I didn’t hear it but yeah. Mora has been out recruiting. He KNOWS what matters. For those of you who love independence and playing 6 P5 teams a year, listen to the guy who is trying to deliver.
Ok sure. But if the money people spoke up during the whole b12 thing maybe we wouldn't be independent next year.
Exactly. Play in a conference…almost any conference although prefer a major one, and win and people notice. Sorry. They just do. You want to talk James Madison? Look who they played? 1 ACC game against a really bad Virginia team they beat by a point. But they are at or near the Top 25. Look at Tulane. TULANE. Remember when you guys all whined about being in a league with Tulane? Lost to Mississippi but are 5-1 with Memphis maybe as their next biggest win. But they are 5-1 and ranked. That is how it works. You win and people care. You get noticed.
Any team that can see that he recruited well at a school with zero support, no conference, and little to no NIL support. If I'm a G5 school and I see what he did with this left for dead program last year, and the level of recruits he has been able to bring in this year, I'm hiring him. Name value also carries weight as well as NFL experience. 1-5 is one season. There are plenty of things he can point to for why things were going down hill. He seemed to lay a lot of it out in his truthful rant.
I don’t know that $1 billion in a NIL fund would have changed the Big12 decision. It appears clear they used us as a stalking horse to get the 4 corner schools.
As many folks that were downplaying G5 affiliation (for football only) on this board, amongst others... I'm sure those conferences payed attention to what we was being written here at some point... and probably prompted those conferences to sour a bit on us... I remember most posters hated that we were in the AAC... And all those schools promptly whooped our tails pretty much throughout our entire time in that conference...
He had no business telling recruits we were going to the ACC or Big 12.
This is also what I've been writing for a while since he called us horseshit. He may not be a quitter, but he doesn't like being a loser either. Right now the team losing conference opportunities, losing winnable games (last week not withstanding), losing public court of perception, and losing the NIL race for football. That's a whole lot to have him overcome.
How do you know this?
That is my opinion. He should not have been telling recruits that we were going to a conference until the invite was signed and formally announced. Otherwise, he was promising them something he couldn't deliver.
Pardon me, correction: UVA beat W & M at home 27-13 last Saturday, First win of the year. At least we beat a true D-1 team on the road.
Disagree on the filter part. He wanted some people to hear that the world has changed and if UConn does not change with it, there is no hope.
I think the mac would take us..we would be the biggest name in the mac..teaming us with umass and the mac would be firmer implanted in the northeast.. with a big rivalry game .. uconn and umass… and if we both got good which I think we would that would mean more money for the mac
This is all true but the Big 12 was the only basket available. We had no back up plan because the only back up plan available was status quo. The Big 10 surely did screw it all up though.
The MAC would be a decent affiliation but the MAC doesn't want UConn for football only. The only shot might be C-USA but UConn doesn't want it. As others have mentioned, some sort of new Eastern G5 football conference made up of current indies and the better programs from other G5. But that is not a possibility either I don't think because of all those pesky conference regs.
The MAC is the least inspiring option. Dare to dream!!
And that is why college sports are in real trouble. Jim is correct. NIL is a very real behemoth that will step on and crush the have not. All of them.
Hang in there. The ACC will need to add in the future, but I feel it will not be the equal of the BIG and the SEC.
Are you contending UConn doesn't have NIL?
ACC is NEVER adding us....idk how people still hold out hope for that.
Let me amplify this point. It seems entirely possible that UConn overplays their hand when presented with potential opportunities. What Mora seems to be saying, if that is true, is that UConn must accept a less attractive initial period deal if they want to join a P4 so that the long term is assured. What I wonder is does this add granularity and color to the recent past experiences?
Mora sounds extremely frustrated. Not sure if makes much sense for him to stay. If we join the MAC I don’t think there is a huge payout for us. If you’re not in a P 5 you’re screwed. We are not getting into Big 10, we’re not getting into SEC, we’re not getting into Big 12, and ACC has made it clear that we’re not getting in no matter who they lose. So basically where does that leave us ?? I don’t think the big East basketball tv contract even pays Danny Hurley contract! Have no clue how the school should approach it .