why are they gone now but weren't before? going 0-12 independent or AAC won't get us into a power conference. going 12-0 as an independent or in the AAC would vastly increase our chances. I don't see what has changed as far as power conference admissions go
Only in a meritocracy.
So a hypothetical ACC invite comes and you think we decline? Ooooookayyyy…
Why?
Because I don’t think AD or BoT has any interest in lobbying for an invite. I say this based on Benedict’s own words and the fact that in a horrible economic climate UCONN elected to pay a 17 million dollar buyout to join NBE
Have you ever looked into who UConn considers peer institutions? It's not difficult to deduce reality.
Why don’t you ask me - no that’s not what I think - I think we have a short sighted AD who made a terrible decision that will preclude us from actively lobbying for an invite.
You don't make any sense.
Might be best not to have a discussion with me then. I think we both want the best for UCONN athletics and we can leave it at that.
Just pretend we are pre Big 12 BYU. With a bad run in football at the moment.
Yeah, that makes no sense.
Houston was from the hot humid south, and the the game at the Rent was in freezing rain and sleet. And Houton took UConn lightly. Wyoming I suspect is not going to feel out of place in the sun. 75 F, and humidity in the 50's. Even it they take UConn lightly, by the half they will have covered the spread. What happens when Wyoming puts in their 2's and 3's is anyone's guess, but personally I won't be excited if UConn scores 21 points. Not having Wyoming covering the spread by the end of the half would be cause for minor satisfaction.
I was at that game. It was not freezing rain and sleet, it was a nice balmy fall evening. Sherrifs got his head wacked and Tim Boyle took over. The trick play to our QB turned TE for a TD was awesome. We stormed the field. When's the last time that happened?
Agree to disagree and I hope I am wrong
I stand corrected. I was thinking of the UCF game in the afternoon. Thats not gonna happen this Saturday though.
Once gentrified, always gentrified. Forever. Unless, of course your name is Bartholomew which you shorten to Barth for everyday usage. In that case, beauty is in the beholder and Ellington never lost its charm.
I named my son Chin.
Wow. Apparently Grammar is the lady who married your Grampa.
Second round of white flight happened.
The cost to get out of the BE is intentionally financially prohibitive because the conference knows we’d move in a second. They also blocked football from moving to a P5 because they were afraid the rest would soon follow. So, we paid $17M to get out of a conference that paid $6M and paid $3.5 Million to get in a conference that pays $4 Million, plus lost the right to move football to a P5 and if we leave the Big East the exit fee is $30 Million. So we invested $20 Million to burnish a sports asset that has limited revenue (BB) potential and cut ourselves off from rebuilding the asset that the market pays value for (FB). I don’t know who in their right mind would cut such a deal. Your local independent business owner would knows better. The smart play would have been enter a P5 for a $7M revenue share for 10 years. That’s how bad a deal it was.
Do you believe in this latest round of realignment uconn would have been invited to Big XII based on previous performance? If your answer is no, the next question is, would you rather be in the Big East with a decent independent schedule for football, or would you still like to be in the AAC where the most attractive teams left are Memphis, Temple, and Navy?
Thank you for this - I was trying to say the same thing but I think you definitely did it more coherently, lol. Still depresses me when I read it though.
Sounds like a post game presser by Randy Edsall after a loss.
