Much less. Starting with fewer rides. Less travel. Less staff. No hot water in the showers. (That last was a joke, but friends of mine who played back in the day at UConn always seem to say that when comparing to today.)
Reports of Big East discussions were some time ago. Is there anything out there that says discussions have recently resurfaced?
Outside the box after the Back 9 golf lifestyle channel went into bankruptcy owing the state of CT $5 million, but the mothballed facilities & some jettisoned ESPN are likely available.
Just ask UMass how life as a football independent works out scheduling wise. If UConn dropped out of the AAC, UMass would love to take up the vacancy in a heartbeat. Imagine the scheduling nightmare: Army, Brigham Young, FCS, & hope for the best. The Huskies will be signing up 1-offs with P-5 giants on the road with no return game, something HCRE version 1 vowed never to do. Enjoy your best case scenario 2 home game season in that event.
There is no going back to FCS, UConn will be fielding an FBS team for the foreseeable future. Randy Edsall, Rhett Lashlee and most of all Dave Benedict were not hired to coach or oversee an athletic department with an FCS or club football team, nor would have Disastro's contract been bought out and Benedict been given the green light to fire his @..as if there was sentiment in the administration and the BOT to cut football. Going the independent route would be really tough, more likely might be the AAC in football only and all other sports go to the Big East. Quite frankly I'm more worried about the condition and direction the men's basketball program is going in than the football team.
Great point. The stadium and facilities don't magically shrink to midsize. You drop your total number of scholarships but those aren't real dollars expended anyways. Insurance doesn't decrease, equipment doesn't increase, maintenance, medical, doesn't decrease. You might save a few bucks by ground travel, but its fools gold thinking there are big savings.
Compared to the last dolt asleep on the job, I'd gladly pay him that. He's going to earn his money getting rid of KO and bringing in somebody that will salvage men's BB. I hope to hell they have Hurley in their sites. He also has the background gravitas to attack the CR problem which becomes the longer term existential challenge. Finally, If Football isn't fixed then nothing gets fixed. I'm suprised Crocker is still around and they haven't gone out and paid up for a real D.C. with proven ability to do the job at an FBS level. There is a lot to do to save the patient and need an AD willing to make the tough calls and take action.
Agreed, but they obviously see something in Crocker. I dont see it but thats why I dont make 500k a year. HCRE has a lot to lose if he fails. Trust the process lol
You will be thinking a bit differently if they go four more years without getting to 6-6 on a regular basis. The legislature will start giving the U admin help with their jobs, believe me. This thing is teetering right now although the recruits for next year look on the surface to be a definite upgrade and I think they have definite potential for a rebound.
What's destroying the fan base are losing records and bad coaching hires. Pasqualoni and Diaco were horrible hires...yet if you know football at all you will realize that the quality of football in the AC os much better overall than the of the BE. Ollie shows game after game that he is in way over his head..and he is paid as well as any top 10 coach in the country. Cincy and SMU don't seem to have a problem making the tournament...and are in the same situation. Independence in football is NOT the answer what so ever! You think it's easy getting games and filling out a indy schedule...yeah not so much. Benedict has made the right football hire in Edsall..and I trust that he will make the same change in hoops.
