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Husky92 said:
As much as I want this to be true, I'm assuming he's just trolling us for hits.
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The next time one of the WV guys get something in realignment right will be the first.

What I like is that it's being talked about, and generally people think it makes sense. I don't think that helps, necessarily, but it doesn't hurt.
 
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 3h
My gut says the UCONN stuff is false. I think, based on sources, the B1G waits on the B12.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 3h
The way this works is if a B1G school is in your DMA you pay the premium price for the BTN per subscriber regardless of subscription.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 3h
One B1G source says YES fee is approx. $2.99. It could triple. Is that a hint?
I can’t see how the B1G would make $ from adding UCONN since their home market doesn’t include NY.

UCONN’s lack of AAU status, CFB history, small alumni base (by B1G standards) & small stadium make me highly skeptical.

Color me surprised - the UCONN-B1G rumor may have teeth. Checking on it in greater detail now.
 
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Find it amazing that WVU fans still don't understand that CT has a piece of the NY market on top of the Hartford/New Haven market. They talk about CR all the time yet they retain no info whatsoever.
 
David Rooker ‏@dgrooker 3h
@theDudeofWV Storrs is only 86 miles from Boston. Are there enough eyes watching UConn in that area to justify bringing them into the B1G?

Christopher Lambert‏@theDudeofWV
@dgrooker Ratings say no. But there is a path to $ by adding UCONN via YES network. Is it enough?

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 3h
One B1G source says YES fee is approx. $2.99. It could triple. Is that a hint?

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 3h
My gut says the UCONN stuff is false. I think, based on sources, the B1G waits on the B12.
 
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kyleslamb said:
I swear these W.V. guys have the online information version of a ponzi scheme going.

They set each other up with false rumors, and then affirm or debunk them based on "sources."
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It really is funny how these guys work. Why do they do it? Is there a monetary angle that I am missing or this or is it just for sport?
 
jostar1 said:
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · 2h
Two B1G sources say there is nothing to UCONN rumors. 1 is still outstanding.
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Him writing this actually makes the rumor of UConn to the B1G more believable, since he's yet to be right on a CR move until it was already common knowledge. His "sources" had Clemson and FSU a lock for the B12. I think at one point he (or may have been the other guy) had LSU in discussions with the B12.
 
While mildly entertaining the WV crew are all ridiculous. Their only sources are whatever bat crazy thoughts pop into their moonshine riddled brains. I'm a CR junkie so I enjoy the discussion, but they would be far better off if they didn't claim sources. Seriously who would tell these clowns anything? I have an exclusive on the one B1G Source the Dude is waiting on.

His name is Otis The Hobo and he lives in the dumpster behind B1G Conference Headquarters. A few months back The Dude thought he hit the big time. Otis told him he found a memo from Delany marked TOP SECRET that named all the upcoming additions to the conference and when they were to take place. Unfortunately for the Dude he never received the document. His source used it to start a fire to cook a can of pork and beans.
 
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ShakyTheMohel said:
It really is funny how these guys work. Why do they do it? Is there a monetary angle that I am missing or this or is it just for sport?
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I think it's just ego, probably.

'The Dude' may know a person or two with decent connections, but clearly he embellishes his "sources" greatly and I'd say 95 percent of things he puts out he's simply throwing things against a wall and hoping they stick. MHV3 is just flat full of it entirely. Fact is, people with actual privilege to sensitive, ongoing negotiations do not share it as frequently as these guys suggest. If they did, they'd be cut off at the source. The only time leagues (or any business entity for that matter) like their info getting out is if it serves as a good propaganda tool. Otherwise, they simply don't care for, and won't allow, constant daily updates on their business dealings.
 
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I remember after the Sponge Rubber fire a Newsweek article described Shelton as "a drab little mill town squatting on the banks of the Housatonic River"
 
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buddy said:
And Derby was a football powerhouse. Those were the days!
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The olden days in the Valley
I went to a a Derby Shelton game once ( I was a Shelton Fan) and six of Derby's starters were relatives of mine. The valley was sort of like Ky it seemed everyone was related.
Nostical said:
Pops Shortell
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A huge personality behind the plate. When he was the Ump there was no doubt who was in charge. During a HS baseball game with another valley town, when the Captains met ,he knew every guys name. He actually did a kind of formal introduction . I guess he felt if we were treated like gentlemen we would act like gentlemen. He obviously did his homework.
 
buddy said:
And Derby was a football powerhouse. Those were the days!
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I used to living within walking distance when I was very young of Derby's football field. I could go to any game I wanted (they were all day games back then) except for the Thanksgiving game against Shelton and the Derby/Ansonia game. Those games were wild. I remember the Shelton mayor getting his leg broken at a fighter one year.
 
The Funster said:
I remember after the Sponge Rubber fire a Newsweek article described Shelton as "a drab little mill town squatting on the banks of the Housatonic River"
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That fire was before my time; but I remember the River Restaurant explosion and the fire in the factory on the Derby side of the river. I could here the transformers blowing up from my house. My fiends and I walked to cemetery off of North Street and watched it.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
The olden days in the Valley
I went to a a Derby Shelton game once ( I was a Shelton Fan) and six of Derby's starters were relatives of mine. The valley was sort of like Ky it seemed everyone was related.
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It's the Valley, everyone is related ;)
 
The Funster said:
I remember after the Sponge Rubber fire a Newsweek article described Shelton as "a drab little mill town squatting on the banks of the Housatonic River"
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Yep good description. That's my town. It was those mills and similar ones in Derby and Ansonia that gave the children of the children of European immigrants a chance at the American Dream.
Two generations from peasants with no future to Bank presidents,university presidents,CPA's ,Teachers, lawyers and Engineers. It was this quest for something better that played a roll in the demise of those mills. Those same Children of immigrants from the greatest generation comprised the labor force that's was second to none and irreplaceable.
Thanks Dad
 
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