Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[upstater]

You are correct. For games like WVA the Rent was full and hoping. For Michigan they had to put temporary bleachers in one end zone. The stadium was build with foundations to expand it.
For all of those with the death wish of having the stadium in Storrs, you are ignoring the fact that fans from Stamford and even Hartford suburbs are just not going to Storrs to sit in endless traffic delays.

But, you have an in-built fanbase of 15k in Storrs. So you need 20k to travel.

 

[AllHusky]

But, you have an in-built fanbase of 15k in Storrs. So you need 20k to travel.

Those 15k kids would turn into 20k when their friends from home and other schools show up to tailgate and go to a game!!

How many people are employed at UConn-Storrs within a 25 min drive? My friend works for Dining Services, her husband Employee season ticket discounts. A bunch.

Die hard do what I need to do to go to a game fans. How many season tix we have last year. At least them.

Has anyone been to Penn St Football? Do you know how far those "hometown fans" need to travel to get to the Happy Valley? I was an hour away i Lewisburg. The locals bar was the Towne Tavern(great black diamond steak $11 1984.) Had some Rutgers friends come out for the PSU-Rutty game in '83 or4, saw the Towne Tavern owners in the parking lot, RV, TV, Living Room furniture, they'd been there since Wed for a Saturday game. Half never went inside.

No, we aren't 107,000 Penn St fans in Beaver, but we certainly could be 50 in Storrrs. Build it and they will come, win and more will come.

We just need to get our foot BACK in the door.

 

[huskymedic]

-> "Obviously there is an enormous realignment of these leagues and you don't want to be left behind," Lamont said. "I understand where they are coming from there. TV revenues are important as well. I think I'm going to rely upon Dave (Benedict) to do the right thing." <-

-> UConn would reportedly be expected to upgrade and invest in the football program before the team competes in the Big 12.

"I think that UConn’s got to set its priorities. They have one of the biggest grants per capita of any state university in the country," Lamont said. "So rather than ask the taxpayers to do a little bit more ... but let me see what the proposal is coming in, there may be a private/public partnership that makes some sense in this, as well." <-

 

[Waquoit]

"I think that UConn’s got to set its priorities. They have one of the biggest grants per capita of any state university in the country," Lamont said. "So rather than ask the taxpayers to do a little bit more ... but let me see what the proposal is coming in, there may be a private/public partnership that makes some sense in this, as well." <-

Translation: The state is not going to buy UConn another stadium.

 

[UConn Dan]

-> "Obviously there is an enormous realignment of these leagues and you don't want to be left behind," Lamont said. "I understand where they are coming from there. TV revenues are important as well. I think I'm going to rely upon Dave (Benedict) to do the right thing." <-

-> UConn would reportedly be expected to upgrade and invest in the football program before the team competes in the Big 12.

"I think that UConn’s got to set its priorities. They have one of the biggest grants per capita of any state university in the country," Lamont said. "So rather than ask the taxpayers to do a little bit more ... but let me see what the proposal is coming in, there may be a private/public partnership that makes some sense in this, as well." <-

Lamont was (asked) about UConn competing in a league with football powers.

"Yeah, why not?" he said. "Think of what the energy that would be. Look, we’ve got a great coach there. I expect big things from the team this year and they expect big things from themselves."

 

[CL82]

You are correct. For games like WVA the Rent was full and hoping. For Michigan they had to put temporary bleachers in one end zone. The stadium was build with foundations to expand it.
For all of those with the death wish of having the stadium in Storrs, you are ignoring the fact that fans from Stamford and even Hartford suburbs are just not going to Storrs to sit in endless traffic delays.

Will they sit there if the traffic delays aren't endless? Just wondering.

(For what it's worth, I think he just called Stamford and Hartford fans "casuals".)

 

[ctchamps]

Maybe Matt should have a chat with his dad who sits on the BOT.

Explains why he’s equivocating.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Forde-Yard Dash: Do Not Move to the Big 12, UConn. It’s a Trap.

Plus, open-date disadvantages to watch for this college football season and the first coach awards to hand out.

www.si.com

for @nelsonmuntz

We are at the “ where UConn cant do what is financially in their best interest portion of the expansion talk”

UConn, I swear, is treated like Notre Dame in this regard.

UCLA leaving PAC-6? Nothing .

SMU to the ACC along with Stanford! What a great job by SMU to be relevant, what a job .

UConn trying to keep its athletic department with peer institutions so it can maximize revenue and long term compete? WHY MUST THEY RUIN WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Translation: The state is not going to buy UConn another stadium.

Nor should they. UConn can build its stadium, the university and AD department can take the debt. But, it isn’t gonna be run outside of the University.

A big issue with revenue for UConn is, in the immortal words of Warde Manuel “I am just a tenant”

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I think we need a thread that is a repository of key tweets.

 

[upstater]

"I think that UConn’s got to set its priorities. They have one of the biggest grants per capita of any state university in the country," Lamont said. "So rather than ask the taxpayers to do a little bit more ... but let me see what the proposal is coming in, there may be a private/public partnership that makes some sense in this, as well." <-

Don't know what Lamont is saying here, but this is absolutely untrue. Storrs campus does not have anywhere near one of the biggest grants per capita.

 

[freescooter]

We are at the “ where UConn cant do what is financially in their best interest portion of the expansion talk”

UConn, I swear, is treated like Notre Dame in this regard.

UCLA leaving PAC-6? Nothing .

SMU to the ACC along with Stanford! What a great job by SMU to be relevant, what a job .

UConn trying to keep its athletic department with peer institutions so it can maximize revenue and long term compete? WHY MUST THEY RUIN WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT.

Right now we are beating up on the Lilliputians once the conference basketball season starts. And as I have said for years, our peers are not mid-size private religiously affiliated schools urban schools. We are a major public university with significant Doctoral programs in many fields, a medical school, a law school, a business school where they do actual research, not just hand out MBAs and pocket the cash from local employers. We are trying to do what 45 of our peers are doing. But we should be happy being the bengal tiger in the house at cage.

 

[Luna]

We are at the “ where UConn cant do what is financially in their best interest portion of the expansion talk”

UConn, I swear, is treated like Notre Dame in this regard.

UCLA leaving PAC-6? Nothing .

SMU to the ACC along with Stanford! What a great job by SMU to be relevant, what a job .

UConn trying to keep its athletic department with peer institutions so it can maximize revenue and long term compete? WHY MUST THEY RUIN WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT.

Because UConn basketball is special

 

[Luna]

Forde-Yard Dash: Do Not Move to the Big 12, UConn. It’s a Trap.

Plus, open-date disadvantages to watch for this college football season and the first coach awards to hand out.

www.si.com

for @nelsonmuntz

I just hope the people making the decisions for UConn don’t throw a way what we have with our basketball

 

[UConnTrumbull]

We are at the “ where UConn cant do what is financially in their best interest portion of the expansion talk”

UConn, I swear, is treated like Notre Dame in this regard.

UCLA leaving PAC-6? Nothing .

SMU to the ACC along with Stanford! What a great job by SMU to be relevant, what a job .

UConn trying to keep its athletic department with peer institutions so it can maximize revenue and long term compete? WHY MUST THEY RUIN WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT.

I truly believe big media outlets and journalists just want basketball schools to "stay in their lane" and not make noise. As many have pointed out, no school has ever been invited to a power conference for their performances in sports aside football.

 

[UC1995]

The fact that two B12 schools went "on the record" as NO votes is not a good sign.

Pair that with the fact that this was leaked to the media just before the presentation from the consultants, and it feels like Yormark's UConn expansion is being sabotaged from within.

My guess is if this is not finalized and voted on by this Friday, it is dead in the water.

It could very well be a no, but where have you heard that they’re voting this on Friday because I have not seen anything to that point

 

[UC1995]

Saw an article on espn that said Ohio st spent 20 M on nil for fb. That’s crazy

It’s a good thing we aren’t competing with OSU or trying to be OSU. We are trying to survive and stay relevant. No one‘s gonna want to see what our revenue is going to be if we don’t make it into the big 12 and the ACC gets poached. What’s left will be G5 money

 

[Bongo Fury]

2 of them

 

[Huskyforlife]

This dude wants UConn so bad. Please get it done.

 

[huskyhockey]

This dude wants UConn so bad. Please get it done.

Have we ever had another conference commissioner pulling for us like this? It will be very demoralizing if we can't get in with this kind of support.

 

[Jimdish255]

Yes, we're "considering". We'll let them know in a couple of weeks.
Is everybody in sports media this uninformed?

 

[WestCoastHusky]

This dude wants UConn so bad. Please get it done.

Let's hope Yormark can get this done. We want to get it done. UConn needs to go to the B12. Any real UConn fan that care about the program should do everything possible to get the school into the B12 right now.

 

[Jimdish255]

I just hope the people making the decisions for UConn don’t throw a way what we have with our basketball

That point has been addressed many times. Being in the strongest conference in the country for men's hoops and a significant upgrade for women's is not a step backwards. Doing nothing is the only thing that guarantees we fall behind in all sports. The timing is unclear, but the lack of revenue and the fact we have no leverage as an outsider is very clear. So we aren't "throwing away" anything. We are adjusting to the landscape and preparing for the future.

 

[That Guy]

This dude wants UConn so bad. Please get it done.

Look at that smirk when he brought us up. Get us in there Yormark!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Don't know what Lamont is saying here, but this is absolutely untrue. Storrs campus does not have anywhere near one of the biggest grants per capita.

If he's talking just about athletics we do. But overall he's way off.