OT: providence-minnesota

[Zissou]

Why would the Big East people leak that? That does not help the Bg East in any way.

Continued incompetence.

 

[dogged1]

I don't believe this happened. Its nice for everyone to think it did, UConn throwing leverage around- not true, though.

I phrased that wrong, I should have said "There were rumors..." instead of "I believe..."

 

[Zissou]

I phrased that wrong, I should have said "There were rumors..." instead of "I believe..."

It's ok to believe... the rumors were pretty well sourced.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

When did UCONN threaten to leave?

Right around when we were considered for the Big 12
Stories were floated of our contact with the Big East .
They must of been taken seriously because we got our tier three rights back and WSU was invited allegedly Herbst was the catalyst.
Back then I was a denizen of the CR board. I gave that up only to step into the crazy B.B. board

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

IIRC the Big East-UConn talks ended up being about potentially finding a spot for men’s soccer (not sponsored by Big12) if we were invited. Not about joining full