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What would a Big 12 or ACC invitation look like?

cellocgg said:
Yeah but UConn brand is larger and has reach into the largest media market in the country. This market also has a lack of big-time college programs that UConn can fill

OSU and especially Wazzu have mediocre markets and now share their states with B1G teams. Who's gonna care about the Beavers when the #1 Oregon Ducks are in town
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Yep. UConn has a very big brand. We dominate college basketball. Give us a P4 spot and an average or better football team and we are way more valuable than schools like Oregon State.
 
Hoophound said:
Yep. UConn has a very big brand. We dominate college basketball. Give us a P4 spot and an average or better football team and we are way more valuable than schools like Oregon State.
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We are already more valuable than Oregon State. Imagine if we were put on a level playing field...
 
LBird33 said:
ChBack to the question what would an invitation look like ? An invitation would be good.
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Ha Who said:
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Only thing that conference likes about us is to keep us out of its Little Man UConn Haters Club. I think their letter would be more akin to:
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I wouldn't care if the invite came from Woodstock and Snoopy. As long as it's official from the ACC.
 
Jetskies said:
until everyone announces they're leaving. Hellooooo ACC = AAC 2.0!
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The SEC doesn't want FSU or Clemson and remember that South Carolina and Florida have a right to deny either team. I have talked to a SEC guy and he stated they were not wanted or needed at this time. They got what they wanted in Texas and Oklahoma.

Can that change yes but there is nothing on the board now. I think the ACC and Big 12 end up in some agreement before long
 
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uconnbill said:
The SEC doesn't want FSU or Clemson and remember that South Carolina and Florida have a right to deny either team. I have talked to a SEC guy and he stated they were not wanted or needed at this time. They got what they wanted in Texas and Oklahoma.

Can that change yes but there is nothing on the board now. I think the ACC and Big 12 end up in some agreement before long
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I honestly believe that the SEC picked Texas without understanding what NIL was and how it would impact them.

Without NIL, all of the SEC schools would have had free access to Texas recruits that they were going to yank out of the state by winning those games, and the Longhorns would just wither on the vine.

Now? Texas is going to keep the bulk of their high-profile Texas recruits, as well as buy many of the SEC recruits / starters with their deep pockets. The SEC is going to regret this. They probably were all better served getting Florida State and Clemson, leaving Texas the inability to elevate to elite status in the Big12 because they weren't "SEC"...
 
UConnDan97 said:
I honestly believe that the SEC picked Texas without understanding what NIL was and how it would impact them.

Without NIL, all of the SEC schools would have had free access to Texas recruits that they were going to yank out of the state by winning those games, and the Longhorns would just wither on the vine.

Now? Texas is going to keep the bulk of their high-profile Texas recruits, as well as buy many of the SEC recruits / starters with their deep pockets. The SEC is going to regret this. They probably were all better served getting Florida State and Clemson, leaving Texas the inability to elevate to elite status in the Big12 because they weren't "SEC"...
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They have cornered Texas with Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma. I think they see it as keeping the OSU, Mich, and such out of the area.

The realignment is not done yet which gives UConn a change to land in one of the top 4 conferences
 
UConnDan97 said:
I honestly believe that the SEC picked Texas without understanding what NIL was and how it would impact them.

Without NIL, all of the SEC schools would have had free access to Texas recruits that they were going to yank out of the state by winning those games, and the Longhorns would just wither on the vine.

Now? Texas is going to keep the bulk of their high-profile Texas recruits, as well as buy many of the SEC recruits / starters with their deep pockets. The SEC is going to regret this. They probably were all better served getting Florida State and Clemson, leaving Texas the inability to elevate to elite status in the Big12 because they weren't "SEC"...
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Respectfully i disagree. Texas football, like our BB is hard to kill or die on the vine. That is what all of our old BE foes thought would happen. Texas just went through some bad FB hires.
 
noeynox said:
Respectfully i disagree. Texas football, like our BB is hard to kill or die on the vine. That is what all of our old BE foes thought would happen. Texas just went through some bad FB hires.
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They did, but they also weren't getting the best players in Texas to stay away from Alabama, Texas A&M, LSU, etc. The SEC had already effectively cornered the market in Texas.

If you look at the top 20 recruits from Texas (Rivals) for the years 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, you'll find that the lion's share went to the SEC. Then examine last year. Texas all of the sudden is grabbing large portions. I expect that will keep growing after this year as well.

To UConnBill's point, the B1G hadn't done better than the SEC in terms of Texas recruiting for a while now. But with NIL?? I expect that to change too, just like the illusion that the SEC is the "be all end all"...
 
CTBballfan243 said:
UConn and the State of CT will need to decide whether they want to play major college athletics or stay in the BE with the small private type schools and not compete on a National Level.
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I think we already know that answer. You only have to look at our Hartford Whalers. The state has never had any appetite for thinking big. No new civic center was ever built, the pathetic Rensselaer stadium instead of an on campus stadium, and now putting lipstick on a 30 year old pig with a new scoreboard at Gampel and nothing else.
 
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FearThePups said:
I think we already know that answer. You only have to look at our Hartford Whalers. The state has never had any appetite for thinking big. No new civic center was ever built, the pathetic Rensselaer stadium instead of an on campus stadium, and now putting lipstick on a 30 year old pig with a new scoreboard at Gampel and nothing else.
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If there was a way to -1000 this post, I would. Take your cheap shots at Connecticut somewhere else.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
If there was a way to -1000 this post, I would. Take your cheap shots at Connecticut somewhere else.
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The guy referred to it as "Rensselaer Stadium". I don't think we have to pay that post much attention...
 
UConnDan97 said:
The guy referred to it as "Rensselaer Stadium". I don't think we have to pay that post much attention...
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Sorry all you spelling bee proctors. Ren
nelsonmuntz said:
If there was a way to -1000 this post, I would. Take your cheap shots at Connecticut somewhere else.
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sorry all you spelling bee proctors. Rentschler Field. Feel better? I didn’t check the autocorrect before I sent it. Nothing I stated is incorrect, nothing. If all you can do it nitpick, you are truly myopic. By the way, how is the 60 year road construction project in the downtown Hartford mixmaster going? It’s never been completed.
 
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LoyalFanCT said:
Look at this proposal, merged ACC and B12 with UConn included. UConn would be in a pod with BC, Syracuse and Pitt. Knumbskull and Couz discuss.

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Added: UConn
Excluded: FSU, Clemson, ND
I'm in!
There are a few programs who may think they are too good for it or who get picked up by P2. If so, here are the sub potentials

Miami, UNC, UVA
USF, ECU, Memphis

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Kolumbo said:
Added: UConn
Excluded: FSU, Clemson, ND
I'm in!
There are a few programs who may think they are too good for it or who get picked up by P2. If so, here are the sub potentials

Miami, UNC, UVA
USF, ECU, Memphis

View attachment 106690
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That would be awesome! It would be a nationwide conference with eyeballs in every time zone and access to recruiting in every major region. It would cut down on travel for the student athletes. It would be awesome for fans with games that are easier to get to and rivalries that actually mean something. Travel for non-football/basketball sports could be much more manageable as besides your "pod" there is another 1 or two that are not too far away. Conference tournaments would be awesome.
 
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