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Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
BYU just short of 8 votes. Being hurt by honor code/LGBT issues. Football only looking more likely.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UC is also short of the necessary 8 votes. So is UH. Don't expect a resolution before mid Oct. as lots of horse trading of votes will occur

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UCONN, CSU are the only realistic options for 14. Tulane also in the mix but the Green Wave would cause ESPN/Fox to throw a fit.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
If the B12 added two today the leaders would be BYU & UC despite WVU & TT being opposed to UC.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UH will get the votes. No expansion without Texas & Texas wants UH. Networks adamant about BYU too.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
ESPN is pushing BYU hard.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UCONN being hurt by geography although WVU & KU want the Huskies to get basketball back in NY market.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
Huggins would love to have WVU on the airwaves in NYC by any means possible. NYC exposure means hoops recruits.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
CSU is still my sleeper. Great market, new facilities coming on line & the only addition with the chance to dominate their market.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UT & OU still secretly feuding over a potential network. OU wants one. UT wants to keep LHN.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UT will only agree to 14 if the GoR is not extended. Adding 2 only keeps extending the GoR on the table to at least match the LHN deal.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
My opinion is this... Adding 4 is a simple money grab that means defections in 2024. Adding 2 means there is hope for the Big 12.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
If the B12 adds 4 then WVU, TCU, Tech, OkST & KSU must win at least 9 games a year between now & 2024 to have a shot.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
WVU should be ok... If they win. 8 win seasons though aren't going to get them a spot in the SEC or ACC.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
So the time to win is now.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
I'm not going to worry about it. 8 years is a long time.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
New additions are not going to get a 50% share before 2025. At best they may be looking at a 40% cut in 2023.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
I wonder how schools like UH and UC would be able to continue the massive subsidies they are pumping into athletics.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
UCF is still alive.

JayPfister ‏@angeraddict 6h6 hours ago
@theDudeofWV so it may be UC UH. Or possibly nothing

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 6h6 hours ago
@angeraddict Its going to be either 2 or 4 from BYU, UC, CSU, UCONN & UH.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
There's about six different scenarios he just pitched there. Pretty much everyone but CCSU has a shot.
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He truly is the biggest loser in all of CR Twitterdom. At this point he is just parroting random thoughts put out there by media types as well as other on line sociopaths like Mh3 and Flug. You have to love how he appropriated Flug's "Horse Trading" shtick into this latest steaming pile.
 
Ldandy said:
He truly is the biggest loser in all of CR Twitterdom. At this point he is just parroting random thoughts put out there by media types as well as other on line sociopaths like Mh3 and Flug. You have to love how he appropriated Flug's "Horse Trading" shtick into this latest steaming pile.
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Csu, only addition to dominate their market. Wrong.
 
He's said that before, and it doesn't make any sense. CSU doesn't and won't ever dominate the Denver market. That doesn't even pass the smell test. It's ridiculous. UConn absolutely dominates the entire state in coverage. So what the heck is he talking about?
 
I lived in Colorado 2012-2014. No one else bats an eyelash at any college sport. I was shocked moving from Florida how little the locals cared about CU Boulder and CSU
 
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Matrim55 said:
Demonstrably wrong:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/03/upshot/ncaa-football-map.html?_r=0#9,39.216,-84.692

That map is problematic in a few ways, but you're crazy if you think OSU doesn't deliver all of Ohio.
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You can believe what you wish, but having lived in Cincy for 10 years before i returned back to Nyc, southern Ohio is hostile territory for Osu fans, and they will admit as much themselves. The competition for Uc isn't Osu, it's professional sports teams. That said, any school of that size has large amounts of alumni in that area, and it's a question of providing quality opponents and product if they are going to survive and prosper. You do not build a 1.5 billion endowment without a lot of blocks. There is no question that any of these schools being considered should add fan support and interest with their affiliation with the b12, and it comes down to what other benefits the league may get from those areas be it recruiting exposure, sponsors, etc. not to mention ease of getting there and back regularly. Don't believe everything in the Ny times or interactive data. They are skewed based on more than one factor. Unless you line up every game at the same time and put it out there on everyone's tv offerings you have stats..............and we all know what they say about stats. Here's to hoping Uconn and Cincy remain rivals. Neither school has deserved the fate of the last several years, but sometimes distress builds a better franchise.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
There's about six different scenarios he just pitched there. Pretty much everyone but CCSU has a shot.
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Translation mid October means 2 weeks from now and i have no credible source for anything going on behind the scenes other than random fans i troll off of other schools chatboards.
 
The Dude is losing it this morning. It's hilarious to think back there were people that believed he was actually providing inside information.
 
CVS is going to be in a world of hurt just like the the Dude stuck it to the ACC.
 
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I think when he says CSU only one to dominate their market he's lumping us into a massive NYC to Boston market where there's what, 20 million people and we still rank top 5, not including the CT market where were number 1.
 
don356 said:
Translation mid October means 2 weeks from now and i have no credible source for anything going on behind the scenes other than random fans i troll off of other schools chatboards.
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Or, as said in that scene from the Wizard of Oz: "Don't pay attention to the man behind the green curtain!"
 
DiacosArmy said:
I think when he says CSU only one to dominate their market he's lumping us into a massive NYC to Boston market where there's what, 20 million people and we still rank top 5, not including the CT market where were number 1.
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I get it. Rather than saying nyc isn't part of the Uconn DMA, he's saying we don't dominate our market.
 
DiacosArmy said:
I think when he says CSU only one to dominate their market he's lumping us into a massive NYC to Boston market where there's what, 20 million people and we still rank top 5, not including the CT market where were number 1.
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The problem there is that U of Colorado has a stronger presence than FSU so the idea that CSU dominates anything outside of Ft Collins is a joke.
 
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Memphis Fan(s) getting desperate.

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14h 14 hours ago
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant @frankthetank111

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14h 14 hours ago
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant @ChuckCarltonDMN

Mike Swearingen@Swearingen20 14 hours ago
@MichaelAviotti @ChuckCarltonDMN but but but UCONN is in the largest market & they own the NYC market. People dont care about UCONN football

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN 12h 12 hours ago
@MichaelAviotti Thanks for sharing. I hope it works out well for UConn. FYI, Texas is ending its deal with Aspire.

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14 hours ago
@UofMemphisPres @DanWolken big problem for UCONN.
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 4 hours ago
@blauds looks like there is a little problem with UCONN Footbal
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant
 
huskymedic said:
Memphis Fan(s) getting desperate.

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14h 14 hours ago
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant @frankthetank111

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14h 14 hours ago
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant @ChuckCarltonDMN

Mike Swearingen@Swearingen20 14 hours ago
@MichaelAviotti @ChuckCarltonDMN but but but UCONN is in the largest market & they own the NYC market. People dont care about UCONN football

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN 12h 12 hours ago
@MichaelAviotti Thanks for sharing. I hope it works out well for UConn. FYI, Texas is ending its deal with Aspire.

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14 hours ago
@UofMemphisPres @DanWolken big problem for UCONN.
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 4 hours ago
@blauds looks like there is a little problem with UCONN Footbal
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant
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Football attendance since 2003:

UConn - 36,645 per game
Memphis - 31,331 per game

Maybe Memphis should The Aspire Group too.
 
huskymedic said:
Memphis Fan(s) getting desperate.

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14h 14 hours ago
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant @frankthetank111

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14h 14 hours ago
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant @ChuckCarltonDMN

Mike Swearingen@Swearingen20 14 hours ago
@MichaelAviotti @ChuckCarltonDMN but but but UCONN is in the largest market & they own the NYC market. People dont care about UCONN football

Chuck Carlton ‏@ChuckCarltonDMN 12h 12 hours ago
@MichaelAviotti Thanks for sharing. I hope it works out well for UConn. FYI, Texas is ending its deal with Aspire.

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 14 hours ago
@UofMemphisPres @DanWolken big problem for UCONN.
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant

Michael S. Aviotti ‏@MichaelAviotti 4 hours ago
@blauds looks like there is a little problem with UCONN Footbal
UConn Brings In Aspire Group To Help Boost Ticket Sales, Especially For Football -Hartford Courant
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This guy is too dumb to realize hiring Aspire is due to an upcoming external stimuli which will drive ticket sales. The idea is to have the consulting group in place and functioning before demand kicks in.
 
Dooley said:
Football attendance since 2003:

UConn - 36,645 per game
Memphis - 31,331 per game

Maybe Memphis should The Aspire Group too.
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90% capacity considering how dank attendance has been the last three years should tell the XII all they need to know about the support for the FB program. I don't think many of the XII programs would match that if they played our schedule. If we are in the grown-up game, they FB stadium will be full. UC as a program isn't getting better, BYU isn't getting better.
 
Dooley said:
Football attendance since 2003:

UConn - 36,645 per game
Memphis - 31,331 per game

Maybe Memphis should The Aspire Group too.
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I went back and double checked, I'm the one who tweeted that to him and Memphis actually averaged 30,990 since 2003.

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Guy is a total lightweight. He said how great the Liberty Bowl was and it was obvious I never visited, I said if I wanted to see the LB I'd drive to New Haven and go see the Yale Bowl.

Then he was talking about $20M practice facility, we built ours 10 years ago at 3x the costs and now are pumping more into it. Memphis fans are just a different breed of stupid.
 
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TheDoggPound said:
I went back and double checked, I'm the one who tweeted that to him and Memphis actually averaged 30,990 since 2003.

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Guy is a total lightweight. He said how great the Liberty Bowl was and it was obvious I never visited, I said if I wanted to see the LB I'd drive to New Haven and go see the Yale Bowl.

Then he was talking about $20M practice facility, we built ours 10 years ago at 3x the costs and now are pumping more into it. Memphis fans are just a different breed of stupid.
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Turns out I've been giving Memphis fans TOO much credit. I had them at 31,331. Oh well, will just have to make that adjustment.

They really are. No research and don't like actual data/statistics. They just want to tweet out some story that UConn hired Aspire Group because our attendance is just so bad...when we average more than 5,000 fans more per game than they do. FedEx better kick in a trillion dollars to add those buffoons to a Power conference. They have a LONG way to go.
 
Dooley said:
Turns out I've been giving Memphis fans TOO much credit. I had them at 31,331. Oh well, will just have to make that adjustment.

They really are. No research and don't like actual data/statistics. They just want to tweet out some story that UConn hired Aspire Group because our attendance is just so bad...when we average more than 5,000 fans more per game than they do. FedEx better kick in a trillion dollars to add those buffoons to a Power conference. They have a LONG way to go.
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They point out our struggles but Memphis is a program that only a few years ago was drawing under 20,000 for an entire home schedule. We never came close to bottoming out like they did.

As far as FedEx goes it better be a trilion or a Taj Mahal-esque stadium to replace the Liberty Bowl. If FedEx isn't panning on doing either than their involvement is pointless.
 
Memphis and UConn have completely different issues.

In Connecticut big time college football is still relatively new and is not historically part of the culture. That said, UConn owns the market and growing the fan base is very possible. Bring in exciting teams and continue to improve the on the field football product and there is no reason UConn cannot draw like the flagship, land grant state university it is.... There is no team in Connecticut which out draws UConn and it is not even close. The UConn football market is there, the demand just needs to be cultivated.

People in Memphis love football. It is SEC country and football is part of their culture. Unfortunately for Memphis most of those fans in Memphis are wearing orange and screaming "Go Vols." You cannot build a fan base if they are already cheering for someone else.

Memphis cannot build a demand since they do not own the market...game over
 
TheDoggPound said:
They point out our struggles but Memphis is a program that only a few years ago was drawing under 20,000 for an entire home schedule. We never came close to bottoming out like they did.

As far as FedEx goes it better be a trilion or a Taj Mahal-esque stadium to replace the Liberty Bowl. If FedEx isn't panning on doing either than their involvement is pointless.
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Agree. I mean those 2007-2013 attendance figures are just putrid. It goes to show how little they carry their own home market. Memphis may love college football...but they have clearly shown that they don't give a rats patoot about Memphis college sports.

And yeah, if I'm the B12, I ask FedEx for a trillion dollars. Seriously. That is Memphis' only chance is bribe money. If it means *that* much to them, this is clearly a "you write a number on a piece of paper and we will say yes" type of thing. Memphis has 0% chance of a P5 invite if not for FedEx bribe money. The B12 should demand $1,000,000,000,000,000 and if FedEx says no, oh well, you invite schools that actually bring something to the table instead.
 
dwalks93 said:
Memphis and UConn have completely different issues.

In Connecticut big time college football is still relatively new and is not historically part of the culture. That said, UConn owns the market and growing the fan base is very possible. Bring in exciting teams and continue to improve the on the field football product and there is no reason UConn cannot draw like the flagship, land grant state university it is.... There is no team in Connecticut which out draws UConn and it is not even close. The UConn football market is there, the demand just needs to be cultivated.

People in Memphis love football. It is SEC country and football is part of their culture. Unfortunately for Memphis most of those fans in Memphis are wearing orange and screaming "Go Vols." You cannot build a fan base if they are already cheering for someone else.

Memphis cannot build a demand since they do not own the market...game over
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Why do you say big time football is not part of ct history or culture?
 
I think he means like an SEC school...when the Women's Basketball board has a couple of hundred thousand more messages than the Football Board...it ain't like the SEC...totally football first.
 
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