"they don't invest enough. they spend too much money"
Honestly, the fan experience will be miserable. It will be just like the AAC. A bunch of schools we have nothing in common with
To bash their brains in on the court and field lol
So you think we have more in common with a bunch of tiny Catholic schools?
Of course it's a dream but it's still "possible". Another thing is that you need some quasi competitive programs to provide some decent competition (but mostly bankable wins) for the big boys because casual fans aren't going to be excited about 3 or 4 loss teams playing in November.
Geography and a love of basketball are two big ones. And even though they're religious institutions, their fans certainly fit our culture better than the fans in a bunch of flyover states and Texans.
Berry Tramel is a born and raised Oklahoman.
When Nuhiesel was coach in the 90s they were outstanding. Last 15 years they would occasionally be mediocre.
Exactly - Tramel (and others) is bring lazy. UConn's overall athletics spending is already middle of the Big12 pack - without the benefit of P5 revenue. One can argue that we actually invest more than almost anyone else. Sheesh.
100%, he's been nothing but a Uconn hater at every point in CR, going way, back like most of these out of state FB writers. He's probably still bitter that BE teams like Uconn and Pitt got into the NY bowls playin' out of an 8 team conf, with an 8-4 record.
I think that's just your nostalgia talking.
Yea, this hurts. It makes me think that Mora piece today was a Hail Mary attempt by the administration.
That's why Rutgers and Vanderbilt will still be members. And 3-4 loss teams in the playoffs? That's the NFL which college football is becoming.
Agreed - I think it's lame that .500/near .500 teams get into the NFL playoffs.
I would not jump to that conclusion yet. Plus, even if things fall apart in Big 12, the Pac 12 and the ACC are (less desirable) options.
Backward @ss thinking for sure. I have faith that smart people making these conference decisions can see these realities.Probably one of the dumbest arguments I have ever read in my life, UCONN athletics runs a deficit, therefore they aren't worthy of the money that would relieve the deficit.
It's nostalgia that we share closer geography and a closer culture with the teams in the Big East compared to the Big XII? Have you seen what states the Big XII covers?
Probably one of the dumbest arguments I have ever read in my life, UCONN athletics runs a deficit, therefore they aren't worthy of the money that would relieve the deficit.
I would counter that lame garbage with we excel on a shoestring, imagine what we could do with proper TV revenue.
Probably one of the dumbest arguments I have ever read in my life, UCONN athletics runs a deficit, therefore they aren't worthy of the money that would relieve the deficit.
I would counter that lame garbage with we excel on a shoestring, imagine what we could do with proper TV revenue.
I wonder if those meetings haven't already happened.
We are a state flagship land grant and research university. We have nothing in common with tiny schools that believe in invisible sky wizards controlling everything in the universe. Institutionally we are much closer to most of the Big 12 schools than we are Big East schools that already once essentially threw us out of their club. Anyone under the age of 40 doesn't care any more about Providence than they did about Tulsa.
