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Game Week 2025: UConn @ Boston College Eagles (Saturday 10/18/25 at Alumni Stadium @ Noon on ACCN - Audio on UConn Varsity Network & Fox Sports 97.9)

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There has been some chatter of BC liking itself to an ivy league institution. Very few if any BC alums would make that comparison. There has been much chatter about the institution not supporting athletics - supporting them like an ivy league institution with athletics instead of an ACC member. That has been the brunt of the chatter. Also, BC will be left behind in the next round of realignment and will most likely find itself in a new or restructured ACC with UConn. When this occurs, most alums hope it will include strong academic institutions. On a side note, the academic profile of BC is not as far from ivy league institutions as you might think - the average SAT score at Yale and Princeton is 1540 - BC average is 1490.
 
I am sure this came up for the Syracuse game, but a win on Saturday would be UConn’s first road P4/P5 win since at Maryland in 2012. If you consider teams that later made it into a P4/P5, it would be first road win of that caliber since at UCF in 2015, 10 years!
 
Hawkeye84 said:
There has been some chatter of BC liking itself to an ivy league institution. Very few if any BC alums would make that comparison. There has been much chatter about the institution not supporting athletics - supporting them like an ivy league institution with athletics instead of an ACC member. That has been the brunt of the chatter. Also, BC will be left behind in the next round of realignment and will most likely find itself in a new or restructured ACC with UConn. When this occurs, most alums hope it will include strong academic institutions. On a side note, the academic profile of BC is not as far from ivy league institutions as you might think - the average SAT score at Yale and Princeton is 1540 - BC average is 1490.
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BC is a very good academic school no doubt. There is a very reasonable discussion that schools like BC (private with very good academics) should stay in the upper echelons of college athletics and football in particular. Stamford falls into this category as well I think. Do those schools need to have their athletics compete at that level to maintain their academic standing and alumni support, especially with the financial risks now in place with college athletics? I certainly don't know the answer, but it sure seems like a reasonable question?

BC will never be an Ivy or of that caliber in my opinion. Just not the resources in terms of endowment, research funding, alumni base, etc.
 
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Hawkeye84 said:
There has been some chatter of BC liking itself to an ivy league institution. Very few if any BC alums would make that comparison. There has been much chatter about the institution not supporting athletics - supporting them like an ivy league institution with athletics instead of an ACC member. That has been the brunt of the chatter. Also, BC will be left behind in the next round of realignment and will most likely find itself in a new or restructured ACC with UConn. When this occurs, most alums hope it will include strong academic institutions. On a side note, the academic profile of BC is not as far from ivy league institutions as you might think - the average SAT score at Yale and Princeton is 1540 - BC average is 1490.
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There are many schools that rival the Ivies, including some in Boston…. But that league might be tougher to crack than the P2.
It’s not just the academics. Don’t see a BC as an Ivy League.
 
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uconndogs said:
BC is a very good academic school no doubt. There is a very reasonable discussion that schools like BC (private with very good academics) should stay in the upper echelons of college athletics and football in particular. Stamford falls into this category as well I think. Do those schools need to have their athletics compete at that level to maintain their academic standing and alumni support, especially with the financial risks now in place with college athletics? I certainly don't know the answer, but it sure seems like a reasonable question?

BC will never be an Ivy or of that caliber in my opinion. Just not the resources in terms of endowment, research funding, alumni base, etc.
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Is that Stamford High School?
 
BC and Stanford will only be considered for the P2 due to their huge markets. Stanford made the decision that P4 level is where they need to be and joined the ACC. Stanford has a huge endowment and received a 50 million dollar gift for the football program last week. BC has a 3.5 billion endowment and two mega donors in Suffolk Construction and New Balance. Their website listed two other recent donors who endowed the coordinator positions. Money is not an issue at these schools, management is the problem.
 
Nameless said:
I honestly think he's just worried about losing his job. I'm sure he knows this is a "must win game" in the minds of their fans and administration, just as I'm sure he knows we are definitely capable of beating them. But if he loses he might actually get canned, it has been nothing but bad vibes around that program for the past month.

Saying we should be favored is a nice way of paying respect to Mora and the squad while hinting that this will not be a walk in the park and they may lose.
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I enjoyed beating people and then having their fan base crying to fire their coaches back in the first Edsall era. I wouldn't mind getting back to that.
 
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BC's schedule is still most all P4 opponents so I'm not ready to say anything like this game could get out of hand in our favor. We should have beaten Syracuse and completely blew it, same with Delaware. Those losses still sting. We were fortunate to get out of Buffalo with a W. BC is struggling but they're not Ball State or FIU, and they definitely don't want to lose to us.

We have to play well and finish these games off, especially against whichever P4 opponents we face.

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NE Football said:
BC and Stanford will only be considered for the P2 due to their huge markets. Stanford made the decision that P4 level is where they need to be and joined the ACC. Stanford has a huge endowment and received a 50 million dollar gift for the football program last week. BC has a 3.5 billion endowment and two mega donors in Suffolk Construction and New Balance. Their website listed two other recent donors who endowed the coordinator positions. Money is not an issue at these schools, management is the problem.
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There is no world where BC is a P2. Beyond management, they do not attract eyeballs in Boston or outside of it. Doug Flutie is not a pull anymore. Athens Georgia or Auburn Alabama are not giant metropolis. Being in a big city is not a criteria that is considered for P2.
 
hardcorehusky said:
There is no world where BC is a P2. Beyond management, they do not attract eyeballs in Boston or outside of it. Doug Flutie is not a pull anymore. Athens Georgia or Auburn Alabama are not giant metropolis. Being in a big city is not a criteria that is considered for P2.
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Exactly. Brands not markets.

Stanford is one of the most powerful universities in the world. If they want to flex their muscles they could get in. BC doesn’t have that kind of juice.
 
ZooCougar said:
Exactly. Brands not markets.

Stanford is one of the most powerful universities in the world. If they want to flex their muscles they could get in. BC doesn’t have that kind of juice.
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That's how I see it. And the question for Stanford is do they really need to compete at that level in athtletics given all of the cost and uncertainty surrounding that. Their academics and influence surpass the need for top fligtht athletics......I suspect.

Look at the cost at PSU to relieve Franklin. Look at the distraction and possible cost to jetison BB at UNC.
 
Coult said:
I am sure this came up for the Syracuse game, but a win on Saturday would be UConn’s first road P4/P5 win since at Maryland in 2012. If you consider teams that later made it into a P4/P5, it would be first road win of that caliber since at UCF in 2015, 10 years!
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ZooCougar said:
Exactly. Brands not markets.

Stanford is one of the most powerful universities in the world. If they want to flex their muscles they could get in. BC doesn’t have that kind of juice.
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This. There is no market of any size for BC football. BC is located in a major TV market, but if people in the market aren't interested it doesn't matter. (Unfortunately it did between 20 and 10 years ago when the last round of realignment was running rampant, but it's not important any more.)
 
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BCs big bowl game against Nebraska was broadcast nationally on ABC except for in New England, where it was flexed to a channel known for Golden Girls reruns due to some unimportant Boston sports game being scheduled at that time (I don't remember which)

That should tell you everything you need to know about BC fandom
 
BugsyCT said:
BC's schedule is still most all P4 opponents so I'm not ready to say anything like this game could get out of hand in our favor. We should have beaten Syracuse and completely blew it, same with Delaware. Those losses still sting. We were fortunate to get out of Buffalo with a W. BC is struggling but they're not Ball State or FIU, and they definitely don't want to lose to us.

We have to play well and finish these games off, especially against whichever P4 opponents we face.

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Exactly. Gotta get this win. The two blundered games to cuse and delaware make this game even more important. The record doesn't lie and UConn has to win especially given the SOS component.
 

Kolumbo said:
Exactly. Gotta get this win. The two blundered games to cuse and delaware make this game even more important. The record doesn't lie and UConn has to win especially given the SOS component.
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Can't agree enough. Don't remember the last time I felt as crazed about a game as this one. Rivalry aside, this may be a defining game in what could be a defining season. Win it and the 2 losses=seasonal growing pains. Opens the door to a monstrous season. 5-2 sounds awfully good after 1-2 start. Go Huskies.
 
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NE Football said:
BC and Stanford will only be considered for the P2 due to their huge markets. Stanford made the decision that P4 level is where they need to be and joined the ACC. Stanford has a huge endowment and received a 50 million dollar gift for the football program last week. BC has a 3.5 billion endowment and two mega donors in Suffolk Construction and New Balance. Their website listed two other recent donors who endowed the coordinator positions. Money is not an issue at these schools, management is the problem.
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Money is an issue at BC. Why? It appears football makes money and men's and women's basketball as well as both men's and women's hockey break even or lose money. And, BC has a large number of sports (31) which is expensive.

I guess you could free up more money for football and basketball by cutting the number of varsity sports so you could view that as a management problem.
 
I don’t think they give out many, if any, scholarships to their Olympic sports. I expect most schools will start cutting varsity sports.
 
CL82 said:
I enjoyed beating people and then having their fan base crying to fire their coaches back in the first Edsall era. I wouldn't mind getting back to that.
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No way BC would buy out O’Brien’s contract.
 
hardcorehusky said:
There is no world where BC is a P2. Beyond management, they do not attract eyeballs in Boston or outside of it. Doug Flutie is not a pull anymore. Athens Georgia or Auburn Alabama are not giant metropolis. Being in a big city is not a criteria that is considered for P2.
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Yet, all the B1G has added is teams in big markets. Rutgers, Maryland, UCLA, Washington and a growing market in Oregon. SC brought the best of both worlds. B1G can add teams at reduced payouts. Both Oregon and Washington are at 50% shares. College football is competing with the NFL and the B1G if they expand want teams in big markets. Boston is the capital of New England.
 
uconndogs said:
That's how I see it. And the question for Stanford is do they really need to compete at that level in athtletics given all of the cost and uncertainty surrounding that. Their academics and influence surpass the need for top fligtht athletics......I suspect.

Look at the cost at PSU to relieve Franklin. Look at the distraction and possible cost to jetison BB at UNC.
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That’s a great question for all of these huge state universities. At what point do they actually have to turn a profit? The athletic directors are woefully in over their heads.

Cut the rosters to 75, which would spread the talent out, abide by the salary cap and expand the playoffs to 24 teams. 70% of the teams in the current P4 are all on the same level. Most of them have zero chance under the current system to make a 12 team playoff.
 
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