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

[superjohn]

it hasn't been 20 yrs nice try though.

Not 20 but it's been at least a dozen years.

 

[That Guy]

I know in my bones that we will become a football school if we are in a power conference. We have the raw material (great athletic department, history of championships in multiple sports, great facilities, loyal fans, wealthy state, great academics, etc). We need the oxygen provided by a power conferences money, stability, access to bowls, etc to light the rocket. Give us a chance and we will meet the moment.

If by "football school" you mean a middle of the pack Big 12 team, then I 100% believe the program can be built to that level. If you mean that we would actually be competing for Big 12 titles and a playoff spot, then I don't think that's ever going to be possible and I'm ok with that. I just want us to be competitive again against your average to above-average P4 schools.

 

[Huskyforlife]

it hasn't been 20 yrs nice try though.

woosh

 

[JohnFSilver]

Our NIL is way better than some of these FCS and G5 schools who would beat the snot out of usin

There is one game in NIL era.

 

[upstater]

If by "football school" you mean a middle of the pack Big 12 team, then I 100% believe the program can be built to that level. If you mean that we would actually be competing for Big 12 titles and a playoff spot, then I don't think that's ever going to be possible and I'm ok with that. I just want us to be competitive again against your average to above-average P4 schools.

Ever?

Kansas did it.

The B12 is not that strong.

But if you look at the # of NFL players from UConn versus most of the B12 from 10 years ago, UConn was well ahead of most of the schools. I think you can get as much talent here, but we've never ever ever really had the coaching.

Maybe a great OC in Joe Moorhead, but other than that, it hasn't been good.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

If by "football school" you mean a middle of the pack Big 12 team, then I 100% believe the program can be built to that level. If you mean that we would actually be competing for Big 12 titles and a playoff spot, then I don't think that's ever going to be possible and I'm ok with that. I just want us to be competitive again against your average to above-average P4 schools.

The funny thing is I still vividly remember (from about 40 years ago; yeah, I'm old) when the narrative from the local press, the national press, our fan base, opposing fan bases, even many administrators within our school said the same thing about our men's basketball program.

 

[pepband99]

We always say that Fairfield county is in the NYCDMA, but as the graphic shows also parts of New Haven and Litchfield County are as well. So it's actually well over 1 million Connecticut residence are in the NYCDMA.

Map is 100% wrong. Only Fairfield County is in the NY DMA. Period.

https://thevab.com/storage/app/media/Toolkit/DMA_Map_2019.pdf

 

[superjohn]

Map is 100% wrong. Only Fairfield County is in the NY DMA. Period.

https://thevab.com/storage/app/media/Toolkit/DMA_Map_2019.pdf

That's weird because I grew up in Litchfield, CT and I watched every Knicks and Yankees game on WPIX and MSG and my choice for news was WNBC with Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons.

 

[CL82]

Map is 100% wrong. Only Fairfield County is in the NY DMA. Period.

https://thevab.com/storage/app/media/Toolkit/DMA_Map_2019.pdf

Looks to be roughly the same to me.

 

[pepband99]

That's weird because I grew up in Litchfield, CT and I watched every Knicks and Yankees game on WPIX and MSG and my choice for news was WNBC with Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons.

So - need to put my "TV nerd" hat on - sorry in advance.

Aside from people who hit the topography lottery and get things over the air, good portions of Litchfield and New Haven counties often can get NY channels on cable (ONLY!!), supplemental to their Hartford/New Haven locals. This is due to a provision called "Significantly Viewed" in the FCC/congressional/nielsen setup for DMAs. This is mainly due to just enough OTA signal bleed-in that advertsisers and affiliates want to include them.

Again, it's almost exclusively cable only - there have been attempts for satellite to join suit, but it's never really taken hold, unfortunately. Streaming providers similarly only give you one DMA.

It's also not perfect - some of the local affiliates will fight to get SV channels removed, so they get exclusivity. Example here:

https://www.mediavillage.com/article/in-connecticut-cbs-all-access-is-the-best/print/

For MSG and other RSN's, it's based on whatever the league and teams dictate. eg New Haven County gets some NY sports, and some Boston sports, but not all of both (eg Celtics and Bruins no, but Red Sox yes).

 

[pepband99]

Looks to be roughly the same to me.

View attachment 103260

I mean, sure, except that
1) It draws the DMA boundary exactly at the county line, unlike the other map
2) Names the actual counties in the DMA, and which one

Aside from that, it's exactly alike?

 

[pepband99]

Storrs not in the NYC DMA

FIFY.

UConn has a campus within the DMA, with dorms, and many many many fans present there too.

 

[AzHusky]

I remember before JC people I worked with would say UConn needs to leave the Big East they will never be good enough to compete in that league. They will never be able to recruit a an All American. UConn is just small time and should accept it. Football needs the same chance to show that given the right stuff they can compete.

 

[CL82]

I mean, sure, except that
1) It draws the DMA boundary exactly at the county line, unlike the other map
2) Names the actual counties in the DMA, and which one

Aside from that, it's exactly alike?

Exactly! Other than that, they are identical.

 

[upstater]

I remember before JC people I worked with would say UConn needs to leave the Big East they will never be good enough to compete in that league. They will never be able to recruit a an All American. UConn is just small time and should accept it. Football needs the same chance to show that given the right stuff they can compete.

It's certainly an odd thing to say when they were landing All-Americans even though they weren't very successful under Perno. Corny, Aleksinas, Earl Kelley, they grabbed 3 or 4 of these guys.

 

[huskymedic]

Is there an assisted access for this? I’ve tried to do archive.ph and still won’t work

It appears that the Courant has nailed the back door shut by making many articles Subscriber Only.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I mean, seriously. I am frustrated as a fan, but anyone making these dumb proclamations … we can’t get players as an Indy. That’s just the way it goes. We gotta hope we can hit on the portal and NIL

Tough spot against Maryland and a. Poor performance by the team. Should be better next week. I don’t think it exposed anything but we don’t have enough talent to compete with a mediocre power conference team.

Difficult to get desired coaches as well.

 

[UCONNJACK]

It appears that the Courant has nailed the back door shut by making many articles Subscriber Only.

I get the Courant online subscription for .25 per week. I always negotiate a cheap rate when my subscription is up for renewal.

 

[huskymedic]

I get the Courant online subscription for .25 per week. I always negotiate a cheap rate when my subscription is up for renewal.

I have a subscription / I just won’t cut & paste the whole article in here.

 

[UConn Dan]

I have a subscription / I just won’t cut & paste the whole article in here.

Does the article have anything new? If so I’ll consider putting in a few bucks to support the local paper

 

[UCONNJACK]

Does the article have anything new? If so I’ll consider putting in a few bucks to support the local paper

Well worth the price. Good UConn academic and athletic coverage.

 

[huskymedic]

Nothing new here except this guy made my head hurt. Ooof. Who is this guy? What’s his background and agenda?

Later in the article he goes on to talk about revenue sharing and that we wouldn’t be able to keep up in the Big 12 and we should stick with our basketball identity and stay in the Big East. If we can’t keep up in the Big 12 how could we keep up in the Big East!?? How would be remain relevant nationally?!? How is this guy paid to say stupid ish like this?

It’s easy: College athletes can now get paid. A sports economist says that could hurt UConn basketball

He seems to be a go to for the Courant etal…

 

[bendm]

Later in the article he goes on to talk about revenue sharing and that we wouldn’t be able to keep up in the Big 12 and we should stick with our basketball identity and stay in the Big East. If we can’t keep up in the Big 12 how could we keep up in the Big East!?? How would be remain relevant nationally?!? How is this guy paid to say stupid ish like this?

Men’s and women’s Bball will be just fine staying in the BE as long as the school lets them keep a few million of their revenue to pay players. But that would unfortunately require cutting football and half the women’s non revenue sports.

Pretty sure “bball identity” is code for dropping football once and for all

 

[superjohn]

Nothing new here except this guy made my head hurt. Ooof. Who is this guy? What’s his background and agenda?

Later in the article he goes on to talk about revenue sharing and that we wouldn’t be able to keep up in the Big 12 and we should stick with our basketball identity and stay in the Big East. If we can’t keep up in the Big 12 how could we keep up in the Big East!?? How would be remain relevant nationally?!? How is this guy paid to say stupid ish like this?

But even with that kind of increase on the table, sports economist Andrew Zimbalist believes jumping to the Big 12 carries enormous risk for UConn.

“I think they would argue that it’s positive branding for the school to be a member of the Big 12. I think that’s what they would hope for, but I’m not sure how much good it’s going to do,” Zimbalist said. “Adding teams means they’re adding television markets, which will give them some increase in their television contracts, but of course, if you’re adding teams, you have to divide the increase amongst more teams … so I think that they’re kind of doing that out of desperation. They’re running around a little bit like a chicken with its head cut off doing whatever they possibly can to stay afloat and to generate some momentum and some positive images about what the future for their conference is.”

The only way we would keep up with revenue sharing in basketball by staying in the Big East is if we completely get rid of football and get rid of the 100 women's Title IX scholarships that go along with it.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Ever?

Kansas did it.

The B12 is not that strong.

But if you look at the # of NFL players from UConn versus most of the B12 from 10 years ago, UConn was well ahead of most of the schools. I think you can get as much talent here, but we've never ever ever really had the coaching.

Maybe a great OC in Joe Moorhead, but other than that, it hasn't been good.

Honestly, K-State was the worst football program in the country for decades until Bill Snyder arrived. KU was always up and down, but produced guys like Gayle Sayers, Nolan Cromwell, John Riggins Etc.

Can UConn win the Big XII? Maybe. Anything is possible. I’m not sure I even understand why we are so terrible right now.