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UConn adds H/H with Ole Miss (2027/2028), Liberty (2022/2025) & Home Game versus Sacred Heart (2023)

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LoyalFanCT said:
may be worth reading for all the skeptics

www.sbnation.com

Why UConn should probably drop to FCS

The Huskies’ situation in the AAC is as bad financially as it is on the field. Dropping a level could help fix both.
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LoyalFanCT.. what exactly are you a loyal fan of here in CT? It’s definitely not UConn Football. You have not posted one positive thing about our program. You must be a BC or Syracuse grad
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Here is a question: When did the FCS team Yale ever play SHU in football?

FYI: SHU is now ranked 107th in FCS
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Here's another question. Why do you respond to questions with questions?
 
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LoyalFanCT said:
Here is a question: When did the FCS team Yale ever play SHU in football?

FYI: SHU is now ranked 107th in FCS
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I have a question. How many stupid, uninformed and irrelevant comments do you intend to make about UConn football?
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Here is a question: When did the FCS team Yale ever play SHU in football?

FYI: SHU is now ranked 107th in FCS
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How is VS ranking schools that are not playing football games?
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Are we sure we want to play SHU in football? It's a wonderful school but it is ranked low in the Northeast Conference. The optics suggest UConn is moving toward an FCS membership. Especially with Central CT, Yale, etc. Can't this schedule be FBS teams for the next few years?
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Your Bogan mind tricks do not work here.
 
CCSUblue said:
Guys, I see Alabama is playing Mercer next season. They're a bottom of the barrel team in the SoCon. Optics tell us they are preparing to move to FCS level football.
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Wow...If Bama goes FCS they will dominate that division. Probably in the playoffs every year!
 
We are sort of doing what Vatech did for a while. Every year they played an FCS team from among the Virginia FCS Schools...so they played William &Mary, one year, James Madison another, Old Dominion which was FCS at the time, Richmond, I think they hostedVMI another time...basically they helped out the local schools financially, plus got them a game on the big local stage for in-state recruiting, plus developed their own fan base among in state fans of those other schools. Good all around until they inexplicably lost one!
 
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AD Dave is chiseling his visage on the UCONN Mt. Rushmore along with JC, Geno, Nancy Stevens, Joe Marrone, Ray Reid, and Kevin Ollie.
 
Where were all of you when UConn went from being in the top 20 in the US to being in the bottom 20? Fans are not supposed to be blinded in their loyalty as the team falls apart. If enough of us made our voices heard, PP and Diaco would never have been hired. And Randy Edsall, aware of the fans' frustration, would have told Benedict it would take him too long to get UConn to a winning season. Hire someone else who has the fire to win. His son could have gone to work at a different college team.
 
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-> The 2022 game against Liberty will be a home contest for UConn on Nov. 12, while the 2025 game will be at Liberty on Nov. 15. UConn will pay Liberty $275,000 for the 2022 game, and Liberty will pay UConn $250,000 for the 2025 game.

The home game against Sacred Heart does not have a date yet and will be determined by UConn “no later” than Jan. 1, 2022. UConn will pay Sacred Heart $275,000 to play. Per the contract, UConn can pick from five dates: Sept. 16, Oct. 7, Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and Nov. 18. <-
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Here is a question: When did the FCS team Yale ever play SHU in football?

FYI: SHU is now ranked 107th in FCS
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Just spitballing here but maybe because A. They only play 10 games and so only have 3 openings. B. They have a commitment to play a Patriot League team. It is usually Holy Cross who Yale has played fairly regularly since at least the 1930s, C. They try to play 1 game someplace that is attractive to Yale alums outside the northeast. This year they play at Mercer which is 90 minutes from Atlanta. Lots of old Blues inGeorgia. In 1919 they played at Richmond. Another area where Alumni can see the team. But hey, I guess they have lots of grads in Fairfield, too.
Oh and just FYI Yale has scheduled Central Connecticut, another team they never played, for 2023 I think, so maybe SHU shows up in the future too.
Side note #2. Wouldn’t it be cool if Yale beats Mercer, Mercer beats Alabama and we beat Yale? We could claim the National Championship under the Transitive Property of football rule.
 
Great to see this but what are the odds Ol' Miss ends up like Tennessee?
 
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Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
NFC, but unclear why it matters. How, and why, does it matter whether Yale and Sacred Heart ever played a football game?
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For the same reasons people on Boneyard think it is so great UConn is playing SHU. It's a nearby college, both are FCS, Yale has been playing football for over a century. If it is so great that UConn is playing SHU why hasn't Yale played them. They do have some flexibility in their schedule. UConn really should be playing the top-ranked FCS schools such as James Madison or Southern Ill. if they play any FCS at all.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
For the same reasons people on Boneyard think it is so great UConn is playing SHU. It's a nearby college, both are FCS, Yale has been playing football for over a century. If it is so great that UConn is playing SHU why hasn't Yale played them. They do have some flexibility in their schedule. UConn really should be playing the top-ranked FCS schools such as James Madison or Southern Ill. if they play any FCS at all.
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Do you even read other people's comments? No one in this thread has called out Sacred Heart as a great game. It's an acceptable game.

The excitement is for Ole Miss. An SEC team signing a contract for an H/H. That's great.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
For the same reasons people on Boneyard think it is so great UConn is playing SHU. It's a nearby college, both are FCS, Yale has been playing football for over a century. If it is so great that UConn is playing SHU why hasn't Yale played them. They do have some flexibility in their schedule. UConn really should be playing the top-ranked FCS schools such as James Madison or Southern Ill. if they play any FCS at all.
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@LoyalFanCT For you specifically, "How and why does it matter whether Yale and Sacred Heart ever played a football game?" Unless you speak for other people who may or may not post on the Boneyard, their views are not relevant to directly addressing and specifically answering the question.

Setting aside reluctance to provid a direct answer, it's unclear why UConn would schedule an average midwest FCS team (Southern Illinois). From a UConn recruiting target area, James Madison makes some sense. On the other hand, what's the likelihood many Salukis' or Dukes' students, alumni, or fans as opposed to Yale, Central, or even Sacred supporters live within an hour or so of the Rent? For ticket sales for significant #s of the respective schools' supporters: 1-2 hour drive versus several flight from IL or several hour drive from VA.

Anticipated initial independent scheduling challenges resulted in UConn filling the 2021 schedule with nearby Yale and Holy Cross. However, UConn, media, and FBSchedules.com reports each suggest UConn's intent to only schedule 1 FCS opponent in subsequent seasons. After getting away from the AAC, somehow hosting CT and other northeast schools located within a couple hours makes sense for potential ticket sales and other reasons. That's not a view of a massive supporter of the CT schools, I'm not, yet prospective revenues and familiarity may matter. Salukis, Dukes, not so much.
 
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been to Oxford, twice (son is a student there) , great college atmosphere, nice campus and the Grove is really cool ... must go for Husky fans... not sure baby Kif will still be in town .
 
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