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UConn ACC Expansion Column

uconnbill said:
Shouldn't you be burning couches or something?

Why do you care? WVU is in the Big 12 and with any good luck "for a change" UConn will finally get the call to a P5 and the ACC.
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WVU is heading for the AAC once the Big 12 implodes. Lol
 
jgeorge322 said:
UConn adds zero to any conference for football purposes. Big plus w mens basketball but acc doesnt need it. Thats the problem you face.
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Today maybe, but we've been decent before. Ask ND or SC.
 
nychuskyfan said:
Coming from the guy who has now posted 19 times in this thread, each time taking a shot at UConn. What is your malfunction to post 19 times on another team's message board about conference realignment of all things?
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I find acc discussions interesting and discussing the merits. I like this board.
 
UConn990411 said:
One of my favorite things about the BY is how often fans of inferior athletic departments come here to tell us what UConn needs to do to get into a P5.
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You mean those athletic depts raking in 40-50m a year compared to the american $. How inferior. Uconn is on the clock right now. That monetary discrepancy may have a lasting impact.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
WVU is heading for the AAC once the Big 12 implodes. Lol
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You are correct. They were in the right place and the right time when the Big 12 was looking to expand and facing it's own demise. If the Big 12 had taken Louisville at the time. UConn would be in the ACC now and WVU would be in the AAC. History can repeat and the Big 12 will once again be poached, and this time WVU will be rejoining UConn in a new P5 AAC.
 
jgeorge322 said:
You mean those athletic depts raking in 40-50m a year compared to the american $. How inferior. UConn is on the clock right now. That monetary discrepancy may have a lasting impact.
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I'm talking about performance, simpleton. UConn blows your school outta the water in terms of actual accomplishments.
 
jgeorge322 said:
You mean those athletic depts raking in 40-50m a year compared to the american $. How inferior. UConn is on the clock right now. That monetary discrepancy may have a lasting impact.
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You keep implying that you can't get into a P5 without a successful football program. Then explain Rutgers to the Big 10. I would argue it's more about market size these days. Jim Delany said it was market size when he went after Rutgers and MD. WVU is in a P5. Be happy. But if your comparing the chances of the ACC asking UConn to join or WVU I'll take the Huskies chances all day long. The article was about the ACC but the Huskies are alao strong candidate for the Big Ten when they expand. So you can take your 19 Coed rifle titles, your 293 market size, your 183rd academic rank and shuffle back to Morgantown.
 
jgeorge322 said:
You mean those athletic depts raking in 40-50m a year compared to the american $. How inferior. UConn is on the clock right now. That monetary discrepancy may have a lasting impact.
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UConn is on the clock, sure, but the Athletic Department has shown no signs of cutting back expenses.

If anything, in moves that surprise even a lot of Husky fans, the AD seems to be doubling down.

I don't think it means anything as far as foreshadowing to a league change, but they are certainly continuing to dump money into the programs.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
History? Not enough, I'd agree. Infrastructure? We have better facilities for football than most P5 programs. As with most college sports, it's mostly about coaching. I think you'll see UConn rebound to go to a bowl this year, and improve from there. What UConn adds for football is a captive market. Most other programs outside the P5 are second or third tier programs in their own market. Memphis, Houston, UCF, USF, Colo State, BYU. None of them are the most popular team in their home market or ever will be.
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Captive market - good point that's not made enough. Granted we have much smaller programs in the State that are fun to watch, but nothing to the level of UConn. Even WVU has Marshall to worry about which is on a (somewhat lower) similar level. We don't have that at all here.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
UConn is on the clock, sure, but the Athletic Department has shown no signs of cutting back expenses.

If anything, in moves that surprise even a lot of Husky fans, the AD seems to be doubling down.

I don't think it means anything as far as foreshadowing to a league change, but they are certainly continuing to dump money into the programs.
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Thats a good sign and you want to be in position if things change but everything seems stagnant now. What if it takes another 10 years?
 
uconnfan68 said:
So we should be embarrassed by losing to OU? At least we got to the game.
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The fan showing, the result, and what your coach did. Also being labeled the least deserving bcs team ever. But the big east was essentially a mid major football conference at that point.
 
jgeorge322 said:
The fan showing, the result, and what your coach did. Also being labeled the least deserving bcs team ever. But the big east was essentially a mid major football conference at that point.
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The attendance issue is a myth. That game drew 67k fans. Compare to the 2009 game between Texas and Ohio State which drew 72k fans.

Coincidentally, nobody mentions the 2011 Orange Bowl from the same season. The results?

Stanford 40 - Virginia Tech 12. Attendance 65k

There's no deserving about it. It's not an at large bid or a selection committee. We won the league. We went to the game.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
The attendance issue is a myth. That game drew 67k fans. Compare to the 2009 game between Texas and Ohio State which drew 72k fans.

Coincidentally, nobody mentions the 2011 Orange Bowl from the same season. The results?

Stanford 40 - Virginia Tech 12. Attendance 65k

There's no deserving about it. It's not an at large bid or a selection committee. We won the league. We went to the game.
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Good pt on attendance. I didnt know that. Maybe that is fake news. Was the issue uconn's ticket sales though?
 
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jgeorge322 said:
Is it a dirty secret?
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WVU in those years when they should have held up the Big East's honor but got smoked. Some standard bearer. Then you let Rich Rod go, or more to say he fled out of there like the house was a-fire. And your embarrassing fans that threw batteries and bags of poop at opposing teams and fans, way to represent the Big East guy.
 
jgeorge322 said:
Good pt on attendance. I didnt know that. Maybe that is fake news. Was the issue UConn's ticket sales though?
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UConn fans "only" bought 3,000 tickets directly from the school, which is the story the national sports news ran with. The issue was that UConn had to eat the cost of the 15,000 unsold tickets, where as Oklahoma only sold around 8,000 tickets directly through the school but the B12 conference ate the difference.

The tickets directly through the school were outrageously expensive. However, many fans like me and my crew, who had shelled out $400 for a flight + hotel, bought our seats on Stub Hub for a fraction of the cost.

The ticket issue always bothers me, because if UConn only sold 3,000 and Oklahoma only sold 8,000 did they think 55,000 random fans from Arizona were interested in UConn football and it pushed the attendance to 67k?

Others on here have posted pictures of the game, but I don't think it's a stretch to say we had at least 20-25k in the house.
 
John said:
WVU in those years when they should have held up the Big East's honor but got smoked. Some standard bearer. Then you let Rich Rod go, or more to say he fled out of there like the house was a-fire. And your embarrassing fans that threw batteries and bags of poop at opposing teams and fans, way to represent the Big East guy.
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Isn't @jgeorge322 a Syracuse fan?
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
UConn fans "only" bought 3,000 tickets directly from the school, which is the story the national sports news ran with. The issue was that UConn had to eat the cost of the 15,000 unsold tickets, where as Oklahoma only sold around 8,000 tickets directly through the school but the B12 conference ate the difference.

The tickets directly through the school were outrageously expensive. However, many fans like me and my crew, who had shelled out $400 for a flight + hotel, bought our seats on Stub Hub for a fraction of the cost.

The ticket issue always bothers me, because if UConn only sold 3,000 and Oklahoma only sold 8,000 did they think 55,000 random fans from Arizona were interested in UConn football and it pushed the attendance to 67k?

Others on here have posted pictures of the game, but I don't think it's a stretch to say we had at least 20-25k in the house.
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That is a BS story then. Id trust someone in the house.
 
John said:
WVU in those years when they should have held up the Big East's honor but got smoked. Some standard bearer. Then you let Rich Rod go, or more to say he fled out of there like the house was a-fire. And your embarrassing fans that threw batteries and bags of poop at opposing teams and fans, way to represent the Big East guy.
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Ok so you cant.
 
David 76 said:
Why are people engaging this a$$troll? Syracuse is a joke for cheating and sexual abuse. He is clueless about conference realignment and is only here to incite.
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Please i throw plenty of compliments uconns way. I am actually a uconn fan. I just ground you guys in reality when it comes to your football program and conference.
 
... and he's not even a particularly good troll. Boring but not worth the couple of clicks needed to ignore.
 
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