We will see.
The one thing that the last 15 years of college sports has taught us us that money talks, ESPN decides who gets it, and there is no contract strong enough to prevent a team from leaving if it wants to go.
Also, my whole point is that the biggest brands in the ACC and Big 12 would merge and form a new conference. Presumably, that would include UVA and UNC.
Iâll never understand why Big 12 rejected UConn
Let it go man. UConn is garbage.
Gang,
Even the truly desperate ACC didnât make UConn an offer when it was fighting to stave off dissolution.
The football brand really is THAT bad.
Thatâs because they only needed 3 teams, and SMU was willing to have a unique media deal
Stanford and Cal were already âPower Schoolsâ
UConn wouldnât have been an upgrade, but Uconn has potential to be a good program
The ACC isnât interested in building programs from scratch
Exactly, so why should the Big 12 be interested in doing the same?
Because we can leverage UConn to get a split basketball media deal
To give you some leverage, i would much rather have FSU, Clemson, Miami and Louisville if we could expand with 4 teams
But I think UConn could become a football program that adds to the Big 12âa parity
A merger is very unlikelyâŠIt will be Big 12 adding several ACC schools. We are going to have a good contract and be intact when ACC comes up, TV media deal wise. There has been talk that ESPN wont even offer them any kind of a good deal, forcing a splinter where a number of their schools leave. ACC is the one in trouble, not Big 12âŠAbsolutely no reason for a merger when Big 12 has all the advantages. Contractually, we have ESPN and Fox on our side, not them. And its wrong to presume SEC and BIG will add schools. They could have already done so, and chose not to. Big 12 could end up taking who they want when time comes.
Iâm totally fine with the pause/dead thing with UConn. Wouldâve liked the bball, but itâs fine.
Most importantly for right now, not one UH person should be talking trash on their football program. You know on account of is being in a worse state currently.
The schedule UConn won 9 games is the equivalent of the schedule that we won 12 games with in 2021 lol
I mean yeah, but Iâd take a hollow 9 wins vs 4 âreally goodâ wins everyday of the week.
Do you know who remembers the schedules for these sorts of things? Us dorks on message boards, thatâs it.
Great deal-makers are always one step ahead. It doesnât mean deals are close. It just means a great businessman sees an opportunity to increase brand, sales, or income. Yormark is one of the hottest dealers on the scene. We donât know what his long range plan is for basketball but I think the end game includes Gonzaga and Uconn. At that point it near mathematically impossible for another conference to have a better stable than the B12. Year in, and year out.
It would be a monumental marketing move to highlight the conference.
BY should be talking to the right people demanding we get 2 teams in CFP. BYU deserved a bid and didnt get it. GET the FB situation straightened out and prep to get us a great tv deal when contract is up. We are already no. 1 in BB!! We dont need any help and we dont need BB parasites who offer NOTHING to help FBâŠpretty sure a lot of the Big 12 presidents have said so. Do some of you not know what suspending talks means? Our league doesnt want themâŠ
Problem with UConn is everyone is judging them using historical context
UConn can easily match the Big 12âs parity with actual Big 12 resources.
Definitely adds an east team to give roadies to big 12 schools on the east coast
If we donât take them, then I can almost guarantee the ACC will add them once UNC and UVA join the SEC
Just curious⊠why do you think they were left out from other regional conferences during the reshuffle? ACC never came knocking on their door despite their bball success in the last 20+ years. Big ten went after Rutgers over them too. I guess cause they are closer to the main markets in that region but UConn has performed better over all, no?
No idea
The only reason I would be interested is so that the Big 12 can leverage them to get a separate media deal for basketball, a deal that cannot happen with UConn.
Itâs more revenue to the entire conference.
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