If Temple, South Florida, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Navy and in the past few years Houston can put a competitive team on the field to the point where they make a top 25 ranking and go bowling so can UConn. I won't believe that this state can't put a power house football squad on the field if they really want it. For crying out loud Army was ranked in the top 20 last season. You can't tell me with the right recruiting and coaching UConn couldn't be a perennial top 25 team. The training facilities are in place. The stadium can be upgraded or out right replaced once the need is overwhelming. The revenue to more than pay for the program is out there for the taking if only UConn can put a winner on the field. Don't give up now.
Go independent. You've already started down that path so no undoing it unfortunately. Put together a schedule that can be entertaining but more importantly winnable at the FBS level. You have a FBS program. Don't give that away. Chances are you'll never come back from that mistake and it's guaranteed you'll never, ever be invited into the P-5 community.
I can’t tell if this is a serious post or not, but after reading it over a few times, I am concluding that it is. Wow, no. Just no.
The training facilities were built 15 years ago. Yes, they are nice, but they really are nothing special whatsoever at this point at the FBS level.
The part that really made me wonder if this post was serious was your assertion that the the stadium could be upgraded or outright replaced when the need is overwhelming. I’m not sure if you have seen the crowd sizes recently, but they are really small. This program has lost a substantial amount of its fan base and many believe they are never coming back. How would they fund this? Who would get behind this as a good idea?
The revenue really isn’t out there for the taking because they have no schedule, which means they have no television contract. They need to fill 8 games for next season. What programs do you suggest they add on such short notice? If Virginia Tech and ECU cancelled its series and have an open date, go for that if they are willing to play. Add AAC teams I guess if they are looking for games. The problem is the team is years away from even being competitive in these games. They really have become a national laughing stock which is really sad. I remember always rooting for the big east because it was the underdog and took a lot of bashing on the national state. Even when uconn was competitive, they routinely were disrespected and mocked nationally. This is just a whole new level though. This is seriously damaging what was left of the uconn brand. The AAC actually gets a lot of props in football for the most part despite not being invited to the party.
