This would provide a foot in the door for getting into the ACC and balance football for scheduling.

Perhaps they could work a Notre Dame style scheduling arrangement in basketball (both) with the ACC to entice such a move.

Would come down to if they'd generate more $$ for the Conference and the ACC network.

It would mess up basketball (back to an odd number) but

Basketball is messed up now.
If you're not willing to mess up basketball for the current national champions in men's basketball and the most successful women's basketball coach in history, who are you going to mess up basketball for?
You can always unmess up basketball by adding a non football member like Villanova to even up non football membership.

Edit: I forgot to see "Football Only". I don't know how UConn would react to that. On one hand, the Big East is a strong enough conference for men's basketball (the ACC is a clear upgrade in women's basketball). The ACC would be dumb to not want basketball as well though, the only reason they would accept UConn's football is to get basketball as well.

I’m a proponent of UConn to the ACC as a full member.

Why would the ACC want a below average FB program with no recruiting grounds as a “FB only”?

You don't need an even number for football scheduling. No one cares about a schedule matrix and pods anymore.

No one is going to even notice if some ACC members play each other 5 times in 8 years and others play each other 2 in 8 years.

(09-02-2023 08:59 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Why would the ACC want a below average FB program with no recruiting grounds as a “FB only”?

UConn is a big commodity for basketball. Besides that, they fill in the NE part of the ACC giving SU and BC natural rivals and open up a new state for full monetary value of ACC carriage. Now that the ACC has finally embraced unequal revenue sharing, a new world of possibilities open up for expansion.

With all of that said, UConn is doing well in the BigEast and making noticeable improvements in football as an Independent. Perhaps they have the magic formula for success already.

(09-02-2023 11:06 AM)JSchmack Wrote:  You don't need an even number for football scheduling. No one cares about a schedule matrix and pods anymore.

No one is going to even notice if some ACC members play each other 5 times in 8 years and others play each other 2 in 8 years.

You need an even number if you want to play 9 conference games. If SEC does move to that, I’m sure the pressure will be there on the ACC to do so as well. But until then, an odd number is fine.

Not sure what logic leads to bringing in UConn without bringing in the one sport its really good at (basketball), particularly for a league that prides itself on good basketball.

UConn screwed themselves by building a off campus stadium 30 min away. Yes CT is a small state with short drives but its not the south where people drive hours and hours to games in their RVs to tailgate. Totally different culture which is why they dont belong in any southern based conference. I havent been to any UConn football games but Im assuming the student attendance and atmosphere is terrible.

SMU is a school/program in a huge recruiting/TV market (Dallas). It has elite academics. It has huge, huge donor support. And it is a football-first athletic department.

UConn can't say any of those; and SMU just set the bar by forgoing TV revenues for a whopping nine years. UConn, financially, can't agree to that responsibly.

UConn will get added once defections occur, likely in the form of FSU, Clemson and Miami.

It makes no sense. Basketball is what has value from UConn, not football.

Why would the ACC want UConn for its, arguably, least successful sport?

They're more likely to get an invite (for all sports, not football only) when it becomes necessary for the ACC to backfill.

(09-02-2023 01:33 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  SMU is a school/program in a huge recruiting/TV market (Dallas). It has elite academics. It has huge, huge donor support. And it is a football-first athletic department.

UConn can't say any of those; and SMU just set the bar by forgoing TV revenues for a whopping nine years. UConn, financially, can't agree to that responsibly.

UConn will get added once defections occur, likely in the form of FSU, Clemson and Miami.

If SMU can claim Dallas why can't uconn claim NY? Half of the state is in the NY tv market. The other half is ranked 36 tv market. Or reality doesn't matter?

(09-02-2023 02:48 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  

(09-02-2023 01:33 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  SMU is a school/program in a huge recruiting/TV market (Dallas). It has elite academics. It has huge, huge donor support. And it is a football-first athletic department.

UConn can't say any of those; and SMU just set the bar by forgoing TV revenues for a whopping nine years. UConn, financially, can't agree to that responsibly.

UConn will get added once defections occur, likely in the form of FSU, Clemson and Miami.

If SMU can claim Dallas why can't uconn claim NY? Half of the state is in the NY tv market. The other half is ranked 36 tv market. Or reality doesn't matter?

You can but that doesn't change the fact that SMU can recruit DFW exclusively & put a competitive team on the field

(09-02-2023 03:04 PM)mj4life Wrote:  

(09-02-2023 02:48 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  

(09-02-2023 01:33 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  SMU is a school/program in a huge recruiting/TV market (Dallas). It has elite academics. It has huge, huge donor support. And it is a football-first athletic department.

UConn can't say any of those; and SMU just set the bar by forgoing TV revenues for a whopping nine years. UConn, financially, can't agree to that responsibly.

UConn will get added once defections occur, likely in the form of FSU, Clemson and Miami.

If SMU can claim Dallas why can't uconn claim NY? Half of the state is in the NY tv market. The other half is ranked 36 tv market. Or reality doesn't matter?

You can but that doesn't change the fact that SMU can recruit DFW exclusively & put a competitive team on the field

In the future, in the ACC? That is yet to be seen.

(09-02-2023 02:48 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  

(09-02-2023 01:33 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  SMU is a school/program in a huge recruiting/TV market (Dallas). It has elite academics. It has huge, huge donor support. And it is a football-first athletic department.

UConn can't say any of those; and SMU just set the bar by forgoing TV revenues for a whopping nine years. UConn, financially, can't agree to that responsibly.

UConn will get added once defections occur, likely in the form of FSU, Clemson and Miami.

If SMU can claim Dallas why can't uconn claim NY? Half of the state is in the NY tv market. The other half is ranked 36 tv market. Or reality doesn't matter?

One market cares about college football. One does not.

The ACC doesn’t need another school to “even out”. They have 18 for basketball and there’s no problem with scheduling an odd number of schools an 8-game conference schedule. In fact, with 17+ND, they could easily start scheduling ND against one of the 5 ACC games during rivalry week.

The MAC doesn't even want Uconn football only.