If UConn actually starts winning

[superjohn]

If Mora actually makes UConn a winner and I can envision that happening...this place will explode, the media will talk about the program a bunch, and the stadium will be full again. The program has been battered and bruised, they've been a national laughingstock for a long time. Everyone likes to see a reclamation project and Mora is really well liked and respected around the game.

I've never seen a team and fanbase more starved for wins than UConn football.

There's plenty of work to do this season but looking ahead a little they're going to get all those skill players healthy for next season, Zion Turner will have a year under his belt with other QB's competing against him and Mora will bring in more talent through the portal and high school/prep.

I'm rambling but UConn football finally has a grown up who knows what he's doing running the program. He's given the team a pulse and they're showing signs of figuring some things out. With more talent and health he may just turn this thing around quicker than anyone thinks.

His presser after the game was impressive.

 

[RedStickHusky]

My favorite line in the presser was his surprised "oh, really?" when told it was our first fbs win since '19. He's not looking backwards and I don't think he's letting the players do so either.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Helps that the Pats suck again

 

[Irvine]

Think the ship has sailed when it comes to building a loyal and rabid fanbase for football. A few years of 8-4 and 9-3 will probably see a two or three sellouts at best. Nothing close to the stadium expansion talk that once used to exist on these forums.

 

[Scoe]

Think the ship has sailed when it comes to building a loyal and rabid fanbase for football. A few years of 8-4 and 9-3 will probably see a two or three sellouts at best. Nothing close to the stadium expansion talk that once used to exist on these forums.

Well having Mora be in tune with todays social media and landscape of college football can’t hurt.

 

[uconnbill]

Think the ship has sailed when it comes to building a loyal and rabid fanbase for football. A few years of 8-4 and 9-3 will probably see a two or three sellouts at best. Nothing close to the stadium expansion talk that once used to exist on these forums.

I disagree,

If they win, they will come. They just need a reason to come

 

[Chin Diesel]

Helps that the Pats suck again

Was just thinking about that this morning. Sports fans have a finite amount of time and energy to root for their teams and they tend to gravitate that time and energy towards their team playing best.

Much easier to invest time and energy on a Saturday watching UConn play well knowing that Sunday is a relaxing day because your NFL is meh.

 

[mikedog10]

Much easier to invest time and energy on a Saturday watching UConn play well knowing that Sunday is a relaxing day because your NFL is meh.

I dunno... it’s hard to remember, but when I was a sophomore at UConn in 2007 the football team was actually ranked! I went to watch those tough Huskies outgrind other teams to win on Saturday, then the Pats were steamrolling the competition every week on Sundays. I loved it! I used to joke to my roommate about how I was in football fandom heaven.

My roommate was a Giants fan. He had the last laugh that season. Good times.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I dunno... it’s hard to remember, but when I was a sophomore at UConn in 2007 the football team was actually ranked! I went to watch those tough Huskies outgrind other teams to win on Saturday, then the Pats were steamrolling the competition every week on Sundays. I loved it! I used to joke to my roommate about how I was in football fandom heaven.

My roommate was a Giants fan. He had the last laugh that season. Good times.

Yeah, when I was in college I could devote a bunch of time to all the sports I wanted to watch.

Then life hits and if you want to get 40k in to a stadium you need adults whose time is always a trade off. Doing any one thing means you are sacrificing time to do something else.

 

[mikedog10]

Yeah, when I was in college I could devote a bunch of time to all the sports I wanted to watch.

Then life hits and if you want to get 40k in to a stadium you need adults whose time is always a trade off. Doing any one thing means you are sacrificing time to do something else.

I feel you there, I can only make 3 of the games this year. But I’m making the most of it, the two I’ve been to this year have both been wins! And last night was my daughter’s first UConn game, really a win-win day!

 

[storrsroars]

I think a change in culture and some winning will prevent many of the more talented guys from hitting the portal. They'll be part of something special in Stores rather than just another piece of meat. Bowling in 2023.

 

[Redding Husky]

Helps that the Pats suck again

Jets, Giants, and Pats suck. Good news for UConn.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I am going to get way out in front of my skis, but, should UConn win next two on the road, they'd be 4-4 heading in to an Oct 29 home game against BCU. That could make for a fun game day environment.

 

[Husky25]

Helps that the Pats suck again

Except that one has nothing to do with the other.

 

[BugsyCT]

For now I just want UConn football to reach the point where the social media clowns will stop the snarky comments about dropping down to FCS or dropping football altogether.

Get UConn football back to respectability and everything else will take care of itself. Mora looks to have us moving in the right direction.

 

[Husky25]

Yeah, when I was in college I could devote a bunch of time to all the sports I wanted to watch.

Then life hits and if you want to get 40k in to a stadium you need adults whose time is always a trade off. Doing any one thing means you are sacrificing time to do something else.

I don't think there is much crossover between UConn football ticket sales and Patriots/Jets/Giants attendance, which given the time commitment to the live event of a football GameDay, is where the conflict exists.

They play on different levels, on different days, and far enough away where one wouldn't generally have a material effect on the other, over a given fan base.

A similar false analogy would be the New Britian Bees benefitted because the Red Sox sucked this year.

Rewind back to the aught. The Patriots won 3 Super Bowls, went 18-1 in another, and were regularly in the playoffs. UConn still sold out their home schedule for the better part of 8 seasons.

 

[HuskyNan]

For now I just want UConn football to reach the point where the social media clowns will stop the snarky comments about dropping down to FCS or dropping football altogether.

You can dream…

There are a boatload of people on Twitter that hate all UConn sports because a Calhoun-led team knocked their mens’ hoops team out of the NCAA tourney 20 years ago

 

[thatguyed]

It'll take at least a couple of years of solid results, probably more, to get butts consistently in the seats. Get it to 25K on a regular basis and everybody should be happy. Obviously more if we have a "big time" program coming in and it should be a competitive game.

 

[shizzle787]

It'll take at least a couple of years of solid results, probably more, to get butts consistently in the seats. Get it to 25K on a regular basis and everybody should be happy. Obviously more if we have a "big time" program coming in and it should be a competitive game.

This is exactly why the AD should strive to schedule 6 P5 home and home series per year with three being at home.

If you do that, you can fill in the home schedule with Army/UMass, an FCS opponent, and one other (either a MW or AAC school).

 

[Kolumbo]

For now I just want UConn football to reach the point where the social media clowns will stop the snarky comments about dropping down to FCS or dropping football altogether.

Get UConn football back to respectability and everything else will take care of itself. Mora looks to have us moving in the right direction.

I don't care about the internets' take on our Huskies. Your 2nd paragraph, 100%

And at some point there will be a couple of conferences asking "and why didn't WE grab UCONN when it was available?"

 

[Chin Diesel]

I don't think there is much crossover between UConn football ticket sales and Patriots/Jets/Giants attendance, which given the time commitment to the live event of a football GameDay, is where the conflict exists.

They play on different levels, on different days, and far enough away where one wouldn't generally have a material effect on the other, over a given fan base.

A similar false analogy would be the New Britian Bees benefitted because the Red Sox sucked this year.

Rewind back to the aught. The Patriots won 3 Super Bowls, went 18-1 in another, and were regularly in the playoffs. UConn still sold out their home schedule for the better part of 8 seasons.

I disagree but undestand your premise.

 

[RedStickHusky]

I don't care about the internets' take on our Huskies.

I'd like to agree with this but it's tough recruiting to clown school. Gotta get out of that mode.

 

[Bongo Fury]

Kansas doing well, Duke has recently. Gonna have to beat elite programs to get respect. Even then it will be more of a slight against them than admiration for UCONN.

 

[uconnbill]

You can dream…

There are a boatload of people on Twitter that hate all UConn sports because a Calhoun-led team knocked their mens’ hoops team out of the NCAA tourney 20 years ago

The bitter souls of Duke, Kentucky, and other so-called blue bloods which UConn has beaten through the years

 

[storrsroars]

This is exactly why the AD should strive to schedule 6 P5 home and home series per year with three being at home.

If you do that, you can fill in the home schedule with Army/UMass, an FCS opponent, and one other (either a MW or AAC school).

It'll be tough to schedule six P5s in any year. We've got four scheduled in '23, '24, and '26, three in '25 and '27.

I'm somewhat surprised pretty much all August/Sept dates are already filled thru '27, as that's when P5s would normally play indies prior starting their conference schedules. Our only open dates are from mid-October thru November each year. So for a school like Pitt, which has been rumored as a future opponent, UConn would probably need to shuffle the schedule to accommodate a H/H series.