Realignment

[Bcatfollower]

Why do we always come up on top of the list?

Why are we still on the list and not in the the other side? There has to be a reason

 

[waterhead]

Why are we still on the list and not in the the other side? There has to be a reason

Because we are on the bubble? So what. If we are on the bubble we sure as hell don’t want to be off of it

 

[Bcatfollower]

Because we are on the bubble? So what. If we are on the bubble we sure as hell don’t want to be off of it

I agree. I’m just saying that it won’t happen if it doesn’t make financial sense for the conferences. I’m asking what do we add that they don’t have, then they have to pay us a share of the revenues. Do we bring in more for the conference than they have to pay us? Does the big 10 and sec not have the cincy market?

No school feels sorry for us

 

[Jon Rycek]

Then why didn’t the acc take us? Why didn’t the big 12? Your argument doesn’t make sense. We may be the best of the g5 but what about uc will get us the invite? Do we add that many dollars? What drives the expansion?

Didnt say we were the best before and they took Louisville over us in a neck n neck race because they were having a lot of success in football at the time.

 

[Jon Rycek]

Why do we always come up on top of the list?

Probably because we are an absolutely trash school who deserves nothing but the worst. I’m just happy we’ve been able to retain bcatfollower as a fan, that’s a yuge win!

 

[waterhead]

I agree. I’m just saying that it won’t happen if it doesn’t make financial sense for the conferences. I’m asking what do we add that they don’t have, then they have to pay us a share of the revenues. Do we bring in more for the conference than they have to pay us? Does the big 10 and sec not have the cincy market?

No school feels sorry for us

If it didn’t make sense we would NOT be in consideration.

 

[Bcatfollower]

Probably because we are an absolutely trash school who deserves nothing but the worst. I’m just happy we’ve been able to retain bcatfollower as a fan, that’s a yuge win!

I eagerly await the “list” every year to make sure we are still on top of the g5. It was a big morale boost when Louisville was deemed a better school to add to the acc. But hey, at least we are top of the list!

 

[Bcatfollower]

Didnt say we were the best before and they took Louisville over us in a neck n neck race because they were having a lot of success in football at the time.

So were we. If you read up on it, it was really between UConn and Louisville, we were a distant third. Bc kept UConn out

 

[Jon Rycek]

I agree. I’m just saying that it won’t happen if it doesn’t make financial sense for the conferences. I’m asking what do we add that they don’t have, then they have to pay us a share of the revenues. Do we bring in more for the conference than they have to pay us? Does the big 10 and sec not have the cincy market?

No school feels sorry for us

It doesn’t make sense

We have the 28th highest GOP by city in the US, we are 30th in population, we have an endowment greater than 15 already power 5 schools. I could keep going

 

[MDW79]

Didnt say we were the best before and they took Louisville over us in a neck n neck race because they were having a lot of success in football at the time.

Fwiw, the reason they took Louisville was primarily because of facilities. And least that's what's been stated by both the ACC at the time, and numerous people who covered realignment.

Since then we've overhauled both Nippert and 5/3rd. Nippert got an 86 million dollar upgrade and was expanded to 40,000 capacity. 5/3rd got a 100 million dollar renovation. And of course, we've also added the practice bubble in the year since as well. (Currently planning an indoor facility right now too)

So facilities hurt us bit at that time, but not so much now.

The other big reason we got left standing in a game of musical chairs probably has a lot to do with Whit Babcock and the BOT. While other schools we're ahead of the game, we were late. While they were working up presentations and strategies we were clinging to the Big East, thinking it wasn't going to implode. We were reactive and not proactive, and by that time it was too little too late.

UC is by far the most attractice G5 right now, and have been for a decade. There's a TON of reasons we make perfect sense for a P5 to add, and the only thing that may be preventing right now is existing television deals.

This guy blowing you shit over is is out of his mind. You're 100% right. I really don't how anyone could argue that UC has no chance to join a P5.

 

[Jon Rycek]

No you just keep in with your why not us poor attitude, it didn’t happen last time, get over it. The fact is, the teams that beat us out last time are already in power 5 conferences now, we don’t have to compete with them anymore. Does that make sense? We are talking about WHO IS AVAILABLE NOWWWW. And we are the top of the list according to just about everyone, where as last alignment we fell around 3rd-5th

 

[waterhead]

I eagerly await the “list” every year to make sure we are still on top of the g5. It was a big morale boost when Louisville was deemed a better school to add to the acc. But hey, at least we are top of the list!

What is your point exactly? That we are not in consideration?

 

[Bcatfollower]

It doesn’t make sense

We have the 28th highest GOP by city in the US, we are 30th in population, we have an endowment greater than 15 already power 5 schools. I could keep going

Your stats are only accurate if you count the metropolitan area, not the city. That would encompass up to Dayton and all of northern Ky where they have different fan base allegiances.

 

[Jon Rycek]

Fwiw, the reason they took Louisville was primarily because of facilities. And least that's what's been stated by both the ACC at the time, and numerous people who covered realignment.

Since then we've overhauled both Nippert and 5/3rd. Nippert got an 86 million dollar upgrade and was expanded to 40,000 capacity. 5/3rd got a 100 million dollar renovation. And of course, we've also added the practice bubble in the year since as well. (Currently planning an indoor facility right now too)

So facilities hurt us bit at that time, but not so much now.

The other big reason we got left standing in a game of musical chairs probably has a lot to do with Whit Babcock and the BOT. While other schools we're ahead of the game, we were late. While they were working up presentations and strategies we were clinging to the Big East, thinking it wasn't going to implode. We were reactive and not proactive, and by that time it was too little too late.

UC is by far the most attractice G5 right now, and have been for a decade. There's a TON of reasons we make perfect sense for a P5 to add, and the only thing that may be preventing right now is existing television deals.

This guy blowing you shit over this is out of his mind. You're 100% right.

Very true, they had just built the Yum center a few years earlier, they also had 13k seats to their football stadium in 2010.

 

[Jon Rycek]

Your stats are only accurate if you count the metropolitan area, not the city. That would encompass up to Dayton and all of northern Ky where they have different fan base allegiances.

Dayton is not metropolitan Cincinnati

 

[Bcatfollower]

No you just keep in with your why not us poor attitude, it didn’t happen last time, get over it. The fact is, the teams that beat us out last time are already in power 5 conferences now, we don’t have to compete with them anymore. Does that make sense? We are talking about WHO IS AVAILABLE NOWWWW. And we are the top of the list according to just about everyone, where as last alignment we fell around 3rd-5th

Houston still available. Memphis. Ucf, byu

 

[Bcatfollower]

Dayton is not metropolitan Cincinnati

It stretches. Cincy is not 30th population bro unless you’re counting metropolitan area

 

[Jon Rycek]

And it’s basically one county each way outside of hamilton county, I live in butler I consider that Cincinnati, Newport certainly wouldn’t be what it is if it wasn’t for Cincinnati.

 

[Bcatfollower]

Jon, you guarantee we will be in a power conference in two years. Want to make a bet if you’re so sure?

 

[Bcatfollower]

And it’s basically one county each way outside of hamilton county, I live in butler I consider that Cincinnati, Newport certainly wouldn’t be what it is if it wasn’t for Cincinnati.

I grew up in butler county, Ross. No one considered it cincy.