I was thinking the same thing after reading about their history. Would have been much better branding.They should have kept their original name, Florida Tech. They only switched to UCF in 1978.
I was thinking the same thing after reading about their history. Would have been much better branding.They should have kept their original name, Florida Tech. They only switched to UCF in 1978.
Except UCF in hoops, but the four adds are going to get better as their revenues at least double. So much growth potential there.I know it's all about football but this new conference is extremely enticing on the hardwood.
Final rankings last year had USC at #21 and no other PAC team. ISU, Cinci, OSU and BYU all finished ranked.I don't care what anybody says. While maybe not money wise, competitive-wise the new look Big 12 is likely on par with the Pac-12, The Big 10 West, and nearly the entire ACC minus Clemson.
What exactly are you saying in other threads?No need to hope, it will.
Thursday night games here we come!
UCF has potential. Isn't Johnny Dawkins still their coach? I remember them giving Duke all they could handle in the NCAA tourney a couple years ago.Except UCF in hoops, but the four adds are going to get better as their revenues at least double. So much growth potential there.
so the articles I have seen show an estimated 20-25M per school if this was done. (not sure how close of a guess that would be)
What is disappointing is the Big12 was about to renew their contracts and I was hoping for 40-50M. really curious how we will be able to make this work financially.
If this is in fact where we end up long term.
They should change to the University of Florida at Orlando or UFO!They should have kept their original name, Florida Tech. They only switched to UCF in 1978.
Final rankings last year had USC at #21 and no other PAC team. ISU, Cinci, OSU and BYU all finished ranked.
Orlando University. Or OU for short.They should change to the University of Florida at Orlando or UFO!
It was a bad sign when the TV partners failed to start early negotiations.
ESPN wasn't going to increase the deal this time around.
That stated the dominos falling. The whorns and OU couldn't sit back and fall that far behind.
The conference was dead as we know it in May.
"The offer was going to be virtually the same as the 13-year deal the Big 12 signed with ESPN back in 2011"
interesting setup but I don't expect divisions to be a requirement much longer and think each team will lock in 3 rivals and rotate through the rest of the league with one set of league standings.Now that this is locked in, I expect:
East Division:
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
West Virginia
Cincinnati
UCF
West Division:
Baylor
TCU
Texas Tech
Houston
Oklahoma State
BYU
That maximizes teams playing who they most wanna play. Ideally we’d get to stay with OSU but I think they would rather be with all the Texans.
You don’t have to do any protected crossovers this way. Play your division plus 4/6 in the opposite one. Division opponents come to Ames every 2 years; opposite division ones come to Ames every 3 years.
One division gets to recruit a lot in Texas; the other gets Ohio and Florida.
interesting setup but I don't expect divisions to be a requirement much longer and think each team will lock in 3 rivals and rotate through the rest of the league with one set of league standings.