(03-30-2018 11:05 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-30-2018 10:13 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  Independence is far more feasible now, given the pool of FBS independents, but it's not failsafe. UConn can't command/demand special favors the same way Notre Dame and the Service Academies can/could; UConn's phone lines won't be jammed by teams dying to get them on the books.

UConn could get independent football schedules as good as BYU's. They might decide that they prefer to stay in the AAC, but if they want to go the BE/indy route, they can build decent football schedules.

No. I dont think so. BYU gets a bit of a lift because there is no competing power conference on the left coast to play against. But the back half of the BYU annual schedule looks little better than a UMass schedule.

BC, Pitt, UMass, and perhaps Army will be the UConn staples. Navy wont normally have room for UConn becasue thier conference schedule leaves little room for anyone other than their traditional rivals (Army, AF, Notre Dame). That said, I see no reason they cant fashion a 12 game schedule with 6 home games. Just dont expect to have as many home P5 games as BYU--and expect the back half to be bad.

Bowls will be a problem. The Pinstripe isnt giving up its current ties for UConn. Neither is the Military, Belk, Liberty, Music City, or Detroit Bowls. The rest of the bowls are southern and western. They certainly would have little interest in UConn. So, UConn will get left out every once in a while when there are too many 6-6 teams. The good news is most of the time they are bowl qualified they will get a bowl. The bad news is they will get shipped off to whatever bowl that needs a back up. Nobody is signing a primary tie with UConn.