UConn is first to be eliminated from bowl contention

[PeteRasche]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb ... li=BBnbfcL

0-6, 6 games left, but one is FCS which doesn't count towards the 6-win bowl threshold.

[tulaneoutlaw]

That doesn't seem right. They did have 2 fcs on their schedule but I thought the rule was only one fcs victory could count towards bowl eligibility. They already lost to holy cross but in theory if they beat Yale and won out to go 6-6, they should still be eligible. Do games against Ivys not count or something?

[gerryb323]

That doesn't seem right. They did have 2 fcs on their schedule but I thought the rule was only one fcs victory could count towards bowl eligibility. They already lost to holy cross but in theory if they beat Yale and won out to go 6-6, they should still be eligible. Do games against Ivys not count or something?

I believe you can count one FCS win toward eligibility.

[krewe of ham and eggs]

I had them eliminated from a bowl before game 1

[GretnaGrn]

I had them eliminated from a bowl before game 1

In 2019.

[PeteRasche]

I had them eliminated from a bowl before game 1

In 2019.

And forevermore.

[doncecco]

UConn is going to drop football. Untenable stadium situation, no support base, and an admin that only cares about the 2 hoops teams. They will go the full Big East sports model.

[krewe of ham and eggs]

UConn is going to drop football. Untenable stadium situation, no support base, and an admin that only cares about the 2 hoops teams. They will go the full Big East sports model.

They also have a Scott Cowen

[waverider]

Technically we were the first team to eliminate ourselves, though mathematically, we still have a chance

[PeteRasche]

Technically we were the first team to eliminate ourselves, though mathematically, we still have a chance

"Technically", don't kid yourself. For as bad as you think things are at Tulane, things are much worse at UConn. They were "eliminated" far, far before we were.

[Johnny Mac]

UConn is going to drop football. Untenable stadium situation, no support base, and an admin that only cares about the 2 hoops teams. They will go the full Big East sports model.

that was very obvious the day they made the move... the only question is why haven't they pulled the trigger, yet? Perhaps it was them trying to get the maximum out of what they owed Randy Edsall... but now that point is moot. I would wager in December the decision will be made... before early signing day (Dec 15). Let their "commitments" find alternatives.

The sting of them losing millions of state taxpayer dollars when they went to a BCS bowl still hasn't healed.

[PeteRasche]

I agree JM. I always wondered if there was some deal with a booster, or maybe stadium donors or some such, that they would play for X number of years. Something akin to (I'd assume) the Yulman family requiring we continue playing in the stadium for X years or whatever. There's no explainable reason beyond some large-money contractual situation why they'd continue playing like this.

If and when they call it quits, there are quite a few P5 programs who will suddenly be looking for games. I wouldn't mind Tulane scheduling some of them if we need opponents.

[WaveProf]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb ... li=BBnbfcL

0-6, 6 games left, but one is FCS which doesn't count towards the 6-win bowl threshold.

That article is quite literally incorrect. Many teams count 1 FCS win toward bowl eligibility, we've done it 2 of the last 3 years. I think the writer is getting stymied by the fact they had 2 FCS teams on their schedule, and assuming 2 wins there, they'd of needed to be 7-5, but since they lost the first one, they could totally count the second one. UConn still "has a chance!"

[doncecco]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb ... li=BBnbfcL

0-6, 6 games left, but one is FCS which doesn't count towards the 6-win bowl threshold.

That article is quite literally incorrect. Many teams count 1 FCS win toward bowl eligibility, we've done it 2 of the last 3 years. I think the writer is getting stymied by the fact they had 2 FCS teams on their schedule, and assuming 2 wins there, they'd of needed to be 7-5, but since they lost the first one, they could totally count the second one. UConn still "has a chance!"

UConn has NO chance. I wouldn't put money on them to win 6 games if they played 12 FCS schools.

[WaveProf]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb ... li=BBnbfcL

0-6, 6 games left, but one is FCS which doesn't count towards the 6-win bowl threshold.

That article is quite literally incorrect. Many teams count 1 FCS win toward bowl eligibility, we've done it 2 of the last 3 years. I think the writer is getting stymied by the fact they had 2 FCS teams on their schedule, and assuming 2 wins there, they'd of needed to be 7-5, but since they lost the first one, they could totally count the second one. UConn still "has a chance!"

UConn has NO chance. I wouldn't put money on them to win 6 games if they played 12 FCS schools.

Sure. But we all knew that a month ago (or more). It's still shocking (to me) that a news outlet runs with blatantly false (and easy to look up) info, and the best we can all do is to go "well yeah but they won't win 6 games"

[tulaneoutlaw]

Uconn is favored by more than a fg against UMass this weekend if you can believe it. The run starts now!

[PeteRasche]

It's still shocking (to me) that a news outlet runs with blatantly false (and easy to look up) info, and the best we can all do is to go "well yeah but they won't win 6 games"

Well they suckered me into reading the headline, skimming the first few lines, and sharing it here. Seemed like a legit enough source to trust but even if it was an unknown source, why would I even doubt what they said, ya know? Because while I can appreciate that some of y'all knew enough or cared enough to find out it was wrong, frankly, I didn't care enough to check.

In other words, I'm very diligent about researching the truth behind anything "important" before I share it online (or even to friends or family) but I completely and utterly did not consider this "important".

[WaveProf]

It's still shocking (to me) that a news outlet runs with blatantly false (and easy to look up) info, and the best we can all do is to go "well yeah but they won't win 6 games"

Well they suckered me into reading the headline, skimming the first few lines, and sharing it here. Seemed like a legit enough source to trust but even if it was an unknown source, why would I even doubt what they said, ya know? Because while I can appreciate that some of y'all knew enough or cared enough to find out it was wrong, frankly, I didn't care enough to check.

In other words, I'm very diligent about researching the truth behind anything "important" before I share it online (or even to friends or family) but I completely and utterly did not consider this "important".

I wasn't judging you Pete. I was judging the "news" source for their laziness, which is all too common these days