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UConn to new Big East? What happens to Husky football?

HuskyHawk said:
MAC kicked out UMass, why would they want us? I doubt we can get an invite.
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Our selling points would be a better fanbase and football stadium than UMASS. (see picture of empty NFL stadium)

We could also guarantee them basketball games. Men's and Women's. I agree they might still say no especially with ESPN controlling them.
 
huskymedic said:
Dennis Dodd @dennisdoddcbs 57 seconds ago
This day may have been destined for UConn following the 2011 Fiesta Bowl when the Huskies were boat-raced by OU. Lost game, P5 status and momentum toward moving up. Edsall bolted. Could have been final straw toward a playoff -- that an 8-4 UConn could get to a major bowl.
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We lost 1 game, then the coach, and then the program. If Edsall had stayed, I think it would have been completely different. We were trendy upward.
 
T-Squared said:
UConn football fans need to face reality. The program is in shambles and needs a full makeover. Edsall has a huge rebuilding challenge on his hands, and he’s proven capable at the task in the past. However, I expect that the rebuild to making UConn a competitive program will take 10-15 years, minimum. So if the Huskies have to play Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Monroe and Middle Tennessee State at The Rent so be it - that may well be the harsh reality. At least football fans will still have a product to watch.
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But, you're talking about rebuilding a program when the principals have taken a deliberate decision to move a step back. So why do they want to rebuild it? If they wanted to rebuild it, they wouldn't have made the decision to dismantle it.
 
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Tell me how leaving the AAC helps UConn?

Tell me who from the university has stated this is a fait accompli?

Tell me how playing Georgetown, St. Johns, Providence and Villanova is some drastic improvement over Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis and Temple?

Tell me how downgrading football(and leaving the AAC for the MAC or an independent schedule would be a downgrade) will in any way improve UConn's chances of an invite to the best possible fit, membership in the ACC or B1G?

I have a feeling this is more of a hack job by someone with an ax to grind against UConn than anything concrete. Until there is an official announcement from the school don't believe this nonsense. It would be suicidal for the school to go that route.
 
UConnNick said:
Who would want to play us as an Independent? In our present state, we'd kill anybody's SOS. We also lose the conference share of bowl revenue. Within the past couple of years, Val Ackerman indicated the NBE wasn't interested in us unless we decided to do something with football, as in drop it or downgrade it to FCS.
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We’re not downgrading to FCS. Val will have to change her rhetoric.
 
weyuo said:
Tell me how leaving the AAC helps UConn?

Tell me who from the university has stated this is a fait accompli?

Tell me how playing Georgetown, St. Johns, Providence and Villanova is some drastic improvement over Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis and Temple?

Tell me how downgrading football(and leaving the AAC for the MAC or an independent schedule would be a downgrade) will in any way improve UConn's chances of an invite to the best possible fit, membership in the ACC or B1G?

I have a feeling this is more of a hack job by someone with an ax to grind against UConn than anything concrete. Until there is an official announcement from the school don't believe this nonsense. It would be suicidal for the school to go that route.
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Buddy,,,

You don’t get tired of being wrong.
 
weyuo said:
Tell me how leaving the AAC helps UConn?

Tell me who from the university has stated this is a fait accompli?

Tell me how playing Georgetown, St. Johns, Providence and Villanova is some drastic improvement over Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis and Temple?

Tell me how downgrading football(and leaving the AAC for the MAC or an independent schedule would be a downgrade) will in any way improve UConn's chances of an invite to the best possible fit, membership in the ACC or B1G?

I have a feeling this is more of a hack job by someone with an ax to grind against UConn than anything concrete. Until there is an official announcement from the school don't believe this nonsense. It would be suicidal for the school to go that route.
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If it's real, as usual the UConn administration is doing an incompetent job of handling it. You don't announce you're leaving one conference for another unless and until the new landing spot is already confirmed, unless you're trying to play one conference off against the other to gain concessions. That can be a dangerous game. What's to prevent your present conference from voting you off the island? It doesn't seem very well thought out by the administrators, but then what else is new? Hiring Warde Manuel, Bob Diaco and Dave Benedict don't appear to have been well thought out decisions either.
 
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UConnNick said:
If it's real, as usual the UConn administration is doing an incompetent job of handling it. You don't announce you're leaving one conference for another unless and until the new landing spot is already confirmed, unless you're trying to play one conference off against the other to gain concessions. That can be a dangerous game. What's to prevent your present conference from voting you off the island? It doesn't seem very well thought out by the administrators, but then what else is new? Hiring Warde Manuel, Bob Diaco and Dave Benedict don't appear to have been well thought out decisions either.
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They didn't announce it. In fact, they technically denied it this morning in a statement.
 
HuskyHawk said:
MAC kicked out UMass, why would they want us? I doubt we can get an invite.
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Did the MAC kick out UMass? Was it a Big East-Temple situation? I don’t follow these things as closely as most people on this board.
 
Redding Husky said:
Did the MAC kick out UMass? Was it a Big East-Temple situation? I don’t follow these things as closely as most people on this board.
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They gave them a choice of going all sports or leaving as a FB only. 13 was the issue.
 
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gampelcrazies said:
How about football finishes over .500? Or is that too much to ask?
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How about Football wins a game for once. Thank god the program will go the way of old yeller!!!! UConn Basketball forever...UConn Football never!!!
 
Nostical said:
Our only chance to survive as an Indy with even a modicum of success is if FOX presses some buttons and we get scheduled vs Big 12, Pac12 and B1G (we’re already considered a “P-5” team for those encounters.)
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As part of the AAC. Doubt that stays the same as an independent.
 
Redding Husky said:
Did the MAC kick out UMass? Was it a Big East-Temple situation? I don’t follow these things as closely as most people on this board.
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The MAC wanted UMASS for all sports. They wanted to keep their Olympic sports in the A10. They therefore were booted out of the MAC.
 
Redding Husky said:
From a marketing perspective, leaving the AAC will brand UConn as a “loser” and a “quitter”. It will be a long, long, time before that stench goes away.
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Ehh, consider the source.
 
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BY06518 said:
How about Football wins a game for once. Thank god the program will go the way of old yeller!!!! UConn Basketball forever...UConn Football never!!!
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Some of us spent good money and sat through some abysmal seasons at the Rent to support that program, so please cram it and hop back over to the hoops board where you can join the other blowhards who are enjoying tap dancing on our grave.
 
TJT said:
If you thought home games with Tulsa, Tulane, ECU, and SMU were bad, just wait until you see the schedule as an independent. It will be a steady stream of Liberty, Old Dominion, Charlotte, UMass, FAU, Western Kentucky, FIU, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, South Alabama, Troy, Coastal Carolina, etc...

Keep in mind there will be few home games like Houston, Cincinatti, Memphis, or UCF each season to offset them.
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Who cares. We can’t win more than 3 games either way
 
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