(03-31-2018 08:28 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(03-31-2018 01:46 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(03-31-2018 01:26 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-30-2018 06:25 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(03-30-2018 02:01 PM)Wedge Wrote:  UConn can get as many home P5 games as BYU, because BYU is averaging 2 of those a season, as you can see here: http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/indep/byu-cougars.php

Big Ten and ACC teams that don't have Ohio State-like or Clemson-like attendance would be open to playing home/home series with UConn, as Illinois, Indiana, BC, NC State, Syracuse and Virginia already have or will in the next several years.

Did you look at UConns schedules while you were there? Over the next 5 years they have a total of 2 P5 home games scheduled. They have hosted a grand total of 5 home P5 games since the start of AAC play in 2013---two of those home games were in the first year of play (2013). Im not confident at all they can schedule many home P5 games as an indy. THat said, I am confident they can schedule a 12 game FBS schedule. If New Mexico St and UMass can do it---so can UConn.

You're downplaying UConn's indy prospects because you don't want them to leave the AAC. But c'mon, you know that UConn's football value, and their ability to schedule as an indy, is a helluva lot closer to BYU than NMSU.

I don’t want them to leave—but I think I’m pretty clear eyed about thier program as an indy. Their situation and location would be very similar to UMass. I suspect the schedules would be similar if UConn went indy.

I agree with you that it is very doubtful that if they left the AAC and went Indy, that UConn football could construct a schedule as fan-appealing or as strong in an SOS sense as what they have in the AAC. There would be a drop-off.

Where you and I probably strongly disagree is I am by no means sure that if UConn said they were exiting their basketball from the AAC to the Big East, but intended to keep all their other sports in the AAC (or exit the AAC in all sports but football), that the AAC would try to eject their football (and/or other sports) from the conference. I think there's a very good chance they wouldn't.

Heck, the AAC has already set the precedent of Navy football only being in the AAC and Wichita State having hoops but no football in the AAC. It would be hard therefore to take a moralistic/indignant "we insist on all in or nothing" stance, if they tried to they would look merely spiteful, and bottom line is that the AAC would still be stronger with UConn football than without it.

Could not disagree more. “bottom line is AAC would still be stronger with Uconn football than without it”
Come on. How insulting. How ridiculous....