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Dooooooomed said:
Ya, and if they're only "Big East-ish," I doubt they'd have much knowledge regarding this kind of topic.
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It sounds more credible than "I spoke with this guy I know who works in accounting at Atlantic 10 school."
 
UConn Dan said:
Based on conversations I’ve had with Big East-ish folks over the last few weeks, I haven’t talked to anybody who thinks UConn is really going to end up in the Big 12 in the immediate future.

But have you talked to anyone at UConn or the Big 12, Matt?
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Hey Siri…

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I like Matt Brown and think he puts out decent info on the industry overall but he didn’t exactly go out on a limb here.
 
JMick said:
That guy really hates the state of Connecticut. I'm not sure if he's really dumb or has an odd agenda. Someone should ask him what his deal is.
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His latest article was much more conciliatory.. essentially the ADs don't get it, but the trust in Yormarck:
www.oklahoman.com

Tramel: Big 12 leaders trust Commissioner Brett Yormark, even if they don't agree

While the Pac-12 waits out television contract negotiations, the Big 12 preaches patience in potential expansion.
www.oklahoman.com
Yormark mostly dodged direct questions. I asked him how much support there might be for a non-Power Five candidate.
“We have great collaboration with the board and our athletic directors,” Yormark said. “Obviously, there's lots of different routes you can take with expansion. As I said, we have a plan.

“But as it relates to a school that's a non-Power Five, if they create value and they align well with our goals and objectives, it's a conversation we'll consider having.”

Yormark said the presidents and athletic directors don’t always agree with him. Indeed, a Big 12 AD told me that after some meetings, after Yormark has left the room, the athletic directors scoff at some of his ideas. But they show him respect and they’ve come to learn that dismissing his ideas is not smart.
Yormark has proven to be prescient. What seems goofy today might be golden tomorrow.
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For example, another AD said a non-Power Five isn’t necessarily a non-starter, but if a mid-major is selected, “it has to be the right one.”
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Drew said:
Someone like Jon Fanta or a former administrator who would have no idea lol
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Nah, he actually has connections. I get that his info is not what we want to hear, but acting like he doesn't speak to people in power is foolish.
 
huskymedic said:
Well, in that vein… UConn Football wouldn’t have to leave the Big East for that to happen ;)
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If this is part of the deal (and I personally would love it) I imagine it would need to be official very soon (end of July would be pushing it) as we would need to do quite a bit of shuffling with our 2024 football schedule.
 
We have lousy football schedules lined up for 24’ and 25’. A quick move for football move would be great for us. It would also come at a time when we should roll out a good team that can compete in the B12 pretty well.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
If this is part of the deal (and I personally would love it) I imagine it would need to be official very soon (end of July would be pushing it) as we would need to do quite a bit of shuffling with our 2024 football schedule.
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Current:
8/31 at Maryland
9/7 vs Army
9/14 at Duke
9/21 vs FAU
9/28 vs Buffalo
10/5 vs Temple
10/12 at Wake
11/26 vs TBD FCS team?
11/2 vs Georgia St
11/9 at UAB
11/16 off?
11/21? vs or at Syracuse
11/30 at UMass

Hypothetic revised B12 schedule (choosing who to break up with has political elements beyond my purview).
This would be tough - no breaks.

8/31 vs FCS - noon
9/7 vs Army - noon
9/14 at UMass?? - 3pm
9/21 vs Iowa St - noon
9/28 at WV - noon
10/5 vs Cincy - 7pm
10/12 at Kansas - 3pm
10/19 off
10/26 at Baylor - noon
11/2 vs UCF - 1pm
11/9 at Houston - 3pm
11/16 vs Colorado - noon
11/21 at BYU - 3pm

flights:
WV
Kansas
Baylor
Houston
BYU

Every season there will be either four or five B12 away flights.
Sandwiched the by week with away games.

Looking at the 2023 B12 schedule, everyone plays their OOC games the first three weeks of the season, then switches to a full in conf schedule the rest of the way. I could see as an accommodation to UConn and perhaps BYU that these programs can play one conf game week three on the road to help spread out their travel a bit.
 
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Can anybody tell me why I can not see the
Key Tweets Thread anymore?
If I look it up it’s says “oops you have run into a problem.”
It is literally not a visible thread on my phone any longer
 
Rewster said:
Can anybody tell me why I can not see the
Key Tweets Thread anymore?
If I look it up it’s says “oops you have run into a problem.”
It is literally not a visible thread on my phone any longer
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Did you accidentally put it on Ignore? Go into Your Account and Scroll down to Your Ignored Content.
 
Rewster said:
Can anybody tell me why I can not see the
Key Tweets Thread anymore?
If I look it up it’s says “oops you have run into a problem.”
It is literally not a visible thread on my phone any longer
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I just hit refresh and it goes away.
 
Exit 4 said:
Current:
8/31 at Maryland
9/7 vs Army
9/14 at Duke
9/21 vs FAU
9/28 vs Buffalo
10/5 vs Temple
10/12 at Wake
11/26 vs TBD FCS team?
11/2 vs Georgia St
11/9 at UAB
11/16 off?
11/21? vs or at Syracuse
11/30 at UMass

Hypothetic revised B12 schedule (choosing who to break up with has political elements beyond my purview).
This would be tough - no breaks.

8/31 vs FCS - noon
9/7 vs Army - noon
9/14 at UMass?? - 3pm
9/21 vs Iowa St - noon
9/28 at WV - noon
10/5 vs Cincy - 7pm
10/12 at Kansas - 3pm
10/19 off
10/26 at Baylor - noon
11/2 vs UCF - 1pm
11/9 at Houston - 3pm
11/16 vs Colorado - noon
11/21 at BYU - 3pm

flights:
WV
Kansas
Baylor
Houston
BYU

Every season there will be either four or five B12 away flights.
Sandwiched the by week with away games.

Looking at the 2023 B12 schedule, everyone plays their OOC games the first three weeks of the season, then switches to a full in conf schedule the rest of the way. I could see as an accommodation to UConn and perhaps BYU that these programs can play one conf game week three on the road to help spread out their travel a bit.
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Would love Syracuse and Maryland over an FCS and Army having 11 P5's our first season sounds less than ideal, so I understand why we'd likely drop them, and small but I think we'd play WV @ home last game was played in Morgantown but I could be wrong, I'd be excited by this all n all.
 
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