The AAC, especially after UCF, Houston, and Cincinnati left, was a problem for ALL UConn AAC sports except maybe baseball. If you can't see what a disaster the AAC was becoming for ALL UConn sports, I don't know what to say. Football was not going to turn around staying in the AAC after the Big 12 raid.
True, especially going forward, as I posted before (below), Uconn has an abundance of local/eastern road games and (count em') only 1 future game west of the the Mississippi as an Indy. While half of the (14) schools in the new AAC are now west of it. So yeah, despite Dodd's played out narrative, the BE/ Indy was a better move for FB too.
When the Big 12 studied expansion and reviewed the candidates before Oklahoma and Texas left, it was obvious to Benedict and UConn that UConn was not on the short list for expansion and would not get an invite when the ultimate expansion happened. Add in the crappy new media deal and UConn had to make a move.
For being a lawyer this is one of the most uneducated responses you could give. The writing was clearly on the wall the Big 12 was going to expand, maybe not as soon as they did, but regardless it was obvious the best teams from AAC would be taken when it did. That being said in your argument they left for basketball, if they were still in the AAC after the Big 12 picked off who they did wouldn’t you likely be complaining why they didn’t do something sooner to avoid this?
True, that's why Dodd still spinning Uconn doesn't care about FB because of their Indy status, in his ranking the coaching hire article, is so played out. It's like he doesn't know how to look at a map or like he's trying to sell shares of Colonial Realty to anyone who will listen.
And of those schools it was clear UConn was far down on the list IF they were to expand when they first flirted with it. The best viable option for UConn to build a better resume was to take matters into their own hands, put basketball in a conference it could have more success in and frankly figure it out for football. UConn staying in the AAC was not doing anything to build any of the sports, and again I’ll go back to, if this move didn’t occur and then the Big12 took Houston Cincy and UCF would you be happy still being in the AAC for either sport? If your answer is yes to that, I’d love to hear why.
I'd die for those numbers at UConn... heck, 90% of FBS would... but a bit of a deeper dive shows that they have regressed a bit (admittedly I'm nit-picking here but the Big 12 isn't the same as it was 5-6 years ago when Baylor/TCU were national powers... it's been pretty setup for them to make the playoffs every year and they have missed it the last two.)
They kept the name the Big12 and only have 10 teams. Of course they were going to expand and the most likely candidates were the top two AAC teams who were dying to get in. So at least the two best teams from the AAC would be gone. It doesn't take a genius to see that.
Are you sure you want to die on that hill?
You obviously do not know anything about the history of the Big12, formerly known as the Big 6, Big 7, and Big 8.
I have to give all the credit to Medic. If he wouldn't editorialize things
with comments like "Dodd sticking w/ his same old narrative" and would just stick to linking the facts (LOL, 
), he wouldn't have been a firestarter once again ( thank you Medic for all you provide for Husky Nation)... but I'd guess somehow your smirkin' at it all and the traffic you drive....with a big assist to BL.
It's a B because it's Akron and not a P5. Had he stayed at Oregon after Cristobal left, it would have been an A+. Dude is little dumping on everyone that isn't in the Old Boy's Club.
True, but I'm sure getting more regional games (UMass, Army, Temple NC State, Virginia) helps with travel expenses and getting buy games helps getting more money for the program than what the putrid AAC TV paywall contract could provide. Overall I think it was a net positive move for the entire AD.
You're arguing the move will end up being good for football. I'm not disagreeing with you. No one is disagreeing with you. That doesn't change the fact that UConn made the decision to protect hoops.
I wasn't arguing that. It 100% was to protect BBall, because AAC TV deal was gonna bury the program behind ESPN's paywall. I was more expanding on your thought process more than anything else. I didn't mean to come off any other way but that.
This is where you're completely wrong. It's not the fact that @huskymedic provided the tweet, it's that people feel the need to react and express an opinion on everything. Sometimes saying nothing is the best reaction.I have to give all the credit to Medic. If he wouldn't editorialize things
Ah yes indeed, Good luck with that on this site and then you should probably tell BL to stop drawing first blood....
I could have responded to any number of posts, but I figured that I'd respond to yours because I didn't think you were smart enough to be offended by whatever I wrote. I was half right...Ah yes indeed, Good luck with that on this site and then you should probably tell BL to stop drawing first blood....
...and BTW my comment wasn't meant to be serious to dumb it down for ya.
