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

[huskymedic]

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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You realize that Harris is a CT kid who committed to UConn then had to hit the JUCO route to shore up academics but remained committed to UConn throughout? Go look @ his high school profile.

 

[upstater]

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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This is so wrong.

UConn's recruiting improved by the #s and scouting services when it moved to the AAC.

What didn't improve was the coaching and the development.

UConn recruited at the bottom of the old Big East, and yet had 24 NFL players at the same time several years ago.

With Pasqualoni and Diaco, we started recruiting more 3 stars, who never amounted to anything (most of them anyway), whereas before we recruited a lot of 2 star kids with no other D1 offer, and several of these guys are in the NFL. Indy Colts Darius Butler (no D1 offer), KC Chiefs Anthony Sherman (ditto), Dallas Cowboys Byron Jones (ditto), Oakland Raiders Tyvon Branch (ditto), Philly Eagles Will Beatty (ditto), SD Chargers Kendall Reyes (ditto). None of these guys were offered by school other than UConn. The staff saw talent, developed it, and they ended up as high draft choices, and they stuck in the NFL for many years.

UConn went to the AAC, started landing higher in the recruiting rankings, consistently, but the poor eye for talent, the poor development, and the losses, destroyed the program.

This was never about a lack of talent in the northeast. Nor was it about fan enthusiasm.

Ask southern teams who visited UConn what it was like during the 2000s. Lack of enthusiasm or lack of talent was not the problem.

 

[raf46]

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.

Crazy start times on different days was the kiss of death. New England football needs to be played at 1 pm on Saturday afternoons.

 

[Hoophound]

People are so clueless. UConn has done more in football than SMU has since the 70’s when they gave recruits houses and Cadillacs. Everyone has an opinion why we shouldn’t try. I’ll say it again, they fear us. We win at the major sports. These schools pushing us out of FBS because we can’t compete, can’t compete either. The only difference is we’ve been to the Fiesta Bowl, won Big East titles, consistently sold out our stadium and won like 14 national championships in basketball since they’ve last had a 9 win football season. Don’t stand for it. UConn needs to create the narrative and they’d better start ASAP. This is ridiculous. SMU fan telling us why we can’t be big time. Lol. Loser school.

 

[outlaw]

anyone else surprised that #SaveTheCivilConFLiCT is not trending nationwide?

 

[Gluap]

Agree that the narrative ct is doomed is ridiculous! Uphill no doubt ! But a number of fans like myself ( proudly! ) went to games on campus and have had tickets at the rent since day 1. Those of us that stayed til the gun every game urge you to come back. The atmosphere of a fillled stadium yellling loudly sure beats hanging out at home watching TV games from around the country. BY THE WAY, with DVR if you want you can watch those too , when you get home. So get out of your chairs Ct. come out with a few friends or make new ones !

 

[Chief00]

This tweet is ridiculous - these conferences say no to a question that wasn't asked by UConn. You could write a headline UConn says No to MAC and CUSA. But, of course you won’t see that.

 

[uconnfan68]

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

I think it's more accurate to say we lack the opportunity to be Virginia. Or any else in the P5 groups.

 

[MustangMan]

People are so clueless. UConn has done more in football than SMU has since the 70’s when they gave recruits houses and Cadillacs. Everyone has an opinion why we shouldn’t try. I’ll say it again, they fear us. We win at the major sports. These schools pushing us out of FBS because we can’t compete, can’t compete either. The only difference is we’ve been to the Fiesta Bowl, won Big East titles, consistently sold out our stadium and won like 14 national championships in basketball since they’ve last had a 9 win football season. Don’t stand for it. UConn needs to create the narrative and they’d better start ASAP. This is ridiculous. SMU fan telling us why we can’t be big time. Lol. Loser school.

I agree that uConn did a good job in the Big East. Furthermore, I am disappointed that you got screwed out of your rightful place in the ACC. Plus, Maryland and Rutgers got B10 spots - #wtf You guys had better FB and BB programs than either of them.

But the fact remains that your recruiting in the AAC has been atrocious and has been getting worse. Don’t look at the stars, look at the offers your recruits had and check if their “good” offers were committable. Better coaching can’t fix huge talent gaps.

Good luck. I really am a UConn fan. I hope you kill it in the Big East and I hope your FB team finds a good home. Uconn deserved better than it got from realignment. Of all the school impacted by it, you got dealt the worst blow.

 

[Drew]

 

[Adios]

People are so clueless. UConn has done more in football than SMU has since the 70’s when they gave recruits houses and Cadillacs. Everyone has an opinion why we shouldn’t try. I’ll say it again, they fear us. We win at the major sports. These schools pushing us out of FBS because we can’t compete, can’t compete either. The only difference is we’ve been to the Fiesta Bowl, won Big East titles, consistently sold out our stadium and won like 14 national championships in basketball since they’ve last had a 9 win football season. Don’t stand for it. UConn needs to create the narrative and they’d better start ASAP. This is ridiculous. SMU fan telling us why we can’t be big time. Lol. Loser school.

We never beat SMU in football. We were their first win after being reinstated after the death penalty.

 

[businesslawyer]

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???

Stop. A decade ago, without our University having been moved, within a few year period we won at Iowa State, at Notre Dame, home and home against Baylor, at Wake Forest, over South Carolina in Birmingham, at Wake Forest, home and home against Duke and home to UVA. Putting aside conference wins against NE teams (as well as Louisville and USF). Maybe Storrs was in Florida then and I'm just not recalling.

We couldn't compete because we made bad coaching hires. No more, no less. For a period of time we had teams good enough to compete in the American. Probably not win but compete.

 

[Hoophound]

We never beat SMU in football. We were their first win after being reinstated after the death penalty.

Thanks. So I guess SMU played in a BCS bowl and won 14 NC’s in recent years? Did they put 30 kids in the NFL too?

Beating us in a down period doesn’t give their fans the right to say we should shut down our program given our body of work vs theirs. It’s comical.

 

[MustangMan]

Thanks. So I guess SMU played in a BCS bowl and won 14 NC’s in recent years? Did they put 30 kids in the NFL too?

Beating us in a down period doesn’t give their fans the right to say we should shut down our program given our body of work vs theirs. It’s comical.

1) All those NC’s are why you are going to the Big East. UConn is a great BB school.

2) Last season, SMU had 13 players in the NFL. UConn had 11. Source: ESPN.com.

3) You do realize that UConn was in a Power conference when it went to a major bowl? Your problems are largely the result of what ESPN and the ACC did to the Big East.

 

[ZooCougar]

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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You clearly didn’t follow our recruiting when we were in the Big East. We never recruited well on paper. There is so much going on and you are uninformed this isn’t a worthwhile discussion.

 

[MustangMan]

You clearly didn’t follow our recruiting when we were in the Big East. We never recruited well on paper. There is so much going on and you are uninformed this isn’t a worthwhile discussion.

So you blame your recent poor recruiting on coaching?

 

[Hoophound]

I agree that uConn did a good job in the Big East. Furthermore, I am disappointed that you got screwed out of your rightful place in the ACC. Plus, Maryland and Rutgers got B10 spots - # You guys had better FB and BB programs than either of them.

But the fact remains that your recruiting in the AAC has been atrocious and has been getting worse. Don’t look at the stars, look at the offers your recruits had and check if their “good” offers were committable. Better coaching can’t fix huge talent gaps.

Good luck. I really am a UConn fan. I hope you kill it in the Big East and I hope your FB team finds a good home. Uconn deserved better than it got from realignment. Of all the school impacted by it, you got dealt the worst blow.

1) All those NC’s are why you are going to the Big East. UConn is a great BB school.

2) Last season, SMU had 13 players in the NFL. UConn had 11. Source: ESPN.com.

3) You do realize that UConn was in a Power conference when it went to a major bowl? Your problems are largely the result of what ESPN and the ACC did to the Big East.

So you had two more players in the NFL than us even though we’ve been the worst FBS team for 3-4 years? Our 14 nattys are a detriment compared to your zero? Keep in mind, ours titles rule the NCAA.

Omg. Thank God we are out of this septic system. SMU...unreal.

 

[MustangMan]

So you had two more players in the NFL than us even though we’ve been the worst FBS team for 3-4 years? Our 14 nattys are a detriment compared to your zero? Keep in mind, ours titles rule the NCAA.

Omg. Thank God we are out of this septic system. SMU...unreal.

Again:
In Basketball, you are a power which is why the Big East agreed to take Uconn.

In Football, you are a hot mess and your leaders just made it worse. That is a fact.

 

[billybud]

Maybe now that UConn has so many catholic peers, the church can get Norte Dame to do a scheduling agreement.

Instead of an on campus stadium...a small cathedral ought to do it.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

We never beat SMU in football. We were their first win after being reinstated after the death penalty.

... not one to typically attribute results to refs who usually are not supposed to enable wins, but SMU’s <1st post-death sentence win> shared similarities with repeated dubious late calls several years ago in South Bend. At ND, they ran out of time and calls as we defeated the Fighting Irish.

 

[thatguyed]

"No immediate interest"

So you're saying there's a chance! (Queue Dumb and Dumber GIF)

 

[Pudge]

Again:
In Basketball, you are a power which is why the Big East agreed to take Uconn.

In Football, you are a hot mess and your leaders just made it worse. That is a fact.

Through most of the years since 2000, SMU has been a hot mess.

We need our Fanbase back. Playing Texas peeps from Mustangville didn’t move the needle. We will be excited winning another National Championship.