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Jesus this Courant article is a joke:

UConn To Make Presentation To Big 12 Thursday; Power 5 Future At Stake

The athletic future of the university, currently a member of the American Athletic Conference, may be at stake. The Big 12 has reportedly reached out to as many as 18 to 20 schools and is expected either add two to its roster or table expansion this season.
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They can't even be bothered to report on the fact that half of those schools are out of the running?
 
NYUConn said:
Jesus this Courant article is a joke:

UConn To Make Presentation To Big 12 Thursday; Power 5 Future At Stake

The athletic future of the university, currently a member of the American Athletic Conference, may be at stake. The Big 12 has reportedly reached out to as many as 18 to 20 schools and is expected either add two to its roster or table expansion this season.
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They can't even be bothered to report on the fact that half of those schools are out of the running?
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I'm just happy they didn't downplay our candidacy, which they like to do.
 
MattMang23 said:
I'm just happy they didn't downplay our candidacy, which they like to do.
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It's like they took a look at the Boneyard 2 weeks ago and used that info as current. :eek:
 
The athletic future of the university, currently a member of the American Athletic Conference, may be at stake.

Even though I know this is true, it is scary to see that in print. We all know the current situation is not sustainable long term, the question then becomes how long can we continue to fund a P5 program with G5 income? What is the cut off point 5 years 6, 10? It's been 4 years since UL got picked ahead of us. Don't get on this boat and expansion takes another 4-5 years to happen again and you're almost at a full decade since you missed out on what was potentially your best fit. And to think we lost out to a school whose accreditation is at risk and they were providing recruits with hookers and strippers as they were trying to build up their P5 profile. Shameless, and worrisome all at once.
 
noeynox said:
The athletic future of the university, currently a member of the American Athletic Conference, may be at stake.

Even though I know this is true, it is scary to see that in print. We all know the current situation is not sustainable long term, the question then becomes how long can we continue to fund a P5 program with G5 income? What is the cut off point 5 years 6, 10? It's been 4 years since UL got picked ahead of us. Don't get on this boat and expansion takes another 4-5 years to happen again and you're almost at a full decade since you missed out on what was potentially your best fit. And to think we lost out to a school whose accreditation is at risk and they were providing recruits with hookers and strippers as they were trying to build up their P5 profile. Shameless, and worrisome all at once.
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It's hard to tell. It's not 3 years and it's not 20 years, but it's somewhere in between.

If we miss out this time, there might not be a P5-ready UConn athletic program in ~2026 when they next hypothetical round of realignment could take place.
 
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If the AAC adds such academically prominent schools as Rice, Army, Air Force and BYU, if they need a spot, it will evolve into a conference that has a reason for being. Maybe another conference can be the dumping ground for mediocre colleges with strong football programs.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
If the AAC adds such academically prominent schools as Rice, Army, Air Force and BYU, if they need a spot, it will evolve into a conference that has a reason for being. Maybe another conference can be the dumping ground for mediocre colleges with strong football programs.
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I look forward to you explaining to The Boneyard why it's ok that we're playing Rice in hoops every February because of their strong academics.
 
NYUConn said:
I look forward to you explaining to The Boneyard why it's ok that we're playing Rice in hoops every February because of their strong academics.
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Forget just basketball in Feb, how about explaining playing them in football in October. You thought Tulsa or Tulane was bad? Just wait if Rice is on the slate....
 
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If we miss out and continue to have to play schools that were in the Sun Belt ten years ago it will piss me off tremendously. Mostly because it will allow schools like Syracuse, Boston College University and Rutgers, who have always thought they are better than us, to look at us and say "see, you were never our equal."
 
64 posts then completely off topic and into the crapper. Focus people!
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MattMang23 said:
If we miss out and continue to have to play schools that were in the Sun Belt ten years ago it will piss me off tremendously. Mostly because it will allow schools like Syracuse, Boston College University and Rutgers, who have always thought they are better than us, to look at us and say "see, you were never our equal."
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And then you can point to our trophy case and say "we know."
 
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Patrick Engel@PatrickEngel_ 2 mins ago
Houston, Air Force presenting to #Big12 today.#SMU, #UConn & others expected this wk
Big 12 hearing presentations from candidates

>>Houston presented to the Big 12 shortly after 3 pm CT with Air Force presenting around 4 pm CT<<
>>Schools like BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Rice, SMU, South Florida and Tulane expect to present at some point later in the day or week. Most schools are in a holding pattern.

One source familiar with the Big 12's schedule this week told Pony Stampede that it's a fluid situation with some schools as to whether they'll get the call to actually present. Connecticut is expected to present tomorrow.<<
 
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huskymedic said:
Patrick Engel@PatrickEngel_ 2 mins ago
Houston, Air Force presenting to #Big12 today.#SMU, #UConn & others expected this wk
Big 12 hearing presentations from candidates

>>Houston presented to the Big 12 shortly after 3 pm CT with Air Force presenting around 4 pm CT<<
>>Schools like BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Rice, SMU, South Florida and Tulane expect to present at some point later in the day or week. Most schools are in a holding pattern.

One source familiar with the Big 12's schedule this week told Pony Stampede that it's a fluid situation with some schools as to whether they'll get the call to actually present. Connecticut is expected to present tomorrow.<<
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That is a positive. Let's go you husky dogs.
 
CL82 said:
If we had a working time machine, none of us would know the name Jeff Hathaway, so I'm pretty sure we don't just yet.

Still, there's always hope.
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Lol. One of these days...
 
Oh, I like that second tweet Medic. Flights into Bradley are plentiful plus you've got Greene as an alternative. Travel from either to Storrs is reasonable and Bradley to the Rent is a piece of cake. I've long said that it is in UConn's best interest to change the discussion from air miles to time to the venue. What we lose in the air, we gain on the ground.

As I've said a lot on the board, UConn's strength may not be football per se, but we have a good athletic department as evidenced by success in a lot of different sports.

:)
 
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