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Message: [QUOTE="TruDomGopher, post: 1285311, member: 4159"] Let's review the current slate of rumors and tidbits: Back in mid-February, OkaForPrez posted an ambiguous post that UConn was in a P5 push. UConn could quietly be in play. Followed up with rumors of B1G rep at basketball game--interesting in that it may be the person in charge of branding. Solid news: Fox is getting killed with Big East BB. Extended rumors Fox is pushing at B1G. Guess: Fox is fed up with the COP/C and their snob/AAU status stuff. Guess: B1G can't/won't try to break a GOR and Fox wants action now. Waiting ten years when there are available pieces to be monetized now doesn't cut it. Confirmed: B1G would take ASU as partial for hockey. In effect, confirming that B1G is moving or drifting away from full conference model to a network model. Flugaur latest rumor twittering: Partial or affiliate. Rice. Serah Williams. NE. YES. Personal bias: I want UConn in B1G. (Colors my thinking.) Output: UConn, full membership contingent on meeting metrics. This should satisfy the COP/C. Who else would be of any value to YES tv? The need would be a traveling partner, primarily for football. Enter Rice. Who know's? Maybe they'll end up being the next Baylor--a little school that could. If not, no long range complications. A trial run for TV. East/west balance. (Important to note: no hockey or lacrosse with Rice and nothing but football moves a needle with them.) From there, you could fill in affiliate memberships as needed or desired or available. Maybe try to entice Boston U for hockey or something. The partial/affiliate thing is just another internet rumor, but in the totality it's a piece of the puzzle that fits because of the wait on GOR's, tension between tv executives and presidents, and so on. It's fun to play with so I'm going with this today: UConn to B1G. Rice affiliate football only. Boston U all sports. [/QUOTE]

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