Definitely looking more and more likely UConn got played again. It is bad enough with the negativity outside, but when some of our own fans and public figures are so adamant against this move, it is not a good look. Not surprised, but disappointed.
He seems to have no inside info. I think something like a 40% chance of a yes vote happening in September is a reasonable prediction, but a 40% chance of it ever happening seems too low. It appears the consulting firm for the big 12 has concluded that adding UConn will be a good long term financial move. But I think the presidents will want to wait to vote until later in the season or after the season partly because they want to do it when UConn football has won some more games in order to appease the concerns of the fans. If UConn had won 7 or 8 games last year after winning 6 games two years ago, then I think UConn would have already got the invite earlier in the summer. Right now football matters tremendously to the schools opposing the addition of UConn.
I think this is what drives UConn fans nuts, or definitely myself nuts. The football was so bad over the last decade-plus and whenever UConn had to right the ship, it just got worse. What you said encapsulates why last year was so deflating. Instead of gaining momentum and building off of the 6-6 season, last year was deep sixed and I knew it during the Georgia State game when UConn was down early in the 2nd half 28-0. Even if they won the Utah St game and the South Florida game, they would have been 5-7 and optically speaking that looks a lot better than 3-9.
Respectfully, I am not with you on this one. If one thing conference realignment has shown us is that the team being added to a conference doesn't need to be in close proximity to the rest of the conference members. If UConn Football was great, I know they are not, but if they were, a conference would have added them long time ago and even more recently considering their basketball success. None of the reasons you listed for conferences being hesitant would have blocked UConn.
Again, this got leaked to a podcaster for exactly this reason. They knew the sentimentalist would start crying about their beloved bus trips and soon after the Chris Murphy types would crap on a potential move.
Why would Benedict, Toscano, and Burton not be super secretive now if they want us in the Big 12 and someone from CT leaking it would blow up the deal?
Conflicting priorities and needs. UConn under heavy $$ pressure in last 5-10 years. Upgrading FB was a hard sell, both to donors and the State. People are enjoying the glow of consecutive titles, and coming to the realization that that glow will be in the rear view if we don’t get shipshape(P3/4) asap.
If you look at the number of games last year that we lost by one or two scores, you can see how close we were to being right around 500 again. I am very hopeful that we can make a statement of sorts this season. Not confident, mind you, because there are so many unknowns, but hopeful.
Year 4 for Mora regime. Big one, he proves to be a great grab, or a retread. I’m thinking great grab, let’s hope for some decent luck.
I don't know. But someone leaked it and i doubt it was any of them.
Because we don't have the money for that. Plain and simple. That's why I question where we will get the money from in the next 7 years to improve the football program for when the Big 12 TV contract comes up in 2031 if we aren't part of the Big 12.
Not if we aren't joining the Big 12.
Bingo.
Utah had to be brought in kicking and screaming.
Yeah, that sounds like bs to me. Utah is on record saying that joining the B12 was a stepping stone for them and no one batted an eye.
It is. They are trying to get into the Big 10 ultimately just like us. We are Big 10 expansion competitions for Kansas and the 4 Corner schools.
This post is correct. The absurdly bad football for UConn over the last decade-plus makes it easier for others to vote them down.
I am not sure why you keep putting out these absurd theories about the Big Ten. We’re not AAU they’re not taking us. there are plenty of schools that already have a status that would be ahead of us, but our football is never gonna reach the status that they want even if we could be better than record in the end
Why do you not think we will achieve AAU status? Schools like USF and Arizona State just did last year. We are pretty close.