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I've got to ask what you think Nebraska misses? They get about 20m more revenue a year and far more broadcast access from the B10 Network than anything the Big 12 has.
Their fans miss winning. I don’t get why any fans would want to move. Their fans don’t get any extra money, their fans are going to see less wins and less big win seasons, their rivalries end, their costs to go to games likely go up as well.Fans like winning and the bigger these conferences get the fewer fans get to win. Literally, someone explain why fans should care how much TV revenue their team gets. It’s all just fear of being left out of some unknown vague future college football system. Outside of a few conference moves, this realignment era is short term thinking that risks long-term fan growth.
If the money is what you would expect, UConn would be foolish to turn down that opportunity.
Colorado is "possibly" the only school that might even consider regretting leaving the B12. The others have a seat at the big boy table.
I guess I don't get the reasoning here. Nebraska, Mizzou, and Colorado don't miss the Big 12 because even though they've become far worse athletic departments, they're sleeping on piles of cash.
They've become far worse athletic departments? I don't know about that. Missouri and Colorado were overall pretty mediocre in the B12 and they both are mediocre now. Their relative success and failures look to me more about the coaches in questions then conference affiliations. For instance, Missouri replacing Mike Anderson with Frank Haith wasn't great...but then replacing Haith with Kim Anderson? Yikes.As I said, a case could be made for Nebraska football losing its recruiting territory, but the rest of their programs are pretty much what they were before they moved conferences.
I can’t imagine UConn trying to compete in football in the B12.
Nebraska fans 100% regretted it. Obviously less now with Oklahoma and Texas gone, but their last peak relevancy came when it was announced they were leaving to the B1G. Sad thing is, Missouri, Texas A&M, and Nebraska would have preferred to stay but got so sick of Texas (and their lapdog OU) forcing unequal revenue sharing they pulled out right when they got the offer. If you remember, right before the Nebraska stuff and the Missouri/A&M stuff the next year the big rumor was Texas and OU and 2 others going to the Pac 10. They used the threat to get even more and the Longhorn Network.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Then again, UConn't take it with you!
Yet...https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-attendance-rose-in-2022-with-largest-year-over-year-increase-since-1982/And college football is usually the second most watched sport television ratings wise.
I think people are overestimating the draw of the Big 12. they lose two of their historic leaders leaving behind a mediocre football conference which will struggle to pull in marquee recruits.
My Guess is if U Conn got offered by the Big 12, they would accept without thinking twice . Just like the Bob Dylan Song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Y3KfJs6T0
I'm not convinced you join a league that wanted Cinci and UCF before you. With the Big East and football indepedence they know what they have. There are a lot of unknowns with the Power Conferences not named Big 10 / SEC.
It's been a pretty long run at this point. This is only one measure, but they have been KenPom's top rated conference 8/10 of the last ten years. The two times they weren't, they were second. I also have a feeling that their basketball success is a little more sustainable than you might think. Could definitely be wrong on that point.You are right that being the basketball conference by itself is not a good reason for UConn to move. But it is also obviously a huge football upgrade for them. If the money is what you would expect, UConn would be foolish to turn down that opportunity. Fortunately, I don't think the B12 is interested in UConn at this point. Maybe that will change in the future.
Yeah...I TAMU wanted to go the SEC in the worst way. The revenue sharing didn't help but the SEC was gonna pay them more no matter what