Conf USA in Talks with UConn, Liberty, NMSU

[CL82]

No that’s too much for me. Best I’m willing to do is an informal scheduling alliance

Depends how much exit fee money they are willing to throw at us and whether they’re willing to waive or dramatically reduce our entrance fee. The problem is right now see USA has a big cloud of stink floating over it. We can’t afford to have that drifting over and combining with our own cloud of stink.

 

[CL82]

And UMass doesn't even get a sniff! Again speaking to our brand value.

LOL, believe me being linked to CUSA, even fleetingly, does not enhance our brand value.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Somebody reached out. ADDave took the call. He said, hmm, we’ll get back to you. That’s what this amounted to.

We have some of these teams on future schedules, so we can’t just ignore them. Even if we didn’t, it is in our interest to have multiple programs available for scheduling purposes. It might in fact be useful to have some form of scheduling alliance with some of them, especially if they have only 6-7 conference games. Makes our scheduling easier and makes there’s easier too.

The decision to join The NEWBIE has all sorts of implications for other sports that nobody considered/cared about. Now we are living with them.

I wouldn't mind an something in the terms of an alliance where we schedule two or 3 CUSA teams/year. Makes scheduling a little easy. Don't have to back load with an FCS team and can pull in some of the bigger names at the beginning of the year.

 

[CL82]

and this is why you have to get out on this stuff early…

 

[Milo65]

and this is why you have to get out on this stuff early…

I went right to his Twitter page and found that this dude is like the Onion, all his post are BS

 

[zls44]

and this is why you have to get out on this stuff early…

You don't know that account's bit, do you?

 

[CL82]

I went right to his Twitter page and found that this dude is like the Onion, all his post are BS

You don't know that account's bit, do you?

Nope, i’ve never heard of the guy before this, but that post is being talked about on other boards as if it were real.

 

[UConniki]

First Connecticut did everything they could to lose the Whalers and got played by Robert Kraft ( Patriots ) into thinking that they would relocate to Hartford so he could get a better deal from Massachusetts and now while Cincinnati’s football team is going to the Big 12 UConn’ s football team is going to join the conference ( conference USA) that just lost 6 members to our old conference the AAC… See a pattern here… I do . While I still brag about being from Connecticut and UConn ( glad I’m not originally from my current state of Florida , red necks and all) Connecticut has always been small time when it’s comes to sports and casinos ( Steve Winn) and attractions that would make money for the state and give people things to do. And please don’t take credit for the 2 HOF UConn basketball coaches, ( Kevin Ollie, and the last 3 football coaches) Everyone gets lucky once in a while and catches lightning in a bottle). I feel for you guys , I really do. Just saying

 

[huskymedic]

Nope, but that post is being talked about on other boards as if it were real.

Hmmm... What was that PT Barnum saying??

 

[Hoophound]

Nope, but that post is being talked about on other boards as if it were real.

He's mocking CUSA. He's taking their claim of negotiations to another another level, now saying they rejected UConn. He knows in reality, UConn had no interest. Its funny if you get it. Every tweet he makes is an actual joke.

 

[CL82]

He's mocking CUSA. He's taking their claim of negotiations to another another level, now saying they rejected UConn. He knows in reality, UConn had no interest. Its funny if you get it. Every tweet he makes is an actual joke.

Yeah, after @Milo65’s post I went and scrolled through his other comments.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Conference USA in negotiations with New Mexico State, Liberty, UConn: Source

The potential additions come as C-USA is down to six current members. Six C-USA schools are set to join the American Athletic Conference in the coming years and two more are set to join the Sun Belt, with Marshall potentially leaving C-USA to join the Sun Belt as well.

theathletic.com

Now, if true, We might be the top dog in it!! Really, with Marshall and LaTech, it wouldn't be a lousy conference, FIU in Florida would benefit recruiting in Florida, ElPaso is a nice place, WKU is a place to visit if you're into Vettes, since Bowling Green is where the Vettes are made. Liberty could be a rival in the conference...

That said, I'm on the fence. No, but if not us, could they invite UMass?

 

[nycscooby]

Now, if true, We might be the top dog in it!! Really, with Marshall and LaTech, it wouldn't be a lousy conference, FIU in Florida would benefit recruiting in Florida, ElPaso is a nice place, WKU is a place to visit if you're into Vettes, since Bowling Green is where the Vettes are made. Liberty could be a rival in the conference...

That said, I'm on the fence. No, but if not us, could they invite UMass?

Please stop. This would be the absolute death of UConn FB. Even though we are teetering on the edge of the casket right now, I think the only hope many of us have with the future success of this FB program is that the new coach hire will be the right one. IMO the pool of such coaches dries up with a move like this over staying independent.

 

[phillionaire]

Now, if true, We might be the top dog in it!! Really, with Marshall and LaTech, it wouldn't be a lousy conference, FIU in Florida would benefit recruiting in Florida, ElPaso is a nice place, WKU is a place to visit if you're into Vettes, since Bowling Green is where the Vettes are made. Liberty could be a rival in the conference...

That said, I'm on the fence. No, but if not us, could they invite UMass?

 

[huskymedic]

CUSA on life support… timing of “leak” last night making more sense.

 

[Skiblets]

Q

CUSA on life support… timing of “leak” last night making more sense.

yep. There is no CUSA.

 

[Dooooooomed]

SMH... They need to stop putting out BS like this. Makes it sound like it's happening if CUSA wants it.

 

[don356]

It sets up that jump from Cusa to the B10.

 

[Jimdish255]

Zero chance of anything beyond a courtesy call. It would kill the program.

 

[BlueandOG]

Somebody tell me a single plus to this move if It happens.

bowl tie-ins? Not worth it in my view.

 

[Ha Who]

bowl tie-ins? Not worth it in my view.

Agree. Playing in the Podunk metsfan2323 bowl does nothing for the program

 

[Blades]

Some sanity from beat writer Matt @ UconnSN:

 

[gioff2323]

We are an interesting fan base. 10 pages on this drivel. PTSD?

 

[Blades]

 

[gtcam]

We?

I love it when people talk about their sports teams in the terms of we - Really?
And what field position or management position do these folks have on the team
I know that I do so on rare occasions but try not to do so - My father would always say - what position do you play?
Trivial, I know.
Next............................................................................

 

[Jimdish255]

After the last decade, I don't believe UCONN football is too good for anybody. Followers of the program (I am one, with season tickets) tend to over rate the importance / viability of the program. We have become an outlier. An independent with no bowl affiliation. Our big win was holding on to beat Yale. With ongoing conference realignment, maybe scheduling becomes more difficult. Maybe building a winning program in a "lesser" conference is our best option.

Man this board has gone overboard.

 

[shizzle787]

The real question is why is UMass not being mentioned- is it because they are going to the MAC for all sports?

 

[Bonk]

UConn's brand power is greater than every other current and speculated CUSA school combined. While our recent success on the football field is not, this move would severely dampen the perception of UConn athletics overall.

Again, we canceled our entire football season for literally 0 reason. What perception is UConn trying to uphold here? The entire country laughed at us

 

[Waquoit]

I feel for you guys , I really do. Just saying

Don't worry about it, we'll consider the source. (Foxwoods and the Sun are small time?)

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

The real question is why is UMass not being mentioned- is it because they are going to the MAC for all sports?

It may well be that UMass didn't pick up the phone. That, or CUSA has yet to call them.

All of these reports make it seem like this one-off phone conversation happened very recently - perhaps yesterday - and CUSA immediately ran to a reporter. I really would not read a lot into any of the events that did or did not reportedly happen here. This is a nothingburger that CUSA is trying to exaggerate.