Need to get into P4 conference

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Shooting the messenger doesn't alter the facts.

The facts are you didn't have any facts.

 

[Slasher]

AAU is an absolute and total boys club. There is no earthly reason Notre Dame should be in... but the B1G members voted them in to try to lure them into the conference.

 

[KryHavok]

Shooting the messenger doesn't alter the facts.

Are you trying to be an idiot or does it come naturally? You stated that practically any university is recognized as R1. Fact: only 187 out of 4000 are recognized as R1 (do you even bother fact checking yourself?)

You mentioned schools spending over 1 billion on R&D, yeah, per the 2024 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey there are a great number of schools there. UConn is listed as 82nd (at 433 million), right behind the AAU member Cal Tech (at 455 million). And as I look down the list I see P4 schools listed after UConn such as LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Brown (Ivy and AAU), Notre Dame (AAU) , Wake Forest, Clemson, UC Santa Barbara (not P4 but AAU), Tufts (not P4 but AAU), South Carolina, Tulane (G6 and AAU), etc. There's 923 schools, so seems like UConn is pretty well poised. What are you trying to say about facts here, cheech?

I like to think that in the pursuit of my Ph.D. at UConn and contribution of several first author papers that I did my part to contribute to UConn's well deserved R1 ranking, and your making light of the schools status reeks of petulance and poor manners.

 

[CL82]

Are you trying to be an idiot or does it come naturally? You stated that practically any university is recognized as R1. Fact: only 187 out of 4000 are recognized as R1 (do you even bother fact checking yourself?)

You mentioned schools spending over 1 billion on R&D, yeah, per the 2024 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey there are a great number of schools there. UConn is listed as 82nd (at 433 million), right behind the AAU member Cal Tech (at 455 million). And as I look down the list I see P4 schools listed after UConn such as LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Brown (Ivy and AAU), Notre Dame (AAU) , Wake Forest, Clemson, UC Santa Barbara (not P4 but AAU), Tufts (not P4 but AAU), South Carolina, Tulane (G6 and AAU), etc. There's 923 schools, so seems like UConn is pretty well poised. What are you trying to say about facts here, cheech?

I like to think that in the pursuit of my Ph.D. at UConn and contribution of several first author papers that I did my part to contribute to UConn's well deserved R1 ranking, and your making light of the schools status reeks of petulance and poor manners.

 

[ZooCougar]

Ahhh, I hear bullspit being espoused by the UConn hater. There are over 4000 colleges/universities in the USA, but only 187 are designated as R1 (<5%), so this line that "Every school in the country with a heartbeat is recognized as R1." is not only wrong but serves to illustrate your mass bias against UConn and ignorance of basic facts. You may crawl back under your rock.

I am pretty sure AAU was bullshit when they added a commuter school for the mediocre in Tampa.