No that's an opinion. The program has been better and must improve from where its at.
Have to get back to the 6 to 8 win level. It's not impossible. The present roster has to be turned over. The present situation takes a strong stomach but we aren't dropping football so the bellyaching is futile.
Not really, for the reasons that have been discussed her ad nauseum.
Ok, then you should know what UConn has set as goals. The Big East in no way whatsoever contributes to that. All that is expected of us is a competent football program. Unfortunately, your post graduate run has been horrible. Otherwise, we have a respectable history and are working to maintain it. All we need is a head coach. Randy Edsall just might not be the right one. Look at what Temple is now. Forward thinking. They don't give up and have more reason to do so than us. Same as for many other AAC members. Difference, we have spoiled babies, they have resilient minded fanbases. Including USF and Cinci. We have the only one who act like spoiled kids.
We get it. You dont like football. What did you you say about UCF football when they went 0-13 not that many years ago? Should they have shut down football?
You argue about not predicting the future, then predict UConn football can't win, and will never win.
BY06518, why not stay off the football forum? You are not contributing to the future of UConn football - and really, you are NOT contributing to UConn Athletics. If we go into the Big East, our basketball teams will be hurt, since the BIG EAST, should be called the Big LEAST. It is NOT THE SAME CONFERENCE that we were in.
Who cares? What is important is that we all like UCONN.
Agreed! I went to a boat load of games in the hay-day of UCONN football. It was amazing! High energy, fun, just awesome. Edsall sometimes put me to sleep with his run heavy O, but I long for those days now.
FSU was once a female teachers' school.
Joining the Big East and dropping football will be an incredibly stupid move for UConn, in ten years non P5 basketball teams will be facing the same problems that non P5 football teams are facing now. The Big East is a dieing conference, as Dave Gavitt said many years ago the Big East Catholic basketball only schools will rue the day for voting against adding Penn State in football and all other sports. UConn basketball actually will need UConn FBS football going forward if it wants stay on the national stage. People clamoring for dropping football or going back to FCS do not have a clue. If Nova basketball wants to survive in the coming years they need to as has been discussed for years to finally upgrade their very good football program to FBS and apply to the AAC for membership.
Good post.
We can all debate whether or not Les Miles will be successful at Kansas. He may be; he may not be. Honestly, that's not the most important aspect to Kansas' CR profile. What is most important - and UConn & UConn fans struggle to realize this time and time again - is that Kansas is making a very significant statement that they want to win football games. Will they? Who knows. But hiring Miles and putting $300M towards a football stadium/facility reno project is a very serious commitment to football and something that will not go unnoticed by the Old Money Club, should Kansas' spot in a P5/P4 world come into question.
In my opinion, I think Kansas will be Texas' eventual +1 to go the B1G at the next CR cycle...not Oklahoma. Kansas is AAU, their hoops program is a top 5-10 (plus Naismith history), and this investment in football is HUGE. Would make for a better geographic fit for Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. And God forbid that their investment in Miles and the stadium/facility expansion actually nets results (wins). They'd easily leapfrog Oklahoma, who is not AAU.
But you'll have to excuse me, I have to go back to arguing with supposed UConn fans who think dropping football to cement ourselves to a small private Catholic school basketball conference is a good idea.