(08-23-2016 12:25 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  The check can be made payable to the AAC.

If it's 4 + UConn, what is the AAC?

No TV contract in that case.

(08-23-2016 01:45 PM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 12:25 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  The check can be made payable to the AAC.

If it's 4 + UConn, what is the AAC?

No TV contract in that case.

How can you pay exit fees to a conference that doesn't exist?

(08-23-2016 01:15 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 01:14 PM)Westhoff123 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 01:11 PM)chess Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 12:17 PM)Comet Wrote:  I mean... UConn only won a freaking basketball championship in this conference, what else are they really looking for? Money that would be identical to ours already?

Connecticut has been to a BCS bowl game.

So has Hawaii, it doesn't really matter if you don't win.

Or bring 1500 fans

You forgot a zero there.

(08-23-2016 01:46 PM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 01:45 PM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 12:25 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  The check can be made payable to the AAC.

If it's 4 + UConn, what is the AAC?

No TV contract in that case.

How can you pay exit fees to a conference that doesn't exist?

I didn't know there were bylaws that eliminated the conference if 4 teams left. Poor us.

(08-23-2016 01:46 PM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 01:45 PM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 12:25 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  The check can be made payable to the AAC.

If it's 4 + UConn, what is the AAC?

No TV contract in that case.

How can you pay exit fees to a conference that doesn't exist?

Why would it not exist? The Big East got down to UConn, Cincy and USF.

(08-23-2016 02:01 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 01:46 PM)HartfordHusky Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 01:45 PM)upstater1 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 12:25 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  The check can be made payable to the AAC.

If it's 4 + UConn, what is the AAC?

No TV contract in that case.

How can you pay exit fees to a conference that doesn't exist?

Why would it not exist? The Big East got down to UConn, Cincy and USF.

Of course it would exist. That's just blind hope with zero reason to back it up.

Relevant to this thread, there's a new report that indicates mutual interest between my hand and another portion of my anatomy. Thought this might interest UConn and Big East fans everywhere since both these acts of "mutual interest" go by the same name.

UConn basketball would be missed obviously but football? Meh. Addition by subtraction.

Is there anyone in the AAC that's NOT trying to go somewhere else?

(08-23-2016 04:45 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote:  Is there anyone in the AAC that's NOT trying to get paid significantly more?

FIFY

UConn even talking about this -- and their fans wanting it -- is SO typical of the the type of basketball-first thinking that killed the Big East.

People care about college basketball for a maximum of 7 weeks a year. Yes, during February (after the Super Bowl) and for about three weeks in March, it is front and center.

College football gets attention from Spring Practice in April through the summer in the anticipation of the season, all the way through December and into the recruiting season in January. In huge parts of this country, CFB recruiting gets more media eyeballs than college basketball does the entire year.

Fine, UConn. Go play DePaul, Marquette, and St. Johns. Then twiddle your thumbs for 10 months after your football team dies on the vine. Whatever. Kill any chance you'll ever have at joining your peers in the ACC.[/align]

The rest of us will be looking forward to the coming decades rather than obsessing over the past.

(08-23-2016 06:08 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  UConn even talking about this -- and their fans wanting it -- is SO typical of the the type of basketball-first thinking that killed the Big East.

People care about college basketball for a maximum of 7 weeks a year. Yes, during February (after the Super Bowl) and for about three weeks in March, it is front and center.

College football gets attention from Spring Practice in April through the summer in the anticipation of the season, all the way through December and into the recruiting season in January. In huge parts of this country, CFB recruiting gets more media eyeballs than college basketball does the entire year.

Fine, UConn. Go play DePaul, Marquette, and St. Johns. Then twiddle your thumbs for 10 months after your football team dies on the vine. Whatever. Kill any chance you'll ever have at joining your peers in the ACC.[/align]

The rest of us will be looking forward to the coming decades rather than obsessing over the past.

Yep.

If we only lose Houston they stay if we lose Cincinnati and Memphis they're gone

(08-23-2016 09:04 PM)Bleeds_Purple Wrote:  If we only lose Houston they stay if we lose Cincinnati and Memphis they're gone

Who cares. Their football team doesn't carry much weight anyway.

Football is more important than basketball. Sorry Uconn but it is. Good riddance if you choose the leave.

(08-23-2016 06:08 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  UConn even talking about this -- and their fans wanting it -- is SO typical of the the type of basketball-first thinking that killed the Big East.

People care about college basketball for a maximum of 7 weeks a year. Yes, during February (after the Super Bowl) and for about three weeks in March, it is front and center.

College football gets attention from Spring Practice in April through the summer in the anticipation of the season, all the way through December and into the recruiting season in January. In huge parts of this country, CFB recruiting gets more media eyeballs than college basketball does the entire year.

Fine, UConn. Go play DePaul, Marquette, and St. Johns. Then twiddle your thumbs for 10 months after your football team dies on the vine. Whatever. Kill any chance you'll ever have at joining your peers in the ACC.[/align]

The rest of us will be looking forward to the coming decades rather than obsessing over the past.

The fact that UConn is even considering a move (and who knows if any legitimate discussions have taken place until this date) is a sign of a responsible and reactive athletics department.

The fact is, and UConn is very experienced in this regard, that they could very well be left out of a realignment cycle for the third time in under fifteen years if not selected by the Big 12. They stayed the course in both previous instances, watching Boston College, Virginia Tech, Miami, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame and the C7 (that's sixteen other schools BTW) all leave for more money, greater opportunity, and, most importantly, strong stability. Staying the course has been tried before - and there is no guarantee that continuing to do that will result in their ultimate goal of a P5 invitation.

There are no assurances that staying in the American will lead to a P5 invitation for UConn. Similarly, there is no guarantee that moving non-football sports into the Big East (and going independent in football) will result in that same invitation they desire. However, they have been through Door #1 twice already. Do they want to continue trying the same process, the one that they have already been turned down twice already by, in order to achieve their goal? Or do they try Door #2 - a new separate path in which they get into the B1G/ACC? That's what these discussions are all about (not really about whether which of the AAC or Big East is better for them).

As Albert Einstein once said, "The true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

(08-24-2016 07:40 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 06:08 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  UConn even talking about this -- and their fans wanting it -- is SO typical of the the type of basketball-first thinking that killed the Big East.

People care about college basketball for a maximum of 7 weeks a year. Yes, during February (after the Super Bowl) and for about three weeks in March, it is front and center.

College football gets attention from Spring Practice in April through the summer in the anticipation of the season, all the way through December and into the recruiting season in January. In huge parts of this country, CFB recruiting gets more media eyeballs than college basketball does the entire year.

Fine, UConn. Go play DePaul, Marquette, and St. Johns. Then twiddle your thumbs for 10 months after your football team dies on the vine. Whatever. Kill any chance you'll ever have at joining your peers in the ACC.[/align]

The rest of us will be looking forward to the coming decades rather than obsessing over the past.

The fact that UConn is even considering a move (and who knows if any legitimate discussions have taken place until this date) is a sign of a responsible and reactive athletics department.

The fact is, and UConn is very experienced in this regard, that they could very well be left out of a realignment cycle for the third time in under fifteen years if not selected by the Big 12. They stayed the course in both previous instances, watching Boston College, Virginia Tech, Miami, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame and the C7 (that's sixteen other schools BTW) all leave for more money, greater opportunity, and, most importantly, strong stability. Staying the course has been tried before - and there is no guarantee that continuing to do that will result in their ultimate goal of a P5 invitation.

There are no assurances that staying in the American will lead to a P5 invitation for UConn. Similarly, there is no guarantee that moving non-football sports into the Big East (and going independent in football) will result in that same invitation they desire. However, they have been through Door #1 twice already. Do they want to continue trying the same process, the one that they have already been turned down twice already by, in order to achieve their goal? Or do they try Door #2 - a new separate path in which they get into the B1G/ACC? That's what these discussions are all about (not really about whether which of the AAC or Big East is better for them).

As Albert Einstein once said, "The true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

Completely agree that UConn needs to try something different if left out this time. Unfortunately going Indy in football might be suicide for the program, then they'd certainly be out of any future running for the B1G and ACC. Staying in the AAC may be the smartest option, they just need to get some of their rights back so they can take them to the open market.

I'm truly enjoying all these posts blasting UCONN for something they never said........ever. I'm certainly feeling the love.

(08-24-2016 07:40 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 06:08 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  UConn even talking about this -- and their fans wanting it -- is SO typical of the the type of basketball-first thinking that killed the Big East.

People care about college basketball for a maximum of 7 weeks a year. Yes, during February (after the Super Bowl) and for about three weeks in March, it is front and center.

College football gets attention from Spring Practice in April through the summer in the anticipation of the season, all the way through December and into the recruiting season in January. In huge parts of this country, CFB recruiting gets more media eyeballs than college basketball does the entire year.

Fine, UConn. Go play DePaul, Marquette, and St. Johns. Then twiddle your thumbs for 10 months after your football team dies on the vine. Whatever. Kill any chance you'll ever have at joining your peers in the ACC.[/align]

The rest of us will be looking forward to the coming decades rather than obsessing over the past.

The fact that UConn is even considering a move (and who knows if any legitimate discussions have taken place until this date) is a sign of a responsible and reactive athletics department.

The fact is, and UConn is very experienced in this regard, that they could very well be left out of a realignment cycle for the third time in under fifteen years if not selected by the Big 12. They stayed the course in both previous instances, watching Boston College, Virginia Tech, Miami, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame and the C7 (that's sixteen other schools BTW) all leave for more money, greater opportunity, and, most importantly, strong stability. Staying the course has been tried before - and there is no guarantee that continuing to do that will result in their ultimate goal of a P5 invitation.

There are no assurances that staying in the American will lead to a P5 invitation for UConn. Similarly, there is no guarantee that moving non-football sports into the Big East (and going independent in football) will result in that same invitation they desire. However, they have been through Door #1 twice already. Do they want to continue trying the same process, the one that they have already been turned down twice already by, in order to achieve their goal? Or do they try Door #2 - a new separate path in which they get into the B1G/ACC? That's what these discussions are all about (not really about whether which of the AAC or Big East is better for them).

As Albert Einstein once said, "The true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

Wow. A fan from a basketball only school is involved in a discussion that anyone actually gives a crap about. Congratulations on your newfound relevancy.

(08-24-2016 08:53 PM)TopperCard Wrote:  

(08-24-2016 07:40 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(08-23-2016 06:08 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  UConn even talking about this -- and their fans wanting it -- is SO typical of the the type of basketball-first thinking that killed the Big East.

People care about college basketball for a maximum of 7 weeks a year. Yes, during February (after the Super Bowl) and for about three weeks in March, it is front and center.

College football gets attention from Spring Practice in April through the summer in the anticipation of the season, all the way through December and into the recruiting season in January. In huge parts of this country, CFB recruiting gets more media eyeballs than college basketball does the entire year.

Fine, UConn. Go play DePaul, Marquette, and St. Johns. Then twiddle your thumbs for 10 months after your football team dies on the vine. Whatever. Kill any chance you'll ever have at joining your peers in the ACC.[/align]

The rest of us will be looking forward to the coming decades rather than obsessing over the past.

The fact that UConn is even considering a move (and who knows if any legitimate discussions have taken place until this date) is a sign of a responsible and reactive athletics department.

The fact is, and UConn is very experienced in this regard, that they could very well be left out of a realignment cycle for the third time in under fifteen years if not selected by the Big 12. They stayed the course in both previous instances, watching Boston College, Virginia Tech, Miami, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Louisville, Rutgers, Notre Dame and the C7 (that's sixteen other schools BTW) all leave for more money, greater opportunity, and, most importantly, strong stability. Staying the course has been tried before - and there is no guarantee that continuing to do that will result in their ultimate goal of a P5 invitation.

There are no assurances that staying in the American will lead to a P5 invitation for UConn. Similarly, there is no guarantee that moving non-football sports into the Big East (and going independent in football) will result in that same invitation they desire. However, they have been through Door #1 twice already. Do they want to continue trying the same process, the one that they have already been turned down twice already by, in order to achieve their goal? Or do they try Door #2 - a new separate path in which they get into the B1G/ACC? That's what these discussions are all about (not really about whether which of the AAC or Big East is better for them).

As Albert Einstein once said, "The true definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

Completely agree that UConn needs to try something different if left out this time. Unfortunately going Indy in football might be suicide for the program, then they'd certainly be out of any future running for the B1G and ACC. Staying in the AAC may be the smartest option, they just need to get some of their rights back so they can take them to the open market.

This is a discussion that all the AAC teams need to have, because without P5 money, you have to market your best features to the highest bidders. Might be a beneficial option for the conference as a whole as well if trying to admit new members.

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(08-23-2016 11:17 AM)payday Wrote:  If you go to UConn's home board...they despise this conference. They hated it when UL came over with UC. They are only casual Cfb fans. Haven't been there in a while, but if both UL and UC are gone, they will be out of their collective mind about being in the AAC. If it can even get any worse. They will want to be in the beast.

Beast? The old BE is dead. New BE is a mid major stuck on the Speed Channel ... errr FS1. Only New BE teams care about the BE. College BBall fans are watching games on the 4 letter and CBS.

The BE talk is a smoke screen. UConn is not going to go backwards. They are looking to the B12 or ACC. Heck, I could see the B10 if they ever expanded again.