Still feel like it will be buyers remorse if the BIG 12 happens for alot of fans ( including me with my statement above). But a couple of tweets from national talking heads with a big dose of reality. As it seems like it could get closer to CFB's 2 remaining Independents (Notre Dame and Uconn ?) bothing end up with their other sports in a P-4 conference.
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Story from Mike Anthony, long time Hartford Courant / Hearst Media Group writer :
Zanetto suggested on the Locked on Podcast that ESPN could add a financial "sweetener" that might incentivize Big 12 or the Allstate 12 as it will soon be known, to do this deal with UConn. He did not say if he based this on the above post.
Yep, listened to Zanetto, also his backpedaling from his "imminent headline", go figure ! As always it's about what a bunch of mediocre AD's at overpaid schools think when trying to hold on to a spot they haven't earned. Unless their scrambling when conferences are on the brink of extinction ( can anyone say PAC 12 ) As a majority of schools can't do what Uconn has shown over and over again, #WINNING and filling arena's / stadiums... When competing on a level playing field... #FACTS...Even in FB with 2 championships in the first 7 years building a brand new BCS 6 program and a Fiesta Bowl too.Or even what a bunch of Big 12 " shot callers" will agree to decide on, for Uconn's sports future.
TRUE.....The ALL STATE 12, SMH !.....it's amazing what happened to "Shabazz & the Hungry Huskies" and the rest of the "think about the poor student athletes " nationwide narratives. With unlimited free agency, revenue sharing, Paige Buckets making Millions, etc, etc, etc. I always knew this was coming and just the start. I've been a broken record about it for years on this board
We are in the era of crass commercialism- it's just a question of how far it will go. It always seemed like NASCAR was the world leader in it with their drivers covered head to toe with advertising patches. I never thought the NY Yankees (which is a professional sports team) would stoop to having any advertising patches on their uniforms, but that changed last year when they were paid $25 million by Starr Insurance for an advertising patch:
Well...... there is no more discussion regarding CR, strait from DB today. Back to business as usual......
Like your other post above, wouldn't that be nice if Dave is going stealth mode and kicking the tires elsewhere.. Like before when Uconn quietly headed back to the Big East ? Obviously depending on who is left, it would be highly more desirable to get into the "TRAVELERS" Coast to Coast Conference, formerly known as the ACC, LOL!
Blades, your Crystal Ball is hot, because this is where UConn will be headed after the Allstate Big 12 raids and cherry picks the top schools from the Travelers Conference, according to this:
I know Swaim fancies himself as some kind of self appointed CR guru. But ironically a day later a big part of his take hasn't aged very well, ie. not so easy ... LOL! Quote-Blades, your Crystal Ball is hot, because this is where UConn will be headed after the Allstate Big 12 raids and cherry picks the top schools from the Travelers Conference, according to this:
Rumor: UConn unlikely to ever join Big 12 but Pac-12 schools, six ACC schools can join
Longtime college sports radio host Greg Swaim reports that basketball-only schools won't be joining the Big 12 anytime soon; eliminating the chance UConn ever bflywareagle.com
To add to another whole failed round of nonsense regarding the Big 12. I agree with this tweet and that some wannabe like Zanetto should never be talking about a CR move for Uconn unless it's after a done deal announced by the AD. Also IMHO, rather see Uconn stay as is in the BE/Indy rather than some half ass deal where FB isn't welcome too.
I listened to the Zanetto podcast "breaking" this "news" the day it came out. He was reporting that his source said it was "all but a done deal", or words to that effect. I remember listening to it and thinking this does not sound like a done deal so much as he wishes it to be so. Since then, however, even though Zanetto proved to be wrong and was only right about there being talks, several major mainstream medias have been running with his predictions, the latest one being on who UConn will land in recruiting. I am wondering if this aspect of his podcast (predictions) is doing more harm than good. I know he thinks it is all in fun, but especially on the business side of things, this is serious stuff and money and NIL are at stake. I don't know if the report on Lewis/Adams is right, but what if it causes Thomas/Mullins to commit elsewhere, and UConn turned out to not be the first choice of Lewis or Adams? And what if Thomas and Mullins are better players and better fits for UConn than Zanetto thinks? I think he needs to tone it down a little bit with the predictions. Maybe it is a calculated gambit to get hits and citations to his podcast, maybe it's all in fun like he says, but I do not see it as being helpful. Not trying to chill his 1st amendment rights but he can talk about these recruitments without issuing dramatic, headline grabbing predictions and proclamations that have the fake aura of being authoritative.
All he is, is similar to one of these self-proclaimed shock jocks, more or less. Certainly isn't sanctioned by Uconn. Throws crap against the wall and hopes something sticks. Proves that anyone can have a youtube channel and I can tell you without a doubt, you and I could probably be just as good @ discussing these takes. Seeing most of these "poser experts" in CR talk and recruiting LA LA land are just regurgitating second hand info anyway. I know I can give more accurate info on some of the stuff he's been speaking about, but certain things I keep to myself as a Uconn donor and supporter for 30+ years........#WINNING is all that maters..screw you to fake P-4's buying their way in....like SMU !
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And as always counselor, your brethren
the lawyers, ( $till undefeated in all of this CR, LOL! ) step in to offer their opinion.
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Yep, I had season tix there before the Rent. Craziest thing I recall is GA Tech had scheduled a home and home with Uconn with our return game @ the brand new RENT. For some reason GA Tech needed to move up the game a year early to Memorial. They must of laughed playing in that tiny (16,000 seat) partial wooden bleachers, run down spot, I won't use the word Stadium. I had the thought watching a bigtime BCS program play in Storrs, that "it was like running Secretariat at a country fair ".
True that- theoretically you could build a highway connector from I-84 for the 7-8 miles south to campus, but we are talking huge amounts of money to do any of this. And that's assuming you found some real estate on which to build it. The Rent is fine, if not itself somewhat undersized by high D-1 standards.
Good list. I checked it alot during CR talk and the Rent is actually bigger than 8 existing P-5 schools ( and 65 Div-1 schools) as is. As I had mentioned in the other post, the venue was already planed for larger expansion to a mid P-5/4 level. ( remember when they built it MIAMI, VA Tech and BC were also in the BE too)True that- theoretically you could build a highway connector from I-84 for the 7-8 miles south to campus, but we are talking huge amounts of money to do any of this. And that's assuming you found some real estate on which to build it. The Rent is fine, if not itself somewhat undersized by high D-1 standards.
List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums - Wikipedia
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PS. here's the Tom Herman quotes that I caught & posted on the Uconn Report football board early yesterday. Then it was shortened and caught fire later in the day on twitter. It was kind words as Mike Burton said but,Since you mentioned it, this FB season should be a good trial run on $$$ investment with NIL in the program. Mora started working with a collective that met in NYC in FEB ( probably earlier), headed by former Uconn FB player Mike Burton (yep names on the practice facility). They brought in 27 high level NIL transfers this offseason to upgrade the talent level. While bringing in a new offense/OC and a new DC from the SEC/ Miss St....so be advised
I am not surprised by this. I think the UConn-FAU result came as a severe shock to the FAU fan base, media and coaches. I listened to Zanetto's preview last week in which he has some 14 year old kid wannabe football analyst talking about FAU. The kid really sounded like he knew what he was talking about and portrayed a huge uphill battle for UConn to score on FAU's defense. I think he was going off the Michigan State game and holding MSU to 16 points and probably thinking UConn will be lucky to get a single TD. Obviously that was not how the game played out. Buffalo this week will be a good test because they seem to have a good team and a defense that might be a tad more legit than FAU.
