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Personally I agree that an 8-12 school playoff should not reduce the importance of regular season games. On the other hand I also know two people close to the Bama AD who say they are not sure the AD would take the chance without the guarantee of a much bigger media payday over the present...

The big stadium SEC, B1G, etc. schools will not agree to an expanded playoff until they are certain it will not jeopardize the value of the regular season to their fan bases. As an example Bama has sports revenue in the range of 200 million. About 50 Million comes from the SEC payout. Most of...

Some people have dreams of a #7 seed catching fire and winning the whole thing? One can always dream.

Politicians in a few states might 'go nuts' but most will not care. If you look at a map the only states that do not have a school in the current P5 conferences are New England (except for MA) Delaware, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico. That's not even enough Senators...

Not only simpler, but since it is a 'grinder' it is authentically Connecticut!

Public infrastructure maintenance has always competed with public employee salary & benefits. It will always lose since, unlike public employees, buildings, roads and bridges do not vote.

Even the Dr Pepper ads know how to use 'the portal'.

At his age and with his resume I doubt Randy gets another chance. He blew it with his 'dream job' failure followed by the RE2 disaster at UConn. He had something of a legacy within his grasp but screwed it up running off to MD.

Call it the ConnAss trophy?

Empty stands do not put a lot of pressure on Vandy FB to win. I would be shocked if 10k fans show up to see this game. For SEC games in Nashville visiting fans usually outnumber Vandy fans by a good margin. This is not meant to be a cheap shot at Vandy. My second child is a proud alumna and...

I believe that most conferences provide the individual schools a 'subsidy' to offset the cost of the tickets. The OBE did not do that so UConn was on the line for the full cost of required tickets. As an independent FB program UConn will again be responsible for the full cost of any bowl...

15 years ago I would answer that question in the affirmative. After the last decade I am not sure. I believe there is a major portion of the state, Fairfield County, where UConn just does not have the same stature that it enjoys in the rest of the state. Also there are major factions within...

Don't know if this is still a factor but I do believe it was when Louisville rather that UConn went to the ACC. At the time of the law suit I posted on the CR board some information that I got in a conversation with an SEC official. He told me that bringing in the two Presidents and the ACC...

Will the new staff be asked to 'work out of trailers' for a couple of years in order to give them the true experience of starting from scratch?

If you grew up in central CT old is remembering Bob Steele announce the school snow closings in WTIC. Don't remember much about first game but I do remember that Bialosuknia seemed to hit everything he threw up that night.

So you are saying, give the points?

Just for chuckles I thought I would make the same comparison for Saban. Had to use BHM rather than Tuscaloosa, since they do not have data. USC would have to pay $13,767,000. for Saban. Uconn, using Hartford as the comp, would have to only pay $10,781,000. Time for a Yard fund raiser?

At the time it decided to deemphasize FB Tulane had the biggest on campus stadium in the then Southern Conference. It seated over 80,000 and would reach close to 85,000 with standing room.

The only problem is, if that were to happen to the schools you list there would also be others in the same position (NCST, GT, Louisville, etc.) They would then just form an all sport conference which while not on the same level as the 'super conferences' would still be superior to joining the NBE.

Be very careful what you suggest since a significant percentage of the UConn faculty would like that.

If you would put Vandy ahead of Memphis in anything but academics you have clearly never attended a game in any sport at Vandy.

Throw in Dan O and make it a quadrangle.

Agree with everything but the last line. In my opinion New England has not been a 'very strong market for collegiate athletics' for decades. There was a time when Yale regularly sold out the bowl, and HC v BC sold out Fenway every year but that was in the 1950's. It has been a pro sports...

I will be at Bryant-Denny just to see if Saban keeps the starters in past the first quarter.

If you really want to be grossed out, show the number of living alumni from each school as well. The incompetence of UConn's fund raising over the years is staggering. .

As hard as it may be to believe today when I was at NBHS in the early 60's middle class kids with so so qualifications preferred U of Vermont over UConn.

I don't think the two are related. We pay up for MBB and over the top for WBB. FB just does not have the same importance. On the endowment side, in my opinion, it has more to do with the fact that for generations of CT residents attending UConn was not something to be proud of. In the deep...

Endowing a coaching position, especially FB, has been very common for more than a decade. Probably half of the P5 schools have a fund to cover the amount the school actually pays the coach. Not the full contract that is usually reported since that contains a lot of extras such as media, shoe...

RE needs to leave the starters in to get 'style points' with the playoff voters? Pass the Kool-Aid.

As much as this hurts to say, at this point Temple is the better program.

If you are not careful he will hit you with the ultimate "logical expression' argument. Nova stays in the BE for BB, becomes a FB only member of the SEC because ESPN wants the Philly market in their new deal.

Please tell me you are kidding with the hybrid conference comment. Isn't that how we got into this mess in the first go around.

The probability that KU would find itself on an island of misfits is miniscule. That 'honor' was reserved for UConn and we retired the trophy. Remember the #1 rule of CR.

A certain HC currently employed in Tuscaloosa uses the starting QB as holder all the time.

Not surprised they draw poorly on TV. Most of the PAC12 does not draw many live fans to their FB games. I saw some figures recently (can't remember where so am not able to link) that showed that in 2019, the most recent 'normal season' only three PAC 12 schools (WA, USC & OR) averaged more...