Non-Key Tweets

[CL82]

I agree that he is deluded. I obviously don't think that ND is going to join the ACC for football.

However, I don't know of any "selfless" school in CR and don't know of any that would fail to "pursue its own interests".

UConn will soon be in a P5 conference and I doubt it will "glance over its shoulder" at its former AAC conference mates.

Agree Terry, and bite me you stupid Domer.

(Not that I'm still a little bitter about the break up of the Big East. I'm loving it here in G5 purgatory.)

 

[mavblues]

Nice article for @Dooley 's info sheet:

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...gic-their-side?cid=ncaammsocial_tw_sf22459627

 

[CL82]

Nice article for @Dooley 's info sheet:

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball...gic-their-side?cid=ncaammsocial_tw_sf22459627

Nice find and on the NCAA website. How the heck did that happen?

 

[HuskyHawk]

View attachment 12370
"What's that you say? Both Florida directional schools? Population growth you say?
Oh, I gotta tweet this."

It would be better if he was holding a Yoda doll wearing a Tuxedo

 

[CL82]

It would be better if he was holding a Yoda doll wearing a Tuxedo

Your google must be much more specific than mine....

 

[HuskyHawk]

Your google must be much more specific than mine....

Needs some photoshop work.

 

[mavblues]

Nice find and on the NCAA website. How the heck did that happen?

I thought to myself "where's a good place to find articles on UConn basketball?" I started at ESPN, but the articles there were meh. That led me to promhub. After 30 minutes of research there, I went to CBS Sports. That led me back to promhub, but very few of the videos there actually related to UConn.

Eventually (hands cramping up) I made my way to the NCAA site, where I found that article, posted it here and collapsed from exhaustion.

I'm not saying that it was as tiring as playing a 4OT game, but I'm not saying it wasn't either.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I thought to myself "where's a good place to find articles on UConn basketball?" I started at ESPN, but the articles there were meh. That led me to promhub. After 30 minutes of research there, I went to CBS Sports. That led me back to promhub, but very few of the videos there actually related to UConn.

Eventually (hands cramping up) I made my way to the NCAA site, where I found that article, posted it here and collapsed from exhaustion.

I'm not saying that it was as tiring as playing a 4OT game, but I'm not saying it wasn't either.

My keyboard is separated form yours by miles of wires and wireless connections, and I still want to wash my hands after reading that That said, good find.

 

[Seaa Blue]

I thought to myself "where's a good place to find articles on UConn basketball?" I started at ESPN, but the articles there were meh. That led me to promhub. After 30 minutes of research there, I went to CBS Sports. That led me back to promhub, but very few of the videos there actually related to UConn.

Eventually (hands cramping up) I made my way to the NCAA site, where I found that article, posted it here and collapsed from exhaustion.

I'm not saying that it was as tiring as playing a 4OT game, but I'm not saying it wasn't either.

 

[SAMCRO]

I thought to myself "where's a good place to find articles on UConn basketball?" I started at ESPN, but the articles there were meh. That led me to promhub. After 30 minutes of research there, I went to CBS Sports. That led me back to promhub, but very few of the videos there actually related to UConn.

Eventually (hands cramping up) I made my way to the NCAA site, where I found that article, posted it here and collapsed from exhaustion.

I'm not saying that it was as tiring as playing a 4OT game, but I'm not saying it wasn't either.

Now whoever draws your name in the Boneyard Secret Santa knows what to get you.

 

[dayooper]

Putting this in the non-key tweet thread. From the Huskerboard.com forums:

Posted 07 March 2016 - 05:05 PM

I know I don't post much, and rarely contribute to rumors, BUT:



As some of you may recall, or notice from searching my post history, I work in media, specifically geared toward broadcast radio and television. I worked in the Omaha market for most of the 90's and still have many friends in Omaha and scattered in media around the country. I am currently in the Tampa Bay area.



One of those old media friends is a fellow in Chicago. I'll be short on details, as I was warned to keep him anonymous, but here's what little I got:



The B1G and OU are in fact talking about OU moving to our conference. I know that isn't much of a surprise. I don't have any actually surprising info. But this was a confirmation of something we all suspected and I thought it was worthwhile to verify it, inasmuch as I can. My friend is also a longtime media veteran in the sports broadcast world. He's not a guy anyone would know, more of a behind the scenes person in the executive area of broadcast.



He does not know anything more, really. No dates, no prophecies, no legal crap. Just that they are talking about moving to the B1G.



Take it for what it's worth.




Link

 

[pj]

He does not know anything more, really. No dates, no prophecies, no legal crap. Just that they are talking about moving to the B1G.

Link

The surprise would be if they weren't talking. No one makes a huge, long-term, $30-50 million per year decision without investigating alternatives. If they are looking at B12 with and without a network, they are looking at opportunities outside the B12 as well. They are surely talking to SEC and Pac as well.

Things that it would be good to know:

• How do Oklahoma and the B1G perceive timing? Is the GoR solid, is 2025 close enough that they can wait out an unsatisfactory B12 situation and don't need to challenge it?
  
• Is OU negotiating B12 expansion to improve their own conference, or just to leave their kid brother institutions better situated when they exit? An Oklahoma exit, reducing the conference below 10 and letting the networks terminate the contract, would be disastrous for Ok State, K State, Iowa State, etc.
• Who would be their partner to the B1G? OU would be a bit of a geographical outlier without Kansas. On the other hand UConn would be a more valuable partner.
• Would UConn to the B12 prevent UConn to the B1G. If OU can leave B12 for B1G then UConn could too, but it would be costlier than moving from the AAC, unless the B12 is being voluntarily dissolved with many simultaneous departures. If the B1G is seriously interested in UConn, they would probably look for some kind of temporary arrangement (full sports in all but football, scheduling program in football, football entry when OU is available).
• Can they get OSU to the SEC, improving the position of both schools if OU goes B1G? Would SEC be willing to take two Oklahoma schools? Probably not.
• What are the options Texas is exploring? As Texas is tied to ESPN via LHN, they would presumably look at SEC or ACC. Presumably a ND-like deal with ACC, keeping LHN but adding Tier 1 football to LHN to make it profitable, would be the most attractive model.
• Is the talk of a B12 network substantial or just a smokescreen? It's hard to see how a B12 network could possibly be competitive with SEC or B1G membership, the conference footprint is just too small. Is failed network negotiations going to be the cover for moves to B1G and SEC?

 

[upstater]

any shakeup is a good thing.

 

[Sea Goat]

any shakeup is a good thing.

OU is not AAU either, right?
If that is not an impediment for OU (or us), then we would fit perfectly into the B1G with them.

The trouble is I don't believe it. IMO, I still think we are on track for the Big 12 sooner than later.

 

[upstater]

OU is not AAU either, right?
If that is not an impediment for OU (or us), then we would fit perfectly into the B1G with them.

The trouble is I don't believe it. IMO, I still think we are on track for the Big 12 sooner than later.

AAU was not an impediment for Nebraska. Why should it impede OU?

 

[Sea Goat]

AAU was not an impediment for Nebraska. Why should it impede OU?

Actually Nebraska was AAU when admitted to the B1G. They got booted a year or two later.

 

[upstater]

Actually Nebraska was AAU when admitted to the B1G. They got booted a year or two later.

I know, but Michigan and Wisconsin tried to oust them a whole year before they were invited to the B1G. When Michigan and Wisconsin realize they didn't have the committee votes, the tabled the vote and then worked to recompose the committee 12 months later. In the interim, Nebraska joined the B1G.

It was clear that some of the top B1G schools wanted Nebraska out of the AAU long before Nebraska joined the B1G.

 

[Seaa Blue]

It was clear that some of the top B1G schools wanted Nebraska out of the AAU long before Nebraska joined the B1G.

Well, they wanted stricter criteria for counting "research" dollars, and Nebraska fell short under the revised criteria.

The problem now is that Delany, as an expert witness (or whatever it may be called) commented that it was a requirement that candidate schools be AAU.

 

[Waquoit]

Talk is cheap

 

[NickyNewark]

The surprise would be if they weren't talking. No one makes a huge, long-term, $30-50 million per year decision without investigating alternatives. If they are looking at B12 with and without a network, they are looking at opportunities outside the B12 as well. They are surely talking to SEC and Pac as well.

Things that it would be good to know:

• How do Oklahoma and the B1G perceive timing? Is the GoR solid, is 2025 close enough that they can wait out an unsatisfactory B12 situation and don't need to challenge it?
  
• Is OU negotiating B12 expansion to improve their own conference, or just to leave their kid brother institutions better situated when they exit? An Oklahoma exit, reducing the conference below 10 and letting the networks terminate the contract, would be disastrous for Ok State, K State, Iowa State, etc.
• Who would be their partner to the B1G? OU would be a bit of a geographical outlier without Kansas. On the other hand UConn would be a more valuable partner.
• Would UConn to the B12 prevent UConn to the B1G. If OU can leave B12 for B1G then UConn could too, but it would be costlier than moving from the AAC, unless the B12 is being voluntarily dissolved with many simultaneous departures. If the B1G is seriously interested in UConn, they would probably look for some kind of temporary arrangement (full sports in all but football, scheduling program in football, football entry when OU is available).
• Can they get OSU to the SEC, improving the position of both schools if OU goes B1G? Would SEC be willing to take two Oklahoma schools? Probably not.
• What are the options Texas is exploring? As Texas is tied to ESPN via LHN, they would presumably look at SEC or ACC. Presumably a ND-like deal with ACC, keeping LHN but adding Tier 1 football to LHN to make it profitable, would be the most attractive model.
• Is the talk of a B12 network substantial or just a smokescreen? It's hard to see how a B12 network could possibly be competitive with SEC or B1G membership, the conference footprint is just too small. Is failed network negotiations going to be the cover for moves to B1G and SEC?

A great indication you guys are leaving the AAC is 3 VIP'S guests of the CONFERENCE championship game
were from S.Miss

 

[Doggie Style]

Talk is cheap

And $$$ talks!

 

[Husky92]

A great indication you guys are leaving the AAC is 3 VIP'S guests of the CONFERENCE championship game
were from S.Miss

Well, there's a good chance someone's leaving. We can only hope it is us! Things look good now, but we've been down this road too many times to count our chickens before there is a press conference with SH shaking someone's hand.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

A great indication you guys are leaving the AAC is 3 VIP'S guests of the CONFERENCE championship game
were from S.Miss

The thing that worries me (and maybe I'm reading too much into this) is that if the AAC were to add anyone it would be to replace ONE current member. That would most likely mean BYU and Cincy or UConn. If it were two AAC schools they would stay at 10 and avoid expanding. Just hoping for the best.

 

[Slasher]

 

[Kolumbo]

This in an interesting Top 50, a seemingly very tough list to make. The AAC actually has Two (Tu****) members on the list. At the other end of the spectrum, WVU made the list.

http://www3.forbes.com/business/the-best-college-in-every-state/

 

[MattMang23]

This in an interesting Top 50, a seemingly very tough list to make. The AAC actually has Two (Tu****) members on the list. At the other end of the spectrum, WVU made the list.

http://www3.forbes.com/business/the-best-college-in-every-state/

We actually have three: Tulane, Tulsa and Navy (if you count partial membership). I am surprised at how many states don't have very good colleges.

 

[upstater]

We actually have three: Tulane, Tulsa and Navy (if you count partial membership). I am surprised at how many states don't have very good colleges.

And.... Johns Hopkins goes down to Navy. You're going to be hard pressed to argue against a world class institution like Hopkins.

 

[MattMang23]

And.... Johns Hopkins goes down to Navy. You're going to be hard pressed to argue against a world class institution like Hopkins.

There were a couple of surprises. I'm not in tune with it like you are, but to me Army over both Columbia and NYU was another.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

And.... Johns Hopkins goes down to Navy. You're going to be hard pressed to argue against a world class institution like Hopkins.

Seems to be a very strong bias in this report towards small, elite (academic and socioeconomic) liberal arts schools and possibly lower tuition (see Army & navy, which are 'free') over larger, STEM oriented schools, which seems to be counter intuitive in today's world.

• CA: Pomona (liberal arts) over Stanford and Cal Tech
• MA: Williams (liberal arts) over Harvard and MIT
• MD: Navy ('free') over Johns Hopkins
• NY: Army ('free') over Columbia and Cornell (and several very good liberal arts schools like Vassar, Hamilton & Colgate)
  
• OH: Oberlin (liberal arts) over Case Western
• PA: Swarthmore (liberal arts) over U Penn
• VA: Washington & Lee over both UVA and William & Mary

Based on this trend, I am surprised that Yale was the top school in CT instead of Wesleyan or Trinity.

Also, as noted, some states are just plain scary when it comes to higher education choices.

 

[NickyNewark]

The thing that worries me (and maybe I'm reading too much into this) is that if the AAC were to add anyone it would be to replace ONE current member. That would most likely mean BYU and Cincy or UConn. If it were two AAC schools they would stay at 10 and avoid expanding. Just hoping for the best.

At this point i think y.ou have a better shot than Cinncy.....reading LT's Okie CR board their seems a cooling on Cinncy a bit.....BYU is also touchy for religious reasons and that research firm should bear out UConns obvious value plus your a large State school...either way you're probably in the P5 soon.