Why not us?

[jmsjoejms]

I think we need 3 things to be a Indiana (restating a lot of what has been posted already)

1. We need to continue to win and be relevant. Without that the next two points are irrelevant.
2. We have to be in a P4 conference. Without that we will never get a ticket to the party. Not saying we cannot be successful, the last few years are proof of that.
3. We need at least 1 big time donor. Donations will be a struggle (especially in down years) unless you have someone (or someone's?) that can fund NIL to a level allows us to be competitive consistently.

(on a side note Trisha Bailey is just a fantastic sponsor/ambassador for UConn no question)

 

[Purple Stein]

An ESPN analyst said the committee wants a couple of years more data / fallout from the 12 team format before they go to 16 teams. Iron out the bugs.

LOL. ESPN pretending like the reformatting of the CFP needs Phase 3 trials.

 

[BonaConn]

So this might open the CFP door a little bit for us... The G6 representative no longer needs to be a conference champion, just the highest ranked G6 team gets in. The story doesn't mention us directly, but maybe this would lead to a 12-0 UConn getting in during a year with worse G6 champs than this past season.

Quietly, the College Football Playoff’s Group of 6 rep no longer needs to be a conference champ

The idea that the G6 spot could go to a non-champion has been previously unreported and, in some cases, even forgotten by CFP leaders.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Well no conference to win for starters and that’s all that really matters

 

[KryHavok]

I didn't want to make a new thread and thought to put this here. I came across a graphic that plotted how teams did relative to their talent. Not surprisingly, we skewed in the "did more with less" category, above a few ACC teams that "did less with more". You'll note towards the middle that Toledo is present. Given we've acquired many of Toledo's staff and players, coupled with other P4 and G6 signings, I hope we can keep the trend of moving up and to the right.

 

[RioDog]

Good to see the Fruit overachieving again...

 

[Purple Stein]

Damn. How about Chesney.

 

[Purple Stein]

So that graphic has me looking at ODU -- what a season they had. 3 losses:

@ Indiana 27-14
@ JMU 63-27
@Marshall 48-24

Outside of that Marshall loss, they had as perfect a season as can be expected.