(06-07-2020 09:38 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 09:33 PM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  Isnt there like 10x the number of people that have to go to football games vs basketball? Plus way more equipment?

Gotta figure youd have to have like 5-10 road basketball games to equal the cost of 1 road football game from a travel perspective

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A jet plane can still fit a football team.

If you are chartering the same size plane for 20 people as you are for 50-100.... I think I know why the AD is broke.

If you fly commercial then more people = more costs

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(06-07-2020 09:42 PM)maybeimhere Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 09:17 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 08:17 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 06:26 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 06:18 PM)Indiana Bones Wrote:  Ignorance is bliss as they say. ECU leadership has made a lot of poor decisions as well so I sympathize but at least we as a fan base have recognized it and demanded long term positive change as opposed to a knee-jerk reaction to quell public sentiment. Lots of people rationalize bad choices in an effort not to look in the mirror.

I don't think that many over here hate UCONN, it's more just recognizing that UCONN cut off its nose to spite its face so to speak. AAC schools actually have a vested interest in pulling for you guys this year in basketball. I'll personally miss you guys in baseball specifically.

UCONN's problems weren't the AAC's fault, they were UCONN's fault and this move is more about deferring the blame and accountability than it was about shrewd business and long term prosperity. Like I posted above, in a vacuum this is a decision that makes sense to most UCONN fans (which is in part why it was made - to appease the masses) but when analyzing beyond the peripheral it was more knee-jerk rather than based on data and principled logic. Re-interpretation and justifying a conclusion after the fact is what's called revisionist history.

Ignoring geography makes sense when P5 money is to be had. It isn’t available in the AAC (or the Big East). But being closer to the schools you play allows for more heated rivalries and for a better student athlete balance. I will miss AAC football, but this makes so much more sense for our athletic department overall.

Most of your 40m debt is in football. Compare the salaries and the extra 30 scholarships, the travel, the recruiting travel, the cost of putting on a game, etc. Trust me it's not in 8 sports that average 9 scholarships, several of whom play in a more regional smaller league like lacrosse or don't even have leage play like track

I wonder if you would have sold that extra 400k in tickets if you were winning instead of consistently finishing in the bottom third? So either your fanbase is a joke who cares more about the teams UConn plays or your ticket sales are down because you suck.....

Let me know when SJSU, Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis are regional bus trips. You all keep acting like you are going to the big east that existed before football and will make money for doing it.

None of the reasons you give are true.

You added on 1800 more miles for football this year alone and have one less road game. Your rivals, large northeastern schools with basketball tradition, are in the ACC now, you're in a league with small private catholic universities with four in the midwest.

It's ok, this is what you wanted and you are welcome to it just quit trying to piss on our leg and tell us it is raining.

The 400k in ticket sales that I mention has nothing to do with football. That is the extra money we will make in basketball alone since our fans are more juiced about playing former rivals. Recruiting had been markedly improved since the announcement of this move, so if we are winning consistently, that money will go up even further. Also, since the announcement of the UConn football TV deal, there has been a minor uptick in recruiting. If we start winning there, fans will return in higher numbers seeing as the schedule has more power schools on it now.

As for the 1800 miles we “supposedly” added in football (not wasting my time verifying it), who cares? There are so few football games that football travel wasn’t the problem. It is basketball and the Olympic sports where travel was killing us. FIVE schools in the Big East are drivable. ONE school in the AAC is drivable (Navy doesn’t count since I am only concerned with Olympic sports). 9 out of 10 schools in the Big East are under 1000 miles away. 3 out of 11 schools in the AAC were under 1000 miles away. Tough concept for you?

We are not delusional. We are smart.

Why choose an arbitrary number like 1000 miles? Also, driving to Milwaukee from Storrs is just over 1000 miles, anyway.

We wouldn’t be driving, we would be flying which is under 1000 miles. You will say anything to make your numbers seem less severe, but it isn’t accurate. Travel for us in the Big East is way better. It is the exact same footprint of the original Big East before it broke up if you just swap Creighton for USF as outliers.

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

Uconn fans: "We're awesome! We're off to the greener pastures and untold riches of the Big East! We're so much better than the rest of you!"

AAC fans: "Nuh-uh! Your FB is on life-support and we're better off with out you anyway!"

Truth is that both are correct to an extent and neither are correct to an extent. It IS a "good move" for Uconn, and the AAC is probably "better off" without a member who doesn't really want to be here and is not committed to pulling their weight. That being said, it is not all roses for Uconn and only time will tell how this move works out for them. And the AAC will likely suffer some sort of monetary penalty for Uconn's departure... but how much is unclear at the moment.

By all means, keep beating the already dead-horse. The end of June can't arrive quickly enough for my taste; don't let the door hit you on the ass, there Uconn fan(s).

(06-07-2020 10:28 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

Uconn fans: "We're awesome! We're off to the greener pastures and untold riches of the Big East! We're so much better than the rest of you!"

AAC fans: "Nuh-uh! Your FB is on life-support and we're better off with out you anyway!"

Truth is that both are correct to an extent and neither are correct to an extent. It IS a "good move" for Uconn, and the AAC is probably "better off" without a member who doesn't really want to be here and is not committed to pulling their weight. That being said, it is not all roses for Uconn and only time will tell how this move works out for them. And the AAC will likely suffer some sort of monetary penalty for Uconn's departure... but how much is unclear at the moment.

By all means, keep beating the already dead-horse. The end of June can't arrive quickly enough for my taste; don't let the door hit you on the ass, there Uconn fan(s).

Thanks! 24 days to go!

(06-07-2020 10:47 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 10:28 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

Uconn fans: "We're awesome! We're off to the greener pastures and untold riches of the Big East! We're so much better than the rest of you!"

AAC fans: "Nuh-uh! Your FB is on life-support and we're better off with out you anyway!"

Truth is that both are correct to an extent and neither are correct to an extent. It IS a "good move" for Uconn, and the AAC is probably "better off" without a member who doesn't really want to be here and is not committed to pulling their weight. That being said, it is not all roses for Uconn and only time will tell how this move works out for them. And the AAC will likely suffer some sort of monetary penalty for Uconn's departure... but how much is unclear at the moment.

By all means, keep beating the already dead-horse. The end of June can't arrive quickly enough for my taste; don't let the door hit you on the ass, there Uconn fan(s).

Thanks! 24 days to go!

Good

(06-07-2020 10:55 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 10:47 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 10:28 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

Uconn fans: "We're awesome! We're off to the greener pastures and untold riches of the Big East! We're so much better than the rest of you!"

AAC fans: "Nuh-uh! Your FB is on life-support and we're better off with out you anyway!"

Truth is that both are correct to an extent and neither are correct to an extent. It IS a "good move" for Uconn, and the AAC is probably "better off" without a member who doesn't really want to be here and is not committed to pulling their weight. That being said, it is not all roses for Uconn and only time will tell how this move works out for them. And the AAC will likely suffer some sort of monetary penalty for Uconn's departure... but how much is unclear at the moment.

By all means, keep beating the already dead-horse. The end of June can't arrive quickly enough for my taste; don't let the door hit you on the ass, there Uconn fan(s).

Thanks! 24 days to go!

Good

(06-07-2020 11:03 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 10:55 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 10:47 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-07-2020 10:28 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

Uconn fans: "We're awesome! We're off to the greener pastures and untold riches of the Big East! We're so much better than the rest of you!"

AAC fans: "Nuh-uh! Your FB is on life-support and we're better off with out you anyway!"

Truth is that both are correct to an extent and neither are correct to an extent. It IS a "good move" for Uconn, and the AAC is probably "better off" without a member who doesn't really want to be here and is not committed to pulling their weight. That being said, it is not all roses for Uconn and only time will tell how this move works out for them. And the AAC will likely suffer some sort of monetary penalty for Uconn's departure... but how much is unclear at the moment.

By all means, keep beating the already dead-horse. The end of June can't arrive quickly enough for my taste; don't let the door hit you on the ass, there Uconn fan(s).

Thanks! 24 days to go!

Good

Bump, this is too good to let slip away...

Question, will UCONN apply for the Big12 when they rattle the expansion chain?

(06-08-2020 07:29 AM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Question, will UCONN apply for the Big12 when they rattle the expansion chain?

Probably as will Memphis, Cincy, UCF Houston and USF. Just like last time.

Remember this diddy? https://www.hookem.com/story/big-12-expa...w-forward/

(06-08-2020 08:05 AM)WhalerFan Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 07:29 AM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Question, will UCONN apply for the Big12 when they rattle the expansion chain?

Probably as will Memphis, Cincy, UCF Houston and USF. Just like last time.

Remember this diddy? https://www.hookem.com/story/big-12-expa...w-forward/

Man, talk about reaching for pocket change... This ^^^ article was posted May 27th, 2016.

But I'll play anyways...

The Big12 is a 110% football conference they don't reach out to abandoned football programs... The NEWbigeast is uconn's forever conference as for their FAIL football I'll be an added conversation piece among horror movies.

(06-08-2020 09:05 AM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 08:05 AM)WhalerFan Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 07:29 AM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Question, will UCONN apply for the Big12 when they rattle the expansion chain?

Probably as will Memphis, Cincy, UCF Houston and USF. Just like last time.

Remember this diddy? https://www.hookem.com/story/big-12-expa...w-forward/

Man, talk about reaching for pocket change... This ^^^ article was posted May 27th, 2016.

But I'll play anyways...

The Big12 is a 110% football conference they don't reach out to abandoned football programs... The NEWbigeast is uconn's forever conference as for their FAIL football I'll be an added conversation piece among horror movies.

The Big 12 is a horrible geographical and cultural fit for UConn. ACC and Big Ten are the only other conferences that make sense for UConn outside of the Big East. So at least we are finally in one of the three sensible options. AAC made zero sense. Even Mike Aresco couldn’t handle the travel from here (thus the Las Colinas HQ move).

(06-08-2020 09:54 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:05 AM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 08:05 AM)WhalerFan Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 07:29 AM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Question, will UCONN apply for the Big12 when they rattle the expansion chain?

Probably as will Memphis, Cincy, UCF Houston and USF. Just like last time.

Remember this diddy? https://www.hookem.com/story/big-12-expa...w-forward/

Man, talk about reaching for pocket change... This ^^^ article was posted May 27th, 2016.

But I'll play anyways...

The Big12 is a 110% football conference they don't reach out to abandoned football programs... The NEWbigeast is uconn's forever conference as for their FAIL football I'll be an added conversation piece among horror movies.

The Big 12 is a horrible geographical and cultural fit for UConn. ACC and Big Ten are the only other conferences that make sense for UConn outside of the Big East. So at least we are finally in one of the three sensible options. AAC made zero sense. Even Mike Aresco couldn’t handle the travel from here (thus the Las Colinas HQ move).

unfortunately, not just for Uconn, the "sensible" options for most schools have gone out of the window, due to the $$$ involved - not trying to get into this particular pissing match, but, i'll at least give uconn credit for trying to do something that probably benefits their fans, and, ultimately, the school, by returning to a more regional situation.

nothing against anyone in the AAC, but i'd much rather see UC again playing UL, Pitt, WVU, etc - closer, regional schools

(06-08-2020 11:25 AM)dave108 Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:54 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:05 AM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 08:05 AM)WhalerFan Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 07:29 AM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Question, will UCONN apply for the Big12 when they rattle the expansion chain?

Probably as will Memphis, Cincy, UCF Houston and USF. Just like last time.

Remember this diddy? https://www.hookem.com/story/big-12-expa...w-forward/

Man, talk about reaching for pocket change... This ^^^ article was posted May 27th, 2016.

But I'll play anyways...

The Big12 is a 110% football conference they don't reach out to abandoned football programs... The NEWbigeast is uconn's forever conference as for their FAIL football I'll be an added conversation piece among horror movies.

The Big 12 is a horrible geographical and cultural fit for UConn. ACC and Big Ten are the only other conferences that make sense for UConn outside of the Big East. So at least we are finally in one of the three sensible options. AAC made zero sense. Even Mike Aresco couldn’t handle the travel from here (thus the Las Colinas HQ move).

unfortunately, not just for Uconn, the "sensible" options for most schools have gone out of the window, due to the $$$ involved - not trying to get into this particular pissing match, but, i'll at least give uconn credit for trying to do something that probably benefits their fans, and, ultimately, the school, by returning to a more regional situation.

nothing against anyone in the AAC, but i'd much rather see UC again playing UL, Pitt, WVU, etc - closer, regional schools

I miss UL, Pitt, Syracuse, and WVU as it made sense for us to play them. I will also miss Cincy and Temple for that same reason. However, frequent trips from Storrs to Wichita, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Orlando, and Tampa don’t make much sense. Nothing wrong with the schools we play there, but the far flung conference model is now becoming less popular again. A return to more region rivals is brewing nationally.

(06-08-2020 11:44 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 11:25 AM)dave108 Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:54 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:05 AM)BigHouston Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 08:05 AM)WhalerFan Wrote:  Probably as will Memphis, Cincy, UCF Houston and USF. Just like last time.

Remember this diddy? https://www.hookem.com/story/big-12-expa...w-forward/

Man, talk about reaching for pocket change... This ^^^ article was posted May 27th, 2016.

But I'll play anyways...

The Big12 is a 110% football conference they don't reach out to abandoned football programs... The NEWbigeast is uconn's forever conference as for their FAIL football I'll be an added conversation piece among horror movies.

The Big 12 is a horrible geographical and cultural fit for UConn. ACC and Big Ten are the only other conferences that make sense for UConn outside of the Big East. So at least we are finally in one of the three sensible options. AAC made zero sense. Even Mike Aresco couldn’t handle the travel from here (thus the Las Colinas HQ move).

unfortunately, not just for Uconn, the "sensible" options for most schools have gone out of the window, due to the $$$ involved - not trying to get into this particular pissing match, but, i'll at least give uconn credit for trying to do something that probably benefits their fans, and, ultimately, the school, by returning to a more regional situation.

nothing against anyone in the AAC, but i'd much rather see UC again playing UL, Pitt, WVU, etc - closer, regional schools

I miss UL, Pitt, Syracuse, and WVU as it made sense for us to play them. I will also miss Cincy and Temple for that same reason. However, frequent trips from Storrs to Wichita, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Orlando, and Tampa don’t make much sense. Nothing wrong with the schools we play there, but the far flung conference model is now becoming less popular again. A return to more region rivals is brewing nationally.

What I don't understand is if you are so effing happy to be out of the AAC , why do you and some of your boneyard friends feel such a need for our validation? I mean you guys avoided this board like the plague for years while you all stayed snowflakishly in your safe "it's not us, it's that awful AAC keeping us down " bubble. Maybe deep down inside the fact that a lot of AAC programs you guys thought would feel lucky to be beneath you while feeling blessed to be associated with you, actually embarrased you and left the truth about your pathetic athletic department exposed for what it is. Please! Please go home to the NBE and leave us. I really don't think many AAC members care much one way or another about UCONN to hate them. The problem is you come over here lying, fake gloating and talking like an embarrassed child.

(06-08-2020 08:08 PM)Tigersmoke4 Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 11:44 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 11:25 AM)dave108 Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:54 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:05 AM)BigHouston Wrote:  Man, talk about reaching for pocket change... This ^^^ article was posted May 27th, 2016.

But I'll play anyways...

The Big12 is a 110% football conference they don't reach out to abandoned football programs... The NEWbigeast is uconn's forever conference as for their FAIL football I'll be an added conversation piece among horror movies.

The Big 12 is a horrible geographical and cultural fit for UConn. ACC and Big Ten are the only other conferences that make sense for UConn outside of the Big East. So at least we are finally in one of the three sensible options. AAC made zero sense. Even Mike Aresco couldn’t handle the travel from here (thus the Las Colinas HQ move).

unfortunately, not just for Uconn, the "sensible" options for most schools have gone out of the window, due to the $$$ involved - not trying to get into this particular pissing match, but, i'll at least give uconn credit for trying to do something that probably benefits their fans, and, ultimately, the school, by returning to a more regional situation.

nothing against anyone in the AAC, but i'd much rather see UC again playing UL, Pitt, WVU, etc - closer, regional schools

I miss UL, Pitt, Syracuse, and WVU as it made sense for us to play them. I will also miss Cincy and Temple for that same reason. However, frequent trips from Storrs to Wichita, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Orlando, and Tampa don’t make much sense. Nothing wrong with the schools we play there, but the far flung conference model is now becoming less popular again. A return to more region rivals is brewing nationally.

What I don't understand is if you are so effing happy to be out of the AAC , why do you and some of your boneyard friends feel such a need for our validation? I mean you guys avoided this board like the plague for years while you all stayed snowflakishly in your safe "it's not us, it's that awful AAC keeping us down " bubble. Maybe deep down inside the fact that a lot of AAC programs you guys thought would feel lucky to be beneath you while feeling blessed to be associated with you, actually embarrased you and left the truth about your pathetic athletic department exposed for what it is. Please! Please go home to the NBE and leave us. I really don't think many AAC members care much one way or another about UCONN to hate them. The problem is you come over here lying, fake gloating and talking like an embarrassed child.

Nah, man. I have enjoyed my time on this board. Most people here have been nice, but you seem like you have some mental issues. It’s not us UConn fans, it's you dude. Five cents, please.

I don't give a rat's @55 what uconn does my beef with them was/is they blamed the AAC for their pathetic poor failures... Oh but they feel is totally ok to reach out to members from this league to rescue them form their football schedule. Unreal

Here hope Houston never schedules them in anything... If Houston wants to schedule some one from the north east there other programs Houston can definitely reach out to.

(06-08-2020 10:34 PM)BigHouston Wrote:  I don't give a rat's @55 what uconn does my beef with them was/is they blamed the AAC for their pathetic poor failures... Oh but they feel is totally ok to reach out to members from this league to rescue them form their football schedule. Unreal

Here hope Houston never schedules them in anything... If Houston wants to schedule some one from the north east there other programs Houston can definitely reach out to.

Comedy gold here. UConn isn’t “begging” AAC schools for football games. That said, there are some we still wish to play for personal reasons. Temple? A northeast neighbor. UCF? The ConFLiCT is fun. Cincinnati and USF? They were Big East brothers of ours before the AAC. Navy and ECU? Not bad for travel for either side. Nothing against Tulsa, SMU, Houston, Memphis, and Tulane - those schools would be fine to fill out a schedule, but you won’t see us seek those schools out (never mind beg).

(06-08-2020 09:12 PM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 08:08 PM)Tigersmoke4 Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 11:44 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 11:25 AM)dave108 Wrote:  

(06-08-2020 09:54 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  The Big 12 is a horrible geographical and cultural fit for UConn. ACC and Big Ten are the only other conferences that make sense for UConn outside of the Big East. So at least we are finally in one of the three sensible options. AAC made zero sense. Even Mike Aresco couldn’t handle the travel from here (thus the Las Colinas HQ move).

unfortunately, not just for Uconn, the "sensible" options for most schools have gone out of the window, due to the $$$ involved - not trying to get into this particular pissing match, but, i'll at least give uconn credit for trying to do something that probably benefits their fans, and, ultimately, the school, by returning to a more regional situation.

nothing against anyone in the AAC, but i'd much rather see UC again playing UL, Pitt, WVU, etc - closer, regional schools

I miss UL, Pitt, Syracuse, and WVU as it made sense for us to play them. I will also miss Cincy and Temple for that same reason. However, frequent trips from Storrs to Wichita, Tulsa, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Memphis, Orlando, and Tampa don’t make much sense. Nothing wrong with the schools we play there, but the far flung conference model is now becoming less popular again. A return to more region rivals is brewing nationally.

What I don't understand is if you are so effing happy to be out of the AAC , why do you and some of your boneyard friends feel such a need for our validation? I mean you guys avoided this board like the plague for years while you all stayed snowflakishly in your safe "it's not us, it's that awful AAC keeping us down " bubble. Maybe deep down inside the fact that a lot of AAC programs you guys thought would feel lucky to be beneath you while feeling blessed to be associated with you, actually embarrased you and left the truth about your pathetic athletic department exposed for what it is. Please! Please go home to the NBE and leave us. I really don't think many AAC members care much one way or another about UCONN to hate them. The problem is you come over here lying, fake gloating and talking like an embarrassed child.

Nah, man. I have enjoyed my time on this board. Most people here have been nice, but you seem like you have some mental issues. It’s not us UConn fans, it's you dude. Five cents, please.

Mental issues??? Yet here you are suddenly living on the AAC board trolling and sounding like a dumazz because you don't have enough character to leave graciously to your NBE "paradise " . Even though most AAC fans including myself have applauded you all for making a sound decision to go home to the NBE. Are we mostly glad to be rid of a lousy UCONN football program and their lousy fans such as yourself,,,,, dang right. So this is a win-win for everyone I guess except for you. No matter what you say you know that we know that you all are taking a nice pay cut to relive the "good ole days ", so have at it. LOLOL.

I'm sad that I never got up to UCONN to enjoy their world famous jalapeno bacon mac & cheese. I've heard its worth getting arrested over.