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

[Waquoit]

And basketball has been doing so well. Put down the crack pipe.

Yet basketball has hope.

 

[VAHuskyFan]

"Football program wasn't getting anywhere."

Except 6 bowls including the Fiesta.

2 bad coaching hires and we just quit. The Connecticut way.

Princeton has 28 national championships in football. Even they had the good sense to realize #29 was not around the corner and dropped down to FCS.

In other words, a Fiesta Bowl appearance nearly a decade ago (when we were in the old Big East, then a power conference) isn’t super relevant to our prospects for success going forward in the AAC.

 

[navery12]

And this is why we're a small time school

We must have the same source. I heard that the ACC was going to take us until they found out our football fans are crybabies

 

[UconnU]

One thing. I am not sure how I feel. The conference is definitely on the rise. The NBE is not. Having said that, they negotiated a very mediocre deal(the conference). They SHOULD have started their own TV network. The football program will probably sink even lower if that is possible. The baseball in the conference was also on the rise. Apparently this is done. I can't wait until we play Creighton...not.

The American conference should have started a TV network!? What!? The ACC and Big 12 can barely support networks.

 

[joober jones]

But Omaha is actually pretty cool.

It's a great city. The only thing about it I dislike is Runza.

 

[B12]

It's a great city. The only thing about it I dislike is Runza.

Runza is the best thing about Nebraska aside from football and the CWS. Creighton has one hell of a baseball facility.

 

[B12]

One thing. I am not sure how I feel. The conference is definitely on the rise. The NBE is not. Having said that, they negotiated a very mediocre deal(the conference). They SHOULD have started their own TV network. The football program will probably sink even lower if that is possible. The baseball in the conference was also on the rise. Apparently this is done. I can't wait until we play Creighton...not.

AAC never shopped the TV contract. That was the biggest issue. Had they taken a risk with a new player this may not have happened.

Mountain West is next, if they screw up I think Boise leaves for the AAC.

 

[B12]

Fox is actually trying to make their move in college football. They just got their own pregame show featuring urban Meyer

Fox is getting out of college football to some degree, he is right. They just sold the RSN's, abandoned the Big 12 CCG, etc..

 

[UCDaveD]

No escalators being happy is the only bummer with today's news. That guy couldn't suck more. It's embarrassing that he represents us as a (kinda) popular UConn Twitter account.

I thought about that too. He's already an insufferable chode. That's going to intensify 10 fold now.

 

[Walker11]

I thought about that too. He's already an insufferable chode. That's going to intensify 10 fold now.

Check out his tweets to current NBE team accounts. What a loser. Imagine running a fan account where all the fans hate you.

 

[Jbirdp5]

Fox is getting out of college football to some degree, he is right. They just sold the RSN's, abandoned the Big 12 CCG, etc..

I believe they are upping to two national games every week next year. One a noon start after their pregame show

 

[Caronimo]

When do we boot DePaul from the Big East?

 

[Kmart]

And with the good news in we have Chief - 37 and Kmart-1

 

[B12]

I believe they are upping to two national games every week next year. One a noon start after their pregame show

They will likely always have some college football on Fox but they have changed gears the last 5 years and it seems they are backing off sports in general.

Hard to be in college sports when you sell the RSN's where all the games were aired. They used to be heavily involved with 20+ RSN's showing college sports, but that is all gone.

Anyone expecting Fox to pay big $ for college sports is going to be disappointed. At best they will be in for a few big games on FOX and some filler for FS1 during the season, but they won't be a primary rights holder for P-5 TV deals on the next round IMO.

 

[UCDaveD]

The American conference should have started a TV network!? What!? The ACC and Big 12 can barely support networks.

You can't make this freaking up.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

But Omaha is actually pretty cool.

Other than during the College World Series ...

 

[uconnphil2016]

Yeah the whole UConn to the Big East thing was quiet until Edsall's tweet, no idea why he did that

Because the dude is probably having a breakdown

 

[Purple Stein]

When do we boot DePaul from the Big East?

Have to get rid of the non-football schools first, but I’d start with St. John’s.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Of course Houston is, what, the third most popular team in Houston so...

3rd? Dubious at best ... line’s pretty long after UT/A&M and the likes of LSU, Tech, OU, OSU ...

 

[UC1995]

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.”

The biggest lie anyone ever told you was that cincy and UConn were up close getting somewhere in realignment. B1G hates that they expanded to New Jersey, Maryland and Nebraska. They have no passion for hem just like we found no happinesss with what we were left with.

B1G was never going to call us and if AAC didn’t work for us due to distance good luck trying to sell us to Big 12.

 

[whaler11]

Yes, UConn should make decisions because of Base Ball.

Perhaps we should do a deep dive on the needs of the track and golf teams.

 

[Adios]

Princeton has 28 national championships in football. Even they had the good sense to realize #29 was not around the corner and dropped down to FCS.

In other words, a Fiesta Bowl appearance nearly a decade ago (when we were in the old Big East, then a power conference) isn’t super relevant to our prospects for success going forward in the AAC.

But Princeton is still in the Ivy League....

 

[uconnphil2016]

Welcome back UConn!!!

I have vivid memories of watching our teams go against the likes of Chris Smith, Ray Allen, Marcus Williams, Rudy Gay. In my lifetime, I consider you our biggest rival.

When the big east was actually the big east, we didn’t even care about you. This new big east is garbage and I don’t care about Villanova at all. Cared about cuse, pitt, wvu. It’s sad that we’ve become so small time.
Look forward to kicking your arses again.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Because Gampel is always filled to capacity.

Senior night this past year was hilarious. Couldn’t pay students to fill up their section

 

[Adios]

The biggest lie anyone ever told you was that cincy and UConn were up close getting somewhere in realignment. B1G hates that they expanded to New Jersey, Maryland and Nebraska. They have no passion for hem just like we found no happinesss with what we were left with.

B1G was never going to call us and if AAC didn’t work for us due to distance good luck trying to sell us to Big 12.

Was told by a buddy of Delany we had a chance. Must have been lying.