MAC and CUSA Say No To UConn Football- Independence Is Next

[UConnNick]

What if someone from ESPN told uconn that the Aac will be losing members in 2 years and uconn isnt one of them? Wouldn't it be wise to jump ship now . We dont know what the reasoning behind the decision was, its possible there were circumstances behind this.

Fine. If so, let's hear what they are.

Contrary to some popular belief, the AAC schools were all evaluated by the B12, and none of them were deemed worthy of inclusion. Yes, those circumstances could change, but even if they do, it won't be anytime soon. If the B12 wanted nothing to do with those teams, as the generally perceived weakest P5 league, then none of the other P5's would take any of them either.

 

[Hoophound]

No one was good enough for the B12 because the B12 has a bloated contract. Only about 12 schools at the very most would have been justifiable.

 

[Block C]

Idk I feel like something good is happening

I honestly think something good is happening. See our schedule this year with some big time schools. I honestly think Indy schedule will be great for UConn and recruiting

 

[jbdphi]

UMass’ 2019 schedule is not that much worse than UConn’s. Get 6 home games and really 1 it’s not that bad.

I just don't see how we get six home games consistently? Home and homes with the fellow independents (maybe) and then we have to sell ourselves to get our asses kicked for 2-3 away games and then which FBS teams in an actual conference will come to our house?

 

[WrenchFan69]

I just don't see how we get six home games consistently? Home and homes with the fellow independents (maybe) and then we have to sell ourselves to get our asses kicked for 2-3 away games and then which FBS teams in an actual conference will come to our house?

We have at least one P5 home game every year through 2023. There are 4 independents we should be playing every year, so 2 home games for those. Then 2 buy games from local FCS gives 5. We need to find one FBS home game a year until 2023. That's doable.

In 2023 we have two P5 home games, would be a good year to go away as part of a 2-for-1 with a P5

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Idk I feel like something good is happening

Isn’t he a grad transfer?

 

[Chief00]

paying 6+% and watching the future value of our homes head towards zero with a debt that can’t be met.

No argument in regards to your description of CT ........but “we” keep on electing people, who continue the policies that put us in this position.

 

[Chief00]

Or there's another possibility. We come off looking like a spoiled little brat that threw a temper tantrum when the big, bad AAC ignored us and wouldn't let us keep all of our toys.

I think the quote from Herbst after the AAC media deal snub said it all. She specifically referenced the ESPN+ thing by saying UCONN fans are used to gathering at sports bars and other spots to watch Husky games all over the country.

Could this whole thing be the result of something described pretty aptly by a cliche?

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

I think that explains a lot but she also has gotten tacit green light from the BOT to do this.

 

[whaler11]

No argument in regards to your description of CT ...but “we” keep on electing people, who continue the policies that put us in this position.

whatever we did wrong was in the past. the budget is worse off than uconn football

 

[Chief00]

If all else fails, we are good Wednesday’s 8pm to 2am.

 

[nadav]

How the heck would we be able to hire any decent coach as an Independent? If that's the plan it sucks.

Actually, if they just blindsided Randy with this mess, I'd expect him to be leaving on his own way sooner than next year.

Where is Randy off to????

 

[Chief00]

Where is Randy off to????

Stalag 13.

 

[whaler11]

If all else fails, we are good Wednesday’s 8pm to 2am.
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[uconnphil2016]

That we'd rather be Villanova because we lack the will to try to be Virginia.

Yup. A lot of folks who seem happy conceding and trying to be Nova. Being that small time makes me throw up in my mouth

 

[bendm]

assuming aac poaches a team from cusa or mac that conference will have to find a replacement

 

[MustangMan]

Extremely foolish move by your president and big money donors. There is no reason to believe that UConn football couldn't be competitive in the AAC. You drop off was solely because of bad coaching hires, the correct hire could have you back competing at the top of the ACC in as little as 2-3 years. Just look at UAB being brought back from the dead for example.

As a former (15+ years) resident of the Hartford area, I wish UConn the best. I’ll miss having arguments/bets with my many UConn friends. Good People.

Your leaders made the right decision because UConn would NEVER be able to field a consistently good team in the AAC. Why? Recruiting matters and Uconn is at a crippling disadvantage. There simply is not enough talent in New England (after the P5 teams skim the cream of the crop) for UConn to compete with AAC.

1) according to 247Sports rankings, Uconn ranked dead last in the AAC in recruiting for 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. UConn was 10th in 2017. UConn’s composition score in 2019 would have placed it behind the University of North Texas, UT San Antonio, UT El Paso and UT El Paso.

Why?

2) Texas HS football is 20 years ahead of Connecticut HS football. The coaching is better, the competition is better and the facilities are better. Example: the high school my children will attend has an indoor practice facility. Our JV team would probably win the state title in Connecticut’s highest division 8 times out of 10. Every year, there will be more FBS players coming out of the Dallas/ Ft Worth area than CT, RI, NH, VT and Maine combined.

Good luck to you. You really should go to the FCS and win championships. Suffering like UMass is for the birds.

 

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[Pudge]

As a former (15+ years) resident of the Hartford area, I wish UConn the best. I’ll miss having arguments/bets with my many UConn friends. Good People.

Your leaders made the right decision because UConn would NEVER be able to field a consistently good team in the AAC. Why? Recruiting matters and Uconn is at a crippling disadvantage. There simply is not enough talent in New England (after the P5 teams skim the cream of the crop) for UConn to compete with AAC.

1) according to 247Sports rankings, Uconn ranked dead last in the AAC in recruiting for 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. UConn was 10th in 2017. UConn’s composition score in 2019 would have placed it behind the University of North Texas, UT San Antonio, UT El Paso and UT El Paso.

Why?

2) Texas HS football is 20 years ahead of Connecticut HS football. The coaching is better, the competition is better and the facilities are better. Example: the high school my children will attend has an indoor practice facility. Our JV team would probably win the state title in Connecticut’s highest division 8 times out of 10. Every year, there will be more FBS players coming out of the Dallas/ Ft Worth area than CT, RI, NH, VT and Maine combined.

Good luck to you. You really should go to the FCS and win championships. Suffering like UMass is for the birds.

It’s a horse Crap argument

Thank you for your interest In UConn Athletics

 

[MustangMan]

It’s a horse Crap argument

Thank you for your interest In UConn Athletics

What part?

If you want to field a competitive team, where are you going to get the recruits to make it happen? Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania???

 

[ZooCougar]

As a former (15+ years) resident of the Hartford area, I wish UConn the best. I’ll miss having arguments/bets with my many UConn friends. Good People.

Your leaders made the right decision because UConn would NEVER be able to field a consistently good team in the AAC. Why? Recruiting matters and Uconn is at a crippling disadvantage. There simply is not enough talent in New England (after the P5 teams skim the cream of the crop) for UConn to compete with AAC.

1) according to 247Sports rankings, Uconn ranked dead last in the AAC in recruiting for 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. UConn was 10th in 2017. UConn’s composition score in 2019 would have placed it behind the University of North Texas, UT San Antonio, UT El Paso and UT El Paso.

Why?

2) Texas HS football is 20 years ahead of Connecticut HS football. The coaching is better, the competition is better and the facilities are better. Example: the high school my children will attend has an indoor practice facility. Our JV team would probably win the state title in Connecticut’s highest division 8 times out of 10. Every year, there will be more FBS players coming out of the Dallas/ Ft Worth area than CT, RI, NH, VT and Maine combined.

Good luck to you. You really should go to the FCS and win championships. Suffering like UMass is for the birds.

Stupid argument. The same factors worked against us in the Big East and it didn’t stop us.

Poor coaching hires crippled this program. The

 

[RightRx]

Has anyone thought about the nationally recognized UCMB

 

[upstater]

As a former (15+ years) resident of the Hartford area, I wish UConn the best. I’ll miss having arguments/bets with my many UConn friends. Good People.

Your leaders made the right decision because UConn would NEVER be able to field a consistently good team in the AAC. Why? Recruiting matters and Uconn is at a crippling disadvantage. There simply is not enough talent in New England (after the P5 teams skim the cream of the crop) for UConn to compete with AAC.

If there isn't enough talent, how did UConn have 24 players make NFL rosters at the same time several years ago?

That was more than half the P5 teams.

 

[UofCT]

What part?

If you want to field a competitive team, where are you going to get the recruits to make it happen? Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania???

New Canaan has 2 kids on TCU, a QB committed to Notre Dame, and a 2nd round pick to the Cardinals in Zach Allen. Darien is stacked too. I’d start with Fairfield County in recruiting

 

[upstater]

New Canaan has 2 kids on TCU, a QB committed to Notre Dame, and a 2nd round pick to the Cardinals in Zach Allen. Darien is stacked too. I’d start with Fairfield County in recruiting

Years ago, we used to frequently list to that decades of data study that showed Connecticut and Massachusetts were actually in the 4th tier of states producing talent (i.e. 30th - 40th), on par with places like Wisconsin and Washington, ahead of places like New York and Iowa, behind places like Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

UConn recruited Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Some Maryland and Florida mixed in. A lot of those Florida kids actually ended up in the NFL, so did about 10 Connecticut kids.

Besides beating all the old BE teams and having winning records against Pitt, Syracuse and Louisville, UConn had wins over Notre Dame, South Carolina, Indiana, Iowa St., Virginia, Baylor, etc. in the years it had talent.

 

[Tigers69]

paying 6+% and watching the future value of our homes head towards zero with a debt that can’t be met.

People taking dumps on the Hartford side walks is next.

 

[Tigers69]

New Canaan has 2 kids on TCU, a QB committed to Notre Dame, and a 2nd round pick to the Cardinals in Zach Allen. Darien is stacked too. I’d start with Fairfield County in recruiting

Tarik Black, Ben Mason, and Andrew Stueber all went to Michigan. AJ Dillion to BC. The big kid from Newtown (offensive lineman) that went to BYU, can't remember his name. Taisun Phommachanh went to Clemson. They're all over the place. UCONN just never had
a coach that the big in state stars wanted to play for. Just a couple exceptions to the rule....Orlovsky, Rose, Lutrus.

 

[ZooCougar]

We used to be really strong because we recruited well from places like Florida and Pennsylvania.

And many of those kids went to the NFL even though they were either not rated or 2 star types.

 

[UConnNick]

As a former (15+ years) resident of the Hartford area, I wish UConn the best. I’ll miss having arguments/bets with my many UConn friends. Good People.

Your leaders made the right decision because UConn would NEVER be able to field a consistently good team in the AAC. Why? Recruiting matters and Uconn is at a crippling disadvantage. There simply is not enough talent in New England (after the P5 teams skim the cream of the crop) for UConn to compete with AAC.

1) according to 247Sports rankings, Uconn ranked dead last in the AAC in recruiting for 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. UConn was 10th in 2017. UConn’s composition score in 2019 would have placed it behind the University of North Texas, UT San Antonio, UT El Paso and UT El Paso.

Why?

2) Texas HS football is 20 years ahead of Connecticut HS football. The coaching is better, the competition is better and the facilities are better. Example: the high school my children will attend has an indoor practice facility. Our JV team would probably win the state title in Connecticut’s highest division 8 times out of 10. Every year, there will be more FBS players coming out of the Dallas/ Ft Worth area than CT, RI, NH, VT and Maine combined.

Good luck to you. You really should go to the FCS and win championships. Suffering like UMass is for the birds.

That's why Temple is having a lot of success. Same part of the country, same P5's skimming the top talent, same geographic outlier in the AAC, yet they're managing to be successful and have won an AAC title.

With the right leadership and commitment, and hiring good coaches, UCONN could have done the same thing. It's far from impossible, and nobody in FBS recruits only from their local region.

 

[ZooCougar]

That's why Temple is having a lot of success. Same part of the country, same P5's skimming the top talent, same geographic outlier in the AAC, yet they're managing to be successful and have won an AAC title.

With the right leadership and commitment, and hiring good coaches, UCONN could have done the same thing. It's far from impossible, and nobody in FBS recruits only from their local region.

Temple was garbage at one point. They started a rebuild with Al Golden and never lost grip. They started as a Big East reject, then went independent and clawed their way back in the MAC.

UConn is giving up too easily. Independent football will be so miserable that in a few years they can kill the program with little protest.

 

[MustangMan]

Stupid argument. The same factors worked against us in the Big East and it didn’t stop us.

Poor coaching hires crippled this program. The

When you were in the Big East, you could recruit against BC, Syracuse, Pitt, Rutgers, Maryland,etc on somewhat even terms. Moving to the AAC killed your recruiting.

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AAC schools in Texas and Florida face the same reality. But, there are hundreds of players in Texas and Florida who will get FCS scholarships. You guys are getting the players out of Texas and Florida that other AAC (and often CUSA) schools don’t prioritize.

Look at these players offer lists.

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