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CL82 said:
Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · 14m14 minutes ago
@wvlawgeek The only reason to add UCONN is the TV market they bring. It's a big reason but only if a conference network is in play.

Bite me Chris.
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He might. Here is my unscientific comparison of UConn and WVU on expansion metrics. Note the entry toward the end.

Football: WVU
MBB: UConn
WBB: UConn
Hockey: UConn
Soccer: UConn
TV market size: UConn
TV market desireability/affluence: UConn
Academics: UConn
Black Lung: WVU
Biters: WVU
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Weren't you saying a friend in an AD the other day said UConn is out?
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Yes, because it was thought that BYU and Cincy would be in, but BYU (as they have in the past) refuses to budge with the Big 12 to play on Sundays. Thus, the word is that UConn should be in. Again, he's not in a P5 department so I'm not sure where they get their info from, but they're certainly more connected than the average fan
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Yes, because it was thought that BYU and Cincy would be in, but BYU (as they have in the past) refuses to budge with the Big 12 to play on Sundays. Thus, the word is that UConn should be in. Again, he's not in a P5 department so I'm not sure where they get their info from, but they're certainly more connected than the average fan
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D1 schools?
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Yes, because it was thought that BYU and Cincy would be in, but BYU (as they have in the past) refuses to budge with the Big 12 to play on Sundays. Thus, the word is that UConn should be in. Again, he's not in a P5 department so I'm not sure where they get their info from, but they're certainly more connected than the average fan
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Btw, I know my post may have came off like I was busting your balls or calling you out but was actually just curious.
 
So it looks like in the short-term that expansion is dead for the Big 12 but it has left the perception that the league is putting itself at great risk in the mid-term. Still we have done ourselves some good by disseminating the numbers and the value of UConn as an Academic, Athletic and Media Property.
 
Jimdish255 said:
So it looks like in the short-term that expansion is dead for the Big 12 but it has left the perception that the league is putting itself at great risk in the mid-term. Still we have done ourselves some good by disseminating the numbers and the value of UConn as an Academic, Athletic and Media Property.
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Huh? Are the results in from the deregulation vote?
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Yep, compromise reached, no expansion.
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Got to be kidding me lol. Definitely an attempt at rationalization, but I guess we all knew that the Big 12 was a very weird fit for UConn. Let's continue to build the NYC presence, improve academics, keep the football program going in the right track, and see if we can get the Big Ten in a couple of years. I think we'd all prefer the Big Ten anyhow.
 
Knowing that it is coming really doesn't help.

swift-kick-in-the-balls.jpg
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Nah, this isn't the worst case scenario, that would've been they expanded and didn't take us. Now we're just back to where we were before.
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Actually, nothing in our situation has changed. Let's continue to build football in the AAC for a few more years, and dominate this league the next few years in basketball. No reason we can't do both and then head to B1Gger pastures when the time comes.
 
UConnMike04 said:
Actually, nothing in our situation has changed. Let's continue to build football in the AAC for a few more years, and dominate this league the next few years in basketball. No reason we can't do both and then head to B1Gger pastures when the time comes.
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It would be nice if we could dominate this league in basketball for one year, let alone the next few.
 
UConnMike04 said:
Actually, nothing in our situation has changed. Let's continue to build football in the AAC for a few more years, and dominate this league the next few years in basketball. No reason we can't do both and then head to B1Gger pastures when the time comes.
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Agreed, while this isn't necessarily a positive that the Big 12 opportunity passed, it did not harm us directly, nor the conference. Staying in the AAC minus Cincinnati and Houston would have been an abject disaster.

That said, now that 12 teams aren't necessary for a conference championship, can we boot Tulsa and Tulane?
 
uconnphil2016 said:
Got to be kidding me lol. Definitely an attempt at rationalization, but I guess we all knew that the Big 12 was a very weird fit for UConn. Let's continue to build the NYC presence, improve academics, keep the football program going in the right track, and see if we can get the Big Ten in a couple of years. I think we'd all prefer the Big Ten anyhow.
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I'm actually kind of liking the XII now
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Agreed, while this isn't necessarily a positive that the Big 12 opportunity passed, it did not harm us directly, nor the conference. Staying in the AAC minus Cincinnati and Houston would have been an abject disaster.

That said, now that 12 teams aren't necessary for a conference championship, can we boot Tulsa and Tulane?
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I want to keep Tulane in just for an annual excuse to the wife for a road trip with the boys to NoLa. Better than Tulsa, Houston, Dallas, etc.
 
Just because this legislation passed and the big 12 isn't forced to expand doesn't mean that expansion is off the table. I think that Oklahoma and West Virginia will still try to push for eastern expansion. If not, the league will be picked apart in a few years.
 
RE: CCG Deregulation has passed
Steve H ‏@SoonerSteve1 34m34 minutes ago
@OU_Football it's time to leave the Big12..

I think that instead of expansion, it is now much likelier that the SEC breaks up.

Oklahoma to the SEC.

Not sure what to do with Oklahoma St.

This was all about Texas's TV Network. A redo of the B12 package through expansion would allow leverage for Oklahoma to press against Texas, or be rejected. Now Texas has a good logical argument against Oklahoma. I can't say Oklahoma is unhappy, but in striving for more $$, all it takes for Oklahoma to start stewing again is a championship game fiasco.
 
upstater said:
RE: CCG Deregulation has passed
Steve H ‏@SoonerSteve1 34m34 minutes ago
@OU_Football it's time to leave the Big12..

I think that instead of expansion, it is now much likelier that the SEC breaks up.

Oklahoma to the SEC.

Not sure what to do with Oklahoma St.

This was all about Texas's TV Network. A redo of the B12 package through expansion would allow leverage for Oklahoma to press against Texas, or be rejected. Now Texas has a good logical argument against Oklahoma. I can't say Oklahoma is unhappy, but in striving for more $$, all it takes for Oklahoma to start stewing again is a championship game fiasco.
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You mean the Big 12 breaks up?
 
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