After our showing last night...

[UC990411]

I think the B1G knows we belong

 

[buddy]

I think the B1G knows we belong[/
It makes no difference. Keep dreaming. We will be in the AAC for a very long time.

 

[UC990411]

Well aren't you just a miserable bastard

 

[Vowelguy]

I think the B1G knows we belong

Lol to the idea that multimillion decisions would be made on the basis of one game

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Dear Debby Downer, Thanks for your support of UCONN and Huskies' athletics.

 

[Adios]

At least the ACC knows we belong now.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

At least the ACC knows we belong now.

I usually agree with you but college football is filled with close losses by lesser teams against favorites. When the lesser team continually comes out on the losing end its a sign you don't belong.
If our football team was the only measure we don't belong.
Football failure can be corrected with one smart hire.
I think both people in the ACC and B1G know that.
What's more important to them is how serious were are about competing at the highest level. We have sent all the wrong signals to this point.
Basking in the glory of a defeat is a terrible signal.

 

[ctchamps]

I usually agree with you but college football is filled with close losses by lesser teams against favorites. When the lesser team continually comes out on the losing end its a sign you don't belong.
If our football team was the only measure we don't belong.
Football failure can be corrected with one smart hire.
I think both people in the ACC and B1G know that.
What's more important to them is how serious were are about competing at the highest level. We have sent all the wrong signals to this point.
Basking in the glory of a defeat is a terrible signal.

There is more than one way to look at things. I'm focusing on the electric atmosphere of the fans in the stadium as opposed to the outcome of the game.

In the metro NY area there is only Rutgers and UConn. In NE there is only BC and UConn.

Yesterday's atmosphere in the stadium indicated to me that a decent product on the field will draw attention! There is a huge untapped population that would watch with the right circumstances. People want entertainment and excitement and hope! Why do fans in CT go to see the women play! The first year Geno arrived attendance was around 100.

As you point out a great football coach can rapidly turn things around. Last night proved that there is a fan base waiting for that.

As far as losing goes there was a definite plus with the loss. Had UConn won Michigan would never want to see UConn in the B!G.

 

[Dooley]

If last night didn't give Jim Delany a taste of what UCONN can deliver to the B1G, I don't know what will. A competitive game with a rowdy crowd littered with celebrities. An opportunity for northeast B1G alum to easily get to our stadium...I heard lots of "Michigan usually doesn't come out this far east so I HAD to come" talk from Michigan fans last night. The same will surely apply to fanbases like OSU, Nebraska, Wisconsin, etc. I like how Warde (or whoever) used the opportunity to make sure all of the former Huskies in attendance were shown on cam and/or interviewed to reinforce the UCONN family concept. You couple all of this with strong TV ratings in a year that UCONN is 0 and friggin' 3 with a lousy coaching staff and you would be blind NOT to see the potential in UCONN.

 

[Adios]

I usually agree with you but college football is filled with close losses by lesser teams against favorites. When the lesser team continually comes out on the losing end its a sign you don't belong.
If our football team was the only measure we don't belong.
Football failure can be corrected with one smart hire.
I think both people in the ACC and B1G know that.
What's more important to them is how serious were are about competing at the highest level. We have sent all the wrong signals to this point.
Basking in the glory of a defeat is a terrible signal.

I totally understand what you are saying. Rutgers is going to the B1G. They had horrible attendance figures and scores before they hired Schiano. Personally, I am not basking in defeat. But plenty of signs to be pondered.

The atmosphere last night at the Rent was incredible. Anyone who is basking in defeat is stunned. I am stunned, too. The Maryland game was also incredible. But last night felt like a different world. Us keeping the game at the Rent and adding 2000+ seats just for the game showed them how serious we are.

FWIW, UConn fans seem to enjoy B1G games more than ACC games.

 

[noeynox]

We could provide atmosphere like that in any league that has marquee opponents. Don't care if it is FSU, Texas, Michigan, Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Iowa, UNC etc., This state is ready to embrace this thing. Sue and Warde will have a tough decision to make. Have to find a way to pay big $ for the right coach. Takes money to make money.

 

[SubbaBub]

Also shows we as a group tend to dislike poor play and bad schedules.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

As long as we are talking about a positive game day atomospere I agree. Its a good signal. A better signal would be fire PP or at least Deleone, in the wake of that dismal offensive showing.
I didn't see the game as it was regional and my carrier doesn't support ESPN3. I do know you can't rush for 49 yards and win.
I follow the game through a statistical broadcast. Getting my feel of the game through the BY.
So forgive me if I couldn't feel the atomspere.
I also hate losing. You could take the boy out of the valley but you can't take the valley out of the boy.

 

[Dooley]

Also shows we as a group tend to dislike poor play and bad schedules.

One of the biggest disconnects Jeff Hathaway had with our fanbase, Pasqualoni hiring aside. He thought so small-time and was way too timid to schedule enough marquee games over the years. Granted, this Michigan series was his but a one-off at Notre Dame and 1 marquee home and home in his tenure at a time when UCONN football was exploding with wins, sellouts, and positive buzz is very lethargic.

 

[CL82]

Anyone see any write ups from a Michigan fan prospective of the stadium and atmosphere? I'm curious.

 

[huskeynut]

Do we have potential - yes. But the sports world is littered with potentials who never made it. We had the potential three years ago. The last two plus years - 10 - 17 and counting.

Reality - one game doesn't change the perception.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

While I agree that any brand name team playing a game at the Rent would bring out the fans and the environment of big time football to CT, I believe that last night was unique and can only be replicated by a handful of teams that have a very large alumni presences in the NYC/Boston metro area like Michigan, ND, Ohio St, Duke (questionable in football), etc. The passionate (and often borderline pompous) Michigan fans made for a very interesting atmosphere.

 

[Jimdish255]

While I agree that any brand name team playing a game at the Rent would bring out the fans and the environment of big time football to CT, I believe that last night was unique and can only be replicated by a handful of teams that have a very large alumni presences in the NYC/Boston metro area like Michigan, ND, Ohio St, Duke (questionable in football), etc. The passionate (and often borderline pompous) Michigan fans made for a very interesting atmosphere.

That and people tend to stay longer when it's a one score game to the finish.

 

[SubbaBub]

I will note for the record that the first people I saw sneaking out (though there weren't many) were Michigan fans. It was right after they tied the game at 21???

I also take minor solace that any Michigan fans traveling back to the NYC area had to deal with I-84W being closed at the CT border.

 

[whaler11]

The first people I saw leave were at the end of the first quarter. I saw some families with little kids leaving around the half. People started to trickle out when it was 21-14 and a fairly decent amount left at 21-21.

 

[BlueHen]

I don't know how much effect, in any, that last night had on UConn's CR hopes, but I'm sure that last night didn't hurt UConn.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

I totally understand what you are saying. Rutgers is going to the B1G. They had horrible attendance figures and scores before they hired Schiano. Personally, I am not basking in defeat. But plenty of signs to be pondered.

The atmosphere last night at the Rent was incredible. Anyone who is basking in defeat is stunned. I am stunned, too. The Maryland game was also incredible. But last night felt like a different world. Us keeping the game at the Rent and adding 2000+ seats just for the game showed them how serious we are.

FWIW, UConn fans seem to enjoy B1G games more than ACC games.

Almost every B1G school has s NYC presence. Not so sure with ACC teams. Plus UConn is an easy destination from most Midwestern cities. It can also br coupled with with other easily accessable sites into a long weekend. We have a compactness that make us attractive.
30 years of entertaining mid- western visiters taught me they love the ocean, fresh sea food. Little Italian eateries were also a favorite. Some even loved the big city experence of New York or Boston . Only in Ct could you do that and still see a football game. Heck you could stay at the casinos, gamble, take a ride to Newport and see a great game. The possibilities for entertainment are endless.
If we were in the B1G it would become a favorite destination for a family football weekend.
Living out west has given me a different perspective of the things that are positive about my old state.

 

[buddy]

Well aren't you just a miserable bastard

I'm sorry but the facts speak for themselves. UConn would have been taken already. Not based on losing a game to a team that will not be ranked at season's end. UConn football's downward spiral after the Fiesta Bowl appearance all but sealed it's fate. If they even kept a modicum of winning they would have been taken by the ACC over Louisville. But the hire of our petrified coaching staff put the kibosh on that. Any further conference realignment is likely many years away and UConn will likely be in this god-forsaken conference for many years to come. The problem lies in that the longer UConn is in this conference, the more likely athletic programs will become more and more irrelevant on the national stage.
We can see that already basketball recruiting is missing out on top candidates. For the immediate future, it certainly appears that UCF, Cinci, and even USF has positioned themselves to be taken before UConn probably to the Big12. UConn's only options are the ACC or the B1G and both are extremely long shots as has been discussed in great depth on this board. So I am not a miserable bastard, but someone who thinks that losing a single close game will not have an effect on conference realignment. Remember as well UConn beat Louisville last year and we all know what happening after that.

 

[sportsart]

I'm sorry but the facts speak for themselves. UConn would have been taken already. Not based on losing a game to a team that will not be ranked at season's end. UConn football's downward spiral after the Fiesta Bowl appearance all but sealed it's fate. If they even kept a modicum of winning they would have been taken by the ACC over Louisville. But the hire of our petrified coaching staff put the kibosh on that. Any further conference realignment is likely many years away and UConn will likely be in this god-forsaken conference for many years to come. The problem lies in that the longer UConn is in this conference, the more likely athletic programs will become more and more irrelevant on the national stage.
We can see that already basketball recruiting is missing out on top candidates. For the immediate future, it certainly appears that UCF, Cinci, and even USF has positioned themselves to be taken before UConn probably to the Big12. UConn's only options are the ACC or the B1G and both are extremely long shots as has been discussed in great depth on this board. So I am not a miserable bastard, but someone who thinks that losing a single close game will not have an effect on conference realignment. Remember as well UConn beat Louisville last year and we all know what happening after that.

When your family has a reunion, do they give you the right address?

 

[SouthronCross]

I'm sorry but the facts speak for themselves. UConn would have been taken already. Not based on losing a game to a team that will not be ranked at season's end. UConn football's downward spiral after the Fiesta Bowl appearance all but sealed it's fate. If they even kept a modicum of winning they would have been taken by the ACC over Louisville. But the hire of our petrified coaching staff put the kibosh on that. Any further conference realignment is likely many years away and UConn will likely be in this god-forsaken conference for many years to come. The problem lies in that the longer UConn is in this conference, the more likely athletic programs will become more and more irrelevant on the national stage.

UConn was ACC-bound until FSU and Clemson led a revolt against them. Even with the struggles of the past two seasons. I still believe, as an ACC fan, that Swofford and UConn leaders are still in communications. Hopefully, you'll be here soon. Believe me, UConn has plenty of support here.

We can see that already basketball recruiting is missing out on top candidates. For the immediate future, it certainly appears that UCF, Cinci, and even USF has positioned themselves to be taken before UConn probably to the Big12. UConn's only options are the ACC or the B1G and both are extremely long shots as has been discussed in great depth on this board. So I am not a miserable bastard, but someone who thinks that losing a single close game will not have an effect on conference realignment. Remember as well UConn beat Louisville last year and we all know what happening after that.

I can see Cincinnati, but, how has USF positioned itself to be taken before UConn? They are 0-3, and, absolutely awful. They got punked at home, by 32 points, by an FCS team. FAU dominated them yesterday, and, they play Miami next. That outcome could be really ugly.

They may not win a single game this season. And, UConn has picked up their play the past two weeks, unlike USF.

The ACC is already in Florida, and, does not need another school there. Besides location, UConn fits academically, and, your Olympic sports programs would be a perfect fit for the ACC.