Per John Rosthstein... BE would accept them in all sports, UConn would need to find a home for football. ACC mentioned. I don't know, but would obviously be a blow to the conference ...
LOL - who would want ONLY football from UCONN?
(02-15-2017 11:25 AM)HoopDreams Wrote: [ -> ]LOL - who would want ONLY football from UCONN?
Boston College.
I would think UConn would have a better shot getting a full invite to the ACC than a FB only invite.
Memphis and UConn should offer the ACC $75 Million each to join the conference. That would be a $10 Million payout to each of the 15 ACC member schools.
Would any of us even notice?
(02-15-2017 11:25 AM)HoopDreams Wrote: [ -> ]LOL - who would want ONLY football from UCONN?
MAC
(02-15-2017 01:10 PM)fsquid Wrote: [ -> ] (02-15-2017 11:25 AM)HoopDreams Wrote: [ -> ]LOL - who would want ONLY football from UCONN?
MAC
Yep-Rothstein blowing smoke-has some connection to UConn??
Would have been more believable without the ACC mention. Why would ACC want UCONN football and not their men's and women's bball programs? That's like saying we are going to join the Big East, but will put our football program in the SEC.
(02-15-2017 11:25 AM)HometownTiger Wrote: [ -> ]Per John Rosthstein... BE would accept them in all sports, UConn would need to find a home for football. ACC mentioned. I don't know, but would obviously be a blow to the conference ...
It is not April yet, right?
The aac ain't taking a football only UConn. But Ican see uUConn doing this and going independent in football.
UConn would have to drop their football to FCS for this plan to be feasible.
(02-15-2017 11:25 AM)HometownTiger Wrote: [ -> ]Per John Rosthstein... BE would accept them in all sports, UConn would need to find a home for football. ACC mentioned. I don't know, but would obviously be a blow to the conference ...
This is the kinda stuff that can happen when you enter into long bad contracts ... "unhappy conference members."
Unfortunately, the UCONN WBB team are the only AAC team making major headlines this basketball season. Aresco is starting to look like a complete greenhorn. It would definitely hurt the conference's bargaining power during the next round of negotiations, if we lose them ...
Anyone who laughs at this can't smell what's coming. The Bigeast is about to get included in the power structure when the P5 splits. It'll be 5 leagues in football and 6 in basketball. Memphis would do well to follow UCONN if this happens. Go MAC or Cusa in football.
If they wanna join...see ya.
(02-15-2017 05:54 PM)Harry J Wrote: [ -> ]UConn would have to drop their football to FCS for this plan to be feasible.
This is the most credible scenario and makes sense with the way UConn was dragged into D1 football to appease the old BEast powers.
(02-15-2017 07:49 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone who laughs at this can't smell what's coming. The Bigeast is about to get included in the power structure when the P5 splits. It'll be 5 leagues in football and 6 in basketball. Memphis would do well to follow UCONN if this happens. Go MAC or Cusa in football.
Uh.No. MAC or CUSA is a giant step backward, especially in football. Someone is in fantasyland if they think UConn can go ACC in football only; like another poster mentioned, they'll have to go FCS. They wouldn't survive independent.
(02-15-2017 08:30 PM)Tigerbythetail Wrote: [ -> ] (02-15-2017 07:49 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote: [ -> ]Anyone who laughs at this can't smell what's coming. The Bigeast is about to get included in the power structure when the P5 splits. It'll be 5 leagues in football and 6 in basketball. Memphis would do well to follow UCONN if this happens. Go MAC or Cusa in football.
Uh.No. MAC or CUSA is a giant step backward, especially in football. Someone is in fantasyland if they think UConn can go ACC in football only; like another poster mentioned, they'll have to go FCS. They wouldn't survive independent.
As I recall one of uconn's selling points to the b12 is that they're a major football draw in the New York metro area. If so - UConn football is the BYU of the northeast.