Aman the former publisher of Uconn Rivals breaks down and echos my CR thoughts from a few years ago and the last piece needed
( a bowl tie in ) after leaving the conference that continues to implode.
( the AAC, which soon should really be called C-USA 2.0 ).
It also proves that for Uconn the only sane move in the current state of CR
was to collect their final shares of $100+ mil in exit fees (split with Cincy and USF) from the old Big East departures .....and then
go Indy in FB like Army, Notre Dame, BYU (until more CR) , etc. . And back with the old rivals for all other sports in the new Big East.
Though
it looks like Uconn FB (and Jim Mora
) despite
getting a national TV contract (CBS Sports) and
a much better FB schedule as an Indy, than anything that could've happened in the AAC ( who ever will be in it next year ?), the MAC, C-USA, etc.......
might have caught AD Benedict off guard in becoming bowl eligible so soon. Since even an Indy like :
But here is a bowl situation break down and recap from Aman-
" UConn got a pretty solid schedule together and the TV and
buy-game money, (
around $2 mil each from the yearly games like Clemson, Mich, Tenn and Ohio St, etc) .....the athletic department earned a similar annual bounty as it did in the American, maybe even more, certainly with higher upside.."