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

[metsfan2323]

If you want to compete at the highest level, you need to play opponents of the highest caliber. End of story.

There's the delusion i'm talking about. We aren't at the highest level, we are G5. Why the denial about this fact? Are we pretending there is no difference between G5 and P5? There's an article in this thread about SMU paying 200 million dollars to join the P5. I guess someone should tell them they wasted their money.

 

[shizzle787]

There's the delusion i'm talking about. We aren't at the highest level, we are G5. Why the denial about this fact? Are we pretending there is no difference between G5 and P5? There's an article in this thread about SMU paying 200 million dollars to join the P5.

Our peers are in the P5, not G5. We may be a G5 school but that doesn't mean we should crawl up in a corner and play only G5 schools. BYU didn't do that, and neither should we. We have a brand people have heard of and P5 schools like UNC and Ole Miss are coming to our place. I'm not giving that up to play EMU or Jacksonville State every year. Yuck. It's a good thing AD Dave agrees with my line of thinking and not yours. Contrary to what you may think, if we join the MAC or CUSA (Sun Belt would not invite us), we would be downgrading our status in the college football landscape. There are degrees to the G5. Hint: we are near the top. Your proposal would lead us to sink to the bottom of the pool.

That me refresh you on this:

Tier 1: Big 10, SEC (multiple CFP bids yearly)
Tier 2: ACC, Big 12 (multiple CFP bids frequently)
Tier 3: AAC, MW (+ OSU, WSU), Army, UConn (CFP bid for conference champ frequently)
Tier 4: Sun Belt (CFP bid for conference champ rarely)
Tier 5: CUSA, MAC (no effective CFP access)

 

[NE Football]

We might have to agree to one home and two road games to get P4 opponents on our schedule.

 

[metsfan2323]

Our peers are in the P5, not G5. We may be a G5 school but that doesn't mean we should crawl up in a corner and play only G5 schools. BYU didn't do that, and neither should we. We have a brand people have heard of and P5 schools like UNC and Ole Miss are coming to our place. I'm not giving that up to play EMU or Jacksonville State every year. Yuck. It's a good thing AD Dave agrees with my line of thinking and not yours. Contrary to what you may think, if we join the MAC or CUSA (Sun Belt would not invite us), we would be downgrading our status in the college football landscape. There are degrees to the G5. Hint: we are near the top. Your proposal would lead us to sink to the bottom of the pool.

That me refresh you on this:

Tier 1: Big 10, SEC (multiple CFP bids yearly)
Tier 2: ACC, Big 12 (multiple CFP bids frequently)
Tier 3: AAC, MW (+ OSU, WSU), Army, UConn (CFP bid for conference champ frequently)
Tier 4: Sun Belt (CFP bid for conference champ rarely)
Tier 5: CUSA, MAC (no effective CFP access)

I agree that CUSA is a non-starter. We are at the bottom pool as we will be locked out of the G5 auto-bid when playoffs expand. BTW Western Michigan out of the MAC was the G5 champ recently.

 

[CL82]

I have had go net speed and you tube tv, for what will be a year this month. The savings and combo can't be beat. No house phone was the sacrifice.

Not much of a sacrifice, though. I found that the house phone incoming calls were mostly solicitation. Friends/family/work calls all came in on our cells.

 

[shizzle787]

We might have to agree to one home and two road games to get P4 opponents on our schedule.

We don't need to do this. We don't do it now and we don't need to start to.

 

[shizzle787]

I agree that CUSA is a non-starter. We are at the bottom pool as we will be locked out of the G5 auto-bid when playoffs expand. BTW Western Michigan out of the MAC was the G5 champ recently.

1 time out of 10 years. They needed to go undefeated and have atrophy in the AAC and MW. No team in the AAC or MW had less than two losses that year. Virtually, a miracle scenario.

 

[Urcea]

If it’s so easy to schedule P5 games, I’m struggling to see why you wouldn’t take an AAC offer with its eight conference games and schedule the remaining 4 as P5s or 1 P5 1 FCS. We already have 7 G5 games on this year’s calendar

 

[noeynox]

If it’s so easy to schedule P5 games, I’m struggling to see why you wouldn’t take an AAC offer with its eight conference games and schedule the remaining 4 as P5s or 1 P5 1 FCS. We already have 7 G5 games on this year’s calendar

Easy? No. Easier than when you don't have to account for dates taken up with conference games the majority of your fanbase doesn't want to see? I would say say yes. I'm with @shizzle787 here. Until the current scheduling philosophy doesn't work, there is no need to change the approach. Can difficulty present itself given P5 became the P4? Sure. 1st thing i would do now is talk to Oregon State and Washington State about games.

 

[UConnJim]

If you are over 50, it doesn’t make sense to cut the cord. People in their 30s don’t really care for baseball though so being without NESN, SNY, and YES isn’t a big deal.

In the Boston area, NESN is an important channel for both hockey and baseball fans as they carry the Red Sox, Bruins, Hockey East, the Beanpot.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

We might have to agree to one home and two road games to get P4 opponents on our schedule.

It won't be BCU, so don't get your hopes up.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

There's a stigma to being classified as a G5 school within our own fanbase and opposing fanbases that is somewhat alleviated by being an Independent.

It's much easier to sell ourselves as that then to be lumped into the minor leagues.

Joining any non p4/p5 league as football only member kills that.

As long as our home broadcast rights are national in reach on linear TV there's no reason to join a g5 league.

 

[JohnFSilver]

There's a stigma to being classified as a G5 school within our own fanbase and opposing fanbases that is somewhat alleviated by being an Independent.

It's much easier to sell ourselves as that then to be lumped into the minor leagues.

Joining any non p4/p5 league as football only member kills that.

As long as our home broadcast rights are national in reach on linear TV there's no reason to join a g5 league.

UConn isn’t G5. They don’t get CFP money. If UConn is top rated non p5, they don’t get into the playoff either

 

[huskymedic]

UConn isn’t G5. They don’t get CFP money. If UConn is top rated non p5, they don’t get into the playoff either

UConn receives nominal $$ (in the scope of things) as an Independent from CFP system (?$300k +/-)

 

[Storrs South]

UConn receives nominal $$ (in the scope of things) as an Independent from CFP system (?$300k +/-)

I don't think it would be much more today in AAC (believe it'd be around $1.5 million). Basically something UConn offsets having the annual buy game.

 

[hank970]

Our peers are in the P5, not G5. We may be a G5 school but that doesn't mean we should crawl up in a corner and play only G5 schools. BYU didn't do that, and neither should we. We have a brand people have heard of and P5 schools like UNC and Ole Miss are coming to our place. I'm not giving that up to play EMU or Jacksonville State every year. Yuck. It's a good thing AD Dave agrees with my line of thinking and not yours. Contrary to what you may think, if we join the MAC or CUSA (Sun Belt would not invite us), we would be downgrading our status in the college football landscape. There are degrees to the G5. Hint: we are near the top. Your proposal would lead us to sink to the bottom of the pool.

That me refresh you on this:

Tier 1: Big 10, SEC (multiple CFP bids yearly)
Tier 2: ACC, Big 12 (multiple CFP bids frequently)
Tier 3: AAC, MW (+ OSU, WSU), Army, UConn (CFP bid for conference champ frequently)
Tier 4: Sun Belt (CFP bid for conference champ rarely)
Tier 5: CUSA, MAC (no effective CFP access)

UConn has a basketball brand, no doubt. Beyond that? Tier 6.

 

[JohnFSilver]

UConn receives nominal $$ (in the scope of things) as an Independent from CFP system (?$300k +/-)

Really. That is t too bad then. They don’t have access to game though. They could go 12-0 and be locked out next year.

 

[JohnFSilver]

In the Boston area, NESN is an important channel for both hockey and baseball fans as they carry the Red Sox, Bruins, Hockey East, the Beanpot.

YES is DTC. So, that works great.

I help older people at my wife’s school cut the cord. 80 year old man, cable for 45 years, got him YouTube tv, magic Jack home phone, and xfinity flex box Saving him $120 a month.

His favorite channel is paramount +. It is like he discovered great tv.

 

[UConnJim]

If UConn is top rated non p5, they don’t get into the playoff either

Although they are revising the rules, UConn would be in the playoffs if they are one of the 6 highest ranked teams not a conference champion. That is the same rule for Notre Dame.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

UConn isn’t G5. They don’t get CFP money. If UConn is top rated non p5, they don’t get into the playoff either

I'm not saying they are - quite the opposite.

If UConn ever goes 12-0 or 11-1 and is ranked in the top 12 and doesn't get an at large then we'll have grounds to complain...I think NOT playing an AAC schedule is well worth that risk.

 

[metsfan2323]

I'm not saying they are - quite the opposite.

If UConn ever goes 12-0 or 11-1 and is ranked in the top 12 and doesn't get an at large then we'll have grounds to complain...I think NOT playing an AAC schedule is well worth that risk.

You can't be serious, the AAC would be a huge improvement to our schedule. You do realize we would still have 4 out of conference games so the "Power" junkies could get their rocks off.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

You can't be serious, the AAC would be a huge improvement to our schedule. You do realize we would still have 4 out of conference games so the "Power" junkies could get their rocks off.

Serious question:

Are you a football season ticket holder?

 

[CL82]

Really. That is t too bad then. They don’t have access to game though. They could go 12-0 and be locked out next year.

Then again they could go 12–0 in the American and also be locked out next year.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

You can't be serious, the AAC would be a huge improvement to our schedule. You do realize we would still have 4 out of conference games so the "Power" junkies could get their rocks off.

I am serious and don't call me Shirley.

Aside from the fact that Connecticut football fans already rejected the AAC once, and that of the rejected conference nearly all of the recognizable programs left you're absolutely right.

Do you even know who is in the AAC these days? The only school even worth playing is Temple and we already have them on future schedules if memory serves.

You think the average Connecticut football fans discerns any difference between playing Old Dominion and Charlotte? Please.

 

[metsfan2323]

Serious question:

Are you a football season ticket holder?

Since the Rent opened in 2003 I have only missed two seasons and I used to go to the Rutgers away games when that was a thing.

Serious question, what's wrong with playing Temple, Navy, Tulane, South Florida, East Carolina, Memphis, Rice, UT San Antonio, and in the future Army as conference games?

I still fondly remember the South Florida rain storm game as my favorite all time game at the Rent.

UConn would probably take a football only life raft invite to the AAC in a nano second. You are kidding yourself if you think otherwise.