7 times starting in 2005 and ending in coach P's first year. Thank you Jeff Hathaway for killing all of that momentum.

 

[huskidork]

What if the ACC countered with immediate full share and immediate membership for football versus the big 12 "we will ease you in" approach?

BC has to be kicked and I'll take the offer, maybe lol

a serious answer, I think the conference is a ship ready to sink, the Big 12 I feel like is going to be okay because no one outside of Kansas is a thought in realignment talks, Big 12 teams don't add enough to provide the SEC and Big 10 value, the ACC has 5 very valuable brands (FSU, Clem, UNC, Miami, ND) and 2 maybe 3 that'd be great pairings (Duke, UVA, maybe VT)

 

[jostar1]

 

[ninety-nine]

This idea that UConn would be content to pull a Vandy and go 0-12 every year in football is patently offensive. UConn had very competitive football until the Big East got blown up. The program hit a rough patch is all. If we didn't care about football, we wouldn't be trying to bring our football program into a power conference. Yeesh.

 

[CL82]

BC has to be kicked and I'll take the offer, maybe lol

a serious answer, I think the conference is a ship ready to sink, the Big 12 I feel like is going to be okay because no one outside of Kansas is a thought in realignment talks, Big 12 teams don't add enough to provide the SEC and Big 10 value, the ACC has 5 very valuable brands (FSU, Clem, UNC, Miami, ND) and 2 maybe 3 that'd be great pairings (Duke, UVA, maybe VT)

A new slogan?

The Big 12 Conference:
We've got nowhere else to go!​

 

[NEforceUConn]

Dayuum, Like this guy.

 

[huskidork]

This idea that UConn would be content to pull a Vandy and go 0-12 every year in football is patently offensive. UConn had very competitive football until the Big East got blown up. The program hit a rough patch is all. If we didn't care about football, we wouldn't be trying to bring our football program into a power conference. Yeesh.

none of these people really know the history of the program it's annoying that we even get compared to Vanderbilt, same conference with Kansas State, Iowa State, and Kansas who were insanely uncompetitive in football until they started really investing in it and most importantly made a great coaching hire, I feel like a lot of people don't understand the importance of a great coach, Vanderbilt won 9 games back to back years with James Franklin if it can be done there it can certainly be done at Connecticut.

 

[Ldandy]

A new slogan?

The Big 12 Conference:
We've got nowhere else to go!​

It’s bizarre to think that a conference’s greatest strength could actually be the lack of value of its individual members. Yet in 2024 that’s exactly the case. If UConn gets the chance to join they should do so immediately. It might not be the prettiest ship in the fleet but it’s not taking on any water.

 

[Forte]

Interesting listen ... somewhat approval I guess? How are they so off about our Athletic brand as a whole?

 

[Blue Idiaco]

I call BS on this. Houston averaged 25K the year before joining the B12 and 36K in year 1.

MHVer is a clown. Guy has been posting fake conf realignment stuff for 15 years

 

[nelsonmuntz]

MHVer is a clown. Guy has been posting fake conf realignment stuff for 15 years

23 years

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Interesting listen ... somewhat approval I guess? How are they so off about our Athletic brand as a whole?

One guy is clueless/biased against us. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[Arizona Husky]

Listen to Frank the Tank. He is the realignment guru

 

[drayenob]