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Agreed. Seems like he's been trying to build up his follower base, so simple red meat content appears to be why he posted those.Those tweets are the dumbest thing ever. Every team not in the SEC or Big Ten has interest in either or both. Duh.
Throw away UConn mention:
As opposed to the desperation we see coming out of TallahasseeThis seems a bit more than a throw away mention, but I guess we will see; also seems to be the first legit media guy mentioning us in the context of realingment as opposed to the usual twitter crackpots. Again will have to wait and see. I have noted that our AD has seemed less active on social media recently, so one wonders if there is something more to all of this as it relates to us.
Couple of throw away UConn mention:
-> Within the meeting rooms, each league’s strategy unfolded ahead of their proverbial territorial battle. Just paces from the Pac-12’s gathering, Big 12 leaders discussed a list of expansion targets, four of them residing in the Pac-12: Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah.
Other targets are from a variety of leagues: San Diego State and UNLV from the Mountain West; UConn, which is independent in football and in the Big East in basketball; and Memphis, from the American. There are others too, such as Colorado State, SMU and Fresno, but they seem further down the pecking order. <-
-> Though San Diego State seems bound for the Pac-12—it is their preference—Yormark has held conversations with the school’s leadership about being the Big 12’s only program in the Pacific Time zone. UConn, the reigning men’s basketball champions, is a play for a foothold in the northeast as well as adding another basketball powerhouse to what currently is the best hoops league in the country. And of Memphis, the Tigers finished as a finalist the last time the Big 12 expanded. <-
I agree that league is clearly looking to move west, they aren’t going to take us and 3 western schoolsThis seems a bit more than a throw away mention, but I guess we will see; also seems to be the first legit media guy mentioning us in the context of realingment as opposed to the usual twitter crackpots. Again will have to wait and see. I have noted that our AD has seemed less active on social media recently, so one wonders if there is something more to all of this as it relates to us.
If the Pac-12 stays together and adds SDSU and SMU, there is a legitimate chance the Big 12 will add us.I agree that league is clearly looking to move west, they aren’t going to take us and 3 western schools
If the Pac-12 stays together and adds SDSU and SMU, there is a legitimate chance the Big 12 will add us.
Couple of throw away UConn mention:
-> Within the meeting rooms, each league’s strategy unfolded ahead of their proverbial territorial battle. Just paces from the Pac-12’s gathering, Big 12 leaders discussed a list of expansion targets, four of them residing in the Pac-12: Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah.
Other targets are from a variety of leagues: San Diego State and UNLV from the Mountain West; UConn, which is independent in football and in the Big East in basketball; and Memphis, from the American. There are others too, such as Colorado State, SMU and Fresno, but they seem further down the pecking order. <-
-> Though San Diego State seems bound for the Pac-12—it is their preference—Yormark has held conversations with the school’s leadership about being the Big 12’s only program in the Pacific Time zone. UConn, the reigning men’s basketball champions, is a play for a foothold in the northeast as well as adding another basketball powerhouse to what currently is the best hoops league in the country. And of Memphis, the Tigers finished as a finalist the last time the Big 12 expanded. <-
Frank just took the "throw-away" line and ran with it.
Well, its "key" for someone/somewhere. Decks continue to shuffle.
Actually the “Magnificent 7”:And the ACC schools now have a name:
"The ACC’s options are quite limited, both for the group of seven and the league as a whole." Once a name is coined, it's over.
The GO7 could look to add the Kansases, Okie State, and perhaps the Corner 4.
"3. Create another league. If the seven agree to dissolve the current grant-of-rights agreement (we don’t know yet if this is a possibility), they may add a couple of more schools and begin their own association in hopes of it being more lucrative. This comes with its own issues, of course. You’d need a broadcast partner or private equity to fund such an endeavor. And, as one official asks, “Will it really be that much more lucrative?”"
I think it’s possible, but if they are really interested in moving west I doubt they just say ah well the hell let’s grab UConn since we couldn’t. I think we link up with what’s left of the ACC after the magnificent 7 leaveIf the Pac-12 stays together and adds SDSU and SMU, there is a legitimate chance the Big 12 will add us.
Actually the “Magnificent 7”:
What options do you think Louisville or Pitt have?It seems Georgia Tech, Louisville and Pitt would also have options to make it 10. How glorious it would be to see SU and BCU standing outside the Big East door asking to be let in, with duke and wake waiting in the car.
Big 12What options do you think Louisville or Pitt have?
Actually the “Magnificent 7”:
Dan Wetzel, Pat Forde and Ross Dellanger. Dellanger confirms that Yormark is definitely eyeing UConn. Wetzel and Forde think that UConn would be crazy to join the Big 12. "Don't make a football decision at a basketball school." "Football fans in New England don't care." "They dominate basketball when they are around NYC".