naptownskinsfan Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 First they pay $17 million to leave the AAC last year, and now they cancel the program for the year. Might as well go ahead and end it completely. Quote UConn, which last month officially left the American Athletic Conference ahead of its return to the Big East Conference, announced Wednesday that its suspending its football program for the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. UConn, which went 2-10 in its final season in the AAC, is the first FBS program to suspend its football team because of the pandemic. The Huskies were expected to play as an independent this season. "After receiving guidance from state and public health officials and consulting with football student-athletes, we've decided that we will not compete on the gridiron this season," director of athletics David Benedict said in a statement. "The safety challenges created by COVID-19 place our football student-athletes at an unacceptable level of risk." Read More: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29600577/uconn-becomes-1st-fbs-team-cancel-football-season-due-coronavirus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 andherewego.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texansfan713 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 i thought their football program been canceled for years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pf9 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I suspect the American was not willing to have even a temporary return of UConn football to the conference (like ND is joining the ACC just for one year). Mike Aresco is just too bitter about the Huskies leaving for the conference that took the Big East name away from him (as well as most of its pre-2013 records, and the rights to hold the hoops tourney at MSG). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptownskinsfan Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 5 hours ago, pf9 said: I suspect the American was not willing to have even a temporary return of UConn football to the conference (like ND is joining the ACC just for one year). Mike Aresco is just too bitter about the Huskies leaving for the conference that took the Big East name away from him (as well as most of its pre-2013 records, and the rights to hold the hoops tourney at MSG). I think they would be more willing to let Army in rather than the team that left voluntarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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