Non-Key Tweets

[UC1995]

So at this point ... the Big East. Let's see how staying works out for us over time. Not that we have much of a choice. Being UConn we know that the end game will be the worst possible scenario... UConn and Big East teams poached bball only. Football stays on the vine.

I think as fans, we need to understand this. The big east will cease to be a power basketball conference because we will not be able to compete with not only the new media deals revenue, even if we got rid of football because we won’t be able to do revenue distribution with the players, which is also something that is now reality. You’re not going to get kids to come play at UConn if we do not have same sources of income for them as we do now.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

-1000% chance of UConn, Colorado and the Arizonas or not the Arizonas getting invited to join the Big 12. -1000%. Once the Big 12 turns west, it is never turning east again.

To clarify, UConn is joining the Big 12 on its own, or it isn't. There is a higher likelihood of UConn joining the Big 12 with UMass than there is of Colorado, UConn and UA/ASU joining the Big 12 together.

These "Big 12 is adding UConn so it can add a bunch of ACC schools later" theories sound familiar. They were ridiculous last summer, and they are ridiculous this summer.

If the Big 12 is adding UConn, it means it doesn't think the ACC is breaking up anytime soon.

 

[bendm]

These "Big 12 is adding UConn so it can add a bunch of ACC schools later" theories sound familiar. They were ridiculous last summer, and they are ridiculous this summer.

If the Big 12 is adding UConn, it means it doesn't think the ACC is breaking up anytime soon.

WE GET IT. you are a broken record. who are you even arguing? everyone with a brain understands that we have to get into the BIg12 before it becomes certain that the ACC is imploding, which will be by 2036 at the latest.

this understanding is not inconsistent with the hope that a bunch of ACC schools will join the Big12 after we do.

 

[Hondo 77]

You have no idea how many people outside of Connecticut believe that ESPN favors us greatly and that the only reason for our success is because ESPN is a resident of our state.

Most can't comprehend that a state company would not want to do anything it could to promote the state school and there aren't a lot of people who truly follow what has transpired over the past decade and a half.

Isn’t ESPN full of Syracuse alumni?

 

[EnochRoot]

These "Big 12 is adding UConn so it can add a bunch of ACC schools later" theories sound familiar. They were ridiculous last summer, and they are ridiculous this summer.

If the Big 12 is adding UConn, it means it doesn't think the ACC is breaking up anytime soon.

FSU will leave the ACC, and Clemson won't be far behind.

As for any further defections, you'd have to ask the board of regents in Chapel Hill about how they feel about the inevitable invite from the Big Ten. That one is absolutely coming down the pike once the ACC's TV deal enters even shakier territory.

 

[Hondo 77]

The ACC has had two decades for assertive action that would make all the sense in the world for them and they've done nothing but continue to weaken their brand.

The only proactive move was to destroy the Big East. It sat back and thought it won the endgame. Trouble is the game wasn’t over and every move since has been reactive.

 

[EnochRoot]

The only proactive move was to destroy the Big East. It sat back and thought it won the endgame. Trouble is the game wasn’t over and every move since has been reactive.

They shoved Maryland out the door by pushing them into a second/third class in their basketball conference scheduling. The Big Ten observed and the Big Ten pounced.

 

[Hondo 77]

They shoved Maryland out the door by pushing them into a second/third class in their basketball conference scheduling. The Big Ten observed and the Big Ten pounced.

Maryland was not going to sign the grant if rights.

 

[EnochRoot]

Maryland was not going to sign the grant if rights.

Right, because they were in the process of losing significant access to Tobacco Road. They had home and home rivalries with UNC, Duke, Wake & State and lost more than half of them to a rotating basis because of John Swofford's unwieldy expansion, and his desire to give primary benefit to said Tobacco Road (UNC and Duke, really). When Debbie Yow's budget was blowing up it became rather easy for MD to raise a middle finger down towards Charlotte (ACC HQ) re: a Grant of Rights.

The Big Ten were watching, and they pounced.

 

[buddy]

Memphis is even below Big 12 standards academically as they would be the lowest ranked Big 12 school. Eight Big 12 schools are ranked 115 or below by US News with the lowest ranked school, WVU and Texas Tech tied at 216. Memphis is ranked 269.

Once again, academics are meaningless in conference realignment. If they B1G wanted them, they would get them into the AAU.

 

[amory]

We’re running at the football again, and Lucy’s got that familiar glint in her eye

 

[upstater]

These "Big 12 is adding UConn so it can add a bunch of ACC schools later" theories sound familiar. They were ridiculous last summer, and they are ridiculous this summer.

If the Big 12 is adding UConn, it means it doesn't think the ACC is breaking up anytime soon.

Why do you think they added SMU then?

 

[upstater]

Once again, academics are meaningless in conference realignment. If they B1G wanted them, they would get them into the AAU.

They would need to explain to schools from other countries why football matters for AAU entry.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Why do you think they added SMU then?

Free money and Dallas cable carriage?

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

They would need to explain to schools from other countries why football matters for AAU entry.

We need to merge with either McGill University or University of Toronto so as to gain favor/entry into the B1G.

 

[Sea Goat]

No set of circumstances would make me want to put a fork in my nutsack. None. Ever.

Before you put a fork in your nutsack, put one in theirs... (And maybe a second one in their forehead...

 

[upstater]

Free money and Dallas cable carriage?

Yes, but they're stuck with them now, which isn't a bad thing if the whole thing is going to implode anyway

 

[uconnyankee]

 

[jostar1]

I know he's probably full of it, but it would be great if ESPN were giving us $21 million. Norlander estimated around $10-$11 million.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

how does he know the results of polls, who are his sources

 

[jostar1]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

how does he know the results of polls, who are his sources

This way he is right no matter what happens.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

how does he know the results of polls, who are his sources

“Trust me bro”

 

[CL82]

I know he's probably full of it, but it would be great if ESPN were giving us $21 million. Norlander estimated around $10-$11 million.

10 or 11 million is tough unless there is a guaranteed full membership by some date, not later than 2031. When we left the AAC Herbst said that we would be saving 2 million in travel costs. I would imagine it's more now, but for the purposes of argument, let's say it would be 2 million in the big 12. That effectively makes that 10 to 11 million to 8 to 9 million which is awfully close to what we will make in the big east.

Now, if we get a full share of football playoff money, which I doubt happens, that would be another 15, which would make everything worthwhile.

 

[KryHavok]

how does he know the results of polls, who are his sources

Probably uses the equation of : ((4-sided dice x 2) + the number of people who take him seriously) x 1E6.
Guy must have a concussion if he thinks ESPN would be giving us $21 million; we would absolutely love that number, so nooo way can it be real.