UConn to Big East May Be Gaining Steam

[Chief00]

If you're going to vote libertarian, which has always been expressly in favor of things like Citizen United, then why would you care about people giving money for influence? This is all legal--nothing illegal about it. It stinks to high heaven, but the fact remains, we don't want to regulate people who own politicians.

You don't have a clue - donations to charity for governmemt access do not fall under the same rules as political contributions. It's a complete waste of time discussing this with you.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

If you're talking about the BE pre-UConn, then yeah, Miami and VT were great.

But this whole conversation is about the BE with UConn post-2004.

That's correct the league UConn played in was not the same as the Big East Prior to the the loss off Miami ,VT, and BC. As a taxpayer of CT I felt cheated by that fact.
Of the three desperate adds ,Louisville had the best rep but they immediately went into the tank when the joined.
Cinn and SFU were B list schools in football.
In other words the Big East we joined was perceived to be dieing already.
Laugh if you want about the Hillbillys of WVA but they carried the conference

 

[businesslawyer]

That's basically an A10 level conference + UConn

If you add UConn to the A-Ten, the A-Ten becomes competitive to the SEC, Pac Ten and Big East most years.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If you add UConn to the A-Ten, the A-Ten becomes competitive to the SEC, Pac Ten and Big East most years.

And if you add UConn to the New Big East, it's even better than that. I'm not advocating, just saying that we can't pretend that a gutted AAC is anything but crap for basketball. I still don't think we will need to find out.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

And if you add UConn to the New Big East, it's even better than that. I'm not advocating, just saying that we can't pretend that a gutted AAC is anything but crap for basketball. I still don't think we will need to find out.

I think if we failed this time to get into a p5 and that is still our chief objective
We have to continue to play football in one of the two clearly top G5 conferences
We also have to address basketball as that's UConn's core competence, with a recognizable national brand and by far the biggest fan base.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think if we failed this time to get into a p5 and that is still our chief objective
We have to continue to play football in one of the two clearly top G5 conferences
We also have to address basketball as that's UConn's core competence, with a recognizable national brand and by far the biggest fan base.

There is no question that we can't sacrifice football. That being said, I think Benedict and Herbst know that, and will not consider a move to the Big East unless they think football is unharmed vs. the AAC. That would require some pretty blunt discussion with the B1G and ACC. The MAC is a step down. Independent, if we could get a scheduling alliance with a P5, might not be. That's a big if.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

There is no question that we can't sacrifice football. That being said, I think Benedict and Herbst know that, and will not consider a move to the Big East unless they think football is unharmed vs. the AAC. That would require some pretty blunt discussion with the B1G and ACC. The MAC is a step down. Independent, if we could get a scheduling alliance with a P5, might not be. That's a big if.

That's why I favor no AAC exspansion unless we lose thre,it allows us to be in a conference but schedule aggressively.
We could play a very compelling OC schedule in a 10 team league but more importantly the signal that needs to be sent is we're are ready for prime time.
It's basketball that needs some out of the box thinking if we want to continue to actually be viable.
I keep hammering on the fact that the AAC conference with a dominant UConn football program is just as compelling as the current league but in Badketball we need to be in a conference that sends 4-6 teams annually to the dance.
Think of our situation as being in the NCAA tourney the most important thing is survive and advance. In our situation blinking is not an option.

 

[upstater]

You don't have a clue - donations to charity for governmemt access do not fall under the same rules as political contributions. It's a complete waste of time discussing this with you.

So make it illegal. It's not illegal. But you'd never make it illegal in 1 million years. You just loved Halliburton's access in 2000-2008.

 

[Chief00]

So make it illegal. It's not illegal. But you'd never make it illegal in 1 million years. You just loved Halliburton's access in 2000-2008.

You are the partisan and too emotional to logically debate with - what does Halliburton 8-16 years ago have to do with any of this?

 

[Stinger92860]

Football is everything right now, but 50 years from now, maybe 20, it will be dead. Concussions are going to kill it.

Ah, you read the article on Casey today. Yes?

No way I'd let my child play. However, if you grow up in a poor area and it's a ticket out of a terrible environment, would you do it?

 

[David 76]

So make it illegal. It's not illegal. But you'd never make it illegal in 1 million years. You just loved Halliburton's access in 2000-2008.

Chief and Andre have it all figured out. Donations to political campaigns = good. Donations to save lives = bad.
They were just explaining that to the b-iches while they were partying.
My advice to both of us, remember with whom you are arguing. He couldn't admit his bull when we all knew Andre wasn't with him. Do you think he will admit something on this topic?

 

[upstater]

You are the partisan and too emotional to logically debate with - what does Halliburton 8-16 years ago have to do with any of this?

Can't lead a blind horse to water I guess.

 

[JSB60]

Ah, you read the article on Casey today. Yes?

No way I'd let my child play. However, if you grow up in a poor area and it's a ticket out of a terrible environment, would you do it?

Exactly. I'm old, but when I was young the biggest sports events were boxing matches. An Ali fight was bigger than an early Super Bowl. Then it got to the point where no one would box except kids from a poor area who needed a way out. So if football goes from what it is now to what boxing is now, will college football matter?