Welcome to the Big XII

[bearcatbret]

^Lobot, if UT has to play at Nippert, I suspect that you will make the trip. Here is something that I hope you hold me to. If, Texas comes here and if you fly up for the game, let me take you and yours out for dinner before the game.

[Lobot]

What are the chances we can get Texas and/or Oklahoma in Nippert once before they leave? I really want to beat up on Texas once at home before we never play them ever again.

I think the odds are very good considering the BIg XII scheduling gurus will try and punish them on their way out the door. If it's only one of them, I think we're more likely to get Texas since OU voluntarily played us "home and home" (PBS) a while back.

Lots of my neighbors are Texas fans. They look down their noses at UC and well, everyone else that's not Texas. I would love to beat them at Nippert and shut them up.

[Chewbacca2099]

What are the chances we can get Texas and/or Oklahoma in Nippert once before they leave? I really want to beat up on Texas once at home before we never play them ever again.

[swilsonsp4]

Is this maybe when the annual Miami came disappears?

Not a chance. Even if the UC brass were inclined to consider it (and there’s no indication that they are), they’d have to buy MU out of seven games under the contract that, I believe, runs through 2029.

[cpawstoney]

Apparently, the UCF AD has stated that teams will be playing 9 conference games in 2023. This means we need to push back either the Pitt or NC State away game.

You’d prefer to ditch EKU but that’s a home game and I doubt we give it up

Is this maybe when the annual Miami came disappears?

[Lobot]

Apparently, the UCF AD has stated that teams will be playing 9 conference games in 2023. This means we need to push back either the Pitt or NC State away game.

You’d prefer to ditch EKU but that’s a home game and I doubt we give it up

[Lobot]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...SPM-16-10abi8e

Not a bad deal since UCONN left for 17, and their leaving didn't really cause a ripple in the big money sport of football. I think the three schools got a great deal since they're three of the bigger football schools in the AAC.

I think it was an excellent deal. Keep in mind that the AAC may not exist in 14 years which would let all three schools off the hook.

[GoBearcats31]

Sam Khan Jr.: That is $18 million each school must pay the AAC. The buyout will be paid over 14 years sources told me and @Williams_Justin. The original buyout if Houston, Cincinnati and UCF weren’t leaving early ($10 million) was to be paid over 4 years.

Ralph D. Russo: Sam's on top of this but one more thing to clarify, via source: The departing schools are on the hook for more than half by 2024 and then have 12 years to pay out the rest to the AAC.

[True Bearcat]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...SPM-16-10abi8e

Not a bad deal since UCONN left for 17, and their leaving didn't really cause a ripple in the big money sport of football. I think the three schools got a great deal since they're three of the bigger football schools in the AAC.

[bearcatbret]

^ Also from an email received today "From the Desk of John Cunningham"...."Today marks another milestone in our journey toward participation in the Big 12. We can confirm that our entry date will be July 1, 2023."

[Lobot]

Per Justin Williams and Sam Khan at the Athletic , the exit fee was $18M to be paid to the AAC over a 14 year period

[Lobot]

Boom! 7.1.23

https://gobearcats.com/news/2022/6/1...ly-1-2023.aspx

[GoBearcats31]

Rothstein on the Big 12 (basketball) https://www.fanduel.com/theduel/post...5-01g4z9gcbd7c

- Will continue to play 18 games league games
- Conference will prioritize preserving natural rivalries, like UC/WVU among them

[longtimefan]

Bob Huggins, in town for a fundraiser, asked about UC joining the Big 12:
https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1533917447526440960 (1+ minute clip)

We’ve already seen a huge influx of new talent that should help a lot going forward. CWM has done a **** of a job. No more Mason Madsens.

[bearcatbret]

Bob Huggins, in town for a fundraiser, asked about UC joining the Big 12:
https://twitter.com/FOX19Joe/status/1533917447526440960 (1+ minute clip)

I think that he is right. I believe that it will take our basketball more time to adapt than our football team. If we have been struggling in the AAC in basketball, get ready for the Big 12.