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N&A: If UConn football moves to an independent status with its other sports moving to the Big East, does that team become attractive for Liberty on a yearly basis?
IM: “We’ve had just some preliminary discussions with UConn and they’re still working out their arraignment with the AAC and the Big East. That would be a team we would like to play on a regular basis.”
N&A: If UConn becomes an independent in 2020, would you try to be flexible with other teams on the schedule to get UConn on there immediately?
IM: “We’d be open to helping them out during the transition and seeing if there’s a way to move games and play them potentially as early as 2020.”
N&A: With UMass and Army already on the schedule, does adding UConn help expand Liberty’s brand and recognition more into the northeast?
IM: “Really the other independents become a quasi-conference for us because we’ve scheduled UMass, we’d like to schedule Connecticut. New Mexico State we play, Army we play, BYU we play, and we’re still chasing Notre Dame and we’d like to get that one scheduled. They’d become a quasi-conference and particularly for those difficult dates to schedule in late October, November, those are very attractive games. We’re eager to pursue that.”
Ian McCaw Q&A, Part II: Football, facility upgrades
The second and final part of the Q&A with Ian McCaw touches on two main topics — football and facility upgrades. If you missed the first part of the Q&A,
N&A: If UConn football moves to an independent status with its other sports moving to the Big East, does that team become attractive for Liberty on a yearly basis?
IM: “We’ve had just some preliminary discussions with UConn and they’re still working out their arraignment with the AAC and the Big East. That would be a team we would like to play on a regular basis.”
N&A: If UConn becomes an independent in 2020, would you try to be flexible with other teams on the schedule to get UConn on there immediately?
IM: “We’d be open to helping them out during the transition and seeing if there’s a way to move games and play them potentially as early as 2020.”
N&A: With UMass and Army already on the schedule, does adding UConn help expand Liberty’s brand and recognition more into the northeast?
IM: “Really the other independents become a quasi-conference for us because we’ve scheduled UMass, we’d like to schedule Connecticut. New Mexico State we play, Army we play, BYU we play, and we’re still chasing Notre Dame and we’d like to get that one scheduled. They’d become a quasi-conference and particularly for those difficult dates to schedule in late October, November, those are very attractive games. We’re eager to pursue that.”
