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(08-07-2019 02:37 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  UConn will be worse than last year though. They're preparing for the FCS.

...and doing of fine job of preparing these past few years I might add.

But on a more serious note, '09 Big East and '19 American are probably pretty close in degree of difficulty. UCF, Houston and Memphis have excellent programs and P5 victories in the AAC; USF and Temple have made noise too with bowls and a few P5 wins these past few years. In the Big East, Syracuse and Pitt were big football brand names from days gone by but haven't shown much swagger in the ACC. Rutgers never really challenged UC much after the 'Cats took their #7 ranked team down in Nippert. WVU and Louisville were really strong most years but were their best teams better than UCF's undefeated team that took down Auburn? We can only speculate on such comparisons.

I would argue that in UC's years in the Big East, the conference often outperformed the ACC head to head and on the national stage in BCS 6 bowls. All before Clemson rose to the top.