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Turned out Delany was actually not that good at chess as ND went the ACC route instead.
Delany was playing Risk, silly...
Turned out Delany was actually not that good at chess as ND went the ACC route instead.
Correct and thank God, since it is a two way street for sure.....Finally, finally, the Big Ten has quit hounding Notre Dame for membership which it does not want. Hooray!
(I don't think that Texas will go to the Big Ten, either).
HoopsWeiss 11:04am via Twitter for iPad
Fox sports mulling idea of Kansas OU leaving big 12 for Big to give that conference 16 teams. Just another rumor? @BlueStarMedia1
I realize Boise St has had some good years on football, but they bring NOTHING else. No other sports. No academics. And they're more of a geographic outlier than we are. That is just crazy talk!heyscottymac5:25pm via Twitter for iPhone
Just learned Big 12 is getting closer to discussions with BYU and Boise State about joining the league, according to source close to deal
UCFSports5:35pm via TweetDeck
@murphsturph Radio guys in random markets have lower credibility than anonymous Twitter/message board posters.
murphsturph 5:40pm via TweetDeck
You guys don't trust the Panama City guy with 274 followers for breaking Big 12 expansion news? Smart peeps, my tweeps.
LOL....
He clarified the tweet today:
Dick Weiss @HoopsWeiss 19h19 hours ago Pennsylvania, USA
Info on big 12 comes fr fox sports column not fox sports guys just throwing it out there sorry for confusion @BlueStarMedia1
ND told the ACC that if they were join a conference it would be the ACC. Not sure if that's in writing, but it will be a long while before B1G and ND talk with each other.
Jim Delany and the Big Ten made a big push for ND and Texas in 2010, only to be rebuffed. They ended up with Nebraska only at the time.
There was lots of discussion in 2010 that Delany had "checkmated" and finally caught his "great white whale" in Notre Dame because of the TV dollars from the Big Ten Network.
Turned out Delany was actually not that good at chess as ND went the ACC route instead.
The only way that the Big Ten "would not want ND and Texas drama" is if both schools are unattainable.
(In related news, I don't want the drama likely associated with Kate Beckinsale and Rhona Mitra, either).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/sports/ncaafootball/08colleges.html?_r=0
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...20100608_1_big-ten-expansion-big-east-rutgers
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/08/sports/la-sp-0609-dufresne-college-football-20100609
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051102473.html
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...k-big-east-nebraska-chancellor-harvey-perlman
http://www.cornnation.com/2011/9/8/...-for-notre-dame-and-texas-to-the-big-ten-some
Chicago Tribune on UConn: "Connecticut is not an AAU member and drew 2,500 for its last spring football game. Maryland's pull in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore is intriguing, but that's where the appeal ends."
Granted this was 2010 and a lot has changed since then, but this was also when our football program was essentially in its prime. Mentioned it before but really need to rally up fan support this year, and this years spring game was a great start to that (pretty sure we had record attendance, no?)
That attendance number is bs.
TerryD said:Jim Delany and the Big Ten made a big push for ND and Texas in 2010, only to be rebuffed. They ended up with Nebraska only at the time.
There was lots of discussion in 2010 that Delany had "checkmated" and finally caught his "great white whale" in Notre Dame because of the TV dollars from the Big Ten Network.
Turned out Delany was actually not that good at chess as ND went the ACC route instead.
The only way that the Big Ten "would not want ND and Texas drama" is if both schools are unattainable.
(In related news, I don't want the drama likely associated with Kate Beckinsale and Rhona Mitra, either).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/sports/ncaafootball/08colleges.html?_r=0
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...20100608_1_big-ten-expansion-big-east-rutgers
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/08/sports/la-sp-0609-dufresne-college-football-20100609
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051102473.html
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...k-big-east-nebraska-chancellor-harvey-perlman
http://www.cornnation.com/2011/9/8/...-for-notre-dame-and-texas-to-the-big-ten-some
Scott McKinney@heyscottymac 3h3 hours ago
Big 12 officials vocal over being left out of '14 CFB playoff. Adding 2 teams allows them to have conf champ game, increasing playoff odds
Scott McKinney@heyscottymac 2h2 hours ago
Still unsure why Boise & BYU fans are upset over Big 12. Stand by our source, who said expansion conversation with those two likely ahead.
Matt@maytetheywa 2h2 hours ago
@heyscottymac why would they invite Boise St? That alone shows that you have no credibility.
Scott McKinney@heyscottymac 2h2 hours ago
@maytetheywa why wouldn't they? Perfect fit capturing nw market. Makes more sense than not
ME: Theater of the absurd.
He probably got some bad advice somewhere."Sadly, our advice comes too late for Scott McKinney, former host of SOUTHERN SPORTS TONIGHT, a sports radio show in Memphis. You may recall that he was busted for selling more than 100% of the shares to his show, then using the extra cash on himself, which apparently you can’t do. (Legally, anyway.) Well, it’s time for the sentencing, and the judge was extraordinarily unimpressed with McKinney’s shenanigans, giving him the maximum allowable sentence for the charges he copped to in the plea deal. Grease your ass, McKinney, because according to THE CLARION-LEDGER, it’s about to get rough:
Booneville native Scott McKinney was sentenced to five years in a Florida state prison Tuesday for defrauding investors in his Southern Sports Tonight radio program.
McKinney also will serve 50 years on probation and pay restitution of $188,508."
http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/five-years...host-22522
predictable. i love how everyone simply ignores the loud overtures from Delaney for his desire to expand east. simply put, delaney wants to capture between boston and dc and put a stranglehold on any conference outside the sec. i agree that if ou is available(count me as someone who believes the b1g is third on ou's list) the b1g should grab them and if kansas is the bridge, so be it. for this to happen, i see the b1g expanding to 18 not 16. uconn has been and remains part of their plan, there was just no urgency for an immediate add. that may change. this is a game of musical chairs and delaney does not want to be caught standing when the music stops. the additions of maryland and rutgers will come into question if they dont deliver the ultimate goal. while some love to devalue uconn, the hidden truth is that it could very well be the death sentence long term to the acc. with b1g money, uconn can very well grow into a northeastern power that schools like bc and syracuse rest in the shadow of. go to 18 now and wait for the acc to implode down the road...........add uva/gt and there you have it.
frankthetank is a well written blogger but he gives UConn absolutely no slack at all.