Non-Key Tweets

[Stinger92860]

Yes, and? It'd be a nice secondary or tertiary factor, but it's miles from being anything that will get us in. It's football and TV.

Gotta love that dominant Johns Hopkins football team.

 

[Kolumbo]

Now if UCONN Lacrosse becomes a varsity sport, punch the ticket!

 

[BoatShow]

Hockey East is a top conference totally confined within New England. UCONN is packing the XL Center. That is visibility. It's the AAU thing that is the B1G hurdle.

New England and Indiana because ND does wtf it wants.

 

[BoatShow]

lol, I'm kind of stuck defending points I never made but I'll play along for a while...

1) I don't advocate for an immediate upgrade of the Rent for to 55K. It makes no sense with our current attendance. That said the notion that facilities don't matter is just silly. Of course they do, you hear a lot of buzz about the Rent being too small and about how it is expansion ready. There's a reason for that.

2) Is it inconsistant to give RU credit for the full population of NJ 0f 7 million (it's actually closer to 9M) but not give "NY's university" of Buffalo credit for NY's 19 milllion? Sure Buffalo doesn't carry NYC and doesn't but who does? Certainly not Rutgers. While RU's support is strong around New Brunswick it fades quickly. That said, it will only improve due to B1G membership.

and now one point I did make... Seems silly to rip on on RU's approach to conference realignment. Perhaps an analogy will help. Two unemployed guys are candidates for the same job. One has more experience but lesser results in the target region and the other does a great job but 90% is not in the target region. The first guy buys an expensive new suit, even though he's short on cash and goes to the interview. The other guy goes in a nice but more modest suit. The first guy gets the job. Did the suit do it for him? Probably not, but the guy who lost out on the job to him standing around mocking him for it kind of looks like an idiot. That's just my opinion though.

Louisville and Rutgers expanded with less than stellar attendance. Cincy upgraded this season...

 

[Fishy]

Louisville and Rutgers expanded with less than stellar attendance. Cincy upgraded this season...

So what?

 

[businesslawyer]

Gotta love that dominant Johns Hopkins football team.

God, I hope you're being facetious because it's so hard to tell on here any more.

In case not, Johns Hopkins being an associated member of the Big Ten for lacrosse does us no good at all. Unless you want us to quit the AAC so we can only compete in the Big in lacrosse, or volleyball, or some other non-revenue sport.

 

[Stinger92860]

God, I hope you're being facetious because it's so hard to tell on here any more.

In case not, Johns Hopkins being an associated member of the Big Ten for lacrosse does us no good at all. Unless you want us to quit the AAC so we can only compete in the Big in lacrosse, or volleyball, or some other non-revenue sport.

I am....my point is that there can be exceptions and while BTN ad revenue will be small for UCONN Women's basketball and Men's Hockey when compared to football or Men's basketball, an extra 1-3+ M in value only helps our cuase.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 3h3 hours ago
Texas Athletic Department having a buget shortfall for the 13-14 season of 2.8 million dollars (161 REV vs 163.8 EXP) for 1st time in 14 yrs

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
The most important part of the Texas budget shortfall is that the cost of college sports will only go up up and up with new reforms.....

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
.....and UT AD Paterson says that it will take a few years for UT to get thier books balanced again(Im paraphrasing a bit here).

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
Texas will be fine financially.....but for most of the P5 schools it will be a tremendous challenge to keep in the black with new reforms

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
Ive said this from the beginning and will say it now again. LHN is only good for ESPN. Not for good for Texas or Big 12 5-10 yrs from now

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire Jan 8
As of now, under the NCAA rules, teams within a division must all play each other yearly. Delany wants to give Big 10 a future option in..

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
...flexibility in scheduling within Conference Games. Motivation is triple fold.1) Guarantee teams playing each at least once within 3 years

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
2) Flexibility in scheduling increases value. 3) Gains ability to expand conference. Example: 9 teams in 2 Div. 7 Inter games. 3 crossover

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
More expansion is in the future of the Big 10. Delany looking at ways to make it more feasible. Don't over look this upcoming deregulation.

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
Delany will target the current rule of all division teams having to all play each other (round robin) and will try to eliminate the rule.

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
Many will ask why did Delany want this?.....for all the rule changes why was this one important to him? I just told you why. Its happening

Doug ‏@NebGradDubDub 3h3 hours ago
@flugempire this is how dumb the B12 is. The changing of the rule will make it easier for B10, SEC and P12 to expand

 

[upstater]

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 3h3 hours ago
Texas Athletic Department having a buget shortfall for the 13-14 season of 2.8 million dollars (161 REV vs 163.8 EXP) for 1st time in 14 yrs

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
The most important part of the Texas budget shortfall is that the cost of college sports will only go up up and up with new reforms.....

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
.....and UT AD Paterson says that it will take a few years for UT to get thier books balanced again(Im paraphrasing a bit here).

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
Texas will be fine financially.....but for most of the P5 schools it will be a tremendous challenge to keep in the black with new reforms

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 3h 3 hours ago
Ive said this from the beginning and will say it now again. LHN is only good for ESPN. Not for good for Texas or Big 12 5-10 yrs from now

Greg Flugaur ‏@flugempire Jan 8
As of now, under the NCAA rules, teams within a division must all play each other yearly. Delany wants to give Big 10 a future option in..

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
...flexibility in scheduling within Conference Games. Motivation is triple fold.1) Guarantee teams playing each at least once within 3 years

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
2) Flexibility in scheduling increases value. 3) Gains ability to expand conference. Example: 9 teams in 2 Div. 7 Inter games. 3 crossover

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
More expansion is in the future of the Big 10. Delany looking at ways to make it more feasible. Don't over look this upcoming deregulation.

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
Delany will target the current rule of all division teams having to all play each other (round robin) and will try to eliminate the rule.

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · Jan 8
Many will ask why did Delany want this?.....for all the rule changes why was this one important to him? I just told you why. Its happening

Doug ‏@NebGradDubDub 3h3 hours ago
@flugempire this is how dumb the B12 is. The changing of the rule will make it easier for B10, SEC and P12 to expand

Hard to believe that you make $165 million in revenues and you're in the red. Never mind the fact that this budget INCLUDES all alumni giving to the Longhorn foundation, AND excludes the $20m a year the school spends servicing $300m of stadium and arena debt. Also, 100% of royalties accrue to the AD.

Not sure what they are doing wrong, but they have plenty of money to service the debt.

 

[CL82]

Not sure what they are doing wrong, but they have plenty of money to service the debt.

Clearly they need to increase the student activities fees.

 

[upstater]

Clearly they need to increase the student activities fees.

I think they should spin it off and have an IPO.

 

[dayooper]

Hockey East is a top conference totally confined within New England. UCONN is packing the XL Center. That is visibility. It's the AAU thing that is the B1G hurdle.

The big hurdle is that there isn't a viable partner right now.

 

[Dooley]

But if Delaney gets what he wants in deregulation of all division teams not having to play each other, then would UConn even need a partner? Couldn't Delaney just quickly pick up UConn for cheap and call it a day until other GORs expire and the shuffle starts again?

I think that is this guy Flugaur's point. Deregulation would potentially allow for cross-divisional scheduling. That allows for better SOS and the ability to put your top 2 teams in a Championship Game, regardless of what division they are in. I would also think that deregulation would also mean that a conference wouldn't need an even number of teams to hold a Championship Game.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Tuxedo Yoda ‏@TuxedoYoda 39m39 minutes ago
Bowlsby: "If we don't have a championship game and we also don't find some way to play a 13th game, then we know we're at a disadvantage."

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 29m29 minutes ago
@TuxedoYoda Bowlsby must still be watching the first season of the TV series The Lost

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 40m40 minutes ago
Its depressing to listen to what Bowlsby has to say about the current issues of the Big 12. He has no clue......no vision

 

[Seaa Blue]

Couldn't Delaney just quickly pick up UConn for cheap and call it a day until other GORs expire and the shuffle starts again?

the Big Ten does have experience with odd numbers...

However, (15 * 9) does not divide by 2 well, so somebody would be shorted a game with a nine-game conference schedule.

 

[buddy]

Hockey is a niche sport. You hockey guys are delusional.
If our success in Basketball,which is a major sort ,hasn't gotten us in .
Why would you think anyone will move the needle over hockey.
While all you guys were busy bashing the AAC , thinking things couldn't get worse ,I predicted our conference would be raided again ,by the B12 , and we would not get a n invite. So there was some value in the conference it just wasn't us.
We are really pretty screwed , unless the B1G saves us.
Why would they?
The ACC and theIr Daddy ESPN wants us dead .

We have been done in by our own lack of forsight in football.
Repeat after me
Football
Football
Football

I couldn't give you a like because I don't like what you are saying, but you are correct. All of this hockey talk is silly. If it mattered, Quinnipiac would be in the B1G. I think it was not only lack of foresight, but lack of will. People like to finger point at the previous administration, but the current president, although she certainly has improved UConn academically, and her cohort rock star fumbled away UConn's last chance to get out of this mess.

 

[jostar1]

Transic_nyc ‏@Transic_nyc · 1h1 hour ago
What’s Your College Team Worth?
Ohio State Overtakes Texas as the Most Valuable Program in College Football
http://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-your-college-team-worth-1421081367?mod=e2tw …

Greg Flugaur
‏@flugempire @Transic_nyc New BIG TEN TEIR TV CONTRACT is going to rattle cages. The middle and bottom of Big Ten will be extremely healthy vs other P5..

Greg Flugaur
‏@flugempire @Transic_nyc. ...P5 middle and bottom budget schools in other conferences. This also shows, along with tv ratings, UCONN & UCF > VS G5

 

[jostar1]

Brandon Helwig ‏@UCFSports · 2h2 hours ago
@WSJ @TuxedoYoda BYU, USF, UCF the most valuable among non-P5

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · 49m49 minutes ago
@Kool_J75 @UCFSports @WSJ @TuxedoYoda USF football program has no value to B12.

 

[pj]

the Big Ten does have experience with odd numbers...

However, (15 * 9) does not divide by 2 well, so somebody would be shorted a game with a nine-game conference schedule.

UConn will happily play an 8 or 10 game schedule, and if necessary be handicapped for the league championship, in order to make early entry possible.

 

[pj]

Transic_nyc ‏@Transic_nyc · 1h1 hour ago
What’s Your College Team Worth?
Ohio State Overtakes Texas as the Most Valuable Program in College Football
http://www.wsj.com/articles/whats-your-college-team-worth-1421081367?mod=e2tw …

Greg Flugaur
‏@flugempire @Transic_nyc. ...P5 middle and bottom budget schools in other conferences. This also shows, along with tv ratings, UCONN & UCF > VS G5

UConn is #60 at $95 million. Central Florida #59 at $99 million. BYU #52 at $113 million. Cincy #75 at $36 million -- big drop off there! USF not listed. Colorado State comes in at #76, $33 million.

Boston College #62 at $92 million. Pitt #64 at $87 million. L'ville #65 at $85 million. Wake #72 at $47 million.

 

[Dooley]

UConn is #60 at $95 million. Central Florida #59 at $99 million. BYU #52 at $113 million. Cincy #75 at $36 million -- big drop off there! USF not listed. Colorado State comes in at #76, $33 million.

Boston College #62 at $92 million. Pitt #64 at $87 million. L'ville #65 at $85 million. Wake #72 at $47 million.

USF is just ahead of UCF at #58.

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/uconn-football-program-intrinsic-value-60.70973/

HUGE dropoff between UCONN and Cincinnati. I was quite surprised when I saw that actually!

 

[itgoeslike]

No ACC teams in the top 20. I suspect the divide will become greater.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

Gotta love that dominant Johns Hopkins football team.

And Johns Hopkins is a member of the B1G in one sport. Would you be satisfied if UConn joined the B1G only in hockey?

A scenario which as a 0% chance of occurring, by the way.

 

[huskypantz]

And Johns Hopkins is a member of the B1G in one sport. Would you be satisfied if UConn joined the B1G only in hockey?

A scenario which as a 0% chance of occurring, by the way.

UConn would turn that invite down.

 

[Stinger92860]

And Johns Hopkins is a member of the B1G in one sport. Would you be satisfied if UConn joined the B1G only in hockey?

A scenario which as a 0% chance of occurring, by the way.

You missed the sarcasm. My point is that when it comes to the BTN, the revenue comes from different areas and you need to take into account the sum of all of the parts.

 

[CoastAtlantic]

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 4h4 hours ago
Please don't misquote me on what I've said today. No Big 12 expansion for 2015, 2016. 2017, 2018, 2019. In 2020 they get serious about it.

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 2h2 hours ago
@theDudeofWV I agree with this statement. I don't see the Big 12 expanding until at least 2019. I don't agree with Big 12 leaders..however

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 54m 54 minutes ago
We could dissect ACC Football REV numbers and instantly see how the middle and Bottom of the Conf will not keep up with Mid-Bot of other P5

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 50m 50 minutes ago
For Big 12 schools: Look at Football REV for 2013/14 average for Big 10 = $62,407,139 vs. Big 12=$61,033,836..close, right?....however....

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 48m 48 minutes ago
...if you take off top 2 Football REV schools in each conf(Mich&OSU)&(OU&UT) you get averages: Big 10 = $55,697,604 vs. Big 12=$47,321359...

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 46m 46 minutes ago
Point is the Big 10 is very healthy in Middle and Bottom of Conf when it comes to payouts vs other P5 conf, still using old B1G TV contracts

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 44m 44 minutes ago
What happens in comparing the Mid-Bot of Big 10 Conf in payouts vs. others when the new Big 10 Tier 1 contract comes aboard in 2017?

Greg Flugaur @flugempire · 43m 43 minutes ago
Conference Expansion/Realignment is going to happen again in the next 5 years. The gap in money..gap in monetizing markets will make it so

KevB ‏@ctkevb 37m37 minutes ago
@flugempire Out of curiosity Fluges are you professionally connected to college sports/broadcast media?

Greg Flugaur‏@flugempire 21m21 minutes ago
@ctkevb Not professionally connected to either, but personally connected to one of those.

 

[jostar1]

Tuxedo Yoda retweeted


Rutgers Al @RutgersAl
· 10h 10 hours ago
Ohio State will have a very difficult road to repeat due to Rutgers being an away game next season

 

[Marty Jackson]

Hockey East is a top conference totally confined within New England. UCONN is packing the XL Center. That is visibility. It's the AAU thing that is the B1G hurdle.

by totally confined in New England, are you somehow including South Bend into the very far western portion of CT?

 

[Marty Jackson]

God, I hope you're being facetious because it's so hard to tell on here any more.

In case not, Johns Hopkins being an associated member of the Big Ten for lacrosse does us no good at all. Unless you want us to quit the AAC so we can only compete in the Big in lacrosse, or volleyball, or some other non-revenue sport.

lets not give people more ideas BL...

 

[Marty Jackson]

God, I hope you're being facetious because it's so hard to tell on here any more.

In case not, Johns Hopkins being an associated member of the Big Ten for lacrosse does us no good at all. Unless you want us to quit the AAC so we can only compete in the Big in lacrosse, or volleyball, or some other non-revenue sport.

lets not give people more ideas BL...