"No confirmation on which schools, but at least two AAC schools are working on buyouts that will allow them to leave in less than 27 months"

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status/...2046893057

This guy isn't credible. Not quite West Virginia meth head level, but no where near a reliable source.

C. Austin Cox also said the ACC will invite UCONN. So take that for what its worth.

I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

I don't follow him, although I do check his tweets out occasionally. His biggest claim to fame is making a 50/50 guess (expansion/no expansion) correctly. That's it.

(08-18-2016 02:11 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

I don't follow him, although I do check his tweets out occasionally. His biggest claim to fame is making a 50/50 guess (expansion/no expansion) correctly. That's it.

So in reality he’s as clueless as The Dude, Yoda, Flugaur etc.?

Regardless, there will be a buyout. No AAC team added is going to wait 27mo. It'll cost them dearly ... and they'll pay without hesitation to escape the G5.

One wva tweet says Cincy has already agreed to a gor with the b12

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

well, this was on July 13
@C_Austin_Cox
If everything plays out as anticipated. We'll get word on expansion July 19th (Day 2 of Media Days) and then the teams announced in mid-Sept


This was on July 5
@C_Austin_Cox
Stop me if you've heard this one: Big 12 could announce expansion plans at Media Days. No word yet. #DejaVu


This was May 2
@C_Austin_Cox
Told #Cincinnati and #Memphis fans to start paying attention last week. This lines up w/ Big 12 Media Days in July.


This was April 26
@C_Austin_Cox
Mark your calendars: Big 12 will announce expansion plans the week of Media Days this July. OU's David Boren is getting his way. (UC/UM)

(08-18-2016 02:29 PM)TigersOhMy Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

well, this was on July 13
@C_Austin_Cox
If everything plays out as anticipated. We'll get word on expansion July 19th (Day 2 of Media Days) and then the teams announced in mid-Sept


This was on July 5
@C_Austin_Cox
Stop me if you've heard this one: Big 12 could announce expansion plans at Media Days. No word yet. #DejaVu


This was May 2
@C_Austin_Cox
Told #Cincinnati and #Memphis fans to start paying attention last week. This lines up w/ Big 12 Media Days in July.


This was April 26
@C_Austin_Cox
Mark your calendars: Big 12 will announce expansion plans the week of Media Days this July. OU's David Boren is getting his way. (UC/UM)

Is this not the same tweet 4 times? The Big12 will announce expansion on the media day.

Again, we can debate if this was a byproduct of the agreement of the creation of the AAC network or not, but show me one other tweet where information he broke has actually turned out to be true.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t follow him or anyone else on Twitter and he may have provided many insights that have proven to be true, and if he has I have no issue agreeing that he has real inside information, just so far I haven't seen evidence of it.

(08-18-2016 01:40 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  "No confirmation on which schools, but at least two AAC schools are working on buyouts that will allow them to leave in less than 27 months"

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status/...2046893057

C. Austin Cox? Is that Stone Cold's porn name?

(08-18-2016 02:54 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:29 PM)TigersOhMy Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

well, this was on July 13
@C_Austin_Cox
If everything plays out as anticipated. We'll get word on expansion July 19th (Day 2 of Media Days) and then the teams announced in mid-Sept


This was on July 5
@C_Austin_Cox
Stop me if you've heard this one: Big 12 could announce expansion plans at Media Days. No word yet. #DejaVu


This was May 2
@C_Austin_Cox
Told #Cincinnati and #Memphis fans to start paying attention last week. This lines up w/ Big 12 Media Days in July.


This was April 26
@C_Austin_Cox
Mark your calendars: Big 12 will announce expansion plans the week of Media Days this July. OU's David Boren is getting his way. (UC/UM)

Is this not the same tweet 4 times? The Big12 will announce expansion on the media day.

Again, we can debate if this was a byproduct of the agreement of the creation of the AAC network or not, but show me one other tweet where information he broke has actually turned out to be true.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t follow him or anyone else on Twitter and he may have provided many insights that have proven to be true, and if he has I have no issue agreeing that he has real inside information, just so far I haven't seen evidence of it.

It is the same tweet, but it shows he consistently maintained for months that they would announce on a specific (accurate) day.

(08-18-2016 02:18 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:11 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

I don't follow him, although I do check his tweets out occasionally. His biggest claim to fame is making a 50/50 guess (expansion/no expansion) correctly. That's it.

So in reality he’s as clueless as The Dude, Yoda, Flugaur etc.?

I don't think he's that clueless, but he certainly doesn't know as much as he claims.

(08-18-2016 02:54 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:29 PM)TigersOhMy Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

well, this was on July 13
@C_Austin_Cox
If everything plays out as anticipated. We'll get word on expansion July 19th (Day 2 of Media Days) and then the teams announced in mid-Sept


This was on July 5
@C_Austin_Cox
Stop me if you've heard this one: Big 12 could announce expansion plans at Media Days. No word yet. #DejaVu


This was May 2
@C_Austin_Cox
Told #Cincinnati and #Memphis fans to start paying attention last week. This lines up w/ Big 12 Media Days in July.


This was April 26
@C_Austin_Cox
Mark your calendars: Big 12 will announce expansion plans the week of Media Days this July. OU's David Boren is getting his way. (UC/UM)

Is this not the same tweet 4 times? The Big12 will announce expansion on the media day.

Again, we can debate if this was a byproduct of the agreement of the creation of the AAC network or not, but show me one other tweet where information he broke has actually turned out to be true.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t follow him or anyone else on Twitter and he may have provided many insights that have proven to be true, and if he has I have no issue agreeing that he has real inside information, just so far I haven't seen evidence of it.

You have him pegged.

He's what Flugempire is for unrealistic UConn fans except this guy is the twitter man for unrealistic Memphis fans.

Both got something right once, most likely, by chance. Both picked their expansion candidates. Flugempire guy thinks UH/UC/UConn/BYU and this guy thinks Memphis/UC.

Both push their picks daily on twitter.

Both likely have no idea what they are talking about.

(08-18-2016 02:56 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:18 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:11 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

I don't follow him, although I do check his tweets out occasionally. His biggest claim to fame is making a 50/50 guess (expansion/no expansion) correctly. That's it.

So in reality he’s as clueless as The Dude, Yoda, Flugaur etc.?

I don't think he's that clueless, but he certainly doesn't know as much as he claims.

I don’t know anything about those guys, I just used them as an example because I see their Big12 expansion tweets referenced from time to time.

Stop following and believing these guys that have no contacts.

(08-18-2016 02:56 PM)TigersOhMy Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:54 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:29 PM)TigersOhMy Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 02:08 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  I have a question for the people who follow this guy, what has he ever tweeted that has been confirmed to be correct by actual facts provided by the Big12? Before you say he was the one who argued expansion was still alive when everyone else (including Bowlsby) said it was dead, you can argue that this became true more as a byproduct of the announcement of the ACC network then him having any inside information.

Even with that what news has this guy broke that has proven to be factual?

I only ask because I don't follow him but according to a number of posters on here he is the only guy who is getting actual real information and knows what he is talking about.

well, this was on July 13
@C_Austin_Cox
If everything plays out as anticipated. We'll get word on expansion July 19th (Day 2 of Media Days) and then the teams announced in mid-Sept


This was on July 5
@C_Austin_Cox
Stop me if you've heard this one: Big 12 could announce expansion plans at Media Days. No word yet. #DejaVu


This was May 2
@C_Austin_Cox
Told #Cincinnati and #Memphis fans to start paying attention last week. This lines up w/ Big 12 Media Days in July.


This was April 26
@C_Austin_Cox
Mark your calendars: Big 12 will announce expansion plans the week of Media Days this July. OU's David Boren is getting his way. (UC/UM)

Is this not the same tweet 4 times? The Big12 will announce expansion on the media day.

Again, we can debate if this was a byproduct of the agreement of the creation of the AAC network or not, but show me one other tweet where information he broke has actually turned out to be true.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t follow him or anyone else on Twitter and he may have provided many insights that have proven to be true, and if he has I have no issue agreeing that he has real inside information, just so far I haven't seen evidence of it.

It is the same tweet, but it shows he consistently maintained for months that they would announce on a specific (accurate) day.

So, basically, all he has said is that in his opinion the Big 12 will announce some undefined plan on the day they set aside to speak directly to the media. And, when that day came, they said they will decide at some later date. This isn't exactly Nostradamus here.

I'm not saying he's wrong now. But there's no reason to assume he has any special insight or credible source. He's just like any one of the millions of sports fans who have a computer and enjoy guessing about future events.

(08-18-2016 03:08 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  Stop following and believing these guys that have no contacts.

In my case, I don't follow them. I check in occasionally to see what BS they're peddling on that particular day.

(08-18-2016 02:55 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(08-18-2016 01:40 PM)TheBasketBallOpinion Wrote:  "No confirmation on which schools, but at least two AAC schools are working on buyouts that will allow them to leave in less than 27 months"

https://twitter.com/C_Austin_Cox/status/...2046893057

C. Austin Cox? Is that Stone Cold's porn name?

LOOOL

(08-18-2016 02:18 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Regardless, there will be a buyout. No AAC team added is going to wait 27mo. It'll cost them dearly ... and they'll pay without hesitation to escape the G5.

Depends on what "dearly" means.

West Virginia piledrivered the old Big East bylaws and left with zero notice, paid $20M, based on a $5M exit fee with 27 months.

Syracuse and Pitt paid $7.5M each, with one year's notice, based on the $5M exit fee.

Louisville and Rutgers both paid about $11M with one year's notice, based on the $10M exit fee.

If they're leaving with a year's notice, I expect they'd pay the $10M and not much more. If they're leaving immediately, maybe $15M?

EDIT: I still think that the AAC is operating under new bylaws--the old Big East bylaws were written for a very different group of schools, with different issues etc. I'd be surprised if the 27 month waiting period was even still on the books in its original form.