As Big 12 expansion rumors boil, UConn pours NIL money into football: ‘Tired of being disrespected’ (Mike Anthony)

[giddyup]

so we are an Orlovsky, Donald Brown, Easley, Bryon jones, Marcus Campbell, and Scott Lutrus away from that level. we have done it before and can do it again, plus many of those guys were from Connecticu!

edit: obviously I am simplifying a difficult task, but still

100% right on it. Find enough NIL to get 6 high quality guys and we are back to very competitive. If we can raise 3-5 Million we can get some pretty excellent talent at key positions. With that core your diamonds in the rough, grinders and lunch pale guys start to step up. Success breeds success.

 

[CL82]

100% right on it. Find enough NIL to get 6 high quality guys and we are back to very competitive. If we can raise 3-5 Million we can get some pretty excellent talent at key positions. With that core your diamonds in the rough, grinders and lunch pale guys start to step up. Success breeds success.

3-5 million? That's it? Well hell I got that in a sack in my garage. 2026 is on someone else though.

 

[AllHusky]

It's not about details. It's literally an extra step in peoples logic chain

Yup, nailed it. Tough to buck that.

 

[AllHusky]

so we are an Orlovsky, Donald Brown, Easley, Bryon jones, Marcus Campbell, and Scott Lutrus away from that level. we have done it before and can do it again, plus many of those guys were from Connecticu!

edit: obviously I am simplifying a difficult task, but still

Yes, those 6 would be a great Freshman class to fill in around. The hard part is how many do you recruit that can't provide you with what those 6 did. You have to be dead on with your recruiting, no margin for error. You are fundamentally correct, and we've got to always believe the next guy is the next Marcus Campbell etc.

 

[giddyup]

3-5 million? That's it? Well hell I got that in a sack in my garage. 2026 is on someone else though.

I wasn’t thinking of you alone. I figured you had 4 other friends you could go in together at $1M a piece.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I wasn’t thinking of you alone. I figured you had 4 other friends you could go in together at $1M a piece.

I'm not sure CL82 has any friends.

 

[CJasmer]

so we are an Orlovsky, Donald Brown, Easley, Bryon jones, Marcus Campbell, and Scott Lutrus away from that level. we have done it before and can do it again, plus many of those guys were from Connecticu!

edit: obviously I am simplifying a difficult task, but still

Still does not win you CFP. Makes you a respectable team but not an elite team.