Ed Daigneault‏ Says No Recent Talks Between UConn and ACC

[nomar]

Everyone's free to prefer the B1G, and I agree that in a perfect world, they'd invite us, but it ain't happening, and any suggestion that we don't go after the ACC as intensely as we can is, IMO, absurd.

 

[gars44]

I know beggars can't be choosers, but I really wish UConn was heading to the B1G. I have ill feelings towards the ACC from the past few years.

Art of the deal, baby. Put the ink on the paper. Hate and envy are useless emotions . . .

 

[gars44]

Meh. Syracuse, Pitt, VT, Miami, BC -- it's the conference we thought we were getting in the beginning.

Then what's not to like?

 

[gars44]

I like the way Notre Dame has only been in the ACC for 2 months, yet they all ready seem to be have appointed theirselves spokeman for the conference. "Well you, know, we kind of expected Maryland to leave, but we're just disappointed in the timing. Actually, we were going to suggest they leave." It didn't take long for there to be negative repercussions to making a deal with the devil. There are all ready teams leaving.

That's funny. ND AD says, we're sad they're leaving the conference, it's too bad that teams that have been together for so long can't find a way to work things out, but you can't count on loyalty and allegiance anymore. But we'll be fine as a conference"

 

[gars44]

Not in the same camp.
1.Want no part of the all carpetbagger conference. Tried to destroy the Big East on multiple occasions. About travelling to Florida: don't bank on it. Maryland leaves & FSU is out the door as fast as you can say SEC or Big-12. I've had enough of the Leprechauns feeling that they're too good to join a conference for football & don't want that albatross around UConn's neck.
2. The B1G is a more cultural fit for UConn.(Mostly a collection of major state public institutions). Their athletics also mirror UConn's. But the real advantages of joining the B1G are twofold. First & foremost is the monetary distribution to B1G members by the Big Ten Network. It's such an advantage that the SEC is seriously considering starting their own in-house network. It's something that the ACC can't (as long as ESPN controls their apron strings) match. Secondly is the CIC academic consortium, which would jive with Pres. Herbst's commitment to UConn drastically increasing it research capabilities.
For all the discussion over the years about increasing the football fanbase & expanding the RENT, I feel the admission to the B1G is a much better fit than admission to the ACC. We'll get more sellouts with help from B1G travelbases & attractiveness of competition thqan we could ever hope from from the ACC. Basketball is no slouch either,with traditional powers Wisconsin, Indiana, MSU, Purdue, Iowa, & even the Wolverines.
I'm thinking the ACC will be a shell of itself once realignment is complete with the move to Big 4 x 16 team conferences. They're living on borrowed time, & Big East fans have been living that nightmare for the last decade.

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Did the B1G invite us? Did anyone invite us? Let's not be spinster Aunt Gertrude here . . . no man is good enough for her . . .