Conf USA in Talks with UConn, Liberty, NMSU

[MuchoDogYears]

Recruiting will suffer. Attendance will suffer, which given the last few years would be remarkable.

if they want to start down the path of eliminating football, and making Rentschler field a white elephant, then by all means do this.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

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.

Other than a few contracted games with FIU, UConn has absolutely zero games scheduled with any other school currently committed to stay in the unstable CUSA. Politely accepting a call from the CUSA conference makes sense to avoid ruffling feathers with current CUSA schools. As much as future UConn schedules are filling up, who knows what happens due to multiple conference realignments. Favorable relations with current CUSA members may help plug future UConn schedule holes.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

Nothing wrong with listening to what they have to say. They do have a bag of exit fee money to offer.

If it were a shorter conference schedule, say 7 conference games, we would still have 5 games to schedule P5 schools.

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[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

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

No worries, Tarleton State, Sam Houston State, and Missouri State may save CUSA's arse.

 

[The Viking]

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

This reads like a hostage video with a Syracuse fan pointing a gun at your head.

 

[huskymedic]

No worries, Tarleton State, Sam Houston State, and Missouri State may save CUSA's arse.

Missouri State said no UConn - they’re out.

 

[CCSUblue]

Amazing that people are still coming in here crying foul about UConn joining. Read the dang thread, it's not happening.

 

[ZooCougar]

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

nooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[ZooCougar]

I could be wrong. But I think UConn is just playing nice and isn’t seriously considering this.

 

[giddyup]

Good Lord could we really be that stupid? Please let me believe somebody with more than one working brain cell is up there in Storrs.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Does CUSA have a bowl tie-in?

 

[giddyup]

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

AAC is my guess.

 

[How Sway?!]

Good Lord could we really be that stupid? Please let me believe somebody with more than one working brain cell is up there in Storrs.

Amazing that people are still coming in here crying foul about UConn joining. Read the dang thread, it's not happening.

Case in point

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I could be wrong. But I think UConn is just playing nice and isn’t seriously considering this.

You haven't read the rest of the thread, have you?

 

[ZooCougar]

You haven't read the rest of the thread, have you?

Evidently not. What a relief.

 

[HeGotGame]

Does CUSA have a bowl tie-in?

They have 8 they are tied too, but you need to be .500 to get into a bowl game FYI

 

[Urcea]

did 8-10 users just wake up? lol

 

[Blades]

but you need to be .500 to get into a bowl game FYI

True story.....not only does C-USA have a tie-in but so does Umass.....but yeah that winning part is important...

 

[WestHartHusk]

We didn’t leave we were kicked out

Um, that’s news. Please explain.

 

[Bongo Fury]

C-USA is a feeder conference for other conferences. I wonder how many teams have been inC-USA at one time or another. Somehow they keep surviving.

 

[ZooCougar]

They have 8 they are tied too, but you need to be .500 to get into a bowl game FYI

The have more tie ins than teams.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Does CUSA have a bowl tie-in?

They're not going to have a conference soon. So who cares? lol

 

[businesslawyer]

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

LMAO. Would you please list each and every "everyone" who has caught lightning in a bottle with 4 national basketball championships in the last 25 years? Or would it just be easier to admit you're an idiot who is full of crap? And I'm not even going to bother asking you to list all the "everyones" who have accomplished what we have on the women's side.

 

[giddyup]

Case in point

You clearly haven’t been paying attention for the last 11 years. Every wrong decision that could be made has been made. So, I take nothing for granted.

 

[businesslawyer]

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

This is the only important comment in the thread. Proof that our fanbase consists of a group of middle school girls who can't help needing to worry about everything that someone else says.

Oh, for the good old days of the Cesspool, whose conversations looked good compared to this one.

 

[LBird33]

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............................................................................

Really kinda irrelevant argument. LoL

 

[Uconnalliance]

I would not hate this move

When are people gonna realize that the building is empty, and the glory days are gone!! We will never see another Fiesta bowl, look back fondly at ND( 11 years this weekend) running on the field vs Pitt and WV and smile. It was a good run but the truth is we are nothing better than a FCS program

 

[John]

When are people gonna realize that the building is empty, and the glory days are gone!! We will never see another Fiesta bowl, look back fondly at ND( 11 years this weekend) running on the field vs Pitt and WV and smile. It was a good run but the truth is we are nothing better than a FCS program

thank you for your interest in UConn athletics.

 

[LBird33]

This is the only important comment in the thread. Proof that our fanbase consists of a group of middle school girls who can't help needing to worry about everything that someone else says.

Oh, for the good old days of the Cesspool, whose conversations looked good compared to this one.

Pandemics will do that to people

 

[mymustang]

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

Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are two of the biggest casinos in the world