4 game home and home with Boston College announced

[shizzle787]

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"The Huskies will head to Chestnut Hill, MA on Saturday, October 18, 2025 to face the Eagles at Alumni Stadium for the first of four games now scheduled with BC. The full UConn 2025 schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.

UConn will host the Eagles at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field during the 2029 (Oct. 20) and 2031 (Aug. 30) seasons and travel back up to BC in the 2030 season (Sept. 14)."

 

[BugsyCT]

 

[UCFBfan]

Hopefully we won't be able to keep that 2029 date because it'll interfere with our Big 12 schedule.

 

[Viet Vet]

Let’s see who will be New England’s team.

 

[BlueandOG]

I love this. Nothing better for the program than establishing regional rivalries and winning!

 

[RSTuthill]

So that is the final piece that was missing for this season? I have lost track. Anything more in the offing for this year?

 

[Coult]

So that is the final piece that was missing for this season? I have lost track. Anything more in the offing for this year?

Still need one more game, board rumor is that it is Air Force at home.

 

[jayfromfla]

What happened to the UMASS game

 

[huskymedic]

What happened to the UMASS game

Casualty/complication of UMass moving to MAC schedule next year.

 

[Kembafan]

Hopefully we won't be able to keep that 2029 date because it'll interfere with our Big 12 schedule.

And also BC’s G5 schedule.

 

[UConn Dan]

What happened to the UMASS game

They're going to be in the MAC. We won't see them as often.

 

[shizzle787]

I will take BC over UMass all day.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Having some combo of BC, SU, RU, Pitt and UMD on the schedule each year is good news.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Hopefully we won't be able to keep that 2029 date because it'll interfere with our Big 12 schedule.

........ or represent a division rivalry game.

 

[freescooter]

I keep reading her that the UMass game is out but my UMass friend says they want to keep UConn on the schedule. Appears not in 2025. The advantages are its close, and they have been pushing it as a rivalry game and we are willing to play them in Amherst.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Gotta keep umass game. Come on umass. But bc, Syracuse, Temple, Army, Rutgers is the schedule UConn would like.

 

[Coult]

I keep reading her that the UMass game is out but my UMass friend says they want to keep UConn on the schedule. Appears not in 2025. The advantages are its close, and they have been pushing it as a rivalry game and we are willing to play them in Amherst.

I suspect it will be a pretty regular game in the future (even more so if UConn stays independent). This year was especially an anomaly because of how many games UMass already had scheduled for 2025 before joining the MAC (including buy games they would have to pay penalties for cancelling). I would assume there is mutual interest between UConn and UMass, especially if both programs continue to find their footing. Once they are more or less settled into their MAC schedule I would suspect these games to occur nearly every year. Hopefully the Battle for the Southwick Jug lives on for many, many years.

 

[freescooter]

Right. They can still do buy games, an FCS game and us. It IS kind of fund telling BC UMass dumped them because they’d rather play Bryant.

 

[Jetskies]

i could be completely wrong, but somehow the distant future games make me feel like this "agreement" isn't about the other 3 games, but rather just this first one. the other 3 being an insurance policy, so to speak. feels like both teams would be hoping that the 3 games never happen because they have found bigger things to do (UConn - big12 schedule... BC - playing someone else).

with this context ^, is it possible that BC is paying us a little bit for coming out to them, to sweeten the deal in '25?

 

[BlueWolf25]

i could be completely wrong, but somehow the distant future games make me feel like this "agreement" isn't about the other 3 games, but rather just this first one. the other 3 being an insurance policy, so to speak. feels like both teams would be hoping that the 3 games never happen because they have found bigger things to do (UConn - big12 schedule... BC - playing someone else).

with this context ^, is it possible that BC is paying us a little bit for coming out to them, to sweeten the deal in '25?

I doubt they’re paying us. Our schedules are pretty much full up through 2028, so it makes sense the 3 games are that far in the future. However, it could be worth noting that those games are scheduled in the first few weeks of those seasons in the normal non conference window, as opposed to Oct/Nov like we’ve been doing with other northeastern teams

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Still need one more game, board rumor is that it is Air Force at home.

No 2025 UConn bye weeks until 10/25, then 11/15. Less than ideal. Perhaps some schedule horse trading/rejigging continues involving multiple schools (currently scheduled & potential to schedule).

 

[RSTuthill]

Still need one more game, board rumor is that it is Air Force at home.

That would be fun. Love playing the service academies. Perhaps a fly over of F35's from Ethan Allen AFB before?

 

[ScottVib]

is it possible that BC is paying us a little bit for coming out to them, to sweeten the deal in '25?

Typically there’s a nominal amount of money going back and forth from the home team to the visitor each year in a home and home.

 

[Purple Stein]

What happened to the UMASS game

They're scared. Can't blame 'em.

 

[Ldandy]

Despite how BC views the rivalry it benefits both parties to play these games.