Couple of UConn questions

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

You are not alone, trust me. But Memphis went years in Conference USA without fading. Gonzaga stays relevant despite the WCC. And the MWC used to be a joke but has become a pretty competitive conference. The AAC will be alright...but the programs will suffer....until the big boys want to expand again.

If UConn knew what was good for it, they would drop football and join up with the BEast. It would save them thousands of dollars and allow them to pour Marquette level amounts of money into their basketball program.

They won't drop football.  The state spent the money to build a new football stadium so I don't see it.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

They won't drop football.  The state spent the money to build a new football stadium so I don't see it.

Oh I don't see it happening either. But I still think it would be a smart move

[Atticus]

If UConn knew what was good for it, they would drop football and join up with the BEast. It would save them thousands of dollars and allow them to pour Marquette level amounts of money into their basketball program.

Yeah....UConn should drop football because they can't compete in basketball. Obviously, they need a bigger budget.

Of course, only an idiot would believe the department of education figures.

[MU86NC]

You are not alone, trust me. But Memphis went years in Conference USA without fading. Gonzaga stays relevant despite the WCC. And the MWC used to be a joke but has become a pretty competitive conference. The AAC will be alright...but the programs will suffer....until the big boys want to expand again.

If UConn knew what was good for it, they would drop football and join up with the BEast. It would save them thousands of dollars and allow them to pour Marquette level amounts of money into their basketball program.

That is a good point.  UConn really is a target for the Big East.  Turn the football stadium into the soccer / lacrosse stadium...

[Tugg Speedman]

Honestly Rutgers, and Maryland seem like really bad choices by the Big 10.  They are basically mediocre at everything right now and dilute the Big 10 if anything.

However they are geographically friendly for Penn State, so that seems like the main benefit.

Wrong analysis.

The big ten mints money because if the big ten network.  When it is added to a cable system in the basic tier, that is  80 cents a month per subscriber (or there about).  Chicos can correct this.

So why Rutgers?  The have 60,000 undergrads, one of the biggest school in the country.  Every year the pump tens of thousands alumni into the NYC area, that will all demand the cable operators carry the BTN on basic so they can watch Rutgers football.  If this strategy works, that is tens of millions a year in extra revenue because of the inclusion of Rutgers.

Ditto Maryland, another huge state school that pumps thousands of alum in the Washington, D.C. TV market.

So, stop looking at it as wins and losses.  Rutgers is more important to the big ten than tOSU and they can go 0-11 every year and that will remain the Case.

Follow the money and not wins and losses and you'll understand.

[buckchuckler]

Easy...their school doesn't pass the academic rigors for the Big Ten.  For the ACC, Boston College wanted no part of them in the league.

Nebraska?
Nevermind