(05-16-2020 04:22 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(05-16-2020 03:18 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  ... If UConn football held any value what so ever to a conference---the MAC, Sunbelt, or CUSA would have jumped at the chance to add them. ...

Note that it is easy to overstate this ... the MAC was not on the phone to UConn begging them to join, so it is fair to say they didn't "jump at the chance to add them" with a nuanced understanding of what "jumping at the chance" is supposed to mean ...

... but the response when asked about it was that they had had not had contact from UConn about the issue, so it's reasonable to say whether there was some arrangement where they might be interested in adding them was never put to the test, because UConn was not interested in joining the MAC.

Yea. Not saying they were clamoring for UConn either, but I'm less than convinced that UConn put in any real effort to join the Sun Belt or CUSA, and apparently the MAC never heard from them either. You look at Uconn's schedule and they've done fine getting a slate that's preferable to those conferences with better travel for the most part.

I do think the MAC could have made a little bit of sense given their overlap with the western contingent of the Big East, but those mid-week games are a killer.