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

[Pat125]

I asked this before without a response. What power does the BC president have that the other presidents don’t? Is the executive role THAT decisive?

My understanding is that the chair of the presidents group of a conference does not really have any additional power. I was sort of an observer at a presidents meeting for a Division II conference. The chair of the group organizes and runs the meeting, and the liaison to the commissioner. During the meeting, the chair can order an executive session where everyone (including the commissioner) are booted from the room.

I’m sure there are differences with the ACC presidents group. But I can’t see any of the presidents ceding their power to any one president. And I don’t believe the chair has any more influence over realignment or other decisions by simply being the chair.

 

[The Yakk]

I hate to say it, but the situation is being monitored. As I mentioned in a previous post, give that the president of BCU is a member of the ACC executive committee, it is highly unlikely that he would allow an invite to UConn.

LOL at the idea that BCU will have any say in where the ACC expands. Some BCU suit on a rubber-stamp committee doesn't mean squat.

The real authority in the ACC resides in the broadcasters and the top schools--the ones whose ratings actually bring the revenue. BCU is very far from that.

 

[jostar1]

I asked this before without a response. What power does the BC president have that the other presidents don’t? Is the executive role THAT decisive?

Well, BC did block us in 2011. And this story also confirms ESPN's role, as CL82 said.

An article in The Boston Globe on Sunday became the talk of college athletics, as it reported just how brazen and blatant Boston College’s blocking of Connecticut’s move to the Atlantic Coast Conference was.

“We didn’t want them in,” Boston College’s athletic director, Gene DeFilippo, told The Globe. “It was a matter of turf. We wanted to be the New England team.”

The most stunning comment in the article was DeFilippo’s public admission that ESPN guided the A.C.C.’s decision to add Syracuse and Pittsburgh last month. “We always keep our television partners close to us,” DeFilippo told The Globe. “You don’t get extra money for basketball. It’s 85 percent football money. TV — ESPN — is the one who told us what to do. This was football; it had nothing to do with basketball.”

DeFilippo’s comments give credence to the popular theory that ESPN encouraged Pittsburgh and Syracuse’s exit from the Big East in the wake of the Big East’s turning down ESPN’s billion dollar television deal in May during an exclusive negotiating window. ESPN has a billion dollar deal with the A.C.C., making that move either savvy business or collusion, depending on one’s perspective.

 

[uconnyankee]

yeah, the problem with that is BC was never really Boston's school... mostly due to its snobbishness and a lot of Mass is still very blue collar once you get past the high tech padding. That and people went to school everywhere else.

I think BC used to be the poor man’s Notre Dame in MA. It was the local football program that got national attention, especially when Flutie played. Casual college football fans would cheer for BC.
Especially the Catholic faithful.

That was a long time ago, and BC’s irrelevance have squashed that.

 

[UConnJim]

I think BC used to be the poor man’s Notre Dame in MA. It was the local football program that got national attention, especially when Flutie played. Casual college football fans would cheer for BC.
Especially the Catholic faithful.

That was a long time ago, and BC’s irrelevance have squashed that.

There is truth to that, but I think the bigger issue for BC is that they went from a local/regional college to a national college. When they changed the demographics of the school, they lost many fans as the school lost many of their local connections. I know some BC grads that are still upset that their kid was not accepted at BC. And, since the demographics changed, BC grads don't tend to stay as much in the Boston area anymore after graduation.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

I thought they were supposed to forgive and forget?

They?

 

[temery]

If you can't reply without injection religion into your post, don't reply.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Forte]

Predictions from Athlon. It sounds like Memphis and USF are just about a sure thing next round.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...ege-football-conference-realignment-expansion

The MAC Becomes a 14-Team League

UMass will join the MAC next year (2025) to bring the MAC membership to 13 teams. Even if the conference prefers all-sports members, the MAC eventually grows by one with a football-only deal with UConn.

And if UConn isn't the right fit, perhaps a FCS team (maybe Illinois State?) fits as the No. 14 member.


Translation ... if UConn football isn't worthy / good enough for the MAC they would look for more viable FCS options.

 

[CL82]

Predictions from Athlon. It sounds like Memphis and USF are just about a sure thing next round.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...ege-football-conference-realignment-expansion

The MAC Becomes a 14-Team League

UMass will join the MAC next year (2025) to bring the MAC membership to 13 teams. Even if the conference prefers all-sports members, the MAC eventually grows by one with a football-only deal with UConn.

And if UConn isn't the right fit, perhaps a FCS team (maybe Illinois State?) fits as the No. 14 member.


Translation ... if UConn football isn't worthy / good enough for the MAC they would look for more viable FCS options.

Lol in the same article the guy also links us to interest from the big 12 and the ACC. I think you're reaching a bit on your interpretation here.

 

[Kolumbo]

Predictions from Athlon. It sounds like Memphis and USF are just about a sure thing next round.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...ege-football-conference-realignment-expansion

The MAC Becomes a 14-Team League

UMass will join the MAC next year (2025) to bring the MAC membership to 13 teams. Even if the conference prefers all-sports members, the MAC eventually grows by one with a football-only deal with UConn.

And if UConn isn't the right fit, perhaps a FCS team (maybe Illinois State?) fits as the No. 14 member.


Translation ... if UConn football isn't worthy / good enough for the MAC they would look for more viable FCS options.

wtf?
ACC-"Two wild-card scenarios: UConn joins as a football-only member. And the ACC also considers Army and Navy for expansion."
He's even throwing UTSA to the ACC before UConn

 

[ScottVib]

There are a lot of people who assume that UConn wouldn’t leave the Big East for basketball for any conference.

 

[Rufus]

I don't think UConn will go to the MAC for football. The MAC gave UMass an ultimatum a few years back when they were football-only............either join the MAC for all sports, or leave all together. UMass left and went independent in football. Just recently, UMass decided to join for all sports.

The MAC would have to change its stance for this to even be a remote possibility.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Predictions from Athlon. It sounds like Memphis and USF are just about a sure thing next round.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...ege-football-conference-realignment-expansion

The MAC Becomes a 14-Team League

UMass will join the MAC next year (2025) to bring the MAC membership to 13 teams. Even if the conference prefers all-sports members, the MAC eventually grows by one with a football-only deal with UConn.

And if UConn isn't the right fit, perhaps a FCS team (maybe Illinois State?) fits as the No. 14 member.


Translation ... if UConn football isn't worthy / good enough for the MAC they would look for more viable FCS options.

Is this really a key tweet?

 

[dayooper]

I don't think UConn will go to the MAC for football. The MAC gave UMass an ultimatum a few years back when they were football-only............either join the MAC for all sports, or leave all together. UMass left and went independent in football. Just recently, UMass decided to join for all sports.

The MAC would have to change its stance for this to even be a remote possibility.

UConn is different than UMass, though. UConn is one of, if not the top basketball brands in the game. While UConn football isn’t quite at the level of its basketball programs, they are still a nationally recognized school. UMass isn’t as widely known. The Big10 wouldn’t take affiliate teams until John’s Hopkins lacrosse and Notre Dame Hockey. Why couldn’t the MAC, who could stand to use some brand recognition and allow UConn a spot. Gives Buffalo and UMass a partner school. Maybe if UConn were to throw in a couple of out of conference games the MAC’s way, it would really help the brand.

The big question is will UConn want to play a MAC schedule to get where they want to go?

 

[WestCoastHusky]

UConn is different than UMass, though. UConn is one of, if not the top basketball brands in the game. While UConn football isn’t quite at the level of its basketball programs, they are still a nationally recognized school. UMass isn’t as widely known. The Big10 wouldn’t take affiliate teams until John’s Hopkins lacrosse and Notre Dame Hockey. Why couldn’t the MAC, who could stand to use some brand recognition and allow UConn a spot. Gives Buffalo and UMass a partner school. Maybe if UConn were to throw in a couple of out of conference games the MAC’s way, it would really help the brand.

The big question is will UConn want to play a MAC schedule to get where they want to go?

The quick answer is no we will not want to play on the MAC. If we are to join another conference, it will either be the B12 or a version of the ACC.

 

[metsfan2323]

The quick answer is no we will not want to play on the MAC. If we are to join another conference, it will either be the B12 or a version of the ACC.

Speak for yourself. The MAC would be a big improvement for our football team. It would give us a chance to win the G5 auto-bid.

 

[Ha Who]

Speak for yourself. The MAC would be a big improvement for our football team. It would give us a chance to win the G5 auto-bid.

I think he meant joining basketball

 

[dayooper]

I think he meant joining basketball

Yeah, if you joined the MAC in full, I would question everything. Not that that you need me to say it, but the only way you should be leaving the Big East is for the P4, preferably the Big10 or a non nuked ACC.

MAC for football would be fun. I would make sure I hit a WMU, CMU or EMU game. I actually got my masters from EMU. They have a very good and inexpensive education masters program. That being said, Western and Central have way better atmospheres.

 

[Hoophound]

Predictions from Athlon. It sounds like Memphis and USF are just about a sure thing next round.

https://athlonsports.com/college-fo...ege-football-conference-realignment-expansion

The MAC Becomes a 14-Team League

UMass will join the MAC next year (2025) to bring the MAC membership to 13 teams. Even if the conference prefers all-sports members, the MAC eventually grows by one with a football-only deal with UConn.

And if UConn isn't the right fit, perhaps a FCS team (maybe Illinois State?) fits as the No. 14 member.


Translation ... if UConn football isn't worthy / good enough for the MAC they would look for more viable FCS options.

Another example of a guy that thinks we wouldn’t leave the Big East for basketball. Think about it. This guy said we might join the ACC for football only. That’s ridiculous. No major conference is taking us for football only. Our basketball is our main asset.

 

[Kowalski]

Speak for yourself. The MAC would be a big improvement for our football team. It would give us a chance to win the G5 auto-bid.

If we don’t get into the ACC or B12, a football only move to G5 makes sense. But I think the MAC may be the worst of the G5 options. If we want to just park our football in a G5, my hope is we can convince the SunBelt or MWC to add us for football after a good season this year.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

If we don’t get into the ACC or B12, a football only move to G5 makes sense. But I think the MAC may be the worst of the G5 options. If we want to just park our football in a G5, my hope is we can convince the SunBelt or MWC to add us for football after a good season this year.

Agree. If it’s football only we should align ourselves with the strongest G5. Used to be the AAC, not anymore.

 

[metsfan2323]

If we don’t get into the ACC or B12, a football only move to G5 makes sense. But I think the MAC may be the worst of the G5 options. If we want to just park our football in a G5, my hope is we can convince the SunBelt or MWC to add us for football after a good season this year.

Liberty just proved you don't need to be in the strongest G5 to win the auto-bid. CUSA is the worst G5. Geographically the MAC mases sense for UConn. If we join a G5 conference I just want to see wins, the opponent is almost irrelevant, being in a weaker conference will have its advantages.