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“There is also a plan being discussed that UConn and UMass become part of the Eastern Division of Conference USA, which would then split apart and become its league (9 teams) and the West would also be a 9 team conference by going after schools such as BYU and New Mexico State in football only.”

Hahahaha, just kidding apparently about this being a well-thought-out plan to leverage our strengths as a football independent!

If there’s any truth to this hysterically bad CUSA idea, there is definitely no plan for football at the moment. And if the AD’s office thinks this beats going independent, football is screwed.


I'm always naive enough to think we have a plan when things don't make much sense. And we never do.
 
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Geezus, that jackwagon should just stick to reviewing pizza. That's some kind of journalism, a bunch of tweets from teenagers and YouTube clips.
That teenager is a UConn football fan who works for Barstool. He does their general CFB stuff. He compiled the blog in this case.
 
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HT @Guapo in another thread. In this thread someone brings up that, unless they add another team, the AAC would have to play 10 league games to keep a Conference Championship Game. No way they sign on to that. So...either keep UConn with some careful negotiations or welcome Old Dominion or Buffalo for all sports...
 
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In case anyone missed my post on the football board talked with Brett McMurphy on my podcast about the future of UConn Football and its landing options. Check it out:
 
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LOL. That's just spite. He's so dumb he probably doesn't realize they need 12 teams or else they're going to need a 10 game conference.

They ain't getting BYU or Army. So (A) add a lower-upside program, (B) play 10 conference games and hope you don't lose Navy, or (C) keep UConn and work out something in our "main sport."

Knowing Aresco, they'll do (A).
 

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Aresco can go himself. SNY will get us on TV in the biggest media market in the country and enable syndication for football. He will look like a bigger idiot than usual when UConn is playing on SNY at noon on a Saturday in October and there isn't a single AAC game on live television in the New York market that day.
 
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Aresco can go himself. SNY will get us on TV in the biggest media market in the country and enable syndication for football. He will look like a bigger idiot than usual when UConn is playing on SNY at noon on a Saturday in October and there isn't a single AAC game on live television in the New York market that day.
Especially when that game is vs Iowa State, Texas Tech, or Baylor.
 
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If Fox could get us some B12 or BiG games
Indy could turn out to be interesting
Also Aresco is a football commissioner first he almost destroyed basketball in the AAC.
We also received little compensation in the media contract for men’s basketball and zero. for women’s. Even though UConn WBB games were among the highest ratings received by the conference.
If he wants to throw us out of his football conference I would think that s detrimental to his exit fee negotiation.
This could get interesting.
 
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