UMass offers a blueprint for UConn’s potential football future (Paul Doyle - Hearst)

[metsfan2323]

View attachment 44347There’s nothing too embarrassing about the way UMASS scheduled football. I say kudos

Look at Army climb in Indy. Took awhile to figure it out. Balance is what the Doyle article stated ... and that’s exactly right. A BC & Clemson etc etc. with 9 games you might win.

Army's recent success is more about cloning the Navy system than it is about being independent. The Paul Johnson offense creates blocking mismatches. eats up game clock and neutralizes superior talent.

 

[Pudge]

Army's recent success is more about cloning the Navy system than it is about being independent. The Paul Johnson offense creates blocking mismatches. eats up game clock and neutralizes superior talent.

I’d add an addendum

We all can see that Army has carefully crafted their schedule for Wins. Over the last 6 years or so, they have watered it down (is that a Navy reference?)

 

[JohnFSilver]

The AAC didn't help this situation either. With the 5 original rivals back on the schedule with guaranteed away games, pehaps the media will pick up the away coverage a bit.

Probably not.

Look at the tennessean, a great newspaper, didn’t even get the vandy title game in the paper. Also, how many papers have pay walls now?

If you don’t count blogs and small weeklies, the UConn media is only 4-5 writers. Not 20 as it was back in the day.

 

[ktuck911]

This is a good idea but let’s wait until we’re competitive again before we do it or else we become a laughingstock

THIS!!!!!!!!

 

[Hhoops19]

BYU has a rivalry game with Utah and more robust football hisotry which gets them to 4 P5 games... if we could settle into a 3 P5 with at least one at home model, FCS and then filler, that's probably a more realistic/plausible outcome.

We can get 4, but just won’t be at the same level as what BYU draws (Tenn, USC, Texas, etc.). Would love to see us get a couple AAC games a year (Tem, USF, Cincy).