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[B1GEast]

That's a lot of $$$$

 

[HuskyHawk]

I mean, Baylor has effectively been in the Big 12 since like 1915, but sure.

Yeah, he's conflating the SWC and Big 8 merger in 1996 with hiring Art Briles om 2008, which is when they became good. Coaching matters. SWC wasn't holding them back.

 

[amory]

The premise of this article is pretty naive for a seasoned guy like Eamonn Brennan.

But there was also a large number of people who expressed a real desire to leave for the Big 12. These folks want to give proper high-level football a crack. Most of all, they want to secure the financial future of an athletics department that currently relies on the generosity of the Connecticut taxpayer to make its ends meet.

UConn’s leadership has a choice to make: Money or fit.

Before this week, I thought this choice was extremely lopsided. Just stay in the Big East! Don’t mess with happy. Etc. But since reports of Arizona being the next to join the Big 12 surfaced in recent days, the pro-leave UConn fan’s position is starting to make more sense. There is at least a case here now, something you could talk me into, a basketball argument for leaving the Big East and trying something new.

So it's Arizona that tips the scales? What?

I love Uconn basketball, but our athletic department is a lot bigger than uconn basketball, and fields a lot of sports that can't pay for themselves the way uconn basketball can. Money being equal I might actually agree that staying in the Big East is better for uconn, but the money is not close to equal.

 

[Dooooooomed]

 

[CL82]

Hmmm, why the 11th hour flip of positions?

 

[ZooCougar]

If the reports of the PAC 9 deal of $20M/school plus subscribers bonus are true, it is not a terrible deal. The Big 12 deal is with ESPN, and I don’t know what ESPN will look like in 5 years. Apple is a sure thing.

It just has to be enough to stop the bleeding.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Drew]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UConn Dan]

Why can’t UConn still win big and get more money? I vote both

 

[businesslawyer]

Waiting for the Board to attack Donny Marshall in 3...2...1

 

[noeynox]

No AAC love for that 1 title?

 

[Forte]

 

[noeynox]

Very fair article.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Why can’t UConn still win big and get more money? I vote both

The headline is clickbait while the article is pretty balanced at least with respect to hoops.

I think a lot of UConn don't consider UConn football because unless you were at The Rent from truly what amounts to a less than a decades worth of big crowds and good football it more or less is an afterthought. With that said, there's simply no argument that will convince me having sat in those stands from 05-13 that Connecticut can't support and have a successful football program when on equal footing with regional peers.

 

[ZooCougar]

Utah Not Returning Big 12's Phone Calls Amid Expansion Talks: Report

With expansion and realignment talks continuing to rev up, the Utah Utes now own one of the pettiest actions of the offseason despite an uncertain future in the Pac-12 Conference. According to a report from GoPowercat’s Tim Fitzgerald, ESPN’s Ian Fitzsimmons spoke on SiriusXM College Sports...

www.heartlandcollegesports.com

 

[ZooCougar]

The headline is clickbait while the article is pretty balanced at least with respect to hoops.

I think a lot of UConn don't consider UConn football because unless you were at The Rent from truly what amounts to a less than a decades worth of big crowds and good football it more or less is an afterthought. With that said, there's simply no argument that will convince me having sat in those stands from 05-13 that Connecticut can't support and have a successful football program when on equal footing with regional peers.

We literally cratered our football program. It’s almost a miracle to even be part of the conversation.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

We literally cratered our football program. It’s almost a miracle to even be part of the conversation.

I've taken this position here and on the chat but those back to back night games against Pitt and West Virginia highlighted exactly what this program could be. Electric crowds, good football, beating the top two overall Big East football programs en route to a league title. Those nights were absolutely awesome.

What kills me is that the opportunity to build on that momentum was swept from right under our feet with not only Randy bailing, hiring P, but most importantly the Cuse/Pitt defections which carved the path for our program to be relegated.

The whole thing was and is absolute BS that UConn doesn't care about football or can't support football. I'd love to see Indiana football have to play a decade in the MAC and see how their crowds look like, or Kansas State getting thrown into Conference USA for a decade and checking in on fan support.

We got absolutely hosed and anyone with an ounce of intellectual integrity wouldn't disagree.

 

[ZooCougar]

I've taken this position here and on the chat but those back to back night games against Pitt and West Virginia highlighted exactly what this program could be. Electric crowds, good football, beating the top two overall Big East football programs en route to a league title. Those nights were absolutely awesome.

What kills me is that the opportunity to build on that momentum was swept from right under our feet with not only Randy bailing, hiring P, but most importantly the Cuse/Pitt defections which carved the path for our program to be relegated.

The whole thing was and is absolute BS that UConn doesn't care about football or can't support football. I'd love to see Indiana football have to play a decade in the MAC and see how their crowds look like, or Kansas State getting thrown into Conference USA for a decade and checking in on fan support.

We got absolutely hosed and anyone with an ounce of intellectual integrity wouldn't disagree.

I was there for many of those big games. I remember. Some of it was beyond our control but what I am referring to are the things that were within our control.

The “P5” has a ton of dead wood in it that has no business looking down on us.

 

[Waquoit]

Waiting for the Board to attack Donny Marshall in 3...2...1

If he deserves it, why not?

 

[metsfan2323]

Waiting for the Board to attack Donny Marshall in 3...2...1

If he gives the wrong answer you can start at 1. Let me guess, a basketball guy who works for the Big East doesn't give a crap about football.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I was there for many of those big games. I remember. Some of it was beyond our control but what I am referring to are the things that were within our control.

The “P5” has a ton of dead wood in it that has no business looking down on us.

Oh I wasn't disagreeing with you, in fact I was adding to your point that we basically created this out of thin air and within no time had passionate crowds and had surpassed our rivals.

I'm not sitting here and saying we could have consistently been as good as West Virginia was in that BigEast era but I think we would have been competitive far more often than not.

 

[don356]

Utah Not Returning Big 12's Phone Calls Amid Expansion Talks: Report

With expansion and realignment talks continuing to rev up, the Utah Utes now own one of the pettiest actions of the offseason despite an uncertain future in the Pac-12 Conference. According to a report from GoPowercat’s Tim Fitzgerald, ESPN’s Ian Fitzsimmons spoke on SiriusXM College Sports...

www.heartlandcollegesports.com

Something tells me with Byu in the fold, BY is not calling them to begin with. Ironic if Byu ends up in the conference, and Utah is left out in the abyss of a likely demotion or independence.

 

[ZooCougar]

Oh I wasn't disagreeing with you, in fact I was adding to your point that we basically created this out of thin air and within no time had passionate crowds and had surpassed our rivals.

I'm not sitting here and saying we could have consistently been as good as West Virginia was in that BigEast era but I think we would have been competitive far more often than not.

Also our greatest strength is a liability depending on who you talk to. According to some being good at basketball just shows that we aren’t committed to being good at football.

 

[ZooCougar]

Something tells me with Byu in the fold, BY is not calling them to begin with. Ironic if Byu ends up in the conference, and Utah is left out in the abyss of a likely demotion or independence.

BYU is in. It just seems silly to have both.