CBS Sports on why it is good UConn did not join Big 12

[Alum1620]

Big 12 leaving UConn, Gonzaga behind in conference realignment will prove best for both in long run

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Another media company that gets and wants to continue to get UConn on the cheap. Thanks for not bringing up our deficits Matt! At least give us somebody on play-by-play who has watched a college football game for more than a season.

 

[jostar1]

Why does every writer insist that UConn stay in its own lane, while promoting every other school to a Power 5 Conference?

"UConn has self-appointed Storrs, Connecticut, as the "Basketball Capital of the World."

Please, someone who is on Twitter correct him on this. WE didn't say this about ourselves; Jay Bilas said that UConn was "the Basketball Capital of the World".

 

[Husky68]

8-0 going into Tennessee. Football is UConn's lane.

 

[Waquoit]

"Even if UConn was able to spend the money needed to get facilities on par in the Big 12"

Could someone who actually knows comment on this? I thought UConn had great facilities. If they are talking about the Rent, screw 'im.

 

[Classof87]

Everyone is dragging on our football practice facilities like we're working out in a dank basement with one 60 watt light bulb. I guess they'll dream up any reason they can to keep us from joining a P5 conference.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

It's like all these national writers never been to campus or know that the football stadium is getting budgeted upgrades. This is how the national perception endures... that and the process of becoming a national embarrassment under the last three head coaches.

 

[king conn]

Basketball writers talking about realignment.

Always a good thing

 

[huskidork]

8-0 going into Tennessee. Football is UConn's lane.

at worst 7-1

 

[SportsFan88]

"Even if UConn was able to spend the money needed to get facilities on par in the Big 12"

Could someone who actually knows comment on this? I thought UConn had great facilities. If they are talking about the Rent, screw 'im.

Facilities are definitely on par with P5 programs, some of which don't even have an indoor facility, recruits mention all the time how on visits the facilities stick out, I don't know what that dude is talking about in the article

 

[AzHusky]

Love the line that a lot of these know it all's like to say "UConn left for the AAC". Never happened!

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Facilities are definitely on par with P5 programs, some of which don't even have an indoor facility, recruits mention all the time how on visits the facilities stick out, I don't know what that dude is talking about in the article

Nor does the writer, but he sets quite a low bar on the knowledge front.

 

[GoConn]

I know stuff like this get's Mora fired up. He's so ready to prove UConn football doubters wrong.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Love the line that a lot of these know it all's like to say "UConn left for the AAC". Never happened!

I responded to the comment that the travel is too costly and too much time spent in the air. Did he say that about USC or UCLA joining the B1G?

 

[UCTitleTown]

"Even if UConn was able to spend the money needed to get facilities on par in the Big 12"

Could someone who actually knows comment on this? I thought UConn had great facilities. If they are talking about the Rent, screw 'im.

I've personally been in Big10 facilities including the film rooms, training rooms etc. With the exception of a large on campus stadium, UConn's facilities are as good as the Big10 ones I've seen.

 

[KembaKek]

P5 programs, some of which don't even have an indoor facility,

are there actually any P5 programs left without an indoor facillity? Even freaking UMass has one (Although, it is really just a bubble, it's something)

 

[uconnbill]

The facilities are as good as any in the Northeast outside of Penn St. Yes better than BC, Syracuse, and Jersey Shore.

Some writers are just ignorant

 

[SportsFan88]

are there actually any P5 programs left without an indoor facillity? Even freaking UMass has one (Although, it is really just a bubble, it's something)

I know Miami doesn't have one, shoot they don't even have their own stadium which is why their attendance numbers stink, no school
In the northeast besides penn st can say they have a better athletic facility, even Pitt home games are still at Heinz Field the Steelers stadium

 

[UCFBfan]

This article continues to support how bad UConn has been at spreading all of the positives that we have as a school. The misconceptions spewed in that article basically highlight every major knock on our program people always like to claim. Almost every one is wrong. This is where our AD department needs to up their game and dispell the misinformation.

 

[UCan3]

One thing I get irritated with is that it seems like national talking heads and writers get a kick out of exaggerating how bad UConn football has been…

The writer says never have we “never moved the needle” nationally.

Untrue, we were in the Fiesta Bowl and had a couple solid years..

Don’t get me wrong, I freely admit the program has had at times serious and notable struggles but think writers often either don’t do the research don’t care….

On the BIG 12 there were some good points on the travel aspect…. The AAC was a mess with all those miles logged.

I have always thought that we belong in the ACC looking at all sports, academics and rivalries. Not only a great fit for us, but for them as well. BC didn’t turn out to be all they had hoped for and we’re going to beat them like a drum in football again this Fall.

 

[ThabeetDown]

We won as many football games this past year as Arizona has in the past 3 years combined. It's just exhausting at how uneducated and/or lazy the national media and most fans are.

 

[Waquoit]

The facilities are as good as any in the Northeast outside of Penn St. Yes better than BC, Syracuse, and Jersey Shore.

Some writers are just ignorant

Like Berry Tramel. He told me personally that UConn's facilities were equal of Texas Tech's in 1994.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

It has been non-stop hit pieces on our football program based on misinformation.

We have great facilities yet many in national media keep insisting that we don't.

Our football program's W-L records isn't worse than teams like Colorado and Arizona, but we are the one who kept getting bashed by the national media while those teams get a free pass.

We have a massive perception problem thanks to planned negative media campaigns against us.

The sports media is like the mainstream media where most writers in the USA who don't do much research other than regurgitating same opinions without any factv checking.

UConn athletic department really needs to be on the offense and showcase our football facilities etc nationality. Of course, nothing beats winning. If we just win consistently against good teams, they will have no choice but notice us.

 

[Luna]

I think the writer talks more about how great uconn basketball is as a national treasure in the big east… then joining a conference that is not a good fit geographically or culturally just for football money

 

[Bongo Fury]

An outsider can easily state that UConn is in a great position. As a UConn fan, I am concerned with lower revenue coming in and less exposure compared to peer institutions.