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[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

What if the AAC keeps our football and adds a basketball program like VCU? Any remote possibility?

 

[huskymedic]

What if the AAC keeps our football and adds a basketball program like VCU? Any remote possibility?

Crazier things have happened but all current reporting indicates the AAC has shut the door on football only for UConn. Could be posturing on their behalf but...

 

[SubbaBub]

No one wants our FB program, not even half of our fanbase.

 

[WrenchFan69]

What if the AAC keeps our football and adds a basketball program like VCU? Any remote possibility?

I'm going to say no because I think they will want to spite us. But once they miss on Army, BYU, and Boise, I think they'll find there's no program that retains our value even just in football. I'd put it at a less than 20% chance.

 

[noeynox]

What if the AAC keeps our football and adds a basketball program like VCU? Any remote possibility?

Would be ideal, but i doubt it.

Best case right now, ig's independent in football with an SNY deal, I'm thinking.

 

[BugsyCT]

Our FB program alone offers absolutely nothing of value to the AAC now. They want us gone last week.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I'm going to say no because I think they will want to spite us. But once they miss on Army, BYU, and Boise, I think they'll find there's no program that retains our value even just in football. I'd put it at a less than 20% chance.

No way Army does it given what has happened to Navy. BYU no chance and Boise already bailed on the American.

Their best bets are Buffalo and Umas

 

[Brochacho]

Anytime an aspiring football conference has the chance to keep a team that's yet to have a winning season, going a combined 18-55 in that time span, and staring down an 0-12 season - you just have to do it.

 

[uconnbill]

No one wants our FB program, not even half of our fanbase.

Screw you basketball only fan.

College football runs the roost and wish you all would realized that

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Anytime an aspiring football conference has the chance to keep a team that's yet to have a winning season, going a combined 18-55 in that time span, and staring down an 0-12 season - you just have to do it.

Anytime an aspiring football conference has the chance to keep a team that's yet to have a winning season, going a combined 18-55 in that time span, and staring down an 0-12 season - you just have to do it.

When the only other option is a program who got rejected from a league who doesn’t lays their premier games on Tuesdays....yep.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Our FB program alone offers absolutely nothing of value to the AAC now. They want us gone last week.

and

 

[UCSouth]

Screw you basketball only fan.

College football runs the roost and wish you all would realized that

And where exactly has our FB Program taken us since we have been in the AAC?

 

[RSTuthill]

Our FB program alone offers absolutely nothing of value to the AAC now. They want us gone last week.

Hoping they will pay us to leave.

 

[metsfan2323]

Crazier things have happened but all current reporting indicates the AAC has shut the door on football only for UConn. Could be posturing on their behalf but...

The thing that really bothers me about this is we (UCONN) invited Houston, UCF, Memphis and all of the other schools to this conference and they have used it to great benefit and now these same schools along with state resident (ESPN) can't do us a solid and let us stay in the AAC for football. Where's the gratitude for giving them this platform? Can't they see our situation is unique? Can't they see that screwing us over with our SNY deal was an injustice? and ESPN probably makes a huge profit off of this platform we created yet they give us no help, nothing.

 

[Tigers69]

Our FB program alone offers absolutely nothing of value to the AAC now. They want us gone last week.

Might be the other way around. Once the details of the ESPN contract came out, UCONN was leaving the AAC lock stock and barrel faster than you can say Paul Pasqualoni. Though they will never admit it, the AAC will be hard pressed to replace UCONN and what they take with them.

 

[uconnbill]

And where exactly has our FB Program taken us since we have been in the AAC?

It has not been good, but there will be zero chance to get an at-large bid once UConn leaves the AAC. Again how do people not get that College Football runs the NCAA and the money. March madness is great, but again there is only so much money and if the NBA starts taking high school players after the next collective bargaining agreement that will hurt college hoops once again.

 

[BlueDogs]

The thing that really bothers me about this is we (UCONN) invited Houston, UCF, Memphis and all of the other schools to this conference and they have used it to great benefit and now these same schools along with state resident (ESPN) can't do us a solid and let us stay in the AAC for football. Where's the gratitude for giving them this platform? Can't they see our situation is unique? Can't they see that screwing us over with our SNY deal was an injustice? and ESPN probably makes a huge profit off of this platform we created yet they give us no help, nothing.

As I opined long ago, this is all about Aresco’s venture to make money and he used UConn to build his conference. The last deal was a travesty for everyone except ensuring Aresco pockets $10 Million a year for ten years. UConn was too enthralled with being the “key partner” to secure preferences when it had the leverage to demand what it wanted... like forcing the HQ into CT, forcing the tournament to be held in Hartford or receiving release fees to hold it elsewhere. Forcing a bigger share of revenue. Securing the right to leave after 5 years without an exit fee. When CT gave ESPN huge economic development dollars and concessions, they could have secured better rights. They did nothing because idiots run the state.

 

[UofCT]

No one wants our FB program, not even half of our fanbase.

More than half.

 

[UofCT]

It has not been good, but there will be zero chance to get an at-large bid once UConn leaves the AAC. Again how do people not get that College Football runs the NCAA and the money. March madness is great, but again there is only so much money and if the NBA starts taking high school players after the next collective bargaining agreement that will hurt college hoops once again.

At large bid for what? Some stinky bowl game? UConn can go undefeated and never sniff a championship.

 

[RyanFoul]

No way Army does it given what has happened to Navy. BYU no chance and Boise already bailed on the American.

Their best bets are Buffalo and Umas

And are they really much of an upgrade over us? They might keep us around out of pure laziness.

 

[Shaffer0011]

How about VCU joining the Big East?

 

[RyanFoul]

At large bid for what? Some stinky bowl game? UConn can go undefeated and never sniff a championship.

But that's already the case. Ask UCF.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

And are they really much of an upgrade over us? They might keep us around out of pure laziness.

Exactly

 

[uconnphil2016]

No way Army does it given what has happened to Navy. BYU no chance and Boise already bailed on the American.

Their best bets are Buffalo and Umas

If they add someone, I bet it’ll be further south than buffalo or UMass. UMass adds no value and adding Buffalo would be reactionary, as their recent success is not indicative of who they are as a program. If I were them, I’d add App State in football or perhaps UAB? Those would be football only, and then add some A10 team for basketball

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

If they add someone, I bet it’ll be further south than buffalo or UMass. UMass adds no value and adding Buffalo would be reactionary, as their recent success is not indicative of who they are as a program. If I were them, I’d add App State in football or perhaps UAB? Those would be football only, and then add some A10 team for basketball

So they’d rather add UAB (who didn’t have a program two years ago) or a school I didn’t realize was FBS than keep us?

What about James Madison? Weren’t they pushing hard for an invite a couple years ago?