The prior poster is correct. It is not sustainable long term. At some point we will need to make a change if given the opportunity. The gap between the have and have nots will only widen. The talent will go to the programs with the $$. Fox and ESPN will prioritize and prop up the conferences they would like to be successful. I love the BE, but everyone knows other possibilities have to be explored for UCONN’s long term financial success.
Feelings don't matter. Money matters. You would rather play Butler and DePaul than Cuse and Pitt, or Rutgers and Michigan State? I thnk UConn fans would be excited for those matchups.
It's a completely myopic viewpoint, which as an outsider I suppose I'll never understand. If we're talking about the Old Big East, the one that they make 30 for 30 Specials on ESPN about, maybe you could make that argument. However, this conference is basically a 50/50 split between small Midwest private schools, small Northeast private schools and a large land grant state school tacked on. These fans clutch dearly to MSG, but again is this The MSG of UConn beating Pitt in 3 overtimes or Xavier beating Creighton in a battle of WGAF?
The Big 12 is an interesting animal. There is enough value in the brands to land good media deals, but not enough to fear being raided in any significant fashion by The B1G or SEC. If UConn can somehow get in there for all sports, they may end up in one of the remaining 3 national conferences after the realignment smoke clears. I'm not sure you will be able to say the same for programs like BC or Wake.
I agree the ACC is fading fast. And B12 on the rise in spite of losing Tex/Ok. And there may be an endgame where SEC and B1G go to 20 or 24 members. This scenario I could see playing out.
This is exactly the reason why we should get into the B12 now.
One of reason‘s UConn missed an ACC bid is they always felt they were our only option and if needed all they had to do was snap their fingers .
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I’m sorry what?
The sources he is referring to is his imagination. He told himself to delete the tweet.
Pretty much. It's clear that he's been reading realignment discussion boards for 10+ years and just regurgitating the banter into tweets from his "sources." Somebody on Dirt Burglars posts that CU has a special session of the board upcoming. 1/2 hour later Mh ver is hearing from his sources that conference realignment will be discussed. Literally anybody could jump to that conclusion, only this fool will tweet it out as fact.
His source was probably this story. And Fluguar's tweet about the Colorado Board of Trustees executive session meeting on Monday. As far as deleting the tweet, he got scared by the Colorado AD.
More likely that he decided that having an argument with his imaginary source who made him delete a tweet makes him seem more credible.
