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

[DarthGrumpy]

Never been to Mississippi. Sounds like a road trip for me.

Oxford is not far from Memphis either for a weekend trip...

 

[UConnRock]

Oxford is not far from Memphis either for a weekend trip...

Tunica casino nearby. Memphis is fun. Great trip. UConn’s P5 schedule is a step up from AAC. Time to accept that is was a smart move

 

[Austin316]

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This is a beautiful meme and we should swallow our pride and laugh. I this this is hysterical.

Also not sure about loyal fan, but I assure you I am 10000% Austin316....

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I am happy so many people are giddy about playing Ole Miss. But just check the football rankings. Several of our former AAC teams are ranked higher or about equal to No. 51 Ole Miss. If we had stayed in the AAC, maybe the FB team could have worked toward competing with the likes of No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 29 UCF, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 37 Memphis, No. 39 SMU, or No. 53 Tulane. Maybe we need a coach who is not a professional excuse machine.

I am very excited for the future of the men's BB team but could the team have made it to the NCAA tournament without getting into the New Big East and instead stayed in the AAC? For now, we need to keep our eyes on the prize of getting into the Power 5.

 

[Adios]

I am happy so many people are giddy about playing Ole Miss. But just check the football rankings. Several of our former AAC teams are ranked higher or about equal to No. 51 Ole Miss. If we had stayed in the AAC, maybe the FB team could have worked toward competing with the likes of No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 29 UCF, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 37 Memphis, No. 39 SMU, or No. 53 Tulane. Maybe we need a coach who is not a professional excuse machine.

I am very excited for the future of the men's BB team but could the team have made it to the NCAA tournament without getting into the New Big East and instead stayed in the AAC? For now, we need to keep our eyes on the prize of getting into the Power 5.

The optics of UConn's schedule as an independent are still superior to being a member of C-USA on roids. It only hurts us in maybe baseball.

 

[Austin316]

I am happy so many people are giddy about playing Ole Miss. But just check the football rankings. Several of our former AAC teams are ranked higher or about equal to No. 51 Ole Miss. If we had stayed in the AAC, maybe the FB team could have worked toward competing with the likes of No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 29 UCF, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 37 Memphis, No. 39 SMU, or No. 53 Tulane. Maybe we need a coach who is not a professional excuse machine.

I am very excited for the future of the men's BB team but could the team have made it to the NCAA tournament without getting into the New Big East and instead stayed in the AAC? For now, we need to keep our eyes on the prize of getting into the Power 5.

“If we had stayed in the AAC...” but we didn’t. We are getting an SEC team to visit us at home. It’s going to attract fans more than a Tulsa, Tulane, SMU, Memphis, or even UCF. Is that conference good at football, yeah they aren’t bad, your right. But we aren’t in the AAC anymore, move on and be proud and happy for the fact that we can still land games independently with big name programs like Ole Miss, like Clemson, like Ohio State... you need games like this on the schedule down the road to help with recruiting, excite the fan base, and play on national TV. In the AAC doesn’t have that which is why we left (among other reasons). we lost name recognition. We’re getting it back in bball. Football has an opportunity to build their own in a unique way. Let it play out instead of dwell on “whatabouts.”

 

[Duncan Idaho]

I am happy so many people are giddy about playing Ole Miss. But just check the football rankings. Several of our former AAC teams are ranked higher or about equal to No. 51 Ole Miss. If we had stayed in the AAC, maybe the FB team could have worked toward competing with the likes of No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 29 UCF, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 37 Memphis, No. 39 SMU, or No. 53 Tulane. Maybe we need a coach who is not a professional excuse machine.

I am very excited for the future of the men's BB team but could the team have made it to the NCAA tournament without getting into the New Big East and instead stayed in the AAC? For now, we need to keep our eyes on the prize of getting into the Power 5.

Nobody east of the Mississippi River cares about a #35 Tulsa. Navy being in the west killed any hope of a regional rivalry. We saw them more outside of conference affiliation.
I do feel bad that we are missing out on the ECU games. Just have to power through playing UNC or NCSU instead.

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[BugsyCT]

Whether you're scheduling Sacred Heart, Yale, CCSU, James Madison, North Dakota State, Villanova, etc., the perception is you're still playing an FCS school that you don't want to lose to. Optics.

For us, scheduling local FCS schools works - they fill the schedule, get local fan interest, and are inexpensive. And it's still just one game/season like before.

 

[huskymedic]

I am happy so many people are giddy about playing Ole Miss. But just check the football rankings. Several of our former AAC teams are ranked higher or about equal to No. 51 Ole Miss. If we had stayed in the AAC, maybe the FB team could have worked toward competing with the likes of No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 29 UCF, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 37 Memphis, No. 39 SMU, or No. 53 Tulane.

So now we’re sad about the current ranking of a team we scheduled for 6 years down the road?

 

[hardcorehusky]

I am happy so many people are giddy about playing Ole Miss. But just check the football rankings. Several of our former AAC teams are ranked higher or about equal to No. 51 Ole Miss. If we had stayed in the AAC, maybe the FB team could have worked toward competing with the likes of No. 8 Cincinnati, No. 29 UCF, No. 35 Tulsa, No. 37 Memphis, No. 39 SMU, or No. 53 Tulane. Maybe we need a coach who is not a professional excuse machine.

I am very excited for the future of the men's BB team but could the team have made it to the NCAA tournament without getting into the New Big East and instead stayed in the AAC? For now, we need to keep our eyes on the prize of getting into the Power 5.

Loyal Village Idiot. Do you remember what the AAC contract paid as a net after expenses? UConn makes more money with the Big East and the schedule in football easily. Want to know how to make more money? Get fans back into the Rent! No one wanted to see Tulsa, ECU or SMU. Sacred Heart will bring more fans than those schools. Yale too! Even Holy Cross. Fans want to see an SECOND school, an ACC or Big Ten school. And forget getting into a P5. That ship sailed a long time ago.

 

[Adios]

Ole Miss fans are disgusted with this series. And so is only one of our fans. Well, claims to be.

We're the first New England public university with an FBS level program. Apart from Army, there's only us, UMass and UBuffalo as public schools with FBS programs in all of New England and New York. BC and Syracuse are obviously private schools. Get used to things changing. Ole Miss fans consider us "G6 with such snobbiness.

 

[Adios]

And forget getting into a P5. That ship sailed a long time ago.

I need to stop wasting my time, but I'll help you out. The tea leaves say we're destined to be picked up by the snobby P5.

 

[hardcorehusky]

I need to stop wasting my time, but I'll help you out. The tea leaves say we're destined to be picked up by the snobby P5.

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To start, UConn almost got into the ACC over Pitt AND UL....

We had some sports facilities that were way behind at that time. Something that doesn't get mentioned much.

 

[hardcorehusky]

To start, UConn almost got into the ACC over Pitt AND UL....

We had some sports facilities that were way behind at that time. Something that doesn't get mentioned much.

1) While the facilities were an issue, the biggest issue was that FSU, Miami and Clemson didn't want UConn in as that would have solidified the basketball(see Tobacco Road) dominance in the conference. Louisville had a better football culture(not team).
(2) That was years ago and since then, there hasn't been an addition to the P5.
(3) The dynamics and criteria have totally changed since then. If UConn thought they was the possibility of a P5 invite, they would not have moved to the Big East or agreed to such rough exit stipulations.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

1) While the facilities were an issue, the biggest issue was that FSU, Miami and Clemson didn't want UConn in as that would have solidified the basketball(see Tobacco Road) dominance in the conference. Louisville had a better football culture(not team).
(2) That was years ago and since then, there hasn't been an addition to the P5.
(3) The dynamics and criteria have totally changed since then. If UConn thought they was the possibility of a P5 invite, they would not have moved to the Big East or agreed to such rough exit stipulations.

Approaches to ACC membership for UConn: The ACC TV channel is struggling, they may need another metro market added to make it work (such as Hartford-New Haven and Fairfield County-NYC). Also, if Notre Dame joins as full regular member, another member is possible. UConn does have a chance at ACC membership and is less likely for B10 or B12. It would certainly help if UConn football gets ranked in top 25, which is possible if a new coach with a commitment to excellence takes over the team. Men's BB is much better now, too. Our new president was a dean at Duke and provost at UVA, so he has ties to the ACC members.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Approaches to ACC membership for UConn: The ACC TV channel is struggling, they may need another metro market added to make it work (such as Hartford-New Haven and Fairfield County-NYC). Also, if Notre Dame joins as full regular member, another member is possible. UConn does have a chance at ACC membership and is less likely for B10 or B12. It would certainly help if UConn football gets ranked in top 25, which is possible if a new coach with a commitment to excellence takes over the team. Men's BB is much better now, too. Our new president was a dean at Duke and provost at UVA, so he has ties to the ACC members.

Susan Herbst had ACC ties and look where that got us. Notre Dame doesn't want full membership because their alumni would go ballistic. Also, we would have to show on paper we could bring in more revenue than their current payout and thus far, have been unable to show that. Even if UConn football was Top 25 - it won't move the needle enough. No AAU, no Big Ten and forget the distance to the Big 12.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Susan Herbst had ACC ties and look where that got us. Notre Dame doesn't want full membership because their alumni would go ballistic. Also, we would have to show on paper we could bring in more revenue than their current payout and thus far, have been unable to show that. Even if UConn football was Top 25 - it won't move the needle enough. No AAU, no Big Ten and forget the distance to the Big 12.

TCU made it into B12, Rutgers into B10, and Va. Tech into ACC. It will not be easy for UConn to get into ACC or other P5. But other long-shots have done it. We can do.