Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[aburks41]

That will be the end of elite basketball as well. We’ll be “second division” when the Px break off.

Yup. That's why I can't understand how people on twitter are celebrating this news. Was the Big 12 a good fit for us? No, not at all. But what it would have done was save our athletic department and give us options in the future should we want to do some sort of merge with the ACC. I'm not trying to be a doomer, but this is a scary, scary day for UConn athletics.

 

[That Guy]

I get it. Always assumed we’d be behind all four corner schools. Only hope was the B1G didn’t act on Washington & Oregon and they’d choose to stay.

Stanford and Cal still out there with us. So my scenario where the ACC wakes &$k up and becomes aggressive is still in play. They are at 15 now. Go to 18.

At this point it wouldn't even surprise me if the ACC took any combination of the remaining Pac schools and some AAC schools instead of us.

 

[NowInStorrs]

The four corner schools only consist of three of the corners. Just felt like somebody needed to point that out.

 

[mike012]

It’s scary how much of a plague our football team is perceived as, and how little basketball matters.

 

[ZooCougar]

Welp

 

[NowInStorrs]

What if everybody who gets left behind by this wave of realignment starts a football only conference? Travel doesn't matter as much in football so we can have schools from all over the place and everyone can find another home for basketball and Olympic sports. Could work.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It’s scary how much of a plague our football team is perceived as, and how little basketball matters.

We’ve done a terrible job countering the perception of our football team. In the eyes of most our entire existence started with PP and went through RE 2.0.

 

[Rockford]

I thought Yormack wanted a coast to coast league? He doesn't and is missing major markets ....

Would they go to 18? UConn & SDSU. Would make tons of sense. Unsure on TV. Anyhow they're the minor leagues anyways.....without UConn

 

[djct1999]

I’m wondering what this does to our football program. If we start losing recruits and coaches you have to wonder if we lower football and focus resources on men’s and women’s hoops.
P4 options are dwindling. If the national perception is we’ve given up on football might as well make it reality

It’s not just football. The Big East will slowly deteriorate as well. This is a very dark day if you support UConn athletics.

 

[NH Husky]

That will be the end of elite basketball as well. We’ll be “second division” when the Px break off.

I understand the sentiment but I think there’s enough basketball talent to support more teams than just P4.
More likely there will be some separation of football and other sports. There may be a P2 arrangement where non contributors like BC, Wake, and similar are booted. Than a tier 2 level forms. Interesting thing would be there is enough non P2 alumni and talent to provide an entertaining product.

 

[NowInStorrs]

I thought Yormack wanted a coast to coast league? He doesn't ....

Would they go to 18? UConn & SDSU. Would make tons of sense. Unsure on TV.

UConn and Stanford would be better.

 

[Deleted at users request]

The football team is going to be pretty much playing for it’s life this season.

Jim got 6 wins last year with a banged up roster. I have a small bet he ups it to 10 this year at +2600 odds.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I thought Yormack wanted a coast to coast league? He doesn't ....

Would they go to 18? UConn & SDSU. Would make tons of sense. Unsure on TV.

He is employed by the people who make the decisions. They chose to play it safe. I can’t blame them.

 

[GG]

It’s scary how much of a plague our football team is perceived as, and how little basketball matters.

It’s scary how much of a plague our football team is perceived as, and how little basketball

I thought Yormack wanted a coast to coast league? He doesn't ....

Would they go to 18? UConn & SDSU. Would make tons of sense. Unsure on TV.

He does, but the big 12 presidents don’t share (or u deter and) his vision. Wonder if they will end up regretting it.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

I’m wondering what this does to our football program. If we start losing recruits and coaches you have to wonder if we lower football and focus resources on men’s and women’s hoops.
P4 options are dwindling. If the national perception is we’ve given up on football might as well make it reality

I hate to over-react, but I think this may officially be the end of the UConn run at the elite level.

With the supposed iron-clad GOR in the ACC, I don't think we can survive 10 years being at such a sever disadvantage. I give it a year or two until Mora is plucked by a P4 school at this point.

But lets enjoy the next 5-10 year run for our basketball team until we are relegated to D1-AA and slowly become Holy Cross in 30 years time (along with the rest of the Big East teams).

We could give it a shot and continue to invest heavily for a few years hoping that the conference realignment wheels turn again in the next few years and we elevate our football program--but unfortunately, I don't think it will make a difference given the current landscape of minimal movement and likely reduced media dollars availbel to anyone outside of the B1G or SEC going forward..

....or we can just drink heavily!

 

[That Guy]

I thought Yormack wanted a coast to coast league? He doesn't and is missing major markets ....

Would they go to 18? UConn & SDSU. Would make tons of sense. Unsure on TV. Anyhow they're the minor leagues anyways.....without UConn

I think it's far more likely that they go to 18 with Oregon State and Wazzou. Cal and Stanford would likely go independent and easily survive because they're loaded with $$$.

 

[Mora4Prez]

This was the absolute worst case scenario for us. I’m genuinely scared that our football program will shutter in 2-3 years.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Why can't UConn get a break. We have so much to offer a conference.

 

[djct1999]

I hate to over-react, but I think this may officially be the end of the UConn run at the elite level.

With the supposed iron-clad GOR in the ACC, I don't think we can survive 10 years being at such a sever disadvantage. I give it a year or two until Mora is plucked by a P4 school at this point.

But lets enjoy the next 5-10 year run for our basketball team until we are relegated to D1-AA and slowly become Holy Cross in 30 years time (along with the rest of the Big East teams).

We could give it a shot and continue to invest heavily for a few years hoping that the conference realignment wheels turn again in the next few years and we elevate our football program--but unfortunately, I don't think it will make a difference given the current landscape of minimal movement and likely reduced media dollars availbel to anyone outside of the B1G or SEC going forward..

....or we can just drink heavily!

This isn’t an overreaction. We learned today we will never be invited to the big dance. A table with the P5 rejects is not a win.

 

[businesslawyer]

The football team is going to be pretty much playing for it’s life this season.

Jim got 6 wins last year with a banged up roster. I have a small bet he ups it to 10 this year at +2600 odds.

For us non-gamblers, is that 26 to 1 or 260 to 1?

 

[LoyalFanCT]

This was the absolute worst case scenario for us. I’m genuinely scared that our football program will shutter in 2-3 years.

this is what I was worried about for a few years. It's up to Mora now to prove the nation they are wrong.

 

[UConntLose]

It's a moot point now, but I am going to try to get some answers. Not from the UConn side. It was very obvious to me that Mike Anthony did that yesterday when he put out his article - which should have been done way earlier (and there should have been a greater proactive push addressing the UConn football narrative; that shouldn't have to come from me when I am not a journalist).

But I am going to persisently try to get some insight from the Big 12 side. I'm tied of people using the UConn brand and getting away with it. Going to try to hold someone accountable here.

 

[JMick]

guess we're never going to wash the stink off this program. one of the most succesful athletic departments in the country and we fail to change the narrative. we keep getting played over and over again. we are missing something.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

I hate to over-react, but I think this may officially be the end of the UConn run at the elite level.

With the supposed iron-clad GOR in the ACC, I don't think we can survive 10 years being at such a sever disadvantage. I give it a year or two until Mora is plucked by a P4 school at this point.

But lets enjoy the next 5-10 year run for our basketball team until we are relegated to D1-AA and slowly become Holy Cross in 30 years time (along with the rest of the Big East teams).

We could give it a shot and continue to invest heavily for a few years hoping that the conference realignment wheels turn again in the next few years and we elevate our football program--but unfortunately, I don't think it will make a difference given the current landscape of minimal movement and likely reduced media dollars availbel to anyone outside of the B1G or SEC going forward..

....or we can just drink heavily!

Only hope is some rich booster is willing to step up and get Mora market salary. He is under no pressure to win huge at UCONN, and he can coach as long as he wants. At other P4 schools, he will be under pressure from day 1. At his age, it might not be worth the stress.

If there are UCONN boosters we can fund his salary and the NIL that's required in this day and age, it is possible football can still survive and thrive since we can pretty much schedule to get wins as an indy.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

So my scenario where the ACC wakes &$k up and becomes aggressive is still in play. They are at 15 now. Go to 18.

The problem is that the money is not there for the ACC to expand. ESPN isn't going to take pro-rata, and the current ACC schools sure as heck are not going to take a reduced per school payout to expand.

The time of network dollars driving expansion is over unfortunately. There will be expansion by the B1G and SEC when the ACC GOR expires. After that happens, there is more likely to be contraction than expansion.