(11-02-2021 11:35 AM)Bogg Wrote:  It's funny how the narrative went from "nobody will want to schedule UConn" to "actually, those home-and-homes are a bad thing".

There are people who argue a position, and people who simply argue that whatever school A is doing is "good" and whatever school B is doing is "bad".

The two things the Remnant of the CUSA can offer UConn that the MAC couldn't would be a FB-only spot without requiring tossing in OOC MBB games into the pot as a sweetener and a share of the extra $1m from the Go5 distribution ... maybe $500K as distribution and $500K as conference affiliation fee (that +$1m/school is capped at 10 schools, so there wouldn't have been an extra $1m for the MAC to share).

1 more FCS school to get to eight full FBS members plus UConn/UMass FB-only to get to ten and a two division CCG is plausible, but UConn being interested in that is far from certain.

2 more FCS schools to get to 9 full FBS members plus UMass FB-only to get to ten and a two division CCG would not be surprising ... it seems likely to hinge on whether there is a third FCS call-up that is more appealing as a full member than staying at 9 full members and padding out the schedule (and Go5 base distribution) with a FB only school.