A little Uconn football

[donyell34]

Just saw the final 33- 36 win. Mora magic continues. Could really help us down the road. Congrats and happy for those guys.

 

[mikeinmanila]

Best quote of the day:

"I like coaches named Jim"

 

[HooperScooper]

Unbelievable what Mora has done. He won't win coach of the year since UConn isn't in the national conversation but has any coach done a better job with what he has than Mora? I doubt it.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[storrsroars]

Best quote of the day:

"I like coaches named Jim"

I think it's more the soft g sound: Jim (Calhoun, Penders, Mora), Geno, Joe (Morrone).

 

[Hoophound]

Unbelievable what Mora has done. He won't win coach of the year since UConn isn't in the national conversation but has any coach done a better job with what he has than Mora? I doubt it.

He’s getting a little bit more credit nationally than you might think. The guy is really respected in the football world.

 

[inWV]

Mora is a legit coach and can do well enough for UCONN FB to be fun.

 

[aburks41]

Mora getting us into a P5 conference would cement his place on UConn’s coaching Mt. Rushmore with Calhoun and Geno

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Mora getting us into a P5 conference would cement his place on UConn’s coaching Mt. Rushmore with Calhoun and Geno

Did I read somewhere that Mora has been telling recruits that they're gunning for the ACC in the coming years?

I'm not sure what would change BC's mind to allow us in, though.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Did I read somewhere that Mora has been telling recruits that they're gunning for the ACC in the coming years?

I'm not sure what would change BC's mind to allow us in, though.

Yes, supposedly. BC has no pull to keep us out if they wanted to. I doubt they’d still want to.

 

[Waquoit]

Yes, supposedly. BC has no pull to keep us out if they wanted to. I doubt they’d still want to.

It's funny that now BCU has finally had their come to Jesus moment and they realized that sticking the shiv in UConn was the worst thing they ever did to their own athletic department. I heard they're backing us now. Better late than never.

 

[aburks41]

Did I read somewhere that Mora has been telling recruits that they're gunning for the ACC in the coming years?

I'm not sure what would change BC's mind to allow us in, though.

Clemson, UNC, Miami, etc would tell BC to pound sand if they really wanted us. BC has zero leverage now, they know that their days of collecting that big TV $ check each year are numbered

 

[shizzle787]

Clemson, UNC, Miami, etc would tell BC to pound sand if they really wanted us. BC has zero leverage now, they know that their days of collecting that big TV $ check each year are numbered

UNC wanted us over Louisville, but I get your point.

 

[jibsey]

Liberty is what conference?

 

[HuskyNan]

Liberty is what conference?

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[gtcam]

Just shows what a difference a really good coach can do
UConn has been blessed with so many in the past and Mora adds a national presence with Geno and Jim Penders. With UConn hockey highly ranked, the womens hockey team breaking into the national picture and hopefully the mens Basketball team can win some NCAA games - things are looking great again.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Clemson, UNC, Miami, etc would tell BC to pound sand if they really wanted us. BC has zero leverage now, they know that their days of collecting that big TV $ check each year are numbered

Does it work like that? I thought it worked more like a democracy- every new admission to the conference has to be unanimously voted in. 1 veto and it’s a no go.

I could have that wrong though, it’s been 10 years since I looked deeply into P5 conference realignment.

 

[Sportsman5]

Does it work like that? I thought it worked more like a democracy- every new admission to the conference has to be unanimously voted in. 1 veto and it’s a no go.

I could have that wrong though, it’s been 10 years since I looked deeply into P5 conference realignment.

These days the TV networks decide which teams get into a conference. If the network pays more to each school after the addition of a new school, then the conference wants the school to join. If TV money goes down per school, then they don't want the school to join the conference. This is why UConn must bring above average value to a conference to be accepted, which is frustrating because at least 1/3 of P5 teams bring less marginal value than UConn to their conference. Part of that is because TV money barely goes up with redundancy within a state. So conferences that have multiple schools from the same state are diluting TV money a lot. However, conferences have not kicked schools out...atleast not yet.