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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3046860, member: 27"]
I agree with [USER=167]Frozen[/USER] that there is a good possibility UConn will drop to the FCS level in a couple of years.

Going independent is tough for anyone.  UConn Is going to have a really hard time getting P5 opponents to play at the Rent.  It isn’t an area teams are going to want to play for recruiting purposes.  As much as their fans might like to dream it, getting teams to play at the Rent by offering them a chance to play them in basketball has no appeal any longer.  That program isn’t what it once was.

Anyway, I think scheduling is going to be a bear.   They should be able to get games in September but once conference play starts, few schools in conferences are going to want to play OOC.  I don’t see them being able to make it happen.  The alternatives are dropping football entirely or dropping to FCS level.

Either way ill burn the teams that schedule them.  We can only count one win against an FCS opponent for bowl eligibility.  We don’t want to get in a position where UConn drops football and we have to scramble for an opponent at the last minute.

That said, I think our model for scheduling OOC now is that if the opponent is not P5, we want a home only or at least a 2 for 1 (as done with Western Michigan).  If UConn is okay with a 2 for 1 or a single game at the Dome, I think we might go for it.  If UConn drops to the FCS level, those games could become our FCS games.  We seem to wait late to book our annual FCS game.

I personally would rather play 2 for 1s or home onlys against teams we have some history with.  Further, I would rather play 2 for 1s against a team that is an easy car ride from Syracuse.  West Hartford is a lot easier to get to for me than Kalamazoo.  And lastly, Connecticut is a more important recruiting area for us than say, the western part of Michigan.

2 for 1s or home onlys against Buffalo, UConn, Temple.  Those work for me.
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