Cincinnati blew out UConn today. Lots of angst up there. Fans expect to dominate AAC but it's not happening.
Unhappy times in Storrs
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And they want to drop football and go to the BE ... maybe they need to drop to the Patriot League in all sports
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. I tell you I do not miss walking down the runways to rentschler field one bit. Thank you Big Ten Conference.
That program, along with Cincinnati football, might be the two biggest "victims" of realignment.
I don't have anything against Cincinnati, though.
I don't have anything against Cincinnati, though.
what was the recruiting class like for Ollie after the national championship run..you figure that they got a big bounce there even with a shift in conferences..did it make no difference that they won the whole thing....so why so poor in a mediocre league. Beyond Cincy and SMU there is no reason why UConn is doing so horribly
I have no love for the Constitution state but we are in no position to bust anyone's orbs.
I guess with the home court advantage there is always the possibility they could get on a roll in the tournament and feel better about themselves...
Nothing screams March Madness for UConn fans then a road through USF and Houston in their tournament
Who says they want to drop football? They're not going to drop football. Let's say they do leave the AAC and join the BE for BB, I think all of their other sports teams would stay in the AAC. If the AAC kicks them out, then they can go to CUSA. But they're not dropping football. Too much money has been invested in that program.
Is the concensus that Ollie is safe for this year?
I have to say there is a little voice in my head that says if we have any success with Pike that they are going to come after him (I'm still smarting from Jay Wright, similar situation)
I have to say there is a little voice in my head that says if we have any success with Pike that they are going to come after him (I'm still smarting from Jay Wright, similar situation)
The mark of a football program that hasn't grown up. Their athletic program is disintegrating while we watch. I'm guessing the Big East wants no part of them.
We want Ollie to win enough that they don't poach pike.
I never had anything against uconn. Glad they beat duke in some big spots.
BC no love loss .
I never had anything against uconn. Glad they beat duke in some big spots.
BC no love loss .
Hear what you're saying, and we all know in college sports anything is possible. -But I get the impression that Coach Pike really sees an opportunity here, and let's face it, coaching in the B1G has to have more appeal than doing it in the AAC, even if he is a UConn alum. And in addition, we finally have an athletic administration that actually knows what it's doing and what needs to be done to keep the people we want.
In football, it appears Iowa made quite a run at Coach Blazek, an Iowa alum and, (I believe), a former Hawkeye team captain, and he's still at RU, so hopefully that's at least a small indication that the times they really are a changin' in terms of Rutgers doing what's required to keep the right people here.
FIFY. They're going down hill fast. Coach P isn't going to jump on that runaway train to the Patriot Conference.
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Not afraid of UConn. Yes they have had success but that program is a shade of it's former self and it's starting to evaporate. Like Ivy League football, those schools ultimately chose their academic prestige over athletic prominence. After a while a decision is made and they chose to try to care about football too much and let their bball slide
Pike would be a natural at UConn...the problem is the diminished stature at UConn being in the AAC, its a program trending downward not upward so not worried about it at this time..
If Pike can get RU to the ncar tourney, I'd have to imagine hed be a hot commodity. I don't see it happening within the next 4 years based on our current talent.
The timing could work out well as well have a full share by then. If pike can get us an ncaa bid, we can't lose him a year later.
The timing could work out well as well have a full share by then. If pike can get us an ncaa bid, we can't lose him a year later.
Other things equal, the RU job is better than the UConn job. Period.
Obviously, right now other things are not equal. But if Pike does manage to equalize them, there is no reason for him to make a move to UConn. Other than personal reasons of course... if that's where his heart is, then so be it.
Obviously, right now other things are not equal. But if Pike does manage to equalize them, there is no reason for him to make a move to UConn. Other than personal reasons of course... if that's where his heart is, then so be it.
Not if UConn is able to move their basketball program to a P5 conference. If that happens then the UCONN job is definitely better.
You can throw the "if" qualifier around about a lot of situations. -But at present, I don't see any P5 conferences out there exactly knocking down UConn's door to give them an invite, and for the foreseeable future, at least, the Huskies look to be firmly rooted in the AAC.
Now things can change in college sports in terms of conference realignment, but it appears that, at this point anyway, things are set for a time. -And Coach Pike appears to be making significant strides with RU men's BB and signs are he'll continue to do so. So even if, one day, UConn does manage to go to a P5 conference, (which seems like a long shot), who's to say which will be the better job by then? Remember, we're talking about the future here, not about a school's past.
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Tom Moore was fired by Quinnipiac yesterday. He was the main recruiter for Calhoun back in the day and has connections to Pike & Hobbs.
While I like our current staff, finding a way to add Moore in a recruiting role would be huge
While I like our current staff, finding a way to add Moore in a recruiting role would be huge
I don't agree. Where's the value of adding a non-catholic school to a small school catholic conference in a region already saturated with Big East schools? Uconn offers zero value to any P-5 conference and less than zero value without basketball. The Big East isn't going to let Uconn park its bball there while it grovels in front of every P-5 conference for a seat that's never going to come. The only way I see it is if Uconn drops football to FCS and gives up on P-5 and even then they'd have to convince Seton Hall, St. Johns, Nova and Providence to vote yes.
They bring a rabid fan base----TV eyes------ along with 4 National Titles in 15 years.
Catholics like everyone else like money. UConn brings value.
In regards to football IMO they will go the way you'll see many schools go who are not Power 5 schools. They'll either find some football only league or go down to FCS.
You can't justify the cost of it if there's no TV deal .
Catholics like everyone else like money. UConn brings value.
In regards to football IMO they will go the way you'll see many schools go who are not Power 5 schools. They'll either find some football only league or go down to FCS.
You can't justify the cost of it if there's no TV deal .
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then what happens to the football program, where does that go?... I doubt the aac lets them stay as a partial member.... If this was not a problem, Uconn would have joined the big east long ago
Agree. Why would the BE want to help out UConn. BE doing fine without them. Kill off the competition.
It was a joke that U Conn again had a league tournament on their court. Their team was not too good this season and they never deserved a ticket to the big dance the way they played this season.
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