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nelsonmuntz said:
FSU leaving the ACC would be awesome for UConn. I don't see anyway it happens, but it would be awesome.
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The schools left are uconn haters. They likely invite Tulane or some 2 year college over us lol
 
Exit 4 said:
Footprint looks too concentrated...should trade Houston for an ACC school when the media gods get to the wheelin and dealing phase later this month. And obviously it needs a school in the northeast.
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Not so concentrated as you think. If you were to divide Texas by four, such that TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech, and Houston had equal shares, each of those quarters would be more than thirteen times as large as Connecticut.
 
Exit 4 said:
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I usually discount what this guy says out of hand, but this is exactly what we need the reality to be. B16 wants Oregon and AZ/ASU as Plan A+. Lets hope the B1G comes through on adding O so Plan A can happen with UConn
 
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Bongo Fury said:
I’m an optimist but is the ACC interested in UConn?
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ESPN has already said that it will pay pro rata for UConn to move to the big 12. If it wanted to it could pay pro rata for UConn to move to the ACC. Granted, they are only paying for 2/3 of that pro rata in the big 12, but still.

(For me, at least, part of the appeal of the ACC would be beating the crap out of the schools that blocked us in the past twice a year. Yeah, I'm looking at you BCU.)
 
CL82 said:
ESPN has already said that it will pay pro rata for UConn to move to the big 12. If it wanted to it could pay pro rata for UConn to move to the ACC. Granted, they are only paying for 2/3 of that pro rata in the big 12, but still.

(For me, at least, part of the appeal of the ACC would be beating the crap out of the schools that blocked us in the past twice a year. Yeah, I'm looking at you BCU.)
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I can get a lot of consolation beating the crap out of Cincinnati and rubbing @kobe’s face in our success.
 
NH Husky said:
Looking at this map makes me want something to open up in the ACC
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Looking at this map makes me understand another reason Yormack wants us. We will be a compelling reason for some of the ACC schools who might otherwise be reluctant to join the B12 to consider it.

Good possibility that in a few years it will not only be the Big and SEC dangling carrots but the B12 as well resulting in the ACC finally breaking up. Currently the BIG and SEC lack the ability to get enough schools to break the GOR.
 
ZooCougar said:
There is smoke. Realistically who are they going to add? The PAC 12 remains?

They aren’t poaching any P5 conferences.
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Big XII's GOR expires first. Tell FSU they can take in some Texas schools and Okie State, and throw Kansas in to placate the basketball schools, and bob's your uncle.
 
UConn Dan said:
So we can be scrambling in 10 years when the ACC gets raided? No, thanks.
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Our perspective can only be accepted if people believe our addition to the B12 makes the B12 as attractive a conference as the ACC without the disharmony that exists there.

We still will be behind them in football at least for now. But our addition plus U of A really cements the B12 as the best basketball conference.

In bb we would be what the SEC is in football.
 
UConn Dan said:
So we can be scrambling in 10 years when the ACC gets raided? No, thanks.
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Yeah.
That gives us ten years to strengthen our football program. The reason the ACC would get raided is because they have better brands than XII. And northeast rivalries would allow basketball to maintain dominance. More likely chance UCONN is one of those raided teams.
 
UConn Dan said:
So we can be scrambling in 10 years when the ACC gets raided? No, thanks.
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Not going to happen. Are people paying attention? Just because that toddler FSU has a meltdown doesn't mean anything. The B1G is about to be full. They aren't taking any ACC schools. The SEC could, but do they really want or need to? Would ESPN fund a move between its two leagues (no)?

I've said for ages now, it will be 4 conferences of 16-20 schools. The ACC is going to be one of the four. The PAC is not. The ACC has been absolutely brain-dead on this. They sit at 15 now. They can just add UConn and be in better shape immediately. If they want a better footprint, get Cal and Stanford. Bix XII takes UA, ASU and Utah and we are done. Oregon State and Wazzu keep PAC name and credits begin raiding the MWC and AAC.
 
ZooCougar said:
247sports.com

Realignment Notebook: Pac-12 on verge of collapse

The Pac-12 is on the verge of collapse. Read on to see why that is and more.
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Paywall. @huskymedic

There is something about UConn talking to the ACC here.
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Maybe it’s in the video? It’s not in the text.

In this episode, Jason and Shelby Scheer discuss all the latest in realignment. Normally we have questions that are specifically discussed, but this is a unique time and in this episode we simply have a detailed conversation about the current state of realignment.

Although it is not completely finalized yet, sources indicate that Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah are all likely to join the Big 12. One source said that it would have to fall apart for the three schools not to make the move and the ideal plan for the Big 12 is to make the biggest possible impact, which is announcing all three at once. Although it is not set in stone, there could be an announcement as soon as Friday.

Should things fall apart, it would likely be Utah's fault. It is unknown how that would impact the Arizona schools, but Utah AD Mark Harlan has long been a major supporter of the Pac-12 and has been extremely hesitant to leave the conference.

Part of our discussion in this episode is why this is a choice that no president wants to make, but one that they all had to. It was their own decisions and a long line of miscues from the conference that have gotten everybody to the point of the entire conference as we know it no longer existing.
It may seem like we are rooting for the demise of the Pac-12, but that is not the case. We explain why our opinions have shifted towards the Big 12 and analyze what it means to be loyal to a program and conference overall.

There is also some possible movement in the Big 10 that would take Oregon and Washington with possibly Stanford and California as well. There's a possibility it all moves quickly, but even if it doesn't, the college landscape is clearly changing rapidly.

Television is in control of most of these decisions now and we discuss the response of ESPN as Fox moves to dominate college football and hold some of the most important cards in the business.

Most of the talk revolves around the next step for Arizona and why it makes sense. There is a board meeting scheduled for Thursday night and the Big 12 has a vote that is likely to take place in the afternoon. Anything can happen in realignment and with major networks and decisions involved, but figuring this goes according to plan, Friday is the day Arizona's future changes.
 

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