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Yawkey Way said:
I have no idea what you found so offensive in my post that it brought out profanity and insults from you. I accepted the posters position that Uconn has no problem in promoting itself properly. What the heck is your problem with that ?
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Before more people like me misconstrue your intent, I kindly ask you to re-read and edit the typo. Thank you
 
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junglehusky said:
Don't hold your breath, because you won't get anything other than "stay the course" / "monitoring the situation" type comments - the chances UConn will could receive a BXII invite are close to zero. And that would still be true even if we cloned twenty Tom Jurich's and had them all running the UConn AD, board of trustees, president's office and got them elected as CT's governor and lieutenant governor. Our only hope to get in that conference would be a big expansion going for the East Coast with Temple/Cincy/ECU, which I would put at 0.01%.

(...so you're saying there's a chance.)

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Conspiracy Kitty says:
Au contraire, mon frère.
If UConn could successfully clone humans, it would have a ton of federal research grants.
If UConn had a ton of federal research grants, it would get AAU membership.
If UConn had AAU membership, it would open the door to B1G membership.
Therefore, if UConn could clone dozens of Tom Jurichs our conference affiliation problems would be over.
 
1) I'd call Memphis Louisville light. You ever have one of those things where a semi-cute girl keeps trying to date you, and you always make up reasons why you aren't interested, and then she starts dating your equally attractive friend, so you start freaking out wondering whether you made a mistake...next thing you know you end up in bed with her fat friend. Memphis is the fat friend and she might have just found her lucky night.

2) If the Big 12 is worried about championship games, you know ND has to be concerned going forward. The clock is ticking on them joining the BIG or ACC (I don't believe their football rights are tied in to the GOR signed by the ACC...), meaning UConn gets added as team 16 either way. Just hope ND goes 11-1 and doesn't end up in the playoff next year. Personally, I hope ND goes 0-12 but thats because I think Brian Kelly is a buttpirate (no offense to butt pirates intended).

3) Of course the AAC is going to deny it. The AAC becomes a lesser version of CUSA if it is not. If I'm Houston and SMU, I'm begging the MWC to get in...and if I'm Navy I'm not entering into the American...and that TV contract is going to look FUGLY.

So yes, I hope my Bearcats escape from the dumpster fire known as the American, but I don't believe UConn will be stranded for long if the Big 12 is really freaking out over a conference championship game.
 
I know, I know...contracts can be broken...but:


"On Sunday, ACC commissioner John Swofford was questioned about Notre Dame's status as an independent, and if there would be an expectation for the Fighting Irish to join as a full member.

"If Notre Dame decides to join a conference before 2027, contractually it has to join the ACC," Swofford reminded the assembled media. "They would be welcome with open arms."
 
don356 said:
One thing re: Memphis is that area is a hotbed for both bb and fb recruiting. Not to mention both have easy airports to get in and out of. They do fill in the gaps between big 12 and wv.
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because flying into Bradley and driving 30 minutes south is such a hassle? if uconn is passed over again, it's not the airports.
your last sentence is more likely.
 
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billybud said:
I know, I know...contracts can be broken...but:


"On Sunday, ACC commissioner John Swofford was questioned about Notre Dame's status as an independent, and if there would be an expectation for the Fighting Irish to join as a full member.

"If Notre Dame decides to join a conference before 2027, contractually it has to join the ACC," Swofford reminded the assembled media. "They would be welcome with open arms."
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This is true... it is part of the negotiations between ND and the ACC. The speculation and discussion over the years as to what league ND would join for football ( at 100% instead of its 40% current football schedule wise) came to rest in the 2012-2013 ACC- ND negotiations ( I said this on this very site a few days ago as well ). That said, money drives these issues. ( also said ) ND will remain a quasi Indepependent for Football so long as their TV people are happy with their financial return. So far, it appears they are.
 
Huskybite said:
Before more people like me misconstrue your intent, I kindly ask you to re-read and edit the typo. Thank you
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Yawkey-
check out how you spelled uconn in the questioned post (coon is offensive to some).

clearly huskybite is more intent on jumping up and down drawing attention that there is a typo rather than getting it fixed. I'm sure it's a typo.
 
Marty Jackson said:
Yawkey-
check out how you spelled uconn in the questioned post (coon is offensive to some).

clearly huskybite is more intent on jumping up and down drawing attention that there is a typo rather than getting it fixed. I'm sure it's a typo.
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Fair enough... I will retype that. I did not know what he was talking about. Now I do, as it was my typo mistake that sent him off. Since he did not know my wording meant no personal insult to anyone, I will cut him slack on his angry reply.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll fix it if the system allows me to go back a day. If not, I apologize for the confusion and / or anger that typo might have caused here.
 
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Dooley said:
I will give up if fahqing Memphis gets a P5 invite over us. And stop watching all college sports.
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I know. They have their best season in about five-plus years, and just like that, they're a hot commodity. Yet, even after all those years of UConn being halfway competitive since joining the FBS during the thick of conference realignment, and we've hardly ever been an option.
 
I really think you guys need to get Directv. It sounds like you having cable TV is to blame for all of this.
 
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UCFBfan said:
If this gains more traction and end of March Madness is expected announcement date, it gives Warden and Susan plenty of time to show they can be competent. Whether it's getting us in some P5 or leapfrog Memphis like Louisville did to us 2 years ago, the clock will be ticking. Any stay the course comments are failures in my book.

Will wait to see if this gains any more legs before truly worrying anymore.
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Questioning their competence is blasphemy here, don't you know? We are always worrying here. I don't think either of them is competent when it comes to negotiating UConn into a P5 conference. All the academics in the world, stem cells, genomes, rankings, olympic sports of any sort, make no difference at all. Perception and marketing matter. If it is true., that is what Memphis and Cincinnati will do ( or have done). That's what Louisville's AD was able to do, while our AD was nowhere to be found (Oh I forgot, he was in the VI during that crucial weekend and I'm told that it played no role in UConn's exclusion.)
 
Well things are shaping up for the Big 12 to make some kind of move.

OSU might have knocked the Big 12 out of the playoff. I hope.
 
Yawkey Way said:
Fair enough... I will retype that. I did not know what he was talking about. Now I do, as it was my typo mistake that sent him off. Since he did not know my wording meant no personal insult to anyone, I will cut him slack on his angry reply.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I'll fix it if the system allows me to go back a day. If not, I apologize for the confusion and / or anger that typo might have caused here.
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He did know, but it was more fun to get indignant, apparently.
 
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