(12-07-2017 01:59 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(12-07-2017 01:37 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  I don't have a dog in this fight. But if UConn goes to the Big East, they can use basketball as leverage to get some football games. I'm sure schools like Temple, Navy and Cincinnati would sign a deal with UConn if they can get some basketball games. UConn is the biggest brand in basketball outside the P5 + Big East and I can think of multiple G5 schools who will sign with the Huskies for basketball purposes.

the problem with that is that there would only be so many games available. UConn would have presumably then 20 conference games, a 4 game exempt tournament, and the Gavitt games. That's right there 25 games, with at most only 13 home dates. So UConn would have only like 6 slots left to play with at that point.

6 slots are all you really need if you're only looking to fill like 3-4 football games. Teams like Wake, Northwestern, Indiana, Illinois, Rutgers, Kansas, Arizona, and the like would all make excellent multi-sport partners, as well as Cincy, Temple, SMU, and others. There are plenty of opportunities there.