HuskyHawk
The triumphant return of the Blues Brothers.
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I hear you pepband. I am speaking more generally though - if we had a slate of BC, Miami, NC State, and UNC this year at home with Cuse, CLemson, Va Tech and UNC next year, etc. Then we would have big crowds regularly. The losing in football and continous nut sack kicks we have taken in CR has beaten the fanbase down. If we ever got into the ACC or B1G the season ticket sales would fly and fans would come out of the woodwork initially. As CAHUSKY posted earlier, when L'ville was losing under Kragthorpe their attendance was in the low 30s. It takes its toll. We currently have a ty conference and a losing football team. If L ville was 10-23 over the past three seasons and was playing SMU, Memphis and Temple in football they would not be getting anywhere near 55K in that place.
OK, this is all true...and it is also true that college football is just bigger in Louisville. It's much more a part of day to day life. This isn't surprising, we know it's the case. It is an extra burden that UConn has to overcome. We can talk about the grand old days at Yale all we want, but the reality is that there is no modern history of college football as a key component of life in Connecticut. We were on the way to building one and took a step back (or several), and now have to start over again.