More like Custer at Little Big Horn......

Tweet is gone. Maybe he was asked to delete it on a Thanksgiving Friday night. Or maybe he found out it wasn't reliable info. No way to know, until we hear from somebody else. For example:

Mark Ennis ‏@Mengus22

Our friend (Brian Miller) has since deleted his Tweet, so let's go ahead and call bull**** on that.

Not saying Ennis is right, either. Only saying there are 2 ways to interpret the deletion.

Again, here is Brian Miller's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/bricmiller

Years ago, a newspaper needed 3 independent sources before publishing a story.

Nowadays, people tweet and retweet everything they "hear".

Maybe it's Louisville. Maybe it's all 3. Maybe it's none of the above.

A twitter post like that has to be true.

(11-23-2012 08:24 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:18 PM)Chris02M Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:11 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:02 PM)Chris02M Wrote:  they reload as long as boise and sd state stay committed they are still better than every other gang of 5 conference.ecu probably will get offered plus 2 western teams

Reload with who? ECU? perhaps but there won't be no $6 million for BSU/SDSU so they will be gone.
UCF, USF, Temple, Memphis, UH, SMU & ECU? That is not a league that can survive long term.

give in to byu and then add fresno and they would still make more than in mwc

If UC, UL, UConn are gone, split and start an all sports w/

Houston
SMU
UCF
USF
Temple
Memphis
ECU*

BSU
SDSU
Fresno*
AFA*
UNLV*
UNM*
Tulsa* or BYU(I doubt they join)

Navy* (balance with an A-10 team)
S Miss
UCF
USF
Temple
Memphis
ECU*

BSU
SDSU
Fresno/BYU
Houston
UNLV
UNM
SMU

Everyone is all-sports except Navy. Navys sports are balanced by an A-10 league team. I'd say do this with or without the Catholics. You divide basketball into 3 divisions. 7-7-7. You play a home and home with all the teams in the division (12 games) and 4 games against each opposing division (8 games). Twenty game league schedule. Non-revenue sports play primarily within the division with very limited crossover games. Give frickin BYU what they want I guess. Hopefully thats worth 7-10 a school.

(11-23-2012 09:11 PM)OrangeXtreme Wrote:  Years ago, a newspaper needed 3 independent sources before publishing a story.

Nowadays, people tweet and retweet everything they "hear".

Maybe it's Louisville. Maybe it's all 3. Maybe it's none of the above.

Well... if someone posts something and 2 people re-tweet it

Then that's your 3 sources... ...???

(11-23-2012 07:57 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Apparently FSU told ACC add Louisville or we are gone. Addition of UofL and UC cuts legs off Big 12 expansion. Clemson and Florida State going nowhere.
CJ

Translation:
University of Louisville = Kingmaker
Big 12 = Doomed

Wow, that would be big new if true.

This realignment is going to be as dramatic as the one in 2003. I was on dial up back then trying to refresh my screen enough to keep up with some poster call MMA on the FSU Rivals site that was spilling his insider's guts. This time around may even be more entertaining.

(11-23-2012 08:59 PM)Chris02M Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:11 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:08 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Won't be enough. The moment they try and get the southern schools to sign a GoR with that line up it will be a no go.

Louisville can buy them time but they cant buy them that much.

VT, FSU, Clemson, GT, UNC, NCSU, UVa probably against GoR as long as the B1G, SEC aren't at 16 plus B12 may have a deal for a few of them if the others bail to B1G and SEC.

(11-23-2012 08:11 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:08 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Won't be enough. The moment they try and get the southern schools to sign a GoR with that line up it will be a no go.

Louisville can buy them time but they cant buy them that much.

VT, FSU, Clemson, GT, UNC, NCSU, UVa probably against GoR as long as the B1G, SEC aren't at 16 plus B12 may have a deal for a few of them if the others bail to B1G and SEC.

i dont see the big obsession with joining the big 12 moeny isnt that much more and all you wouldbe doing is going from 1 team controllin things to a conference where another team controls the cards and makes a bunch more per year and the football isnt that much better

The money is better. The ACC contract includes tier 3 the Big 12's doesnt. The only way the ACC's contract will get renegotiated is if they get Notre Dame. Otherwise no other possibilities are going to be enough to get ESPN to say ok before they happen.

For the Big 12 it is already built into their contract that they will get more if they get the right teams. So if say FSU and Georgia Tech were to go first, the Big 12 would be able to immediately start talks for the renegotiation of the money.

Also...did you just try to say that Big 12 football "isnt that much better" than ACC football? Really?

The tweet is still there on the mobile site. I can't grab a screenshot without rooting my phone. It is currently showing as 5h ago.

(11-23-2012 09:19 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:59 PM)Chris02M Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:11 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:08 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Won't be enough. The moment they try and get the southern schools to sign a GoR with that line up it will be a no go.

Louisville can buy them time but they cant buy them that much.

VT, FSU, Clemson, GT, UNC, NCSU, UVa probably against GoR as long as the B1G, SEC aren't at 16 plus B12 may have a deal for a few of them if the others bail to B1G and SEC.

(11-23-2012 08:11 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 08:08 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  Won't be enough. The moment they try and get the southern schools to sign a GoR with that line up it will be a no go.

Louisville can buy them time but they cant buy them that much.

VT, FSU, Clemson, GT, UNC, NCSU, UVa probably against GoR as long as the B1G, SEC aren't at 16 plus B12 may have a deal for a few of them if the others bail to B1G and SEC.

i dont see the big obsession with joining the big 12 moeny isnt that much more and all you wouldbe doing is going from 1 team controllin things to a conference where another team controls the cards and makes a bunch more per year and the football isnt that much better

The money is better. The ACC contract includes tier 3 the Big 12's doesnt. The only way the ACC's contract will get renegotiated is if they get Notre Dame. Otherwise no other possibilities are going to be enough to get ESPN to say ok before they happen.

For the Big 12 it is already built into their contract that they will get more if they get the right teams. So if say FSU and Georgia Tech were to go first, the Big 12 would be able to immediately start talks for the renegotiation of the money.

Also...did you just try to say that Big 12 football "isnt that much better" than ACC football? Really?

Not to mention the second class citizen treatment of the ACC in the new BCS bowl situation.

(11-23-2012 09:21 PM)jmethodius Wrote:  The tweet is still there on the mobile site. I can't grab a screenshot without rooting my phone. It is currently showing as 5h ago.

I still have it. Here is a copy and paste.

Quote:Just heard from someone tied to Big East, Louisville to the ACC w/ Cincy, UConn to likely follow @Corey_Clark @IraSchoffel @Natalie_Pierre
2:28pm - 23 Nov 12

I would take a screen shot from my Ipad if I knew how.

IF true, to me, this means the ACC is expecting more defections.

Welcome to the New Big East.

Cheers,
Neil

If the ACC last week had made an announcement that they were adding UL, Cincy, and UConn to the conference everyone would have said "wow, the ACC is being progressive and growing. Just because they lost little ole Maryland, they take these three and get called the nBE. I don't get it...

I'm not saying there's not any truth to this but how is a writer from Tallahassee breaking this?

(11-23-2012 09:36 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote:  If the ACC last week had made an announcement that they were adding UL, Cincy, and UConn to the conference everyone would have said "wow, the ACC is being progressive and growing. Just because they lost little ole Maryland, they take these three and get called the nBE. I don't get it...

Yeah well, it's not just us saying it, its Coach K...it's the President of Notre Dame and that is just who has been publicized as saying such.

(11-23-2012 09:32 PM)omniorange Wrote:  IF true, to me, this means the ACC is expecting more defections.

Welcome to the New Big East.

Cheers,
Neil

Neil, It sounds to me that they are trying to pre-fill future vacancies. I imagine that if any are leaving this helps salve their conscience. Wake, Miami, or any others that may have been left behind will have a new conference to build around. Who knows South Florida and E.C.U. may get invites as well. It clears the way to 60. JR

(11-23-2012 09:38 PM)jaredf29 Wrote:  I'm not saying there's not any truth to this but how is a writer from Tallahassee breaking this?

I can tell you that they have a great media over there in Tallahassee. They don't miss on much. Someone from FSU probably blabbed what he/she knew...

(11-23-2012 09:25 PM)UABGrad Wrote:  

(11-23-2012 09:21 PM)jmethodius Wrote:  The tweet is still there on the mobile site. I can't grab a screenshot without rooting my phone. It is currently showing as 5h ago.

I still have it. Here is a copy and paste.

Quote:Just heard from someone tied to Big East, Louisville to the ACC w/ Cincy, UConn to likely follow @Corey_Clark @IraSchoffel @Natalie_Pierre
2:28pm - 23 Nov 12

I would take a screen shot from my Ipad if I knew how.

Hit the "home" and "power" buttons at the same time.