Need to get into P4 conference | Page 5 | The Boneyard
.-.

Need to get into P4 conference

Even the "remnants" of the ACC would be better for UConn than the American (AAC). Travel to AAC locations is only marginally more appealing than travel to the P4 Big 12, a much bigger, and better, football conference................and a terrific (would be best-in-country with us, both men and women) basketball league. If a bid to the Big 12 never materializes, then................the ACC is geographically, and academically, our best fit...........even if becomes the Big East 2.0 in football.

The Big East 2.0 would be a major upgrade to Independence.
 
Viet Vet said:
Even the "remnants" of the ACC would be better for UConn than the American (AAC). Travel to AAC locations is only marginally more appealing than travel to the P4 Big 12, a much bigger, and better, football conference................and a terrific (would be best-in-country with us, both men and women) basketball league. If a bid to the Big 12 never materializes, then................the ACC is geographically, and academically, our best fit...........even if becomes the Big East 2.0 in football.

The Big East 2.0 would be a major upgrade to Independence.
Expand ...

If such a conference would include the BB powerhouses (Duke, UNC etc.) from the ACC and the schools/conferences can monetize BB ala CFP, then we're talking! MM brings in over $1b per year and IMO too much of it goes to the NCAA. (Interestingly, the Big 12 is a big component of the top 25 currently {6 teams?}. So BB would be in the thick of it if we ended up there instead!)
 
Apples to Oranges (no pun intended)

Last Year - Orange Bowl, Notre Dame / Penn State - $450 diva indoor/outdoor club seat, bought on game day, from the dentist chair

This Year - Miami vs. TBD, same ticket $6,800

1767975451968.png


www.stubhub.com

College Football Playoff National Championship Tickets

College Football Playoff National Championship tickets - Buy and sell College Football Playoff National Championship tickets at StubHub
www.stubhub.com www.stubhub.com
 
.-.
Last year, Orange Bowl not the championship game, no massive swelling of resuscitated scUM bandwagoners, and no historic performance from traditional B1G doormat Indiana.
 
Last edited:
B1GEast said:
Imagine if Virginia won the ACC title, they would have gotten in over Miami
Expand ...
IF, yes a big if given the games they played, the committee kept everything the same UVA & Miami would’ve made it and JMU would have been out
 
To become an AAU university, UConn needs to
significantly boost its research funding, faculty impact(especially National Academies members), scholarly output, and graduate education quality, as membership is by invitation only, focusing on broad, high-quality research and scholarship rather than direct applications, though Connecticut legislation encourages an action plan. UConn must excel in metrics like grants, faculty recognition, research impact, and student outcomes, demonstrating it surpasses current members, with the AAU's Membership Committee periodically assessing institutions for potential invitation.
Key Areas UConn Must Strengthen:
  1. Research Funding & Impact:Increase federal and private research grants and the overall impact of its research portfolio.
  2. Faculty Excellence: Have a higher proportion of faculty elected to prestigious bodies like the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
  3. Graduate Education: Enhance the breadth and quality of its graduate programs.
  4. Scholarly Output: Demonstrate significant and high-quality research and scholarship across many fields.
  5. Student Outcomes: Show strong results in student success and preparedness for advanced roles.
The AAU Process (Invitation Only):
  • No Direct Application: Universities cannot apply; they must be invited.
  • Standing Committee Review: The AAU's Membership Committee periodically evaluates universities, looking for institutions whose research and education profiles exceed current members.
  • Invitation & Vote: If a university is identified, the committee recommends it, and a three-fourths vote by current members is required for invitation.
UConn's Current Stance:
  • While UConn desires to be recognized as a top research university and has legislative support for an action plan, officials avoid actively campaigning for AAU membership, as it's considered poor form.
  • The focus remains on achieving excellence in research and scholarship to naturally warrant consideration.
 
.-.
ConnMotors said:
UConn desires to be recognized as a top research university
Expand ...
Connecticut is "recognized as a top research university." UConn Is a Carnegie R1 university. That puts it in the highest tier in the Carnegie Classification for doctoral universities, which requires massive research spending, numerous doctoral degrees, extensive grant acquisition, and a major focus on groundbreaking research, attracting top faculty and students. It's a prestigious label signaling a university's significant contributions to knowledge and is a difficult status to attain and maintain.
 
Hamms30 said:
what city are we looking out over?
Expand ...
mostly Fort Lauderdale ... Florida is so flat, I can see Chile from here too

Hard Rock Stadium is in Miami Gardens (not Miami), left of the TV, about 20 miles out

... and while we're at it, Messi & Inter Miami CF play in Fort Lauderdale (for now) ... about 6 miles right of the TV
 
Last edited:
.-.
CL82 said:
Connecticut is "recognized as a top research university." UConn Is a Carnegie R1 university. That puts it in the highest tier in the Carnegie Classification for doctoral universities, which requires massive research spending, numerous doctoral degrees, extensive grant acquisition, and a major focus on groundbreaking research, attracting top faculty and students. It's a prestigious label signaling a university's significant contributions to knowledge and is a difficult status to attain and maintain.
Expand ...
Every school in the country with a heartbeat is recognized as R1. To see how UConn compares with other R1 schools, you need to
ConnMotors said:
To become an AAU university, UConn needs to
significantly boost its research funding, faculty impact(especially National Academies members), scholarly output, and graduate education quality, as membership is by invitation only, focusing on broad, high-quality research and scholarship rather than direct applications, though Connecticut legislation encourages an action plan. UConn must excel in metrics like grants, faculty recognition, research impact, and student outcomes, demonstrating it surpasses current members, with the AAU's Membership Committee periodically assessing institutions for potential invitation.
Key Areas UConn Must Strengthen:
  1. Research Funding & Impact:Increase federal and private research grants and the overall impact of its research portfolio.
  2. Faculty Excellence: Have a higher proportion of faculty elected to prestigious bodies like the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
  3. Graduate Education: Enhance the breadth and quality of its graduate programs.
  4. Scholarly Output: Demonstrate significant and high-quality research and scholarship across many fields.
  5. Student Outcomes: Show strong results in student success and preparedness for advanced roles.
The AAU Process (Invitation Only):
  • No Direct Application: Universities cannot apply; they must be invited.
  • Standing Committee Review: The AAU's Membership Committee periodically evaluates universities, looking for institutions whose research and education profiles exceed current members.
  • Invitation & Vote: If a university is identified, the committee recommends it, and a three-fourths vote by current members is required for invitation.
UConn's Current Stance:
  • While UConn desires to be recognized as a top research university and has legislative support for an action plan, officials avoid actively campaigning for AAU membership, as it's considered poor form.
  • The focus remains on achieving excellence in research and scholarship to naturally warrant consideration.
Expand ...
As of 2025, Carnegie designates any school which expends $50 million or more on research and development and graduates more than 70 PhDs per year as R1. The list is long (just about any school with a heartbeat), and expenditures above the bottom threshold vary widely. How does UConn compare? Schools at or near the top of the list are spending $1.5 billion on R&D annually, and those numbers in some cases are uncharacteristically low because the current administration has purposely withheld or clawed back funds from them due to its preoccupation with DEI concerns.
 
hank970 said:
Every school in the country with a heartbeat is recognized as R1. To see how UConn compares with other R1 schools, you need to

As of 2025, Carnegie designates any school which expends $50 million or more on research and development and graduates more than 70 PhDs per year as R1. The list is long (just about any school with a heartbeat), and expenditures above the bottom threshold vary widely. How does UConn compare? Schools at or near the top of the list are spending $1.5 billion on R&D annually, and those numbers in some cases are uncharacteristically low because the current administration has purposely withheld or clawed back funds from them due to its preoccupation with DEI concerns.
Expand ...
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.
 
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.
 
hank970 said:
Shooting the messenger doesn't alter the facts.
Expand ...
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.
 
.-.
KryHavok said:
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.
Expand ...
Cheers Thumbs Up GIF by VadooTV
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Online statistics

Members online
59
Guests online
11,969
Total visitors
12,028
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
166,650
Messages
4,488,072
Members
10,361
Latest member
TJHooker


Top Bottom