2025 Ohio State game canceled

[Patman]

Money aside, I don't see any benefit to playing them. Some measuring sticks are better left unused.

Iowa or Michigan State would be a more useful opponent for a re-building program. That way, it's at worst a valuable learning experience with an outside shot for better if everything goes perfectly.

I don't see the point in playing a team you think will be top 10 ahead of time. Just no. Top 25, sure.

 

[cellocgg]

I don't see the point in playing a team you think will be top 10 ahead of time. Just no. Top 25, sure.

I would rather not have a guaranteed loss on the schedule

 

[UCTitleTown]

Time to schedule the Penn State game I've been dying to see my whole life.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

if UVA not on schedule let's try for them. Nice to beat an ACC team

 

[LBird33]

Well there goes our chance at qualifying for the playoffs in 2025. lol

 

[Waquoit]

Free money

 

[Drew]

Big 12 plays 9 league games so this makes sense. Gotta drop a few more now too

 

[tjhusky]

 

[maple]

Well there goes our chance at qualifying for the playoffs in 2025. lol

 

[shizzle787]

Sign of things to come

Not really. It's a buy game. Personally, we should never play a buy game again.

6 P4 H/H
5 G5 H/H
1 FCS H

That should be the schedule going forward.

 

[DMTCYNAW]

Not really. It's a buy game. Personally, we should never play a buy game again.

6 P4 H/H
5 G5 H/H
1 FCS H

That should be the schedule going forward.

i agree with the principle, but i wonder if we are in a financial position yet, to let go of buy games.

It sucks to lose 59-0 to a powerhouse (IMO our brand shouldn't be losing like that to any school, P4 powerhouse or not), but $2M is not chump change, even after deducting the travel/hotel/meal costs.

My guess is we could still use the money for the new few years, or maybe forever till we get picked up by a legit conference...if we get picked up.

 

[Palatine]

Not really. It's a buy game. Personally, we should never play a buy game again.

The players deserve a chance to measure themselves against the best. And we shouldn't lose 59-0 against anyone.

Besides if you're shooting for the playoff, which we should be no matter how remote the chances, you need to beat an Ohio State or Clemson to have a chance. And you can't beat 'em if you don't play 'em.

And honestly, the cash helps.

 

[Bonamassa]

At this point in time we need wins more than body bag games.

 

[Huskyforlife]

So we took less money to cancel the best game on our schedule? What am I missing here?

 

[CL82]

Time to schedule the Penn State game I've been dying to see my whole life.

Love to regularly have games against Penn State and Rutgers and Maryland, but I may feel differently after the game this year.

 

[giddyup]

Would have gotten our backsides whipped, but there isn’t a football player I know who wouldn’t love the opportunity to step into battle. I feel bad for the kids.

 

[DMTCYNAW]

And we shouldn't lose 59-0 against anyone.

we "shouldn't" - agreed.

and yet...


these point differentials are absolutely unacceptable for a university of our stature. Those should be Austin Peay, or South Alabama scores vs Tennessee.

Notice that i'm not even saying WIN against these big boys yet, but it is an affront to our brand to be losing by that much to these top programs. IMO losing 28-21 may not kill us at the conference realignment discussion table, but 59-3 is the mark of death, that confirms we are an unworthy FCS program posing as an FBS program, and it will make the P4 conversation a non-starter.

And that affects how much we can pay Geno & Dan Hurley, etc. I'm not as worried about Geno, but i'm very worried about DH - he can only say no to other wealthier teams, so many times.

I am confident now more than ever that Jim Mora knows this, after his press conference rant about NIL last year. If we still get absolutely blown out by a middle-of-the-pack B1G or ACC team in 2024, we may have to start to seriously question the state of the program and its leadership. Love HCJM, but at that point it'd be a conversation worth having.

 

[CTBasketball]

You would think some of those’d scum bag SEC fb schools would be chomping on the bit to avenge their men’s bb teams getting their keysters kicked by Hurley & Co.

Maybe they all remember us schooling South Carolina in that bowl game

After living in the south for a few years, they don’t care at all. And they definitely don’t remember that Papa John’s Bowl.

You say the words Papa John’s and they think to last Sunday’s dinner.

 

[Forte]

we "shouldn't" - agreed.

and yet...


these point differentials are absolutely unacceptable for a university of our stature. Those should be Austin Peay, or South Alabama scores vs Tennessee.

Notice that i'm not even saying WIN against these big boys yet, but it is an affront to our brand to be losing by that much to these top programs. IMO losing 28-21 may not kill us at the conference realignment discussion table, but 59-3 is the mark of death, that confirms we are an unworthy FCS program posing as an FBS program, and it will make the P4 conversation a non-starter.

And that affects how much we can pay Geno & Dan Hurley, etc. I'm not as worried about Geno, but i'm very worried about DH - he can only say no to other wealthier teams, so many times.

I am confident now more than ever that Jim Mora knows this, after his press conference rant about NIL last year. If we still get absolutely blown out by a middle-of-the-pack B1G or ACC team in 2024, we may have to start to seriously question the state of the program and its leadership. Love HCJM, but at that point it'd be a conversation worth having.

To be fair he stated UConn shouldn't ever lose 59-0 to anyone.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

So we took less money to cancel the best game on our schedule? What am I missing here?

I'm not sure we had any say in the matter.

We signed a contract that included the option to tOSU to pay us to cancel the game.

 

[huskymedic]

Copy of Ohio State University - UConn Game Contract:

 

[RSTuthill]

It was the date. tOSU did not want a midyear ooc opponent.

I agree this is the most likely root cause. OSU wants an ooc game to start the season. Mid Oct does them no good.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Not really. It's a buy game. Personally, we should never play a buy game again.

6 P4 H/H
5 G5 H/H
1 FCS H

That should be the schedule going forward.

Yeah that's ideal, but the P4 are going to go to a 9 game conference schedule eventually which means UConn is playing 1 maybe 2 of those schools per year. So going forward, unless by some mircale we get the golden ticket in next round of realignment, all we'll be seeing is G5 schools.

 

[BugsyCT]

Those mega-conferences are always expanding so fewer non-conference slates available.

 

[AllHusky]

So we took less money to cancel the best game on our schedule? What am I missing here?

More than likely they(Ohio State) were cancelling no matter what, so we had no choice. Would Mora/Benedict want to cancel for a better shot at a W? Don't know that one.