(06-28-2020 08:06 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-28-2020 11:09 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-20-2020 05:42 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-20-2020 04:50 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  The great irony is this thread is still churning along LOL. That said, honestly does anyone expect UConn fans to feel any differently about leaving for the Big East? If they're happy and content then good for them. They can shed the perpetual bottom dweller in conference football and play in a top basketball conference. It works better for their financial model and for fan interest. For the rest of us, we need football to remain front and center and to continue the upward trajectory in competitiveness and in brand strength. We end up with a better football conference minus UConn with all due respect. Life is good!

I agree. At the tail end of the day, it isn’t like UConn fans had any say in this decision anyway. The administration decided our fate and we will have to live with it. Some UConn fans that only love basketball are ecstatic to be back to the Big East. Some UConn fans that only love football are bummed out that we lose all that being in a conference brings to the table. Some casual UConn football fans who also love basketball are pumped up that our schedule has a lot of P5 opponents while we reacquaint ourselves with traditional basketball rivals. As for me, I will be honest. If the year were 2024 and we missed out on all chances to join a P5 conference, I would 100% support this move. However, at the moment I would have waited life out in the AAC and tried to improve our football in this conference. I do like our Indy schedule and I do like the Big East hoop slate, but we jumped too soon. We should have given it four more years. I am likely in the minority on it, though.

I kinda think they actually did. The fans were the impetus for this move and I think the vast a majority of UConn fans are probably pretty excited about the move. Now--yes, its true the final decision was made by the UConn administrators (as fans alone could never accomplish such a feat)---but I think the administrators were doing what the majority of UConn fandom preferred. I think the UConn administrators were trying to respond to the fans wishes by giving them what they wanted most---despite the fact it was probably going to cost the athletic department a few million a year in revenue.

Frankly, I think that kind of fan first thinking by an administration is refreshing. We need more of that kind of thinking in college sports.

You make some good points. Personally, I am a basketball and football fan, so leaving the AAC for football makes me a bit sad. Less travel for all sports is cost effective and basketball should get a jolt, but I like having conference mates in football. I will miss tuning in to AAC football games of conference mates against non-conference opponents and feeling like I am a part of those games as well.

Bolded hits the nail on the head for me as well. I'm still going to pull hard for this league, but I know it's not going to feel entirely the same, which is a little depressing. I'm happy I was able to build some camaraderie with some people on this board, as it gives me added incentive to keep pulling for the league and will make watching the games more fun.

Still happy we get to play in the Big East for hoops, but it's bittersweet to an extent.

Unrelated to this post but not this thread, I have no idea about the Title IX stuff lol. Maybe there will be more cuts to women's sports, idk. I looked it up and there does need to be an equal number as we all had presumed, so no idea what the future will hold