spilled beans

[metsfan2323]

I do think it is likely, as has been speculated, that NBC lowballed the contract because UConn and Cincy would not make further commitment to the league. So from that perspective, it is likely that the number assumes that we won't. Anything else would be foolish for NBC.

I agree with that, but assuming we are gone down the road and already gone are two very different things.

 

[RS9999X]

These contracts usually come with the same provision: add two teams and the conference can re-open the contract. Lose two teams and the Network can re-open the contract.

 

[Fishy]

It was speculation on JC's part - has nothing to do with the NBC deal or reality, for that matter.

 

[NutmegState]

It is speculation, you're right Fishy, but its not as if he doesn't know people. Namely, Herbst.
Why give false hope if there's nothing to it? We all can be doom and gloom but the Big 10 isn't done. We'll end up in a league...unfortunately probably the ACC.

 

[UConnErik]

Wasn't there a thread either here or on the Rutgers Board in the fall before the B1G came calling that one of their boosters said their AD (I think) met with a bunch of them and said that they would be invited to the B1G at some point in the future? At the time, I think we all dismissed it as garbage from New Jersey. We all know the ending to that story

 

[MarbleheadHusky]

Wasn't there a thread either here or on the Rutgers Board in the fall before the B1G came calling that one of their boosters said their AD (I think) met with a bunch of them and said that they would be invited to the B1G at some point in the future? At the time, I think we all dismissed it as garbage from New Jersey. We all know the ending to that story

Yes, and if I remembered correctly, we trashed them again when we heard Rutgers recruits state that Schiano told them they would be playing in the Big 10 someday...

 

[Exit 4]

It is speculation, you're right Fishy, but its not as if he doesn't know people. Namely, Herbst.
Why give false hope if there's nothing to it? We all can be doom and gloom but the Big 10 isn't done. We'll end up in a league...unfortunately probably the ACC.

At this point I am just hoping for the other shoes to drop this spring so we can all be done with this. Come on Delany, fire that canon.

 

[tzznandrew]

Yes, and if I remembered correctly, we trashed them again when we heard Rutgers recruits state that Schiano told them they would be playing in the Big 10 someday...

Yea. I'm not sure he wasn't talking out of his a. The fact that he said one thing, and that that thing turned out to be ultimately correct, does not prove he knew anything. There are a ton of other reasons why he could have been right, especially given the secrecy of the BE.

I think JC is looking around the landscape, knows there will be more changes, and can't see how we're not next in line for additions in either the ACC (most likely), B12 (less likely) or B1G (least likely). It's a guess. Again, just because his point may be right in the end, does not mean he has any real knowledge.