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I tend to agree with what you stated above - UConn should join the frankenstein "best of the rest" conference (PAC-12) football only. I don't think it'll be viewed as "in the club", but it will probably enhance its general reputationWhile this might very well play out, but the thought of putting our future in the ACC that has screwed us multiple times isn't the best feeling.
We just need to get into the club somehow. Once there, there should be better options. I am not sure why UConn isn't in the discussion to get into the ACC or the B12 by proposing something like what Calford is doing.
Let alone the image having lost GE Pfizer Lego….ESPN has jobs, which is not an unlimited magical resource. ESPN employs 4,000 people in Connecticut, and the state basically pays them to do it by tax breaks. ESPN employees pay income, sales, property tax.
Better still, they patronize the tailors, bakers, lawyers, realtors, etc., and accordingly benefit all of those workers and companies by their continued employment. Those folks might not get tax breaks, but are benefits of a rising economic tide
The state should absolutely leverage ESPN to help bring about realignment. But please, let’s introduce some critical thinking here
See attached - this seems to make much more sense - many old conference mates and far better logistics.Wake Forest @ Cal
SMU @ Syracuse
Boston College @ Stanford
SIGN ME UP!
Or not.
It's not over for Oregon State and Washington State.Well the Eastern conference was picked apart last decade. The Western one just now. UConn, Washington State, Oregon State, and South Florida were the big losers from there.
More than ever i want to see the P4 break off.Remember those people posting here that we should decline the Big 12 because we would be in the ACC for sure.
The ACC has always looked at UConn as dogshit in a market they feel they don't have to fight for because they already own itRemember those people posting here that we should decline the Big 12 because we would be in the ACC for sure.
Neither the ACC nor the B12 had any effect on UConn's football prospects. UConn damaged (killed is too strong a word) its football program when it left the AAC for the new Big East and opted for football independence. It was a self-inflicted wound made more septic by hiring some poor coaches. Things won't get any better for UConn after 2036 if it doesn't accept responsibility for its own poor decisions and fails to do something to remedy them. Blaming others isn't helpful.Looks like we’re officially locked out of expansion until 2036 . Congrats to the ACC and BigXII for effectively killing our football team.
It was the right move. Can you imagine being in the AAC now and being past.over by the B12 for Cincy, UCF, AND Houston. Then the ACC comes in and take SMU. The terrible coaching hires are the reason football is an independent. It's not the end of the world.Neither the ACC nor the B12 had any effect on UConn's football prospects. UConn damaged (killed is too strong a word) its football program when it left the AAC for the new Big East and opted for football independence. It was a self-inflicted wound made more septic by hiring some poor coaches. Things won't get any better for UConn after 2036 if it doesn't accept responsibility for its own poor decisions and fails to do something to remedy them. Blaming others isn't helpful.
You and I have differing opinions about what damaged Connecticut football.Neither the ACC nor the B12 had any effect on UConn's football prospects. UConn damaged (killed is too strong a word) its football program when it left the AAC for the new Big East and opted for football independence. It was a self-inflicted wound made more septic by hiring some poor coaches. Things won't get any better for UConn after 2036 if it doesn't accept responsibility for its own poor decisions and fails to do something to remedy them. Blaming others isn't helpful.