yeah, always just look at winning %
They most certainly don't have a chance to get into the P5
Of course they do.
UCONN is a high level academic school. They have top shelf men's and women's basketball. They have extensive and high level alumni bases from NYC to Boston. If they can get their football program to be a least respectable, the B1G, the ACC and the Big12 would all be taking a close look, if they aren't already.
I agree with this. Best case scenario, he has a little success and moves on quickly but he’s not got any ties or reason to grow roots there (even via disciples). Worst case is, well, present state. This feels like another spin like their P and Edsall 2.0 hires. Safe payday for him and a big challenge without too much accountability.
His NFL experience is going to carry a lot of weight with recruiting networks.
I should post that on the Boneryard, they would go apoplectic. Fishy would put out a hit on me for sure.
Basketball will continue to drive the UConn bus
True to a large extent, but even Lamont realizes the big money to run college sports athletic departments comes from football, not basketball. If they want to stop having to backfill the big hole in the UCONN athletic budget, he needs to get them into a P5 conference. I wouldn't underestimate the state government of Connecticut's ability to do that.
There are no eyeballs for UCONN football. For any conference to add them they have to convince the rest of the members that taking less money per team to keep UCONN football afloat is worth it. Basketball does help a touch, but it’s a football world.
Exactly right. And I believe that had UCon had the foresight (no let’s say common sense) to upgrade their football at the formation of the Big East Football conference, they would be in the ACC today. They diddled around, and let every other BE school clear the path for them, build the product and invest on faith, while they sat it out. When they finally took advantage of their grandfathered status it was too late. They blew it. They had a benefit that no other D1 school ever had, namely the chance to waltz right into a BCS level conference without ever paying any dues.
They have been late to the party, party crashers their entire existence. Lather, rinse, repeat. I have great disdain for their athletic program and hope they fail miserably. Serves them right.
I started to read the article. Had to stop. The first few paragraphs told me that she missed the point of what is at the core of UConn football.
I'm no fan of UCONN, but there are no other pieces on the board. If they got to be decent and were in a major conference and had big name teams coming in, they would generate some significant viewer ratings. Same with UMASS.
Delusional.
You must never have heard of a concept called "marketing".
They should have sued ESPN.
They are the same way with basketball. History before 1999 doesn't matter, because they didn't mean anything to anyone prior to 1999. Of course, like you said, that is what appears to be the great majority of their fans, not all of them.
