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jostar1 said:
Not a tweet, but HeinousOne's theory over on Landthieves:

  1. ESPN could use some more major tax breaks from The State of Connecticut right now with all the bad press coming out in the media about their finances. The ACC accepting UConn will help grease those wheels. UConn certainly is not high up on the ACC's list but the ACC Network is. The same goes for allowing in Texas with a partial contract and then the likes of Baylor with them fully.

    These aren't the most exciting moves for The ACC but getting the ACC Network, at this point, seems like a life or death issue for some ACC schools.
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No taxes for life for a P5 invite! !!
 
jostar1 said:
Not a tweet, but HeinousOne's theory over on Landthieves:

  1. ESPN could use some more major tax breaks from The State of Connecticut right now with all the bad press coming out in the media about their finances. The ACC accepting UConn will help grease those wheels. UConn certainly is not high up on the ACC's list but the ACC Network is. The same goes for allowing in Texas with a partial contract and then the likes of Baylor with them fully.

    These aren't the most exciting moves for The ACC but getting the ACC Network, at this point, seems like a life or death issue for some ACC schools.
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Yeah Jostar...I saw that too...tax breaks supposedly for Espin to push UConn to the ACC. According to Helnous1's elaborate theories!! I'd like to know where he gets his info?
 
MH3 ‏@MH3 · 5h5 hours ago
UTs Steve Patterson had a heated debate with Boren yesterday. Told him if OU was so unhappy then leave.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV · 4h4 hours ago
@Genetics56 @Don_304 So an AD on thin ice told the PRESIDENT of a B12 university to leave the conference.
 
If he wanted to get Texas people more angry at him, driving Oklahoma out of the B12 would be a good move.
 
jostar1 said:
Not a tweet, but HeinousOne's theory over on Landthieves:

  1. ESPN could use some more major tax breaks from The State of Connecticut right now with all the bad press coming out in the media about their finances. The ACC accepting UConn will help grease those wheels. UConn certainly is not high up on the ACC's list but the ACC Network is. The same goes for allowing in Texas with a partial contract and then the likes of Baylor with them fully.

    These aren't the most exciting moves for The ACC but getting the ACC Network, at this point, seems like a life or death issue for some ACC schools.
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If he has the same screen name on CSNBBS he is a HUGE UCONN hater
 
FDNY99 said:
If he has the same screen name on CSNBBS he is a HUGE UCONN hater
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Everyone on csnbbs is a huge UConn hater. Especially all our old pals from the big east.
 
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jostar1 said:
Not a tweet, but HeinousOne's theory over on Landthieves:

  1. ESPN could use some more major tax breaks from The State of Connecticut right now with all the bad press coming out in the media about their finances. The ACC accepting UConn will help grease those wheels. UConn certainly is not high up on the ACC's list but the ACC Network is. The same goes for allowing in Texas with a partial contract and then the likes of Baylor with them fully.

    These aren't the most exciting moves for The ACC but getting the ACC Network, at this point, seems like a life or death issue for some ACC schools.
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The State of Connecticut has maxed out its ESPN handout budget. The business community is already unhappy with Malloy cutting taxes for a favored few while raising them for everyone else. Outside of the reps from Bristol and the surrounding towns, I don't see the state legislature supporting more tax credits for the worldwide leader given the condition of the state's budget.
 
whaler11 said:
The Steve Patterson Experience is amazing. It's incredible to watch someone so inept in such a public job.
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The whole world sees it everyday at the highest level, and I'm not talking about athletics.
 
The state gave UTC a sweetheart deal and, a year later, UConn and UTC came to an agreement to give UConn more land to be able to safely expand the stadium by 10-15K. But, then again, UTC has a history of being pro-UConn that ESPiN doesn't.

It's an interesting theory but not one that has any legs whatsoever, unfortunately. People outside of CT vastly overestimate ESPiN's relationship with/to UConn.
 
Dooley said:
The state gave UTC a sweetheart deal and, a year later, UConn and UTC came to an agreement to give UConn more land to be able to safely expand the stadium by 10-15K. But, then again, UTC has a history of being pro-UConn that ESPiN doesn't.

It's an interesting theory but not one that has any legs whatsoever, unfortunately. People outside of CT vastly overestimate ESPiN's relationship with/to UConn.
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Wait! ESPN has a relationship with UConn? Outside of their former employee Cowherd, I thought that they invented rul e1 of C.R. The former Thunderchicken A.D. basically came out & said so.
 
coachcap said:
Wait! ESPN has a relationship with UConn? Outside of their former employee Cowherd, I thought that they invented rul e1 of C.R. The former Thunderchicken A.D. basically came out & said so.
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Oh sure, they have a relationship. A very bad, very sour, very contemptuous relationship that they own our rights for chicken scraps when we should be valued at 30x what they're paying.
 
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whaler11 said:
Yes I'm sure someone who was Gov of Oklahoma would have a heated debate with the most overmatched AD in college sports.

Got a copy and paste out of it tho.

Not only that, but some yahoo who is most likely sleeping on his meth dealer's futon would be privy to the knowledge that this unlikely conversation took place.
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TBTimes_Bulls 3:36pm via Twitter Web Client
For the umpteenth time, we asked @MarkHarlanUSF about #USF's conference future. For the umpteenth time, he obliged.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/for-now-bulls-to-big-12-buzz-has-no-substance/2238152

>>Harlan said neither he nor USF president Judy Genshaft have received direct overtures about expansion from any Power Five conference, but added "we're always in the loop, so to speak, with those kinds of things." Harlan, for one, regularly has an ear to the ground as a member of the NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee.

"So I'm always in the conversation about national changes, whether they're expansion, rule changes or those kinds of things," he said. But as rational expansion conversation goes, there's simply nothing new to report, he says.<<
 
He said "rational expansion conversation".....so, I guess that there must be irrational conversations ongoing?
 
FDNY99 said:
If he has the same screen name on CSNBBS he is a HUGE UCONN hater
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He sees OK and Kansas being picked up by the Big Ten before anything more happens on the East Coast. I wouldn't say that he's a UCONN hater.

That board is mostly about the UConn and Big Ten guys knocking heads with the ACC guys and Domer (you know who ;)).
 
Seaa Blue said:
He sees OK and Kansas being picked up by the Big Ten before anything more happens on the East Coast. I wouldn't say that he's a UCONN hater.

That board is mostly about the UConn and Big Ten guys knocking heads with the ACC guys and Domer (you know who ;)).
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I've had my hat handed to me in the CR Boards over there by Cuse, BC, ND and UL fans...mainly Cuse and UL fans. The B1G fans over there are pretty cool with UCONN fans.
 
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Seaa Blue said:
He sees OK and Kansas being picked up by the Big Ten before anything more happens on the East Coast. I wouldn't say that he's a UCONN hater.

That board is mostly about the UConn and Big Ten guys knocking heads with the ACC guys and Domer (you know who ;)).
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If you mean me, I don't knock heads with any UConn guys on the CSNbbs boards. Big Ten guys? Sure.
 
Seaa Blue said:
He sees OK and Kansas being picked up by the Big Ten before anything more happens on the East Coast. I wouldn't say that he's a UCONN hater.

That board is mostly about the UConn and Big Ten guys knocking heads with the ACC guys and Domer (you know who ;)).
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I hope UCONN gets into the B1G so that I can go over there and give it back to the Cuse and UL fans. Talk about a group of a s s clowns
 
whaler11 said:
For all my faults I am happy to know that the only place I get my daily diet of CR lunacy is right here.
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Go over there for 5 minutes and you will realize why you hate Syracuse, Louisville, BC, ND and Pitt so much. The love fest between the UL and Cuse fans will make you sick to your stomach.
 
billybud said:
He said "rational expansion conversation".....so, I guess that there must be irrational conversations ongoing?
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Have you ever heard of the Dude?
 
FDNY99 said:
Go over there for 5 minutes and you will realize why you hate Syracuse, Louisville, BC, ND and Pitt so much. The love fest between the UL and Cuse fans will make you sick to your stomach.
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Their love for each other is rooted in their mutual disdain for us and our 4 titles. They have nothing else in common.
 
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dayooper said:
Couple of things:

1. What is Fox getting out of all of this? They hold OU's tier three rights. Fox has to get something out of this for them to release their biggest non Big10 tier three rights. KU and ISU just don't cut it.

2. Why would the Big10 want ISU? I hate to tell you, but the only way they would take ISU is if they made a deal to pick up OU and UT. ISU would lose money for the Big10 and wouldn't bring in any new markets or even political clout within the AAU.

3. If it were KU and ISU, the Big10 wouldn't expand. They don't need to for the sake of expanding.
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Because of the DirecTV/AT&T approval from the feds I now think ISU goes to ACC and Texas Tech goes to PAC. :cool:
 
Jeff Rosen‏@jeff_rosen88 1h1 hour ago
Bowlsby, #Big12 have hands full with Oklahoma president David Boren.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article28054678.html

>>The problems are more deeply rooted. The Big 12 is less a group of like-minded institutions made stronger by a partnership than it is 10 schools without better options. This is college sports’ most disconnected league.

It used to be that Texas could be justifiably blamed as the agent of instability in the Big 12 — but now it’s Oklahoma. More specifically, it is Oklahoma president David Boren.<<
 
The B12 is so inconsistent. On one hand they complain they are disadvantaged because they don't play a CCG, yet they won't expand to 12 to get one. I can't imagine taking some combo of Cincy, UCF, Houston, BYU wouldn't work for them. I know some are AAC teams, I'd wish them well, UConn wants out of this lousy conference too.

huskymedic said:
Jeff Rosen‏@jeff_rosen88 1h1 hour ago
Bowlsby, #Big12 have hands full with Oklahoma president David Boren.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article28054678.html

>>The problems are more deeply rooted. The Big 12 is less a group of like-minded institutions made stronger by a partnership than it is 10 schools without better options. This is college sports’ most disconnected league.

It used to be that Texas could be justifiably blamed as the agent of instability in the Big 12 — but now it’s Oklahoma. More specifically, it is Oklahoma president David Boren.<<
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huskymedic said:
Jeff Rosen‏@jeff_rosen88 1h1 hour ago
Bowlsby, #Big12 have hands full with Oklahoma president David Boren.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article28054678.html

>>The problems are more deeply rooted. The Big 12 is less a group of like-minded institutions made stronger by a partnership than it is 10 schools without better options. This is college sports’ most disconnected league.

It used to be that Texas could be justifiably blamed as the agent of instability in the Big 12 — but now it’s Oklahoma. More specifically, it is Oklahoma president David Boren.<<
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I agree with this article. It is Oklahoma that is putting up a stinker because their football program isn't doing well right now. If Oklahoma was coming off an 11-1 season you wouldn't hear a single word from them.

ACC not having an ACC Network in 2017 is more troublesome then the Big 12 schools debating if they want to expand or not since they don't have a network yet either. Why? Because the biggest reason ACC schools signed the GOR was to have a conference network by 2017.

So 2017 comes around and the B1G announces a record breaking TV contract worth billions and creates a billion dollar gap in revenue generated over the next decade vs the money ACC schools would be getting. THAT is what will cause heads to spin and phone calls to be made.
 
jlarson said:
I agree with this article. It is Oklahoma that is putting up a stinker because their football program isn't doing well right now. If Oklahoma was coming off an 11-1 season you wouldn't hear a single word from them.
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If an 11-1 Oklahoma team was left out of the Football playoffs due to an undefeated and ACC Conference Champion (Florida St), an undefeated and PAC Conference Champion (Oregon), a 11-1 B1G Conference Champion (Ohio St), and an 11-1 SEC Conference Champion (Alabama), there would be a lot very unhappy OU fans and school leaders screaming at U Texas & the XII to expand because the lack of a conference champion hurts their hopes at a playoff slot.
 
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