Ivy league FB didn't go anywhere- In the first 75 years of CFB they played for NCs. Now they play in front of < 10,000 fans on average. Any program outside of the Px is headed to the same place.
Personally I'd flip 4 and 5. Back in 2004–05, (1) it was at least possible to believe the Big East could turn out okay, (2) the additions created the strongest basketball conference probably ever, and (3) the Miami/VT defections allowed UConn to join up in football a year ahead of schedule. I don't recall any hope at all with the 2022 round; it just didn't hurt very much because we were never in the conversation.
2 : 2014 Rutgers to the Big 10
Meh. I just think they’ll be alienating too much of the collective fan base. Giving them no chance whatsoever to lay claim to a title. Tourney time, I’ve always been first, my team, second, fellow conference member (except Syracuse), third, underdog/Cinderella, and, fourth, close by or some other loose connection. The level of enthusiasm drops each level. Until it reaches “who cares?”
Told you this morning not to play games with my heart and you went on ahead and did it anyways. Have you no decency sir?
It would be cool but no one outside of UConn fans would really care
All their moves will be reactionary and they may not include UConn even though it seems logical.
Completely agree Yormark had his vision shredded. This was always a fluid situation but boy once these guys had their chance they fell right back into the predictable mindless thought process. I believe we did what we could but DB was given some bad news yesterday and did a sloppy job trying to sugar coat it. I hope our guys have chips on their shoulders. We could use a good start to the FB season.
Good news/ Bad news. Bad news is Mora left for a power job where he has a shot to win championships. Good news is he was successful at UConn that someone hired him away.
We are much worse, actually. There was another wave of realignment, 4 seats were taken away, and we are still are on outside looking in as an afterthought. After today, there is no real clear path to the P4. That is crushing.
You can't use the ivies as examples. They made a conscious decision to not pursue big time football. Heck, they still do it to this day by refusing to participate in the FCS playoffs.
It really all depends on how the CFP is structured 2026 onwards. If there are 4 or more autobids, there will be more power conference spots available. If there's only 2 or 3 then yeah we are screwed.
Conscious or not the results are the same. The only difference is we will slide into irrelevance against our will, but it will be the same irrelevance.
It truly is remarkable what UConn has accomplished athletically. We absolutely deserve it and we would become even more of a juggernaut. Thats why it hurts so much.
So….. where was this source two weeks ago?
This is evidence that it's foolish for us to even pay much attention to this stuff anymore. It's probably not going to happen for reasons we're too biased in favor of UConn to fully fathom, and if it does happen somehow, someday, it won't be with preliminary visits and months of buzz, it'll be an announcement practically out of the blue like the return to the Big East announcement. When it comes to CR and UConn, buzz is just bait if it lasts for more than 24-48 hours; it's meant to entice some P4 school to do something they don't want to do. I didn't expect the offer to come (I was one who voted that we wouldn't get a Big 12 offer in the poll), but it still stings to get overlooked yet again after winning another chip in a high-profile sport, and be reminded that smaller states like Kansas and Iowa get to have multiple power conference schools while we have zilch.
That was actually a very smart business move by Yormark. Didn’t work out for us, but I have to give Yormark props, he was playing chess.