Here's why UConn left the AAC, and what's next for everybody (Matt Brown @ SBNation)

[huskymedic]

Here's why UConn left the AAC, and what's next for everybody (long)

 

[Adios]

Fans continually seeing the athletic department as a means of entertainment rather than a means of the school reinvesting in itself is admittedly part of the problem.

 

[JMick]

Here's why UConn left the AAC, and what's next for everybody (long)

lol I would love if ESPN renegotiated and lowered the contract because we left.

 

[Adios]

Saying this decision destroys any hope of even ending up in the ACC? We'll see what happens with football, but oh boy. I might have the health for torches and pitchforks. Who's in?

 

[Redding Husky]

When Temple was kicked out of the Big East, they left involuntarily. They were horrible. But there’s lots of bad football programs across America. Half of college football the loses every Saturday.

We weren’t kicked out. We gave up. We quit.

UConn will never be the same again, even if we win more NC’s in BB.

The school should be ashamed for two lousy coaching hires. The state should be ashamed for not supporting its flagship school.

 

[whaler11]

Here's why UConn left the AAC, and what's next for everybody (long)

He stumbled into the answer:

“But could UConn win another NCAA men’s title as a member of the Big East? Of course. And if they did that, would anybody care that their football team went 2-10 and lost to New Hampshire or whatever? Absolutely not.

And maybe that’s perfectly okay.”


YEAH THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER .500 IN BASKETBALL AND LOSING EVERY FOOTBALL GAME... so winning National God Damn Basketball championships while still losing at football... IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT

 

[Adios]

If we didn't screw up with football hires, we'd still be in the AAC.

 

[uconnyankee]

He stumbled into the answer:

“But could UConn win another NCAA men’s title as a member of the Big East? Of course. And if they did that, would anybody care that their football team went 2-10 and lost to New Hampshire or whatever? Absolutely not.

And maybe that’s perfectly okay.”


YEAH THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER .500 IN BASKETBALL AND LOSING EVERY FOOTBALL GAME... so winning National God Damn Basketball championships while still losing at football... IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT

So people are happy because UConn has dropped to a lower level?

Newsflash, if UConn can't compete with UCF, Memphis, or ECU, it's not beating Michigan, UVA, or Texas.

 

[calluke]

lol I would love if ESPN renegotiated and lowered the contract because we left.

I would much rather see ESPN feel the pain.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

If we didn't screw up with football hires, we'd still be in the AAC.

If we didn’t screw up the first hire we’d be in the ACC.

 

[WrenchFan69]

If we didn’t screw up the first hire we’d be in the ACC.

What hire is that?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

What hire is that?

Could probably refer back to Hathaway but I was thinking PP

 

[ktuck911]

If we didn't screw up with football hires, we'd still be in the AAC.

This

 

[ktuck911]

Fans continually seeing the athletic department as a means of entertainment rather than a means of the school reinvesting in itself is admittedly part of the problem.

This too

 

[Waquoit]

We weren’t kicked out. We gave up. We quit.

Do you even buy FB tickets or give to the program?

 

[WrenchFan69]

Could probably refer back to Hathaway but I was thinking PP

Realignment decisions were probably made before PP was even hired, and if not, one year of 5-7 coming off the Fiesta Bowl wasn't keeping us out. Even at our best in football, the ACC still didn't want us.

 

[Purple Stein]

This option creates so many questions, especially if UConn hopes to be independent by 2020. Who is going to play them? Who is going to broadcast their games? Where will they go in the postseason, if they can ever find a way to win six games again? What on earth are they trying to accomplish at that level? Making the Cure Bowl? Losing as little money as possible?

Although the path to the Cure Bowl is more difficult as an Independent, yes, that is essentially what we have been trying to accomplish and what we will continue to try to accomplish. A date with WKU in the Cure Bowl.

 

[JMick]

I would much rather see ESPN feel the pain.

That would be fine too but I really don't know who I hate more. SMU, UCF and Memphis fans or ESPN

 

[calluke]

That would be fine too but I really don't know who I hate more. SMU, UCF and Memphis fans or ESPN

Easy choice. ESPN took CT tax dollars and screwed us every chance they could.

 

[DefCONNOne]

Here's why UConn left the AAC, and what's next for everybody (long)

That is the biggest steaming pile of monkey crap I've read in some time. I am now dumber for having read it.

 

[huskymedic]

That is the biggest steaming pile of monkey crap I've read in some time. I am now dumber for having read it.

At least you read it (assumed) before posting...

 

[DefCONNOne]

Do you even buy FB tickets or give to the program?

Are you dancing on football's grave?

 

[BugsyCT]

Opinions: UConn to the Big East

Here’s what national and local media are saying about UConn’s reported move to the Big East.

www.theuconnblog.com

 

[Pudge]

Realignment decisions were probably made before PP was even hired, and if not, one year of 5-7 coming off the Fiesta Bowl wasn't keeping us out. Even at our best in football, the ACC still didn't want us.

I really don’t think it was that wide a gap at that point. They held their nose and took a crap Academics University willing to graft their way to major stadiums & Dick taxpayers

 

[Waquoit]

Are you dancing on football's grave?

Why do you ask that. I'm the only one I know that's bought tickets and attended every UConn game in the Rent. I've just been noticing a lot of the woofers here don't go to games.