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

[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.

 

[Nebraskan18]

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

 

[UconnU]

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]

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.

 

[UconnU]

It will be double round robin we will both play everyone in conference home and away once a year.

 

[JMick]

It will be double round robin we will both play everyone in conference home and away once a year.

I think he means he thinks it's going to blossom into a rivalry

 

[Adios]

51% The conference schools own 49%.

Fox better get us more Big Ten games scheduled. Soon.

This is almost like Wichita State going back to the MVC.

 

[Dove]

Better refs, too!!

 

[deedougie]

The reporter (Terry Lyons) who broke the story is taking a victory lap:

 

[youseethat]

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

Fellow UC alum, going to miss seeing UConn playing @ UC, but couldn’t be happier for the move. Both as a Cincy resident & UConn fan, there is nothing attractive about the AAC (long term). Everyone keeps talking about the “next move”, and we found ours before the mass exodus.

Let Hurley do Hurley and enjoy the success!

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

I'm so excited. I've grown up in the American and I've never gotten to see UConn play in the Big East. Closest I've gotten to seeing that is watching Kemba's game winner against Pitt on youtube 10 times every month. Chills. Let's go!

 

[BGesus4]

Just thankful that we're a year away from never having to see that American logo on a UConn uniform again

 

[gampelcrazies]

I'm so excited. I've grown up in the American and I've never gotten to see UConn play in the Big East. Closest I've gotten to seeing that is watching Kemba's game winner against Pitt on youtube 10 times every month. Chills. Let's go!

Wow. I feel for you. Enjoy the rise. Nothing better

 

[John]

Just thankful that we're a year away from never having to see that American logo on a UConn uniform again

The American that we were so dominant in

 

[UconnU]

Big day for that one Uconn twitter account that operated as an anti-AAC agitator for the past 7 years. No escalators I think the account name is.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

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

Rumor is Army is going to AAC as a football only.
Plus another BB only school.
The queue will be a mile long including BE schools.
I think you mean FSB , FCS is the old Div 1A ,
This is a dumb move , but not unexpected.
Re- Higher Randy was a big clue.

 

[Adios]

I'm so excited. I've grown up in the American and I've never gotten to see UConn play in the Big East. Closest I've gotten to seeing that is watching Kemba's game winner against Pitt on youtube 10 times every month. Chills. Let's go!

It's not the same Big East. No powerful schools such as Syracuse, Boston College, Miami, Virginia Tech, Pitt, WVU, and Notre Dame. At least.

If Army takes our spot in the AAC, that would not be a good look for us, except the chance to show that a successful, ahem, northeast program can be possible.

 

[zmart]

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.

Uh. Houston is the 4th largest city in the US.