What's your prediction for the Big 12 expansion announcement?

[UCFBfan]

My prediction: ESPN and Fox pay the Big 12 $50MM+ more per year and eliminate the pro rata clause from the Big 12 contract.

No teams added.

At this point I'd take this outcome.....if the AAC can hold together until the Big 12 GOR ends, we'll be in good shape, IMO. The AAC isn't a terrible conference so if everyone is still stuck in it, it gives football enough time to rebound and prosper. I know money will be tight but it will be the same for all the prospective P5 schools.

I'm just not getting a warm fuzzy over us to the Big 12. I'd gladly take nothing happening.

 

[Alum86]

I feel like as fans we have been putting major money down in the past with a 9 and an ace only to see the dealer (conferences) come up with two kings and an ace. This time we are holding, like, a 16 and just praying Memphis, who's sitting next to us, doesn't draw a six or less as they're sitting there with a 15.

After that long analogy, I guess I'm just saying I'm not optimistic.

Where do you gamble? Dealer stands at 20. Push.

 

[MattMang23]

Where do you gamble? Dealer stands at 20. Push.

Good point. I don't gamble.

 

[Carduccib]

Plz lord, we need P5 dollars

 

[JMick]

Plz lord, we need P5 dollars

We need the exposure and P5 nomenclature more than anything else.

 

[Carduccib]

We need the exposure and P5 nomenclature more than anything else.

Exposure is overrated, UConn is running an athletic department with champagne taste on a beer budget

 

[Exit 4]

This is a battle for 2026 - will the conf decide to take the best pieces for a max media deal in 2026 that are left on the board now or fold. Unfortunately I think they go with just two schools and tell others to keep at it as they may add again ahead of 2026. I don't have a good feeling.

 

[JMick]

Exposure is overrated, UConn is running an athletic department with champagne taste on a beer budget

I guarantee out athletic department would rather be making the same money in the Big XII as they are in the AAC. Just having the "P5" status next to your name is worth more than any cash

 

[Carduccib]

This is a battle for 2026 - will the conf decide to take the best pieces for a max media deal in 2026 that are left on the board now or fold. Unfortunately I think they go with just two schools and tell others to keep at it as they may add again ahead of 2026. I don't have a good feeling.

If expansion happens it will be by 4, money is too much to overlook if you're Big 12

 

[shizzle787]

Exposure is overrated, UConn is running an athletic department with champagne taste on a beer budget

We also need to cut sports that are not major or olympic that will still leave us over the minimum and compliant with Title IX (men's and women's cross country, men's golf, men's and women's tennis). Every little bit helps.

 

[Carduccib]

I guarantee out athletic department would rather be making the same money in the Big XII as they are in the AAC. Just having the "P5" status next to your name is worth more than any cash

http://adimeback.com/by-the-numbers-why-its-power-5-or-bust-for-uconn/

Have you read that link above?

 

[Carduccib]

I guarantee out athletic department would rather be making the same money in the Big XII as they are in the AAC. Just having the "P5" status next to your name is worth more than any cash

"A Dime Back reached out to UConn and the AAC and learned that in 2014-15 (its most recent year on record), the conference paid UConn $10,560,662. That’s less than half of what ACC schools took home based on the three factors alone, and it’s even worse than it looks. Reason being: a significant portion of that check (how much exactly, we’re not sure), comes from exit fees that schools that abandoned the Big East are still paying. Eventually, that money will dry up and UConn will fall even further behind.

It’s that overwhelming margin that makes a Power 5 invite crucial to UConn’s long-term survival. It can get by for now in the AAC, but eventually that gap will widen to an insurmountable margin. We’ll see teams woo recruits with nicer practice facilities and arenas. We’ll see them pay for better coaches. We’ll see everything about the Power 5 college experience improve to the point where no one else can keep pace."

 

[mavblues]

I feel like as fans we have been putting major money down in the past with a 9 and an ace only to see the dealer (conferences) come up with two kings and an ace. This time we are holding, like, a 16 and just praying Memphis, who's sitting next to us, doesn't draw a six or less as they're sitting there with a 15.

After that long analogy, I guess I'm just saying I'm not optimistic.

Wait, how would the dealer ever get two kings and an ace?

Dealer: K + A = 21 can't hit
Dealer: K + K = 20, can't hit, can't split

 

[JMick]

By the numbers: Why it’s Power 5 or bust for UConn

Have you read that link above?

I understand the numbers but for the long term we're better off taking a hair cut in the Big XII than we are staying in an AAC that doesn't have Cinci/Houston/UCF etc.

 

[Carduccib]

I understand the numbers but for the long term we're better off taking a hair cut in the Big XII than we are staying in an AAC that doesn't have Cinci/Houston/UCF etc.

Because of the money...

 

[JMick]

Because of the money...

lol no, it's not just the money. The media created a divide in college sports as soon as they coined the phrase Power Five. We are seeing it first hand how this is killing our national reputation.

 

[Carduccib]

lol no, it's not just the money. The media created a divide in college sports as soon as they coined the phrase Power Five. We are seeing it first hand how this is killing our national reputation.

if you say so

 

[MattMang23]

Wait, how would the dealer ever get two kings and an ace?

Dealer: K + A = 21 can't hit
Dealer: K + K = 20, can't hit, can't split

Yeah, someone else mentioned that. I don't gamble and tried using an analogy in an area I don't even understand. Epic fail.

 

[JakeTheDog]

Yeah, someone else mentioned that. I don't gamble and tried using an analogy in an area I don't even understand. Epic fail.

It's the avatar.

 

[MattMang23]

It's the avatar.

That could be it haha.

 

[Vowelguy]

My probabilities:

2 w/o UConn 33%
No teams 30%
4 w/o UConn 18%
4 w/ UConn 17%
2 w/ UConn 2%

 

[CL82]

Empire State Building is in blue and white tonight... sign?

 

[TheDoggPound]

2 w/UConn 0%
4 w/UConn 45%
2 w/o UConn 25%
4 w/o UConn 30%
No Teams - 0%

 

[Drew]

2 w/UConn 0%
4 w/UConn 45%
2 w/o UConn 25%
4 w/o UConn 30%
No Teams - 0%

If the chances of 2 w/ UConn are 0% wouldn't that mean the chance of 2 w/o UConn would have to be 100%?

 

[Kolumbo]

If the chances of 2 w/ UConn are 0% wouldn't that mean the chance of 2 w/o UConn would have to be 100%?

No. Because they could still go with other options, such as 4 programs, with or without UCONN.

 

[Drew]

No. Because they could still go with other options, such as 4 programs, with or without UCONN.

I read that the wrong way. Early mornings. Thanks.

 

[justgoplay]

Cincinnati fan here...... My opinion is UCONN is a lock, whether the BIG12 adds 2 or 4......... There may be some push back on Houston and a 5th Texas school. I don't think the school presidents are too enthused to align themselves with a school like BYU, regardless of their athletic prowess. Every metric but geography works against Memphis..... I say if it is 2, it's UCONN and CINCY. If it is 4, it's UCONN, CINCY, then Houston and BYU. Provo to Stoors, how's that for increasing your footprint? The TV guys won't let them exclude UCONN.

 

[greenday61892]

Relative newbie, what exactly is rule #1 of CR?

 

[amory]

Relative newbie, what exactly is rule #1 of CR?

Rule #1: Uconn always gets in the A in conference realignment

 

[Excalibur]

Rule #1: Uconn always gets in the A in conference realignment

Whatever the worst possible outcome is for UConn, will be the outcome . . .