(04-03-2021 04:37 AM)baruna falls Wrote: I believe it was a big mistake. Houston proving you can be a great basketball team from this league and do very well on the national level. Uconn in my opinion was lead by older alum who wanted to leave AAC for a chance at reliving the glory of the old Big East.
Football drives the train and now Uconn Football will struggle for years to come. Uconn could have stayed in AAC had great basketball and compete in a very good football league. Now imo they will be wondering the sports desert without a clear way out if it. Am sure there is buyers remorse right now and would not be surprised if they asked back into the AAC.
Interesting. I haven't read many other posts along these lines.
Their MBB prospects seem bright; they certainly improved this year.
What I'd read was that a big part of their decision was that they were losing so much money on football that they thought they had to do something drastic, such as schedule a completely different set of opponents.
Also that they wouldn't fall far behind financially because the Big East doesn't pay a whole lot less than the AAC, and because the travel expenses are a lot lower - - so they thought they'd come out ahead, especially if they could boost their FB attendance with innovative scheduling.
There has been a fair amount of speculation about the possibility of a new G5 FB conference being a possibility if a few more eastern U.S. FCS schools (e.g., James Madison, Jacksonville St., N. Carolina A&T, and Youngstown St.) make the transition to FBS.
If 5 or 6 FCS teams make the jump in the next 5-10 years maybe UConn will eventually consider joining for FB-only, along with UMass, Liberty, and possibly Army or NMSU.
The MAC isn't an option because they won't take any more FB-only schools, and that's why UMass left the MAC.
The Sun Belt only has 10 teams, and they've had northern schools before (Idaho), so perhaps UConn will want to consider joining the SBC if they would take a FB-only school - - it's a great G5 conference.
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