UCONN to the Big East

[Raoul Duke MU]

UNCC, ODU, UTSA... to the casual fan UCONN is a hell of a lot more recognizable. If C-USA can take a bunch of whoevers to get into a "market", UCONN would be a no-brainer. It's not like the conference would get shittier.

 

[The Real SamC]

I was mowing my lawn yesterday, and I realized we all have been looking at this exactly backwards.

Since the "great realignment" exactly ONE conference is such a hole that the state university in the wealthiest state in the country, with multiple national champions in basketball, the unquestioned best women's basketball team, over 30K students, a stadium built in this century (apparently at state expense) with a fat corporate naming rights deal, a tremendous basketball facility, a state with 3 and 1/2 million people packed into an area where no one is more than an hour from the game venue, ESPN's home and pet program, with millions and millions of people within 3 hours drive, LOST SO MUCH MONEY, $41M in just one year according to reports, that it was willing to tell the AAC to pound sand and move to a basketball only conference and let football figure it out or not.

THE AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, not only does every AD in that league hope and pray that it is the Big 12 on the line every time the phone rings, at least one team, and probably more to come, are losing so much that they will move to the empty pit that is I-A independent football status (UND notwithstanding) to get free of it.

Wonder what they will do with the Civil CON-FLict Trophy?

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

in the wealthiest state in the country,

False. By GDP per capita and household income, Connecticut is not the wealthiest state. You can possibly argue some foolish survey from 2010 to support a per capita claim, but GDP per capita is the far more logical measure, especially in a place like Connecticut where so many wealthy employees work in NY instead of the state where they reside.

packed into an area where no one is more than an hour from the game venue,

False. There are plenty of places in Connecticut that are more than an hour's drive from UConn.

THE AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A conference that Marshall administrators and fans would love to be a part of instead of C-USA; a conference that is far superior to C-USA by any reasonable standard or measure; a conference that consumes your simple mind so much, that you can't stop thinking about it even while mowing your lawn.

 

[THUNDERGround]

Not only is it superior in football, it was literally just behind the Big East as a basketball conference. Nipping at its heels, so to speak and is far superior to CUSA.

 

[Ninegate]

UCONN appears to be headed towards a step down for the football program.

 

[beefcake0520]

Not good if they do, built that expensive stadium for nothing if so. Guess it made sense at the time when the schedule was more exciting.