(09-14-2021 07:50 AM)Bogg Wrote:  

(09-14-2021 07:37 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(09-14-2021 07:18 AM)Rob3338 Wrote:  

(09-11-2021 05:27 PM)WhoseHouse? Wrote:  Look every reasonable/knowledgeable fan knew that the move to the BE was going to result in the football program going back to FCS. UConn did what it had to do to save its hoops. Not what I would've wanted from my Alma but I can understand the thinking given how bad their football is/has been.

Makes sense and I understand the pressure the BB fans put on the administration however this is the exact opposite of what every other college/university with a football team would do.

However they made their bed and should go back to FCS or simply drop FB completely.

The funny thing is there were people on this message board (who oddly enough are not even UConn alums) who were predicting UCONN was going to become an eastern Indy powerhouse in FB (as they would tell you, because they are a state flagship, a good academic school and a strong brand through hoops). They obviously weren't watching as closely as the rest of us who have seen the issues with that product, both in terms of on and off the field.

Given that this is the first month of games played after leaving the American, and how the stint in the American went, I'm not sure that conference does anything to insulate UConn from being bad. If the football team's going to be bad in the American or bad in a BE+indy arrangement, better for it to be bad as an independent and not take the rest of the AD with it.

At least you admit its bad. For the past 8 years or so many blamed UConn's woes in football on the AAC-- including journalists.