If you could travel back in time and give one piece of advice to a UConn AD regarding Conference Realignment, when and what?

[CL82]

I agree. Even better, go farther back in time and make New Haven the capital and put UConn in New Haven. With proper investment (along with Yale's money) New Haven could have been a large city and kept its NHL hockey team.

Or go even further back in time and build the University of Connecticut in New York City. Sure, the name would be a little incongruous, but otherwise it's a genius idea.

 

[CL82]

Connecticut has just screwed up its cities by not having county government. There’s no way to really fix our cities under this system.

Living in New Jersey, which has a very strong county system. I can tell you it does not eliminate screwed up cities.

(yes I'm looking at you Camden)

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

Connecticut has just screwed up its cities by not having county government. There’s no way to really fix our cities under this system.

Long Island has two counties, and they mess up everything.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Or go even further back in time and build the University of Connecticut in New York City. Sure, the name would be a little incongruous, but otherwise it's a genius idea.

Actually my grandson asked wouldnt it made more sense if it was within 5-10 miles of Hartford . Those towns around Hartford were rural in my life time so I suspect in 1890’s cheap land was avaiable . That would have been a huge plus for Hartford .

 

[ScottVib]

It was founded as an agricultural school... being near the student population or the capital was of far less interest to that mission than being near lots of open farmland...

 

[Travelman6]

Get the jump on Lville and push forward relentlessly -2011

 

[Patman]

It was founded as an agricultural school... being near the student population or the capital was of far less interest to that mission than being near lots of open farmland...

well and thats basically what happened. Free land near nothing was probably seen as the best option. Wonder if there was even a train line out that far though... probably why UConn was a backwater until the early 80s

 

[Hondo 77]

Living in New Jersey, which has a very strong county system. I can tell you it does not eliminate screwed up cities.

(yes I'm looking at you Camden)

It’s all about rampant corruption.

 

[ZooCougar]

Make sure nothing gets leaked to startup YouTube Grifters.

 

[superjohn]

Moving the UConn campus is so goshdarn stupid but thanks for the laugh.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Make sure nothing gets leaked to startup YouTube Grifters.

This doesn’t matter.