Report: UConn Going To Big East For 2020-2021 Season

[UC1995]

You have to understand Big East sources don’t care about football - it’s about Fox Sports ponying up up dollars, SNY and UConn monetizing the WBB franchise and the NBE locking up MSG forever. Hurley is going to kill it on the recruiting trail.
I am going to withhold my comments on football.

I am about 15 hours late on this and started reading from the top and agree that football will Get games against Big 10 teams I’d Fix has anything to do with it. Schedule Acc as much as can and MAC

 

[upstater]

The AAC is going to get poached in the next round of expansion. We will certainly lose UCF and USF and probably Houston, Memphis or Cincinnati. There is no future for us in the AAC. Let's move on before the AAC ship sinks.

The next round of expansion will be the leftovers of the Big 12 adding members.

If they are forced to take Houston or Memphis or such schools, they are going to get creamed with their new contract. They are not adding markets with those schools.

Obviously, the current B12 schools don't see any value with what's out there or they would have added a few years ago. BUT, if they are forced to add, they will add complete wipeouts in terms of interest or markets. These are schools that are not worth more than $5-6m a year to the conference.

 

[Adios]

People care about football in the northeast. You might have heard of these teams called the Patriots, Giants and maybe even a butt fumbling franchise called the Jets. Why don't we sell out 90,000 seat stadiums? Because we don't really have national powerhouse teams. Why not? Probably because the northeast isn't a hotbed for football talent compared with the south and to a lesser extent the midwest. Win and they will come.

6 out of 32 NFL franchises are in the Bos-Wash megalopolis. Now fans can see Redskins games as they live out their so cute memories at Georgetown on the same weekend. Or do the same with the Eagles and Villanova.

Is the northeast becoming a retirement home community?

 

[FroginCT]

This decision means UConn football is dead. They are saying that football will remain FBS and that nothing has been decided. But the reality is that the football team has nowhere to go. And frankly, this decision only makes sense in the absence of football. So in a little while they will announce with great regret that UConn is shutting down its football program and they understand how much pain this will cause to some people and they hope the boosters and fans will not over react and blah, blah, blah. But when they think people aren't listening they will say among themselves "We finally got rid of it."

As a famous university president once said "These things must be done delicately."

This. One can say football was dead anyway, but this is the equivalent of pulling the plug on life support.

 

[Adios]

You can dream about being peers with Michigan and Virginia in the AAC as a Cincy or Tulsa fan. Cya later

Um, the school has stated that being a peer of those schools is a goal.

Like I said, we got some not so bright fans.

 

[Stinger92860]

Back where UConn belongs, playing against Northeast teams for the most part. I am excited about the future for the UConn Basketball program for the first time in a long time!

We were a national brand.

 

[UofCT]

Um, the school has stated that being a peer of those schools is a goal.

Like I said, we got some not so bright fans.

Cool! Great goal.

 

[FroginCT]

Never, ever, happening. Maybe big 12 or ACC, but Big 10 is never happening for them.

As an Ohio State alumnus, I can tell you with 99%+ certainty that Cincy will never be allowed in the B1G. Never.

Before I am flamed, I attend 5 UConn football and basketball games every year. This is great for basketball, and the death of football.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Cool! Great goal.

I mean Houston is Temple’s absolute ceiling

 

[Chia Pet]

The report is true - basketball is heading to Big East. Chief has been holding back on publicizing this news but here it is.

About an hour too late.

For its “blaze”, “dam”, B-E you’re out at the old ball game.

 

[NatiHuskiFan]

To be published next year:

“Both UConn and Cincinnati had been under consideration for a Big Ten invite, but when UConn left for the New Big East it confirmed the concerns about its football program and made Cincinnati the easy choice.”

I don’t see the Bearcats getting an invite to the B10 ever because Ohio State would never allow for it to happen. There are more Ohio state fans in Cincinnati than bearcats fans anyways

 

[FroginCT]

I don’t see the Bearcats getting an invite to the B10 ever because Ohio State would never allow for it to happen. There are more Ohio state fans in Cincinnati than bearcats fans anyways

This. Ohio State will never ever allow it. There is bad blood between the schools that goes back to the 60's.

 

[FriarJ]

Wrong comparison. T1 games were to be on the ESPN family of net works, T3 games were to be on +.

FS1 and FS2 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.

You keep saying that but you simply are talking right out butt.

 

[Adios]

Cool! Great goal.

Yeah. It's more important than basketball.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I don’t see the Bearcats getting an invite to the B10 ever because Ohio State would never allow for it to happen. There are more Ohio state fans in Cincinnati than bearcats fans anyways

No chance in the B1G. Top of the list for Big 12. Memphis, Houston and UCF are probably the others right now. We’ve now fallen below all of them. Pretty sad.

 

[NatiHuskiFan]

I selfishly like the move back to the big east..... I hate to see the Cincy rivalry end because it became such a great game to go to with my fellow UC alum. However it also allows me to not feel awkward rooting against my alma mater every time UConn came here. It allowed me to finally see UConn basketball live and I’ll always be glad that happened after dreaming of seeing the Huskies as a kid.

It also allows me to go to more road games. I will be at every Xavier, DePaul and Butler game from here on out whereas I was only able to see the UC game each year

 

[Adios]

I mean Houston is Temple’s absolute ceiling

Ever hear of Tulane? Some school people on here mocked?

 

[Adios]

No chance in the B1G. Top of the list for Big 12. Memphis, Houston and UCF are probably the others right now. We’ve now fallen below all of them. Pretty sad.

Not necessarily. All we need/had to do is/was right the football program.

Being in the Big East would suck.

 

[NatiHuskiFan]

No chance in the B1G. Top of the list for Big 12. Memphis, Houston and UCF are probably the others right now. We’ve now fallen below all of them. Pretty sad.

Agreed I think UC fits the B12 better anyways and out of the schools you listed I think UC has been the most consistent with regard to football and basketball. If UC could keep a football coach lol.... I’m hoping Fickell sticks around

 

[FriarJ]

Gavitt Tipoff Games with B1G.

also a 10 Team vs. 10 with the Big 12 kicks off this year, obviously that will have to be adjusted on our end. We get Texas at the Dunk to start it.

 

[John]

If you really think our recruiting won’t improve you’re wrong. Enjoying the pity party though.

Recruiting will be worse. The so-called Big East is a small-time conference. Uconn waved the white flag on big-time athletics today.

 

[Com'rGordon]

Everyone join me in hating Creighton now! They are the absolute worst. Cheaters, players are punks, and rich entitled preppy fans in sweater vests.

 

[FroginCT]

Agreed I think UC fits the B12 better anyways and out of the schools you listed I think UC has been the most consistent with regard to football and basketball. If UC could keep a football coach lol.... I’m hoping Fickell sticks around

Fickell is really good. I think he sticks around unless Ryan Day falls on his face.

 

[UconnU]

Uconn working with Indy schools and other big east schools to create new G5 type FCS football conference? Uconn, Umass, BYU, Army, Nova....

Could UConn’s Big East return help create a new football conference?

The Huskies need to put their football team somewhere. What if they help invent a landing spot?

www.nj.com

 

[FriarJ]

Providence games are going to be so much fun. They are going to hate Hurley so much.

You goofball, we play URI every year

 

[UconnU]

You goofball, we play URI every year

I know but only once and it’s not in conference play... and Hurley is already hated.

 

[John]

We belong in the Big East. Hell, we WERE the Big East for a long stretch.

Big East died several years ago. This is an imposter Big East, it's all small time schools

 

[CL82]

You keep saying that but you simply are talking right out butt.

Lol, a team is what its record says it is. A network is what its ratings says it is. Hey we'll soon all be in the same sheetacular boat.

 

[WestCoastRU]

Uh...Fox owns 49% of the B1G Ten network....

51% The conference schools own 49%.

 

[FroginCT]

51% The conference schools own 49%.

Yes sorry...but the point stands that Fox is not backing away from football.