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

[Scrutineer]

UMass offers a blueprint for UConn’s potential football future

The writer, Doyle, actually provided the secret to UConn having success going forward........take UMass' former spot in the Mid-Atlantic conference.

 

[RedSoloCup]

I couldn't care less about bowl games. Besides, our football team has several years of rebuilding before we need to even start thinking about bowl games. In the grand scheme of things, the only bowl games that actually mean anything are the four playoff games. News flash, UConn was never ever going to qualifying for the football playoff and that's the case for 90% of the teams in D1 football.

As for the other bowl games, they're just a money grab for whoever the bowl sponsor is. They basically force schools and their fans to buy overpriced tickets and travel package to a meaningless game.

Well, a bowl game does give you extra practice every year… And every extra rep helps the kids to get better. So while they are over blown in cost, the team will get value by getting invited to them.

 

[BugsyCT]

Aside from the conference shifting and TV deals, if they can just stop the downward spiral on the field and start showing signs of life again (being competitive and actually winning games, even against garbage opponents), they can finally establish a little leverage and all the other stuff will begin to take care of itself.

 

[NCHusky91]

I resemble this remark.

Ha.

In all seriousness, the Horde doesn’t really exist anymore. There used to be 7-8 papers covering team home and away, and minimum of 2 and sometimes 3 reporters from each outlet going to the games. Now? Hearst, JI, Courant, Waterbury and New London the only reporters that cover team. Not all those places travel anymore. The tv stations don’t really have dedicated reporters and radio reporters dont doesn’t exist anymore .

That’s just media these days.

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.

 

[Pudge]

There’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.

 

[metsfan2323]

View attachment 44347 There’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).