How long would it take NYU to get a B1G invite if it decided to bring back varsity football? Private school in NYC with a BIG B1G profile.
That makes no sense at all. Who is asking another conference to invest in UConn? Is it that you think the only way to show a conference that we can expand the stadium to 55k is to do it? Seriously, that's absurd. And saying "perception is reality" is just throwing out a meaningless cliche. Whose perception? Tuxedo Yoohoo's? Frank the Tank's? Or the people who make a decision? Because you have no reason to doubt that people who will make the decision don't understand the relevant facts.
I'm concerned that we have so many fans who feel the need to "double down" on dumb posts. What if that is what is keeping UConn from a P-5 invite?
Can't be, otherwise West Virginia would have been relegated to the NAIAI'm concerned that we have so many fans who feel the need to "double down" on dumb posts. What if that is what is keeping UConn from a P-5 invite?
Can't be, otherwise West Virginia would have been relegated to the NAIA
Mmm. I like the last idea...and the blimp. Yeah a blimp would be pretty cool. People would say "Hey look their goes that Husky blimp." It would sound redundant, but it wouldn't be.Shall we plate our helmets with gold? Buy a fancier equipment truck? Buy our own blimp? Buy Shamu and keep him in a tank on our sidelines to delight small children? Knock down the brand-new hoop doohickey and build one on top of the rubble?
What are they asking for? It's so vague and so stupid.
How much would it cost to import another seven million residents? That's what worked for Rutgers, not their deranged deficit spending.
Mmm. I like the last idea...and the blimp. Yeah a blimp would be pretty cool. People would say "Hey look their goes that Husky blimp." It would sound redundant, but it wouldn't be.
I understand what you are saying but the Big East was a BCS conference. We are no longer in a power conference. HUGE difference in recruiting. The other AAC teams don't have an advantage over UCONN. We are all in the same stinkin' tugboat - we will all be mediocre an no one will have an advantage due to location. Except maybe Tulane. Everyone likes a good party.Let me put it this way. We were able to compete for Big East championships under Edsall. If we don't compete for AAC championships, I would blame it on the coaching, not some inherent advantage that Houston/SMU/Memphis/ECU/USF/UCF/Temple/Tulane/Tulsa have over UConn. It's just not harder to compete with those schools than it was with the Big East teams we successfully competed with (WVU, Rutgers, Cuse, Pitt, etc). In the long run, we should have better football than every one of our AAC conference mates.
I understand what you are saying but the Big East was a BCS conference. We are no longer in a power conference. HUGE difference in recruiting. The other AAC teams don't have an advantage over UCONN. We are all in the same stinkin' tugboat - we will all be mediocre an no one will have an advantage due to location. Except maybe Tulane. Everyone likes a good party.
The question was not whether UCONN could win the conference. Sure UCONN could win the conference. So could the other 10 teams who finished equal to or better than UCONN this year, as well as Navy. The statement I replied to was that UCONN needs to be a perennial winner of the conference, and I implied that UCONN would be lucky to win the conference at all. And if someone is suggesting that UCONN become the perennial winner 10-15 years down the road, I don't think I could stomach that length of time in the Gulag.I know what you are saying but the question was whether we could win the AAC. We can, because (as you acknowledge) our AAC competitors have all our defects including conference.
What on earth are you talking about?
Fishy said:Shall we plate our helmets with gold? Buy a fancier equipment truck? Buy our own blimp? Buy Shamu and keep him in a tank on our sidelines to delight small children? Knock down the brand-new hoop doohickey and build one on top of the rubble? What are they asking for? It's so vague and so stupid. How much would it cost to import another seven million residents? That's what worked for Rutgers, not their deranged deficit spending.
What are we converting?It starts a conversion.
If Yoda is correct and we lose Cincy and UCF (and for some awful reason it just doesn’t feel wrong), the situation can be no dire, it’s time for UCONN to beg, borrow, steal, and coerce its way in to the P5. That means doubling down on investments, no waiting for upticks in attendance to increase the stadium. The other facilities need to be fast tracked, get the Hockey barn, new baseball facilities, upgrading Gampel all started and finished now. We need to look like a shiny new member of the P5 before someone invites us. Because every day that goes by, championships aside, we look more and more just another want to be. Perception will kill us in the media and recruiting and just feed on itself. Carrots AND sticks need to be brought to bear on ESPN by the state.
UCONN cannot go gentle in to that good night.
Nor is your statement evidence that it did not. Are you asserting that stadium size plays no role in the decision making process of which institution is worth inviting to join a conference?Stating that two separate things happened does not prove cause and effect. Yes, Rutgers expanded their stadium ahead of the demand for tickets. Yes, Rutgers got into the Big Ten. That is not evidence that expanding a stadium gets you into the Big Ten.
Nor is your statement evidence that it did not. Are you asserting that stadium size plays no role in the decision making process of which institution is worth inviting to join a conference ?
Buffalo is in a very large market, they didn't get the nod so it may just have been a little more complicated than that but some people can't wrap their mind around more than one variable at a time, perhaps they are just simple....Rutgers. Is. In. The. Big. Ten. Because. They. Are. In. A. Very. Large. Market.
Some people just can't seem to get their minds around that.
Perhaps they're bad at math.
It's not really my point CA, but off the top of my head, I think of one, Villanova.Is there one instance where it clearly was?
Buffalo is in a very large market, they didn't get the nod so it may just have been a little more complicated than that but some people can't wrap their mind around more than one variable at a time, perhaps they are just simple....
That said, the point is simple: they are in, we are out. Seems foolish to mock them.
Or, maybe they're ignorant or just dummies!Rutgers. Is. In. The. Big. Ten. Because. They. Are. In. A. Very. Large. Market.
Some people just can't seem to get their minds around that.
Perhaps they're bad at math.
Buffalo is in a very large market, they didn't get the nod so it may just have been a little more complicated than that but some people can't wrap their mind around more than one variable at a time, perhaps they are just simple....
That said, the point is simple: they are in, we are out. Seems foolish to mock them.
Buffalo is in a very large market, they didn't get the nod so it may just have been a little more complicated than that but some people can't wrap their mind around more than one variable at a time, perhaps they are just simple....
That said, the point is simple: they are in, we are out. Seems foolish to mock them.