Originally posted by KittlesFan2.0:
I came to this board to see if there was any discussion on the possible Big 12 expansion.
The Big 12 is probably a bad fit but no worse than the AAC and it's traveling. But really
this CR stuff pops up everyonce once in awhile but every Uconn angle has been discussed
ad naseum on this board for years. The only thing that keeps changing is the level of
greed and entitlement of these P-5 Presidents and AD's and unfortunately your either in or as
far out as they can put everyone else. And it could get worse including hoops according to:
Va Techs - Buzz Williams: "the P65 will separate in two years...College athletics will not be the same...
the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer."
https://m.soundcloud.com/img-audio/virgi...es-12-1-14
I'd put BYU, Cinci and UCF on the top of any Big 12 list but it's one more reason to stay the course for
Uconn FB... and after spending over $200 mil alone... on practice facilities and a new stadium that's expandable
to 55,000, FB isn't going anywhere as most posters explained above. Especially since the team played to 95-100 %
capacity before Pasqualoni killed the teams direction, just like he did at Cuse.
Uconn also just went full scholly D-1 in Hockey and now leads Hockey East in
Attendance in it's first year in a
conference with BC and Notre Dame.. The reason I bring this up is because Uconn is creating a profile that
more closely fits the B1G in both athletics and academic research
(Malloy Details $2 Billion Plan For UConn)
than anything else, so that is really the goal and what the school is risking.......
edit: also on Dec 11th :
UConn receives select designation for healthcare research This designation will generate
substantial funding for researchers.....by joining an elite group of only 11 universities across North America including
Duke, Vanderbilt, Maryland, USC, Minnesota, John Hopkins and Brown.
But like I said all this stuff has been talked about over and over and over for years now.
If you want to lurk here's a short thread we had on the hoops board:
are you serious????? BIG 12 adding two teams next season
Or if you really want to make your eyes hurt just read the other Uconn site CR board and by all means join in
......I'm sure ya'll have fun !
Conference Realignment Board
This post was edited on 12/12 9:08 AM by the Blades