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ZooCougar said:
What’s funny is that the Die Hard Big East UConn Fans think that that it’s some oasis and will never be impacted.

They are in for a rude awakening.
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lol. You’re so mad.

NCAABB contract is locked through 2032. Nine years. If there’s a “reckoning” then, either the Big East is involved or I won’t care so whatever, man. Gonna try and enjoy this national championship we literally just won instead of crying that TCU doesn’t like us.

Have fun at your little cult meetings where you don’t UNDERSTAND why we just CANT GET IN as if there was actually anything that could have been done to change this in the last 50 years (there was not).
 
BigFanCT said:
Do I get more angry at our AD for taking the bait on Big 12 and acting like something was going to happen while ignoring ACC possibility, this now having SMU????? possibly join the conference.
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SMU is not getting a look because of who they but where they are. If the ACC adds SMU, the ACC Network will be in Texas. That is worth tens of millions of dollars.
 
shizzle787 said:
SMU is not getting a look because of who they but where they are. If the ACC adds SMU, the ACC Network will be in Texas. That is worth tens of millions of dollars.
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If SMU is offering to go in for ZERO media payout then I can’t see how anyone is mad at UConn for not doing that, because that’s pointless.
 
zls44 said:
lol. You’re so mad.

NCAABB contract is locked through 2032. Nine years. If there’s a “reckoning” then, either the Big East is involved or I won’t care so whatever, man. Gonna try and enjoy this national championship we literally just won instead of crying that TCU doesn’t like us.

Have fun at your little cult meetings where you don’t UNDERSTAND why we just CANT GET IN as if there was actually anything that could have been done to change this in the last 50 years (there was not).
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A lot of wrong to unpack here.
 
zls44 said:
lol. You’re so mad.

NCAABB contract is locked through 2032. Nine years. If there’s a “reckoning” then, either the Big East is involved or I won’t care so whatever, man. Gonna try and enjoy this national championship we literally just won instead of crying that TCU doesn’t like us.

Have fun at your little cult meetings where you don’t UNDERSTAND why we just CANT GET IN as if there was actually anything that could have been done to change this in the last 50 years (there was not).
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Yep, I'm going to enjoy them trying to go back to back. The doom and gloom here is insane. We just won another basketball title and have accomplished what 99% of fanbases never get to experience. Zoo doesn't even watch basketball, it's weird.
 
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I am surprised. Why? Because brand is more important than market. So essentially SMU can buy their way into the league?

SMU isn’t worth it. And the fact the ACC would destroy their conference, and make no mistake, an SMU add is terrible for the conference, is stunning in its shortsightedness.

Tulane, that school was the reason the original big east left. The markets for ACC carriage is a silly, declining area of revenue that is not a growth area. Linear TV is in secular decline. Any move, as a business, by the ACC to add a team for carriage is foolish. That diminishes over time.

Growth is in brands and in excellence and intense fanbase. Location does matter, but I suspect the usual suspects don’t want another New England team, let alone a hoops power.

Big 12 the better spot, as long as football is taken care of in some way (I am not against as 2 year Indy window or something).

When you look at conferences trying to be the next big thing, or conferences acting reactively for the short term, where you wanna be?
 
zls44 said:
If SMU is offering to go in for ZERO media payout then I can’t see how anyone is mad at UConn for not doing that, because that’s pointless.
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Why would ACC take that? Like, that is whoring yourself out. Then, eventually, after used up, you are stuck with them.
 
JohnFSilver said:
Tulane, that school was the reason the original big east left. The markets for ACC carriage is a silly, declining area of revenue that is not a growth area. Linear TV is in secular decline. Any move, as a business, by the ACC to add a team for carriage is foolish. That diminishes over time.
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Please explain
 
You know...this CR discussion vis a vis UConn has been a never ending story for the ten years that I have been a yarder.

But the script writers have been something else of late....building tensions, false leads, big surprises.

Who would have thought that Poof! the Pac 12 would be vanished ?

Nonsense ticklers like SMU to the ACC....crazy...but the crazy seems to happen.
 
zls44 said:
lol. You’re so mad.

NCAABB contract is locked through 2032. Nine years. If there’s a “reckoning” then, either the Big East is involved or I won’t care so whatever, man. Gonna try and enjoy this national championship we literally just won instead of crying that TCU doesn’t like us.

Have fun at your little cult meetings where you don’t UNDERSTAND why we just CANT GET IN as if there was actually anything that could have been done to change this in the last 50 years (there was not).
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Well, I mean ESPN could've gotten us in the club at any decision point along the way. Still can, absolutely at anytime. It is entirely up to them.
 
CL82 said:
Well, I mean ESPN could've gotten us in the club at any decision point along the way. Still can, absolutely at anytime. It is entirely up to them.
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This has been a constant problem. We keep being used to help float smaller conferences. We came cheap in the American, so we left. Now, Fox has us cheap and as a result, we can’t get into the B12. The ACC is the only conference we can control our own destiny with. Our state government needs to be pressuring ESPN relentlessly.
 
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zls44 said:
lol. You’re so mad.

NCAABB contract is locked through 2032. Nine years. If there’s a “reckoning” then, either the Big East is involved or I won’t care so whatever, man. Gonna try and enjoy this national championship we literally just won instead of crying that TCU doesn’t like us.

Have fun at your little cult meetings where you don’t UNDERSTAND why we just CANT GET IN as if there was actually anything that could have been done to change this in the last 50 years (there was not).
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Cult meeting? You’re talking to the wrong guy.
 
John said:
A lot of wrong to unpack here.
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He’s always been a nonsensical wack job.

We’re not getting into a P5 and the Bog East isn’t some oasis.

I don’t see what he is taking issue with. It’s bizarre.
 
The problem with the ACC is they needed a Luca Brasi .....like Sankey or Yormark...someone to make things happen.

Fredo (Kliavkoff) now sleeps with the fishes.

Jim Phillips is bunkered down...gone to the mattresses.
 
zls44 said:
lol. You’re so mad.

NCAABB contract is locked through 2032. Nine years. If there’s a “reckoning” then, either the Big East is involved or I won’t care so whatever, man. Gonna try and enjoy this national championship we literally just won instead of crying that TCU doesn’t like us.

Have fun at your little cult meetings where you don’t UNDERSTAND why we just CANT GET IN as if there was actually anything that could have been done to change this in the last 50 years (there was not).
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This. Exactly. When and if that reckoning comes nothing will look remotely the same and at that point there is no point worrying about it. because 300 other schools will be left in dust too.

LOL at "cult meeting" that's exactly what the CR board here has been for last 11 years. Excellent
 
August_West said:
This. Exactly. When and if that reckoning comes nothing will look remotely the same and at that point there is no point worrying about it. because 300 other schools will be left in dust too.

LOL at "cult meeting" that's exactly what the CR board here has been for last 11 years. Excellent
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So let me get this straight.

Your grand plan is for UConn, the most successful basketball program
In history, to be relegated to second class status? And you are ok with that?

You really think we can keep on truckin’ on $4.1M a year?

Dude, we have American soccer players riding the bench in Europe who make more than UConn does.

We should be actively pursuing something better, something more lucrative and something that is sustainable. FOX won’t be coughing up more dough for the Big East. The streaming services are not going to overpay.

Do I think a P5 invite is coming soon? Nope. I’ve always been skeptical and questioned the so called insiders here. I challenge you to show otherwise.

So do I think UConn should give up? Hell no.

We’re oddball. Kind of like BYU or something. We don’t really fit according to the schools in the P5. It’s a perception problem. But someday that could change.

And we make more enemies than friends, with our stupid lawsuits and our idiotic politicians. Like when or Governor shoots his mouth off about Houston. Little things like that matter.
 
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JohnFSilver said:
Why would ACC take that? Like, that is whoring yourself out. Then, eventually, after used up, you are stuck with them.
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True.

For argument’s sake though… SMU is making next to nothing in the AAC. And they are paying to produce ESPN + broadcasts.

What’s the difference between making a pittance in the AAC and being on + and making nothing in the ACC and getting an upgrade on every other front.

I think from SMU’s perspective it’s 100% rational.

In fact it’s just as rational as leaving the AAC for a smaller check in the Big East and going Indy in football.

Of all the fanbases, I’m so surprised that this one can’t see the logic here.
 
superjohn said:
Yep, I'm going to enjoy them trying to go back to back. The doom and gloom here is insane. We just won another basketball title and have accomplished what 99% of fanbases never get to experience. Zoo doesn't even watch basketball, it's weird.
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ZooCougar said:
So let me get this straight.

Your grand plan is for UConn, the most successful basketball program
In history, to be relegated to second class status? And you are ok with that?

You really think we can keep on truckin’ on $4.1M a year?

Dude, we have American soccer players riding the bench in Europe who make more than UConn does.

We should be actively pursuing something better, something more lucrative and something that is sustainable. FOX won’t be coughing up more dough for the Big East. The streaming services are not going to overpay.

Do I think a P5 invite is coming soon? Nope. I’ve always been skeptical and questioned the so called insiders here. I challenge you to show otherwise.

So do I think UConn should give up? Hell no.

We’re oddball. Kind of like BYU or something. We don’t really fit according to the schools in the P5. It’s a perception problem. But someday that could change.

And we make more enemies than friends, with our stupid lawsuits and our idiotic politicians. Like when or Governor shoots his mouth off about Houston. Little things like that matter.
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Houston sounds like a bunch of snowflakes if that bothered them. We don't need to lick those mouthbreathers boots. Because even if we did lick their boots, it wouldn't matter. I know you know that.
 
August_West said:
Houston sounds like a bunch of snowflakes if that bothered them. We don't need to lick those mouthbreathers boots. Because even if we did lick their boots, it wouldn't matter. I know you know that.
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Don’t lick boots. How about just don’t say anything. Because that would have been better. It absolutely had some kind of negative impact.

And who are we to talk? Hartford isn’t exactly Dubai.

And how freaking hard is it to dish out some compliments even if you are lying. It costs you nothing!

Show some intelligence for once. This state is its own worst enemy.
 
At this point the Big 12 has rejected us twice and the ACC has rejected or ignored us for over a decade. I think its time for us to focus our attention on the conference realignment hot girl - the SEC.
 
Please explain
Wasn’t Tulane one of final adds before C7 said no more and pulled out?
 
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ZooCougar said:
True.

For argument’s sake though… SMU is making next to nothing in the AAC. And they are paying to produce ESPN + broadcasts.

What’s the difference between making a pittance in the AAC and being on + and making nothing in the ACC and getting an upgrade on every other front.

I think from SMU’s perspective it’s 100% rational.

In fact it’s just as rational as leaving the AAC for a smaller check in the Big East and going Indy in football.

Of all the fanbases, I’m so surprised that this one can’t see the logic here.
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Oh it's definitely logical. They essentially became a supermarket free sample. Nobody would've given a thought to them but for the fact that they're free.
 
ZooCougar said:
He’s always been a nonsensical wack job.

We’re not getting into a P5 and the Bog East isn’t some oasis.

I don’t see what he is taking issue with. It’s bizarre.
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Not nearly as bizarre as someone who is a UConn fan only for the football.
 
CL82 said:
Oh it's definitely logical. They essentially became a supermarket free sample. Nobody would've given a thought to them but for the fact that they're free.
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Man I want UConn to offer the free deal to the ACC so badly just so I can watch you dopes try to spin the reason SMU got chosen over us then. (Because that would ABSOLUTELY happen)
 
uconnyankee said:
Please explain
Wasn’t Tulane one of final adds before C7 said no more and pulled out?
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The Tulane add and their HS Gym was the end of the road for the C7. That was the straw. They were never asked what they thought. Not a single consideration was given. They had no voting power. That’s why I laugh at all the add suggestions for the BE. The BB schools will never give up that power again. You have FB and you want to join? Prepare for a huge buyout and no voting power. “We should demand more money than the other schools in the next contract.” Ive seen some delusional crap on here, but that is way way up there. Lololol
 
August_West said:
Man I want UConn to offer the free deal to the ACC so badly just so I can watch you dopes try to spin the reason SMU got chosen over us then. (Because that would ABSOLUTELY happen)
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You can't see how actually being in the 4th biggest metro area in a recruiting hotbed is not more attractive than being well on the outskirts of the 53rd biggest metro area with hardly any recruits?
 
FriarJ said:
The Tulane add and their HS Gym was the end of the road for the C7. That was the straw. They were never asked what they thought. Not a single consideration was given. They had no voting power. That’s why I laugh at all the add suggestions for the BE. The BB schools will never give up that power again. You have FB and you want to join? Prepare for a huge buyout and no voting power. “We should demand more money than the other schools in the next contract.” Ive seen some delusional crap on here, but that is way way up there. Lololol
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Did the Catholic schools start the original Big East and then all the non-Catholic schools like UConn, etc. joined it?
 
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