(08-27-2018 10:36 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  

(08-26-2018 06:13 PM)Huskypride Wrote:  UMass is a flagship school and a pretty good academic school.Basketball is a second thought tbh for aac in general, because the conference will be respected automatically once us and memphis return to power. umass does have adequate basketball facilities when compared the most aac schools. Its football that is still searching for respect when it comes to the aac. So an improved umass football team that makes bowls every year will, imo greatly increase umass's chances to be accepted into the aac. personally i really hope you guys get in.

It is nice to hear a rational UConn fan - I wasn't sure any existed .

The Northeast is not a hotbead of football and that is exactly why we need each other. It is a natural rivalry that would bring eyes to TVs and asses to seats. I truly believe that UConn was in a position to smoke Umass all the time (In Hoops and Football) for a real long time, but not so much any more. UConn always had much more to lose that Umass had to gain for a long time, but we need each other now more than ever.

It really is dumb that these two schools don't play each other more in the major sports.

I've been saying this for a while, UMass will make a great addition to the conference once it has its football facility figured out. The northeast has a few AAC caliber schools and is the most important sports media region in the country. With a few major publics not P5 right now, there's the potential for the league to make major in roads to a region not dominated by a power conference.