If we lose a team (or more depending on how things shake up) I hope we are wise enough to say "no thanks."

I've seen speculation that UCONN would like the MAC or CUSA to add UCONN football as a football only member.

An example...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bringon...n-big-east

Thoughts?

No to UCONN football only.

Air Force football only to AAC and olympic sports to WAC

UTEP to MWC

UConn to CUSA as a football only

I'm just gonna say this... There have been so many on our page who continue to downplay the AAC, going on and on about how irrelevant they are. And as soon as one school plans to leave the conference, there are 5 threads on here about it, almost overnight.

So who is in whose head? Seriously guys, overkill.

(06-24-2019 02:11 PM)rileylives Wrote:  If we lose a team (or more depending on how things shake up) I hope we are wise enough to say "no thanks."

I've seen speculation that UCONN would like the MAC or CUSA to add UCONN football as a football only member.

An example...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bringon...n-big-east

Thoughts?

No value to adding UCONN football. We can poach a SunBelt for all sports if we lose someone.

(06-24-2019 02:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Air Force football only to AAC and olympic sports to WAC

UTEP to MWC

UConn to CUSA as a football only

If we wanted an anemic football only team from New England UMASS would have been added a long time ago.

Why would the mountain west go after UTEP at this point? if they're going in to take a western team, I could see them going after a handful of teams.

This is only if the American is successful snagging a Boise, San Diego State. Other than that I don't see very many attractive candidates to go to the American.

And no, we don't want a football-only member.

If we are in the situation where two of our teams are poached, I think we stand pat with 12.

The MAC has already told Temple and UMass to kick rocks because they wouldn't join for all sports why in the name of anything would they add the horrid football of UConn, they already have Ball State, Kent State, Akron and others for that.

CUSA nor the Sun Belt need or want UConn. And who in their right mind would want to add a program that since has been IA has won on avg 4.8 games a year.

Who cares if they were once privileged to be brought up in a BCS conference and actually made a BCS game. The 2 things I remember from that is they got hammered by 4 TDs by Oklahoma and I remember their fans and the school not being a bit happy because they lost 17 million dollars because of that game.

Let UConn do exactly what New Mexico State, Liberty, and UMASS are doing. Go indy and play with yourself. My guess either 3 or all 4 of those will be IAA again just like Idaho in 5 or so years.

(06-24-2019 02:29 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  I'm just gonna say this... There have been so many on our page who continue to downplay the AAC, going on and on about how irrelevant they are. And as soon as one school plans to leave the conference, there are 5 threads on here about it, almost overnight.

So who is in whose head? Seriously guys, overkill.

I understand Volk. But there’s a lot to digest overall.

As long as people keep cool, it’s all in fun. But man, threads just go off the rail, so to keep the conversation fresh, especially as new developments take place, sometimes new threads need to be added.

They’re all independent conversations. Who will the American add? Who will we add? Who stays, who goes, what reconfiguration can be made?

It’s a lot to chew on, I welcome it in the middle of summer.

CUSA to UConn football: UCon't join us

No. UCONN will go Indy, they bring no value to any conference if it's football only.

What if, UCONN offers a reverse ND and guarantees a certain amount of Basketball games to conference members? The RPI alone would be worth the horrible football.

UCONN is located next door to ESPN. I wouldn’t dismiss a scheduling alliance with them if they agreed to play a certain number of basketball games against CUSA teams.

(06-24-2019 03:22 PM)jaminniner Wrote:  UCONN is located next door to ESPN. I wouldn’t dismiss a scheduling alliance with them if they agreed to play a certain number of basketball games against CUSA teams.

Bingo!

(06-24-2019 03:22 PM)jaminniner Wrote:  UCONN is located next door to ESPN. I wouldn’t dismiss a scheduling alliance with them if they agreed to play a certain number of basketball games against CUSA teams.

Ideal but unlikely. Presuming the Big East stays at 11 and goes to a 20-game round-robin, they'd only have (I believe) seven dates plus an exempt tournament. Between body-bag games and games against bigger programs, I don't imagine they'd have too many openings for CUSA/MAC/Belt schools.

(06-24-2019 03:29 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 03:22 PM)jaminniner Wrote:  UCONN is located next door to ESPN. I wouldn’t dismiss a scheduling alliance with them if they agreed to play a certain number of basketball games against CUSA teams.

Ideal but unlikely. Presuming the Big East stays at 11 and goes to a 20-game round-robin, they'd only have (I believe) seven dates plus an exempt tournament. Between body-bag games and games against bigger programs, I don't imagine they'd have too many openings for CUSA/MAC/Belt schools.

I think, we would accept the bodybag moniker if that meant getting UCONN to play us at home every so often. BTW, just playing devils advocate here. I got no qualms about never playing UConn in football.

(06-24-2019 03:38 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 03:29 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 03:22 PM)jaminniner Wrote:  UCONN is located next door to ESPN. I wouldn’t dismiss a scheduling alliance with them if they agreed to play a certain number of basketball games against CUSA teams.

Ideal but unlikely. Presuming the Big East stays at 11 and goes to a 20-game round-robin, they'd only have (I believe) seven dates plus an exempt tournament. Between body-bag games and games against bigger programs, I don't imagine they'd have too many openings for CUSA/MAC/Belt schools.

I think, we would accept the bodybag moniker if that meant getting UCONN to play us at home every so often. BTW, just playing devils advocate here. I got no qualms about never playing UConn in football.

But they'd be buy games, not home-and-homes. Last season, UConn only left the state for the 2K Sports tournament at MSG and neutral-site classics at MSG and Newark. The season before that, it was a road game against Arizona, another classic at MSG and PK80 in Oregon. The rest of their OOC games were at Storrs or Hartford. They might be amenable to paying CUSA schools to come their way, but I'd be stunned if they returned the favor, especially if they have two fewer OOC dates with the Big East move.

(06-24-2019 03:46 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 03:38 PM)pilot172000 Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 03:29 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(06-24-2019 03:22 PM)jaminniner Wrote:  UCONN is located next door to ESPN. I wouldn’t dismiss a scheduling alliance with them if they agreed to play a certain number of basketball games against CUSA teams.

Ideal but unlikely. Presuming the Big East stays at 11 and goes to a 20-game round-robin, they'd only have (I believe) seven dates plus an exempt tournament. Between body-bag games and games against bigger programs, I don't imagine they'd have too many openings for CUSA/MAC/Belt schools.

I think, we would accept the bodybag moniker if that meant getting UCONN to play us at home every so often. BTW, just playing devils advocate here. I got no qualms about never playing UConn in football.

But they'd be buy games, not home-and-homes. Last season, UConn only left the state for the 2K Sports tournament at MSG and neutral-site classics at MSG and Newark. The season before that, it was a road game against Arizona, another classic at MSG and PK80 in Oregon. The rest of their OOC games were at Storrs or Hartford. They might be amenable to paying CUSA schools to come their way, but I'd be stunned if they returned the favor, especially if they have two fewer OOC dates with the Big East move.

Ok, cool. But what if they only had to play one home and two away CUSA games a year. Would that be worth admission into CUSA as football only? What is 3 basketball games worth in comparison to a football home and not having the headache of independent scheduling. I don't have an answer, just spittballing.

Having UCONN would finally give CUSA a school that has played in a BCS bowl. So there’s that.