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Graham Smith article: It's Time for UConn & UMass to Make a Bold Move

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Zissou said:
Rutgers... every conference needs a cellar
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Yet the cellar dwellers of the Big Ten are raking in 50 million/year. I wouldn't mind that for UConn. Rutgers hit the jackpot!
 
buddy said:
Yet the cellar dwellers of the Big Ten are raking in 50 million/year. I wouldn't mind that for UConn. Rutgers hit the jackpot!
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UConn is the ultimate cellar dweller. Ranked 130 in FBS. Hard to get $$$ without fans and performance
 
The conference that never was, but should have been:

UConn
Rutgers
Syracuse
BC
Temple
Penn State
West Virginia
Pitt
Maryland
Cincinnati
 
BigTenFan said:
UConn is the ultimate cellar dweller. Ranked 130 in FBS. Hard to get $$$ without fans and performance
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Some cellar dwellers are luckier than others. When it mattered, Rutgers had the numbers as far as cable subscribers or they would be in the same boat as UConn. So it wasn't fans and performance that mattered for them but how many subscribers the BTN would get by adding them.
 
buddy said:
Some cellar dwellers are luckier than others. When it mattered, Rutgers had the numbers as far as cable subscribers or they would be in the same boat as UConn. So it wasn't fans and performance that mattered for them but how many subscribers the BTN would get by adding them.
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Rutgers should not be in the Big 10- Terrible fit
 
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hank970 said:
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$90M gift for UMaine sports one of the largest for public university athletics nationwide

The $90 million gift could help fund much-needed improvements such as a new turf surface at Morse Field and a dedicated field for the women's soccer team.
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This is the kind of grant/donation UConn needs. If Maine can get it, so can we. That kind of money could get UConn some Nobel prize winners on the faculty, dorm upgrades, and a new research focus so we can move toward membership in AAU. Maybe we can also pay decent salary for FB coaches.
 
They should go FBS with that trust fund behind them. Wyoming was able to do it. Why not Maine?
 
My idea is from a UMass perspective and bowl access. Army and UConn will never go for an affiliation, but say each is willing to schedule the MAC 4 games. UMass goes in for the full 8 game conference schedule with the MAC.

So what is the prices, some scheduling and bowl access. Ya, know you guys have no interest. But it sounds more realistic than the garbage article for this thread.
 
Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
A regional model for UConn is BC Cuse Rutgers Maryland Penn St UVA
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That’s the ideal scenario. But I have a better chance of spending this weekend with Maria Sharapova in Fiji than those schools (plus UConn) forming a conference.
 
UConn
UMass
UNH
Army
Buffalo
Villanova (or Temple)
Delaware
Marshall
Old Dominion
James Madison
Ohio
Miami (OH)

meh
 
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Steve1981 said:
My idea is from a UMass perspective and bowl access. Army and UConn will never go for an affiliation, but say each is willing to schedule the MAC 4 games. UMass goes in for the full 8 game conference schedule with the MAC.

So what is the prices, some scheduling and bowl access. Ya, know you guys have no interest. But it sounds more realistic than the garbage article for this thread.
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the MAC hasn't gone for this in the past - why would they do it now? The conference itself is struggling financially - how does UMass help it?
 
BigTenFan said:
UConn is the ultimate cellar dweller. Ranked 130 in FBS. Hard to get $$$ without fans and performance
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Given the exact same resources (schedule, TV contract) as BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers, etc., we would put an equal (or better) product on the field. Our history in the Big East proved that.
 
Hear you, the draw for the MAC is Army, perhaps a few BB from UConn and would allow Bowling Green to shift back to the west division where they belong. So move BG back to the west for 7 teams, then the Army/UConn combo and UMass in the east for 7 teams. Unlikely but like I've said, better than this guys plan. UMass gains an affiliation as looking at conference and ruling out AAC, knowing it's appeal is gone now that you left, what else is there? Every other G5 conference is heavily southern. Dreaming of a break away east coast conference. The hope that a few more teams go independent is probably what UConn and UMass are hoping. But there are times when a conference affiliation has it's advantages.
 
Steve1981 said:
Hear you, the draw for the MAC is Army, perhaps a few BB from UConn and would allow Bowling Green to shift back to the west division where they belong. So move BG back to the west for 7 teams, then the Army/UConn combo and UMass in the east for 7 teams. Unlikely but like I've said, better than this guys plan. UMass gains an affiliation as looking at conference and ruling out AAC, knowing it's appeal is gone now that you left, what else is there? Every other G5 conference is heavily southern. Dreaming of a break away east coast conference. The hope that a few more teams go independent is probably what UConn and UMass are hoping. But there are times when a conference affiliation has it's advantages.
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UConn is much more of a national brand than any of those schools. Joining them in football makes no sense for us and would kill interest in the program. If we have to be an independent in football for the foreseeable future to play a national schedule, so be it.
 
Yes, get that along with Army and that is why package it as a scheduling alliance for you guys and an affiliation for UMass. Army routinely schedules a few MAC teams. So adding UMass and UConn to the 4 game package would be fine.
 
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BapeKidd88 said:
Smith poses a new path for the Huskies, forging ahead with UMass, Delaware, Villanova, William & Mary, etc.

While it may seem far fetched, these scenarios have been circulating quite a bit. It fits what Diaco was saying about committing to the regional model.

It's worthy of a read.

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www.kollegesports.com www.kollegesports.com
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So unbelievably dumb and somehow you got two likes.
 
Palatine said:
There is an expression in hiking, "never make a decision when you are going uphill." That's because it can be very tough going uphill. That's when thoughts about quitting creep in. You are you mentally at your weakest. It is easy to want to turn around and head back down. But you are far better off toughing it out, getting to the top of the rise and considering your options. To me, UConn did this when it made a decision on it's athletic future. It made a decision at the worst possible time. When football and basketball were lost. This stupid idea that we need James Madison to secure our future is just more horrible decision making that borders on panic thinking. Do not make decisions when you are weary. Do not make deisions based on fear, in business, in life or in sports.
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For me it was often easier going uphill than downhill. Easier on the toes.
 
We are playing Clemson in about 13 months. I would rather watch that game and hope for a glorious upset (< 1% chance) than watch them win (maybe; 55% chance) over UNH or Old Dominion. If the program is in a death spiral, let's at least make it interesting to watch the funeral and have fun road trips like Clemson or Ole Miss
 
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