'16 season a possible ACC audition?

[FDNY99]

UConn football 2002 schedule (independent)
Take with about a tablespoon of salt for many reasons including BC Temple and Miami being required to play us as we transitioned to the Big East I'm pretty sure. I'm not advocating for football independence just giving an example of what the schedule looked like..
@ Boston College
vs Georgia Tech
@ Buffalo
vs Ohio
vs Ball State
@ Miami
vs Temple
@ Vanderbilt
vs Florida Atlantic
vs Kent St
@Navy
@Iowa St

Not too shabby. 3 BCS games aside from the Big East teams. We played 1 P5 team last year. Of course with conferences going to more and more in-league games this gets very tough.

You would be hard pressed to put together a schedule like this now due to P-5 conferences moving to more in-conference games.

 

[BoatShow]

You would be hard pressed to put together a schedule like this now due to P-5 conferences moving to more in-conference games.

Not to be a jerkoff but I did point that out in the post

 

[MattMang23]

UConn football 2002 schedule (independent)
Take with about a tablespoon of salt for many reasons including BC Temple and Miami being required to play us as we transitioned to the Big East I'm pretty sure. I'm not advocating for football independence just giving an example of what the schedule looked like..
@ Boston College
vs Georgia Tech
@ Buffalo
vs Ohio
vs Ball State
@ Miami
vs Temple
@ Vanderbilt
vs Florida Atlantic
vs Kent St
@Navy
@Iowa St

Not too shabby. 3 BCS games aside from the Big East teams. We played 1 P5 team last year. Of course with conferences going to more and more in-league games this gets very tough.

There are also four MAC games on that schedule too.

 

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[Kolumbo]

What if UConn starts providing bogus classes for its athletes. Would that help its audition?

 

[billybud]

What if UConn starts providing bogus classes for its athletes. Would that help its audition?

Don't think it would help...been done, not innovative. Swofford would just yawn and mutter "wannabees".

 

[Garrett]

Picking back up from my last post about conference autonomy or "conference deregulation" as someone else mentioned, the ACC was pushing this so they can do away with divisions and rotate through the conference more often than once in every six years. It's currently a huge issue among ADs in the ACC which is why the 9 game conference schedule is going to get voted on.

The other problem with the 2 divisions set up is that you would need to expand in pairs, the ACC is waiting on ND to go all in and then their expansion partner would then be chosen. Conference deregulation and a conference without divisions would also get rid of this problem and allow a conference to expand with 1. So in theory with a 15 team conference, UConn's schedule could have BC and SU as annual opponents and cycle through everybody else in 4 seasons with an 8 game conference schedule. If a 16th school is added, the ACC could go to a 9 game schedule, each team plays 3 annual opponents and cycles through everybody else in 4 seasons. The ACC could do this right now if they wanted to, but the rules are that you have to have 2 divisions to play a conference championship game and the ACC would be missing out on millions, so this idea is DOA.

The other problem, let's say the Golden Domers do the unthinkable and join the ACC in football and UConn comes aboard with them. The divisions would surely need to be reshuffled and cross-division games would need to be re-done. This is a near impossible task and it's been attempted before, but to no avail.

To sum everything up, conference deregulation and/or Notre Dame making a move is the key to the ACC expanding.

As someone mentioned already, Louisville was the ACC's move to strengthen itself in football which it badly needed. If VT and Miami were still at the top of their game, maybe the ACC would have went with UConn.

I've recently had these conference realignment discussions with fellow ACC fans and most were holding out hope that if the Big12 did not extend their GoR, then in several years the ACC could possibly persuade UT or WVU. I felt this was the wrong strategy as UT is way out the ACC's target region and while WVU is solid in both football and basketball, UConn has more to offer in several key areas (though not as strong as WVU in football). Most importantly to me, if the ACC is going to make an effort to go after the highly populated NE market, it needs to make another push in that territory and not risk another P5 conference (BigTen) possibly strengthening it's position in that region.

 

[Jae-VT]

I've recently had these conference realignment discussions with fellow ACC fans and most were holding out hope that if the Big12 did not extend their GoR, then in several years the ACC could possibly persuade UT or WVU. I felt this was the wrong strategy as UT is way out the ACC's target region and while WVU is solid in both football and basketball, UConn has more to offer in several key areas (though not as strong as WVU in football). Most importantly to me, if the ACC is going to make an effort to go after the highly populated NE market, it needs to make another push in that territory and not risk another P5 conference (BigTen) possibly strengthening it's position in that region.

I've thought about this for some time now and I can tell you that the thought of watching UCONN and BC go at as conference mates is already intriguing. I would even go so far as "Must See TV". I already have a name for the annual football game; it should be "The Grudge Match" and the trophy should be called "The Red Cup" as an allusion for all the blood that would be spelled between the two schools. This might even make BC spend money on its Athletic Department again, just to beat UConn. I'd pay good money to watch that game.

 

[BlueDogs]

The Big10 needs to grab us. They are so missing the boat on a chance to disrupt the ACC market control strategy and capture the tri-state market. If they took Temple and UConn, the ACC is toast in the I-95 North corridor. They would have the Philly, Maryland DC, NY Metro markets locked up and it would be contiguous with the RustBelt.

 

[MattMang23]

The Big10 needs to grab us. They are so missing the boat on a chance to disrupt the ACC market control strategy and capture the tri-state market. If they took Temple and UConn, the ACC is toast in the I-95 North corridor. They would have the Philly, Maryland DC, NY Metro markets locked up and it would be contiguous with the RustBelt.

Why would they need Temple to lock up Philly when they already have Penn St.? Temple doesn't even deliver Broad Street.

 

[BlueDogs]

Why would they need Temple to lock up Philly when they already have Penn St.? Temple doesn't even deliver Broad Street.

Maybe you're correct . But it blocks ACC penetration and Temple can pull numbers if they are doing well. Penn state plays them routinely.

 

[Ldandy]

Maybe you're correct . But it blocks ACC penetration and Temple can pull numbers if they are doing well. Penn state plays them routinely.

Temple draws fans/eyeballs when they play Penn State or Notre Dame. That's pretty much it. Maybe they would draw against OSU or UM, but that would not be evidence of the appeal of The Owls as much as the curiosity of seeing two out of market Blue Bloods in person.

You are correct that Penn State does play Temple routinely, but it is typically as a part of 3 for 1 deal or sometimes even more. If The B1G was interested in adding G5 Schools their best bets would be Houston, UCONN, UCF and USF. All four have huge enrollments, are located in massive TV markets(not currently in the BTN Footprint), 3 of 4 provide access to southern recruiting, and all four have major athletic upside in the right situation.

 

[dayooper]

Maybe you're correct . But it blocks ACC penetration and Temple can pull numbers if they are doing well. Penn state plays them routinely.

The Big10 doesn't need to pull numbers "if." Doubling/tripling up on a market (southern New Jersey is in the Philly DMA) loses the Big10 money, and that's what Temple would do. Blocking the ACC isn't what the Big10 needs. If the ACC wants to add Temple, more power to them. Temple brings very little to the table, though. If bundle subscriptions are still a thing in 2019, they have Pitt (and power of ESPN) in the state of Pennsylvania to "encourage" cable companies to add the ACCN.

Blocking the ACC is a move that would be detrimental in both the short and long run. If the school isn't right for the Big10, doesn't add money, viewers or more exposure, than why bring them in? Once you add a school, they are part of your conference for a very long time. Yes, I understand that Rutgers was add, but they are the state university in a state that has 9 million people, is part of the largest and fourth largest DMA and is a pretty good research school. They are the only FBS school playing football (if you can call it that football) in the NYC DMA. Athletically, they are a mess. Financially, they are a boon for the Big10. Temple is none of those.

 

[BlueDogs]

The Big10 doesn't need to pull numbers "if." Doubling/tripling up on a market (southern New Jersey is in the Philly DMA) loses the Big10 money, and that's what Temple would do. Blocking the ACC isn't what the Big10 needs. If the ACC wants to add Temple, more power to them. Temple brings very little to the table, though. If bundle subscriptions are still a thing in 2019, they have Pitt (and power of ESPN) in the state of Pennsylvania to "encourage" cable companies to add the ACCN.

Blocking the ACC is a move that would be detrimental in both the short and long run. If the school isn't right for the Big10, doesn't add money, viewers or more exposure, than why bring them in? Once you add a school, they are part of your conference for a very long time. Yes, I understand that Rutgers was add, but they are the state university in a state that has 9 million people, is part of the largest and fourth largest DMA and is a pretty good research school. They are the only FBS school playing football (if you can call it that football) in the NYC DMA. Athletically, they are a mess. Financially, they are a boon for the Big10. Temple is none of those.

Don't agree, but don't care enough to argue the point. The Big10 should be working Northeast and solidifying its market dominance. Pulling in UConn is a no brainer, and they should find one more school. They either flip BC or Syracuse, and they control Northeast Football. If they can't, Temple works to fill a hole.

 

[upstater]

Don't agree, but don't care enough to argue the point. The Big10 should be working Northeast and solidifying its market dominance. Pulling in UConn is a no brainer, and they should find one more school. They either flip BC or Syracuse, and they control Northeast Football. If they can't, Temple works to fill a hole.

There are 10x more PSU fans in Philly than Temple fans.

If you look at the demographic for Penn State, the vast majority of its students come from the Philly region (and by that I mean as far north as Allentown and as west as Lancaster).

 

[dayooper]

Don't agree, but don't care enough to argue the point. The Big10 should be working Northeast and solidifying its market dominance. Pulling in UConn is a no brainer, and they should find one more school. They either flip BC or Syracuse, and they control Northeast Football. If they can't, Temple works to fill a hole.

I guess the solidifying it's market dominance is what you think the Big10 should do, and it's good in theory. The practicality of it is not. I agree that UConn would be a good (I have said that many times), but who to go with them in the Northeast. There just isn't anybody left a partner. You aren't flipping any ACC schools (they all just signed an extension to their GoR) so that leaves you with the following schools that play FBS football to partner with UConn: UMass, Buffalo, Army anf the afore mentioned Temple. Navy and Old Dominion are Maryland and Virginia schools that aren't in the Big10 to ACC. None of those solidifies any Northeast market dominance. UConn's partner almost has to come from the west.