I had lunch this summer with someone close to the athletic program and administration (former BB player in the late 90's). They told me that the football program is sucking money out of athletics. It's to the point that capital raised to build the new bb facility was borrowed for the use of the FB program. This is one of the reason why some of the finishing touches on the new bb facility where not completed when it opened. This got me thinking, would UConn ever consider shutting down football for fiscal reasons. Would we continue with the high cost of operating a D1 program if it isn't profitable? At the time I thought Never! FB is the vehicle we need to ride to get into a P5 conference. But now my worry is that if things don't get better in the next 3-5 years then this could very well become part of the discussion. I hope to god not but it is ever more reason to continue to support football and renew your season ticket packages. We need football to work for us.