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Possible Big 12 Invite rumors

Big 12 Yea/ Nay

  • We got no choice

    Votes: 305 46.9%

  • Stay in the Big East

    Votes: 251 38.6%

  • Are we there yet?

    Votes: 94 14.5%
  • Total voters
    650
upstater said:
It's funny I'm on the 57th page of this thread, and there's so little here about playing Kansas perhaps 2x a year in basketball, and facing teams like Cincinnati, Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa St, Kansas St or Houston. This isn't chopped liver.
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No we prefer seton hall, St. John’s, GTown, and pc because they’re closer. And Creighton, Marquette, DePaul and butler makes sense regionally.

Sarcasm
 
upstater said:
It's funny I'm on the 57th page of this thread, and there's so little here about playing Kansas perhaps 2x a year in basketball, and facing teams like Cincinnati, Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa St, Kansas St or Houston. This isn't chopped liver.
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And, if they could find a way to add Arizona and Gonzaga…
 
Huskyforlife said:
If the Big East is discussing raising the exit fees, this seems like a forgone conclusion.
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I wonder what the BE by-laws are for upping the exit fee? Probably a 2/3 or 3/4 majority but I wonder if they can make it effective "immediately"?
 
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upstater said:
It's funny I'm on the 57th page of this thread, and there's so little here about playing Kansas perhaps 2x a year in basketball, and facing teams like Cincinnati, Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa St, Kansas St or Houston. This isn't chopped liver.
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If UConn joins, they will use pods. We will hardly see Kansas.
 
John said:
Or we'll see them all the time.
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No, you'll see WVU, UCF and Cincinnati all the time. You might see Kansas twice a year, maybe not even in Connecticut.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I am not sure what the right move for ESPN is. At one point I got them trying to be a sports broadcasting monopoly, but now, who knows? Them being the only show in town for most of this century has covered up a lot of terrible decisions. They have spent 20 years trying to shrink the market for their college content, which doesn't make sense from a competitive or revenue standpoint. They have basically made themselves completely dependent on the SEC in the streaming era, which was both stupid and avoidable. Every time I think ESPN has made the stupidest decision possible, they top it with another one.
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It continues to amaze me how every single take you have on ESPN has been shown to be wrong, that the insane claim that they pick the schools to move makes no sense based on everything that actually happens...and yet you never stop to think that you were completely wrong. Yeah, they must have no clue what they're doing.

Enjoy Maryland-Charlotte on NBC.
 
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WestHartHusk said:
So your theory is the Big12 brings us in to the conference to not play Kansas? Think they may have some explaining to do to their media partners if that were the case.
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If they go to 16 teams, they're going to use travel pods.

Not sure if you've noticed, Kansas ain't exactly local.
 
zls44 said:
If they go to 16 teams, they're going to use travel pods.

Not sure if you've noticed, Kansas ain't exactly local.
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There'll be a Kansas home and home every year, oh ye of little faith.
 
John said:
There'll be a Kansas home and home every year, oh ye of little faith.
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I certainly hope so, but I don't see how it'd work in a normal schedule.
 
zls44 said:
If they go to 16 teams, they're going to use travel pods.

Not sure if you've noticed, Kansas ain't exactly local.
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TV executives care about what is local because…
 
upstater said:
It's funny I'm on the 57th page of this thread, and there's so little here about playing Kansas perhaps 2x a year in basketball, and facing teams like Cincinnati, Baylor, West Virginia, Iowa St, Kansas St or Houston. This isn't chopped liver.
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According to at least one poster this is merely AAC 2.0
 
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zls44 said:
It continues to amaze me how every single take you have on ESPN has been shown to be wrong, that the insane claim that they pick the schools to move makes no sense based on everything that actually happens...and yet you never stop to think that you were completely wrong. Yeah, they must have no clue what they're doing.

Enjoy Maryland-Charlotte on NBC.
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How about Apple? They seem ready to make a splash with the PAC. Care to comment?
 
zls44 said:
I certainly hope so, but I don't see how it'd work in a normal schedule.
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The B12 can make a UConn-Kansas home and home every year. UConn and Creighton have done that 3 years in a row and that is a similar distance. Now if the B12 adds Gonzaga and or Pac12 teams, then yes, those more than likely won’t be home and home games with UConn but rather rotating single games trading venues from year to year.
 
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zls44 said:
Because, once again, as I have said for 15 years and been proven to be correct repeatedly: the conferences call the shots, not the TV leagues.
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What are you talking about? The last 15 years have seen regional conferences destroyed by networks.
 
gsmooth said:
The B12 can make a UConn-Kansas home and home every year. UConn and Creighton have done that 3 years in a row. Now if the B12 adds Gonzaga and or Pac12 teams, then yes, those more than likely won’t be home and home games but rather rotating single games trading venues from year to year.
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The Big East plays a true round-robin, as does the Big 12. But with the increased size of the Big 12, how can they keep that up? Especially with 16 teams. Impossible.
 
WestHartHusk said:
What are you talking about? The last 15 years have seen regional conferences destroyed by networks.
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Moves that in no way have benefitted TV. Further proving that these have all been conference decisions, not TV decisions. Do you think ESPN and FOX really want to pay for Rutgers?
 
JohnFSilver said:
The BET is magical. For whatever reason, msg on those weekend, is amazing . That’s what the crowd doesn’t want to give up.
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I just had a son this past year and was looking forward to making the trek down to NYC for the BET an annual tradition once he gets old enough. Sucks that will never happen.

I’m sure a lot of the frustration with this decision is rooted in the nostalgic/romantic view of college sports being confronted with the hard reality of the business.

Even though I can recognize accepting a B12 offer would be the “right” decision, I still won’t like it. And to be quite honest, I don’t think I will care as much as I do now. Maybe that means I’m not a true fan…
 
noeynox said:
How about Apple? They seem ready to make a splash with the PAC. Care to comment?
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Apple is likelier to just buy Disney outright in the next 10 years to solve their issues. Don't have a legacy library, have a ton of cash on hand, here's a solution!

Also, their entire sports TV foray has been a complete catastrophe to this point. They seem very out on the Pac-12, but grabbing that anchor would fit with all the other bad moves they've made. Doesn't matter, they've got such an insane amount of liquidity that its harmless, but they're really bad at this. Really bad.
 
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