Future H/H series w/ Buffalo down the road (2024/2025 & 2028/2029)?

[huskymedic]

>>Buffalo and UConn have discussed playing a four-game, home-and-home football series, FBSchedules.com has learned.

The two schools drew up a contract for the four games, but it has yet to be signed by either school. If the contract is executed and unchanged, the two schools will play in Storrs on Sept. 28, 2024 and Sept. 23, 2028 and in Buffalo on Sept. 27, 2025 and Sept. 15, 2029.<<

 

[Exit 4]

Makes a ton of sense....like it or not.

 

[Husky68]

Just not late in the year in Buffalo!

 

[noeynox]

I'd love a FB only conference with the likes of UConn, Buffalo, Temple, Army, Navy, and UMass as the nucleus. How many other teams are needed for a conference?

 

[uchusky32]

I'd love a FB only conference with the likes of UConn, Buffalo, Temple, Army, Navy, and UMass as the nucleus. How many other teams are needed for a conference?

You would have to add Liberty, JMU and Old Domunion? That's 9 maybe go with 8. Rather stay independent. Have scheduling priorities with this group.

 

[SubbaBub]

I'd love a FB only conference with the likes of UConn, Buffalo, Temple, Army, Navy, and UMass as the nucleus. How many other teams are needed for a conference?

You would have to add Liberty, JMU and Old Domunion? That's 9 maybe go with 8. Rather stay independent. Have scheduling priorities with this group.

Please stop. The only way that is a viable home for UConn is if you add Penn State, BC, Syracuse and Pitt.

 

[cohenzone]

Please stop. The only way that is a viable home for UConn is if you add Penn State, BC, Syracuse and Pitt.

In other words......

 

[uchusky32]

Please stop. The only way that is a viable home for UConn is if you add Penn State, BC, Syracuse and Pitt.

I said rather not. Is that not stopping?

 

[Austin316]

I'd love a FB only conference with the likes of UConn, Buffalo, Temple, Army, Navy, and UMass as the nucleus. How many other teams are needed for a conference?

You can buy a used NCAA College Football video game and make the conference.

 

[ElGuapo]

Play in Storrs'd

 

[uconndogs]

We need as many H/H with regional FBS programs as we can get each year. That increases the gate, has the potential to build rivalries and, in general, creates more interest. I think Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Army, Navy, Buffalo, Temple and UMass all make for great match-ups.

 

[Adios]

We need as many H/H with regional FBS programs as we can get each year. That increases the gate, has the potential to build rivalries and, in general, creates more interest. I think Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Army, Navy, Buffalo, Temple and UMass all make for great match-ups.

Throw in Penn State and we got a conference. Is it too late??

 

[LBird33]

Yes

Throw in Penn State and we got a conference. Is it too late??

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Austin316]

Many will disagree but this is an unnatural rivalry game IMO.

 

[UC1995]

May seem unnatural but Buffalo will smoke us on the field. They figured how to become competitive in basketball and football.

 

[GridironGR8]

Just not late in the year in Buffalo!

If it is late in the year in Buffalo you are into MACtion territory. 7 pm on a Tuesday night in a series of driving snow squalls with maybe 3,000 in the stands.

Edit: Not that I am expecting November games.

 

[Kolumbo]

Look, the former Big East football programs aren't doing so well in their new homes. How about some Conference REALignment.

UConn, UMass, Syracuse, Rutgers
Penn St, Pitt, WVU, Temple
Va Tech, Maryland, Navy, Army

The conference would be wide open, and Penn State could actually think about going undefeated once in a while. Consider Buffalo or NC State. Shake things up.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Look, the former Big East football programs aren't doing so well in their new homes. How about some Conference REALignment.

UConn, UMass, Syracuse, Rutgers
Penn St, Pitt, WVU, Temple
Va Tech, Maryland, Navy, Army

The conference would be wide open, and Penn State could actually think about going undefeated once in a while. Consider Buffalo or NC State. Shake things up.

As much as I would love to see it, it has as much of a chance to happen as Maine moving it's football team to the Southeast Conference...

 

[noeynox]

Look, the former Big East football programs aren't doing so well in their new homes. How about some Conference REALignment.

UConn, UMass, Syracuse, Rutgers
Penn St, Pitt, WVU, Temple
Va Tech, Maryland, Navy, Army

The conference would be wide open, and Penn State could actually think about going undefeated once in a while. Consider Buffalo or NC State. Shake things up.

Noooooo school in the P5 is leaving. GORs have ensured that. Only the SEC doesn't have one and who is walking away from all that cash? For that same reason, pretty much every school not already in a P5 league is assed out under the current model. UConn included. That's why I'd favor a more regional FB only conference of FBS schools rather than what the American was.

 

[cohenzone]

Pondering how to get excited about a series that I have to live to be 90,to see.

 

[Kolumbo]

Noooooo school in the P5 is leaving. GORs have ensured that. Only the SEC doesn't have one and who is walking away from all that cash? For that same reason, pretty much every school not already in a P5 league is assed out under the current model. UConn included. That's why I'd favor a more regional FB only conference of FBS schools rather than what the American was.

Looking at UConn's schedule over the next few years, I think Independence is much better than the AAC. Quite a few B1G and ACC teams scheduled along with other regional games.

 

[SubbaBub]

Under no circumstances does Buffalo increase the gate.

 

[Exit 4]

Under no circumstances does Buffalo increase the gate.

With our fickle myopic fan base, neither does SMU, Houston, or just about any team in the AAC.

 

[Kolumbo]

Noooooo school in the P5 is leaving. GORs have ensured that. Only the SEC doesn't have one and who is walking away from all that cash? For that same reason, pretty much every school not already in a P5 league is assed out under the current model. UConn included. That's why I'd favor a more regional FB only conference of FBS schools rather than what the American was.

Agreed.

What is most important to P5 programs: winning or cash? It is obviously cash. This regional conference would provide winning and drive-able road games to just about all members. How much cash it could garner is what makes it interesting. It weakens the ACC, Big 12 and the B1G (somewhat) and provides a very strong Northeast conference.