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UConn Board of Trustees Needs to Delay All Votes on Leaving AAC and Joining New Big East

If there is a plan for football it needs to be discussed by the public and analyzed before getting adopted. I still think UConn, Army, Navy, Air Force, UMass, Buffalo, BYU and Rice could make a football only conference. Maybe throw in Tulane and SMU if they would come. You have got something with the academic quality close to the Ivy League and some decent FB teams, too. UConn could settle for this until P5 conference realignment resumes. Independence, MAC, Conf. USA do not seem appealing.
 
CTMike said:
There is no delay. Leadership at UConn fully considered the options (including the lack of clarity with football). You just don’t like their conclusions.
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If anyone has the minutes from the UConn Board of Trustees meetings when these options were discussed and voted upon, please post them. I suspect the whole thing has been handled by a couple of people who did not have authority to proceed. Maybe someone can file a complaint with the state Freedom of Information Commission and that can lead to a court case.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
If anyone has the minutes from the UConn Board of Trustees meetings when these options were discussed and voted upon, please post them. I suspect the whole thing has been handled by a couple of people who did not have authority to proceed. Maybe someone can file a complaint with the state Freedom of Information Commission and that can lead to a court case.
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Board Agenda | Board of Trustees

Here's the agenda for tomorrow's BOT meeting.
 
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UCONNJACK said:
Board Agenda | Board of Trustees

Here's the agenda for tomorrow's BOT meeting.
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My eyes glazed over looking at their agenda. Where does it say Big East offer? I didn't see it. I suppose that continues interim Chairman Tom Ritter's overall approach to hide things from the public. Is Susan Herbst even going to be there. What is her opinion of what to do with football? What about Randy Edsall -- could we hear from the football coach about his team?
 
LoyalFanCT said:
My eyes glazed over looking at their agenda. Where does it say Big East offer? I didn't see it. I suppose that continues interim Chairman Tom Ritter's overall approach to hide things from the public. Is Susan Herbst even going to be there. What is her opinion of what to do with football? What about Randy Edsall -- could we hear from the football coach about his team?
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I think you are seeing how MOST universities east of the Appalachians and north of the Mason-Dixon line prioritize their varsity football teams. Penn State is an obvious outlier.
 
MuchoDogYears said:
Joining the Big East is a plus move for every sports program at UConn except football, and possibly baseball.
However, I still would not make this move unless UConn can show that they can put together a comparable or better football schedule than it had in the AAC. I think that’s a possibility, but not a probability. I would think there are a lot of the P5 programs that would want to schedule one game with UConn . However if this move results in UConn football team playing in the MAC then I want nothing to do with the move even though I’m a big UConn basketball fan.
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Not baseball. Not soccer.
 
I'm Good with this happening.... They are making a move and not just reacting to the change in landscape.... I'm in a wait and see what happens with the Football that I love, but it a good move to save the other programs from degrading further. Now the other school can't use the conference travel and teams we play against us in recruiting for other sports. And Football could still recruit like we have been for now until we get our foot steady and schedule better teams in the future.... We could have option in selling a 3 for 1 weekend deal with mayor schools. Play both men and women basketball double header and a football game. I would travel for that anywhere in the country :).
 
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ASweet3781 said:
You guys have a chance tomorrow to ask Susie and the board directly to their face these questions. Are any of you going?
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Not sure if Susan Herbst will even be there. I sure hope she is. If she isn't, may be a signal about the entire mess. Her official last day on the president's job is end of July. But she may have unused vacation days.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
If there is a plan for football it needs to be discussed by the public and analyzed before getting adopted. I still think UConn, Army, Navy, Air Force, UMass, Buffalo, BYU and Rice could make a football only conference. Maybe throw in Tulane and SMU if they would come. You have got something with the academic quality close to the Ivy League and some decent FB teams, too. UConn could settle for this until P5 conference realignment resumes. Independence, MAC, Conf. USA do not seem appealing.
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There isn’t a plan. That IS the plan.
 
BlueDogs said:
Not soccer.
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Georgetown, Creighton, and Providence are significantly better programs than anyone in our conference. St. John's and Nova have had success as well and will be better draws. Everyone plays and actually cares, unlike our conference who has SMU and sometimes a directional Florida
 
LoyalFanCT said:
If anyone has the minutes from the UConn Board of Trustees meetings when these options were discussed and voted upon, please post them. I suspect the whole thing has been handled by a couple of people who did not have authority to proceed. Maybe someone can file a complaint with the state Freedom of Information Commission and that can lead to a court case.
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Forget about it
 
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Paul Doyle @PaulDoyle1 10 minutes ago
UConn Board of Trustees will vote on Big East invite tomorrow morning but there will be no statements to media. Session open to the media and there will be signing ceremony but BE has asked UConn to refrain from comment. Press conference in NYC expected Thursday.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
My eyes glazed over looking at their agenda. Where does it say Big East offer? I didn't see it. I suppose that continues interim Chairman Tom Ritter's overall approach to hide things from the public. Is Susan Herbst even going to be there. What is her opinion of what to do with football? What about Randy Edsall -- could we hear from the football coach about his team?
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It would appear Herbst is there...
 
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So, is the deed done? Any fireworks or was the BOT session anti-climactic? By the way, I did read the thread about the Boneyarder who showed up and spoke his piece about the football team. Good job! Needed to be said, even if the die has been cast.
 
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