I don't think the loss of UCONN would be the tragedy that UCONN thinks it would be. I hope its not true as it would further diminish the AAC, but if they go that route, let them pay and say goodbye.

(08-16-2016 04:49 PM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 04:16 PM)Once a Knight... Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 03:27 PM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  UConn fans will go ape if we don't do something. The writing is on the wall. Our admins realize that the fans will not be able to accept being in a severely diminished AAC in terms of basketball appeal. They'll do what they have to in order to save basketball at this point. UConn has no interest in carrying an entire conference in basketball, the way Memphis used to in CUSA.

And why not? Memphis did very well nationally while the flagship basketball member of Conference USA. If I recall they were a couple missed free throws by Derrick Rose away from winning a national championship. UConn would not be affected under the new alignment just as they haven't been affected by the current AAC alignment.

That's just not true. Memphis did decent. They didn't win any national championships though. Nova just won one. We need to be in a league with other teams that realistically can achieve that level of success.

Memphis was a number 1 seed several times out of CUSA. They had several chances to win it all. They had the game won with Derrick Rose if he could hit a free throw.

Uconn would still be a power, the sky isn't falling. Beef up the non-conference if you think the AAC isn't good enough.

Once you get to the tournament you've got your shot. College football is the only sport that doesn't allow that.

(08-16-2016 04:55 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Why doesn't UCONN just drop football and join the Big East. They'd make good money and stay on top of their game. Seems like a no brainer.

Exactly

(08-16-2016 03:38 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Yeah UCONN being FB only in the AAC is about like ECU asking if they can be basketball only in the AAC LOL

This.

(08-16-2016 03:44 PM)fishpro1098 Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 03:26 PM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  I hope Temple is working with Uconn on contingency plans. Would be nice to go somewhere together.

Temple not going anywhere. Finally all sports in one conference after being split for decades. UCONN is surrendering FB if they do this. No avenue for P5. AAC schools not likely to approve this if floated, IMO.

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and this.

(08-16-2016 03:12 PM)No Bull Wrote:  UConn will be the new UMass.... good plan!

SO will UMass be the new UConn as well?

(08-16-2016 03:56 PM)Cubanbull Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 03:55 PM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  I don't see anybody allowing UCONN as a football only member , just no value in that. If UCONN goes back to the old big east I could see football dropping to FCS or dropped completely

And if you do that you basically kill any shot at Big10 or ACC

(08-16-2016 04:35 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 04:29 PM)baruna falls Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 04:21 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Bottom line, if your football program isn't in a P5 conference then it will be pretty much next to impossible to keep it viable financially. G5 schools are going to have to find additional sources of revenue and that includes the AAC. And if UConn did go down this road and the AAC decided to kicked them out, the MAC or CUSA would be more than happy to take them for football only.

Conf Usa schools are in big time financial trouble and will be on Sun Belt levels within 4 years. Uconn fans would scream bloody murder if placed in Cusa. Cusa is limping and very close to being irrelevant in sports. Asditional revenue streams for Cusa schools will determine which programs live and which dont.

Dude, just shut up. Your stark raving lunacy towards CUSA is sad. You're program is in a better place and you still can't let CUSA go.

Your on the AAC board,deal with it.

(08-16-2016 04:26 PM)payday Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 03:49 PM)First Mate Wrote:  

(08-16-2016 03:09 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Mark Blaudschun has a new story up, behind a pay wall, on this subject.

I can't see it, bit somebody posted this recap (and opinion on Blaudschun's source) on another board:

If UCONN gets turned down by the Big 12, they will not maintain the status quo with the AAC according to his source (probably Mike Tranghese - his old friend, former BE Commissioner, UCONN Consultant). They will look to move all sports to BE and try for football only in the AAC, if not they will look to join another conference for football only. From a financial perspective they could make more money and save more money being part of the BE.

Football at Uconn is over if they go independent. Good riddance if they do.

Hate to lose Uconn bball but I for one am sick of hearing how they believe they deserve better than everyone else in this league.

Football drives expansion. Always has and always will.

Four recent NCs say they do deserve better, and I'm sure it's not just uconns fans who feel this way.

They certainly do deserve better, but it's not the AAC's fault. They are soiling their nest.

UConn is a national brand in football, great academics, great market, lots of upside. Why wouldn't the AAC keep them for football only. UConn is still better than any other choice out there to replace them with.

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets...Bylaws.pdf

Bylaws of the Big East as it was transitioning to the American (note the mention under withdrawal fees of the addition of Navy and Air Force).

Any time the TV package is renegotiated or lessened, the withdrawal fees drop.

If ESPN tries to redo the TV package, then the withdrawal money also comes into question.

As well, think about the conference losing 3 teams, and what this might do to the remaining teams who want to consider perhaps joining the MWC. Will they insist on a hefty exit fee rewrite at that point?

(08-16-2016 03:58 PM)uconnwhaler Wrote:  You don't think that your TV partner would rather have UConn in the mix over whoever you'd replace us with (Southern Mississippi)?

(08-16-2016 05:31 PM)Sellular1 Wrote:  UConn is a national brand in football, great academics, great market, lots of upside. Why wouldn't the AAC keep them for football only. UConn is still better than any other choice out there to replace them with.

Because that's not how the AAC rolls.

Even poached AAC basketball is far from what Memphis had in CUSA. You'd have the SMUs, Temples, Tulsas (3 tourney level teams last year)... Memphis (T. Smith), UCF (Dawkins), Tulane (Dunleavy)... and who knows about additions, such as WSU (Marshall), etc..

I don't blame The UConn administration and fans being frustrated (Flagship school, Elite men's basketball program, Heavily invest in their facilities) But joining the Big East in basketball and having football independent or in a lesser league is short-sited and a fast pathway to irrelevancy. Football does drive the bus. How much of the year, outside of the North East, does the Big East get attention? Not much. The AAC will not let them have their pie (Big East basketball) and eat it too (AAC football).

Hey, Conn; you can leave now. No need to wait.

(08-16-2016 06:15 PM)HellOfAHullabaloo Wrote:  Hey, Conn; you can leave now. No need to wait.

Agreed. Can't wait to never play Tulane again.

(08-16-2016 06:08 PM)Purplehook Wrote:  I don't blame The UConn administration and fans being frustrated (Flagship school, Elite men's basketball program, Heavily invest in their facilities) But joining the Big East in basketball and having football independent or in a lesser league is short-sited and a fast pathway to irrelevancy. Football does drive the bus. How much of the year, outside of the North East, does the Big East get attention? Not much. The AAC will not let them have their pie (Big East basketball) and eat it too (AAC football).

I'm not sure that most UConn fans or even fans in general in the northeast understand that in college athletics, FB DOES drive the bus. And that because in the NE, college FB doesn't drive the bus. NFL is the FB of choice in the NE & the college sport of choice is often BB. And unfortunately, UConn is not in the BE & not fortunate enough to have been located in MD, NJ, NC, NY or VA where mediocre FB is tolerated and yet still played in a P5 conference.

UConn will be fine. I have no doubt that they will eventually land in the ACC or another major conference. It might take 5-10 years, but it will happen.

Hopefully Temple is in a similar position.

Ploy to get Tier 3 rights back from ESPN.

First off, I have to mention that I like Tulane. I think Fritz, Dunleavy, and Jewett, are bad mofos.

Tulane will be a reflection of the culture UConn helped put in place, Day 1. It's been a culture of investment. UCF did the same thing and hired Frost, Dawkins, and Lovelady.

Why UConn wouldn't stay the course, and see these programs get good (and continue to invest) is short-sighted, imo.

Nothing is static in college sports, but I think the AAC has a very solid core.

At this point, Aresco needs to sell his vision to the media companies. If he does this right, AAC expansion could be rewarding.