Teams finalizing their 2014 schedules, UConn still has no OOC opponents

[Brochacho]

Manuel is incompetent. But if we get into the B1G under his watch he can be AD for life for all I care.

 

[mattp]

To be fair, it's a little early to declare him incompetent. For all we know he was told by the B1G to wait until Maryland negotiates their exit fee and then they'll add us with Virginia. I know it's a little far fetched, but there's still a lot going on so I think it's too early to judge. That being said I'm not optimistic. Between our lack of schedule, our conference affiliation, and considering all of the crap that's up in the air, I wish he'd just sign KO to a long term deal already. I didn't even bring up our football coaching situation.

 

[pepband99]

The lack of OOC games is a big clue to something... It's either:

1) Our conference membership hat is tipped by releasing it (and in a good way)
2) WM is a dope
3) We're completely screwed, and about to release a schedule of 4 MAC OOC.

none of the above is mutually exclusive, though.

 

[ZooCougar]

Manuel is incompetent. But if we get into the B1G under his watch he can be AD for life for all I care.

That won't happen.

 

[SubbaBub]

Warde - dial up the boys @ Northwestern - they have openings in 2013 + 2014:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...of-nu-football-series-20121018,0,352607.story

..."Vanderbilt has sent a letter to Northwestern canceling its 2013 and 2014 football games, a Big Ten source told the Tribune on Thursday.

Vanderbilt officials made the decision without so much as a phone call to NU officials, according to the source. The timing of the move is apparently related to the Thursday afternoon release of the 2013 SEC schedule, which will feature changes to cross-division rivalries.

But with the SEC set to keep an eight-game conference slate, Vanderbilt officials will have some explaining to do regarding their decision to cancel the NU series. The buyout was “not prohibitive,” according to the source.

The Wildcats beat the Commodores on the road in 2010 and in September, and NU’s best talent is in its freshmen and sophomore classes.

The 2013 game was scheduled for Sept. 14 in Nashville. The 2014 game would have been in Evanston on Sept. 13. Northwestern now has to scramble to find new opponents."...

WM should get this H/H done today. NW is a perfect winnable game for us. Add three more BCS Teams and buy out the MAC games as necessary. We just lost our entire slate of interesting conference games.

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[uconNYC]

I've said this before - we really need to start developing rivalries/relations with B1G schools. First thing I would do is try to get a longterm series going with RU. As an add on maybe play a mens and womens double header at MSG or Barclays (or just home and home - whatever they prefer).

From reading the RU forums, they seem to want a local OOC game annually too - be it UConn, Temple or Army. I think we are the most attractive of that lot.

 

[Rumrunner]

Memphis just announced a home and home with UCLA 2014/2017. That agreement fills Memphis' four OOC games, which includes games against Ole Miss and UCLA. UCLA goes to Memphis in 2017.