Stevenson
2023 Cali Award Winner Pts Against & Passing Yards
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I was curious as to why UConn fans believe their football program is the cats-ass and cant come to grips that they got passed over during realignment. Personally, I wouldn't mind having them in the ACC, as the hoops league would be sick and I think it would make a stronger case for the hoops tourney to be in NYC, as well as providing more geographic balance to the league, but I think that ship has sailed.
I believe UConn has been passed over simply because they are a new comer to FBS ball and have no real football history. Football schools with votes simply view them as bringing nothing to the table in terms of football, regrdless of their performnce in a watered sown Big East the past decade.
We know that Uconn's started playing FBS ball around the same time our program started to decline, so I was curious to look at UConns results since 2000. As Syracuse was so bad during that period, I admit to not really paying that close attention, and was only going on the hype from the boneyard as to how far UConn had come in terms of football.
Here's what I found: They have had four good years since stepping up to FBS. Three 8-5 years and one 9-4 year. They have 11 wins versus FBS teams that finished the year with a winning records since stepping up to FBS. 11 wins.
USF(3)
Pitt(2)
Louisville (2)
WVU
SU
Cincy
South Carolina
One of the reasons I looked at their result was because I wanted to see what their signature win was. That Cincy team they beat was 11-3 I think. And one of those Louisville wins was just a few years ago when Uof L went on to beat Florida in the sugar bowl (we beat UofL that year too). Also, always good when you beat WVU and any win versus an SEC team (Gamecocks) is a good win in my book. So four good wins in their history. Kudos.
Over the same time period -- one of our lowest points in our storied history -- Syracuse has 24 wins versus FBS teams that finished with a winning record. And since the end of 2003, when SU was at it lowest point, Syracuse has 15 wins versus FBS teams that finished with a winning record. Wins include WVU (2), K-State , Notre Dame, Louisville, Minnesota and Maryland. Nothing to be proud of, but still better than UCONN.
It should be noted that SU is 3-6 versus UConn since 2000, so they do have bragging rights. Thanks Greg Robinson for the 0-4.
Bottom line: No one outside of the state of Connecticut associates UCONN with football. That is why they got passed over. Should there be a need for the ACC to expand, I'd take them in a heartbeat, but the reality is that they dont move the needle enough to bring incremental income to the existing membership, so that seems highly unlikely.
I believe UConn has been passed over simply because they are a new comer to FBS ball and have no real football history. Football schools with votes simply view them as bringing nothing to the table in terms of football, regrdless of their performnce in a watered sown Big East the past decade.
We know that Uconn's started playing FBS ball around the same time our program started to decline, so I was curious to look at UConns results since 2000. As Syracuse was so bad during that period, I admit to not really paying that close attention, and was only going on the hype from the boneyard as to how far UConn had come in terms of football.
Here's what I found: They have had four good years since stepping up to FBS. Three 8-5 years and one 9-4 year. They have 11 wins versus FBS teams that finished the year with a winning records since stepping up to FBS. 11 wins.
USF(3)
Pitt(2)
Louisville (2)
WVU
SU
Cincy
South Carolina
One of the reasons I looked at their result was because I wanted to see what their signature win was. That Cincy team they beat was 11-3 I think. And one of those Louisville wins was just a few years ago when Uof L went on to beat Florida in the sugar bowl (we beat UofL that year too). Also, always good when you beat WVU and any win versus an SEC team (Gamecocks) is a good win in my book. So four good wins in their history. Kudos.
Over the same time period -- one of our lowest points in our storied history -- Syracuse has 24 wins versus FBS teams that finished with a winning record. And since the end of 2003, when SU was at it lowest point, Syracuse has 15 wins versus FBS teams that finished with a winning record. Wins include WVU (2), K-State , Notre Dame, Louisville, Minnesota and Maryland. Nothing to be proud of, but still better than UCONN.
It should be noted that SU is 3-6 versus UConn since 2000, so they do have bragging rights. Thanks Greg Robinson for the 0-4.
Bottom line: No one outside of the state of Connecticut associates UCONN with football. That is why they got passed over. Should there be a need for the ACC to expand, I'd take them in a heartbeat, but the reality is that they dont move the needle enough to bring incremental income to the existing membership, so that seems highly unlikely.
