AAC makes it tougher to build a team from scratch

[CTrefugee]

If we had gotten into the ACC, a rebuild would be a bit easier. Blame Blumenthal for us not getting an invite. At least that's what fans down here in North Carolina were telling me at last Saturday's game. The ACC still harbors a lot of hate over his lawsuit.

 

[noeynox]

Ain't nothing that can be done about the past so there's that. And yeah, UConn in the P5 would be more appealing to recruits than UConn in the G5. Hot take.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

If we had gotten into the ACC, a rebuild would be a bit easier. Blame Blumenthal for us not getting an invite. At least that's what fans down here in North Carolina were telling me at last Saturday's game. The ACC still harbors a lot of hate over his lawsuit.

Delete stupid thread from the troll of the month.

 

[CTrefugee]

Which part is not true ?

 

[huskymedic]

Which part is not true ?

Which part is new?

Appreciate your previous interest in UConn Football: Should we give up ?

 

[whaler11]

Which part is not true ?

The part where say Pitt was part of the same lawsuit?

 

[Nostical]

If you watched Blumenthal and his ego displayed on every possible panel news show during the Kavanaugh hearings you can understand why he wanted to push the other protagonists aside to become the face of the ACC lawsuit. He succeeded in morphing a collective effort into the “Connecticut lawsuit”. He blew it.

 

[Exit 4]

If you watched Blumenthal and his ego displayed on every possible panel news show during the Kavanaugh hearings you can understand why he wanted to push the other protagonists aside to become the face of the ACC lawsuit. He succeeded in morphing a collective effort into the “Connecticut lawsuit”. He blew it.

He’s alive! @Nostical

 

[CTrefugee]

The part where say Pitt was part of the same lawsuit?

I keep rereading my post and can't find mention of Pitt.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Which part is not true ?

While Blumenthal is and was a complete moron and egomaniacal idiot, and while the lawsuit was dumb and counterproductive, it was not the "cause" of UConn not getting into the ACC. The main "cause" is and was that we didn't take football seriously enough soon enough. It wasn't Warde eating donuts, or Susan sleeping on the job, or any of the other things people have conjured up as excuses.

We acted small time and were and are perceived as small time as a result.

 

[CTrefugee]

Now I understand: Repeating information (unknowingly) and expressing an opinion opposite to yours = trolling.
How shallow. I suggest that YOU are the troll.

 

[whaler11]

I keep rereading my post and can't find mention of Pitt.

That’s why you came to such a dopey conclusion.

 

[CTrefugee]

That’s why you came to such a dopey conclusion.

 

[Stainmaster]

People use their political biases to inform their false readings of past developments in college athletics. This and more at 11.

 

[Adios]

While Blumenthal is and was a complete moron and egomaniacal idiot, and while the lawsuit was dumb and counterproductive, it was not the "cause" of UConn not getting into the ACC. The main "cause" is and was that we didn't take football seriously enough soon enough. It wasn't Warde eating donuts, or Susan sleeping on the job, or any of the other things people have conjured up as excuses.

We acted small time and were and are perceived as small time as a result.

Actually, I would venture to say our rejection included other facilities, such as the baseball stadium or whatever that was. Kids play in better stadiums in collegiate summer leagues.

Other AAC schools are doing fine, I notice, especially the commuter schools.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Actually, I would venture to say our rejection included other facilities, such as the baseball stadium or whatever that was. Kids play in better stadiums in collegiate summer league.

Other AAC schools are doing fine, I notice, especially the commuter schools.

The AAC is a good football league. It's not even a bad basketball league if UConn and Memphis rebound.

Your point is valid. UConn acted like a basketball focused school, like say Providence, for too long. We didn't appreciate the overall commitment required to be what is now a P5. I'm not saying we aren't acting like a P5 now, we mostly are. But we were too late to make those changes and investments.

Remaining General Negatives:

• Lack of football history and culture
• Lack of on campus or near campus football stadium
• Lack of fan support in key sports
• Baseball stadium/facilities

 

[CL82]

The AAC is a good football league. It's not even a bad basketball league if UConn and Memphis rebound.

Your point is valid. UConn acted like a basketball focused school, like say Providence, for too long. We didn't appreciate the overall commitment required to be what is now a P5. I'm not saying we aren't acting like a P5 now, we mostly are. But we were too late to make those changes and investments.

Remaining General Negatives:

• Lack of football history and culture
• Lack of on campus or near campus football stadium
• Lack of fan support in key sports
• Baseball stadium/facilities

To his credit Lew Perkins saw the writing on the wall on this issue and tried to fix it. He doesn't get enough credit for that, IMO.

 

[HuskyHawk]

As for the AAC, the current top 25 has 7 teams with zero losses. Three of them are in the AAC. UCF has finally moved into the top ten.

 

[Adios]

The AAC is a good football league. It's not even a bad basketball league if UConn and Memphis rebound.

Your point is valid. UConn acted like a basketball focused school, like say Providence, for too long. We didn't appreciate the overall commitment required to be what is now a P5. I'm not saying we aren't acting like a P5 now, we mostly are. But we were too late to make those changes and investments.

Remaining General Negatives:

• Lack of football history and culture
• Lack of on campus or near campus football stadium
• Lack of fan support in key sports
• Baseball stadium/facilities

We don't have a lack of football history. Baylor didnt have an NFL player till 1939. We had a few in the mid to late 20s.

 

[Adios]

As for the AAC, the current top 25 has 7 teams with zero losses. Three of them are in the AAC. UCF has finally moved into the top ten.

And they are all in the same division, which is not good for us. We're winning Columbia-like against Cincinnati.

 

[HuskyHawk]

We don't have a lack of football history. Baylor didnt have an NFL player till 1939. We had a few in the mid to late 20s.

Nobody cares about that. We played Yankee conference football during the era when football became an important TV draw, and gained national attention. In 1968 schools had to declare themselves the university division or college division. Later that became D1A and D1AA in 1978. Even Holy Cross was in the University division, but UConn was not.

History means history playing at the highest level in the modern era. Nobody cares about Yale's football history either.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Actually, I would venture to say our rejection included other facilities, such as the baseball stadium or whatever that was. Kids play in better stadiums in collegiate summer leagues.

Other AAC schools are doing fine, I notice, especially the commuter schools.

I wonder if Northwest Park in Manchester has ever been talked about as a possible home for the Huskies at least temporarily. It is somewhat new and has pretty nice facilities for concessions and a press box and most importantly lights. Was home to the Manchester Silkworms which was a pretty popular NECBL team back in the day. I think Manchester High plays some games there but they also have a lit field at Mt. Nebo. I think capacity is probably close to J.O.

 

[Dooley]

This dead horse again? The ACC replaced UConn with Pitt at the suggestion from ESPN after Boston College fought against inviting UConn to defend "its turf". The Carolina schools all wanted UConn but ultimately decided to support their existing conference partner.

Boston College AD: No UConn In ACC; It's A Matter Of "Turf"

Then in 2011, the football schools wanted another corrupt scam school willing to break every law imaginable to win an extra football game to help them gain Playoff access, hence Louisville. But some good came out of that time...UConn was able to improve its all-important APR score to perfect levels without having to re-admit any 30 year olds to boost its scores.

 

[Pudge]

I think the premise that Blumenthal is the prime reason UConn never got into the ACC is bogus. Not to take anything away from the well-deserved reputation Dick has about being a loud underachiever.

THIS is simple - in my mind. OUR years of never breaking out of our Yankee conference mode hurt our stature as a Prime candidate. We simply moved to the Big East too late. We struggled to get to the right platform and the alternatives were there with stature and tradition - BC, Pitt and Syracuse. We deserve to have a chance to be a Football p5; however, BC shrewdly cut our balls off before we could prove that OUR Brand, OUR Market, OUR Football potential can easily surpass that Chestnut Hill bandbox. Particularly when you look beyond Football.

Louisville? . No way would any other Program/State throw corruption in YUM & PapaJohn facilities like Jurich got the commonwealth of Kentucky to suck it up.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

While a rebuild in the ACC would be easier, we passed on it, as the rebuild in our future home, the Big 10, is bound to be even easier than the ACC.