In Mora I trust. Put a quality football team on the field - with consistently attractive/brand name opponents and the other half of the fan base will fill the stadium….eg. Michigan 2013
Adding Cuse, Pitt, Louisville, and BC over state schools like UConn, WVU, and at times Rutgers is the reason moral in the ACC is currently a lit bag of dog s---.
Last three words are critical. CT fans don’t have patience to support mediocrity.
It probably isn't half the fan base. You a very loud twitter contingent, whose whole persona is centered around slick burns toward PC fans.
Great idea. And in the 20 years of the Rent, how many other attractive names at or near MIchigan’s level have we had? Zero. Zero. Other than Michigan we’ve had at home conference games, decent ACC programs and independents and below average programs from other power conferences. And we got Michigan at home because they late in the game wanted a P-6 team (whatever they were calling it then) to open with to dedicate a stadium expansion and we made it work.
I believe with success there will be better attendance. There has been apathy at many programs maybe due to it can be more comfortable to watch at home. Hey that’s good news for broadcasting. Personally I will attend every game I can and have enjoyed the experience even when they are awful. I would not miss my kids soccer game to attend.
You do realize that Pitt and Louisville are state schools, right? There is no chance Yormak views UConn as being ahead of the schools the B12 just invited, or we would have been invited. Cinci played in the football playoff two years ago. Houston has recent history of success. UCF brings Florida recruiting visibility. BYU, despite their brand, is the worst of those 4.
Agree for the most part, but the fanbase dormancy isn't because UConn has been devalued. Nobody devalued UConn FB but UConn. Active verb, not passive. Win more games, particularly against P5 teams, and the Rent will be rocking again. Once the fanbase is treated to a couple conference championships, it is not interested in buying tickets to see mid level FCS standard FB. So, UConn controls its own destiny here. Let's see if they seize the day and take a step forward.
I would not sleep on The Big10 taking ASU. I thought they were a possibility before the were invited into the AAU. Nice market and a fairly close school to SoCal. Adding OU, UDub and ASU gives the Big10 19 (easily scheduled without any divisions).
I really wouldn't care if the B1G took ASU. But I think the chances are zero.
By joining a P3 conference
Well, yes. But that I think implies that the only way we can fill the stadium and be attractive to a P-5 conference is to be invited in to a P-5 conference. Which, you must admit, as the way to solve a problem is somewhat lacking.
lol no one is watching Rutty. But everyone that has cable in the NYC DMA is paying 20 cents a month for Rutty's Big Ten Network
I actually think it may be a dollar a month. The addition of Rutty to the Big Ten was a great move financially. For on the field performance, or generating fan interest, not so much.lol no one is watching Rutty. But everyone that has cable in the NYC DMA is paying 20 cents a month for Rutty's Big Ten Network
If we win, fans will show up. If Mora can win some games this season, fans in CT will show up.
It is so annoying that there is a mindset that teams are presumed as "worthy of being in the P5" because they are in the P5 and teams not in the P5 are presumed as being unworthy of being in the P5. That said, the last decade of ineptitude has not helped our case in the least.
The Arlington Renegades will never play to a full stadium with an XFL schedule. But if you put them in the NFL playing the Giants, Cowboys and Eagles, they will immediately sell-out. In this new landscape of fewer, more powerful conferences and required in-conference scheduling, there is no other way to consistently play high-quality/sell-out-worthy opponents unless you're in a P3 conference. Just my opinion.