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Any press is good press, and aside from the academics slight (which is inaccurate), it wasn't all that bad. The more people talk about UCONN to Big Ten the better, especially if it emanates from B1G media. Keeping my fingers crossed that UCONN greases the skids by performing on the field, the court, the classroom, and in the research lab in the coming year.
Obviously, Rutgers and Maryland do not deliver the Bos-Wash megalopolis alone. There's a void between Boston and NYC. And NYC cares about UConn hoops more than Rutgers hoops. Very encouraging words, nonetheless. The B1G would (obviously, again) be wise to aim for the whole megalopolis. The academics remark must have meant the lack of AAU affiliation.
The B1G alumni and fans have to continue to help us out. You know Connecticut/New England wouldn't disappoint.
And you can visit Walter Camp's grave, too.
The lack of academic heft statement is complete BS as UCONN is ranked higher in US NEWS than many of the Big10 schools such as Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan State, RU etc.
The Big10 schools ranked ahead of UCONN are just barely ranked higher with the obvious exceptions of NW, Michigan and Wisconsin.
i remember maybe 6 months ago an Alum started a thread on the Football board talking about the recent entering class, its board scores and class rank stats. I can't find it, but the post was excellent. I think it may have compared UConn academics to B1G summarizing that if we were in the B1g we would be ranked something like 7th ??
IfWhen the B1G gets serious about extending an invite to UConn, and if UConn is not yet an AAU member, the B1G can expand their academic admittance qualifications to include Universitas 21 as they'll already have at least two of their current member institutions (OSU and MD) in the global research organization. That should take care of any perceived academic issue as long as UConn continues its academic upswing.
The B1G can play the waiting game for now, but if CR heats up again and UConn rises to the top of their list for 15 or 16, well...when you want something bad enough, you find a way to get it.
Here's an article on what OSU was considering when it decided to join Universitas 21
http://www.thelantern.com/campus/oh...ffordability-1.3046041?pagereq=1#.Uby8Duesh8E
From the article it sounds like there won't be any additional US based institutions added since they want to expand into South America and have only 2 spots left and the main perceived benefit is better study abroad opportunities.
Bet this guy was thrilled when they got RU and MD to sign up and beef up their football schedule! Ha!The only comment in the article so far:
"J.C. on 6/15/2013 @ 12:23pm EDT Said:
I think Tom is too nice to say that Connecticut has no chance of being invited into the Big Ten. UConn does nothing for the conference in terms of football, the sport many associate with a conferences success (or lack thereof).
It’s rather amazing how UConn fans cannot accept the school is in The American and just try to make the best of the situation."
Goofball.
That's exactly what I was thinking.Bet this guy was thrilled when they got RU and MD to sign up and beef up their football schedule! Ha!
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I have to be honest, maybe it's chicken-egg, or something, but no one cares.
At a party tonight and everyone talking MlB, NFL, etc. I like college fball, but reaching a point where I could care less. The product itself is garbage. I like UConn tailgates, nothing more fun, but limited interest up here. We like real thing.