because it doesn't make any sense. if we were in we'd be in. we're clearly not in or that mike anthony article would not have dropped today. that was a sign from the AD that we are on the cusp but don't have an invitation. I think we're just overconfident again.
Yep…. Someone else said it. 4 schools, 2 states, one of which is less populated than CT.
We really are just grasping at straws trying to justify it. They coulda ripped the bandaid off on the controversial add in UConn first, then added 3 Pac schools, if that was the plan all along.
UConn is what BY gets for getting everyone else? That would be my guess. Or, UConn gets screwed again.
Getting Colorado first makes tons of sense. If we were in, we'd have been 2nd to get Arizona/ASU and Utah fighting each other for the last two spots.
I keep telling myself Utah has little value for the league compared to us. But when has any of that mattered? Think of all the people you know, that seem rational and sane then make a life changing financial decision without doing their homework. Like marriage - lol.
Good God. I’m not comparing conference realignment to the Civil War. I’m pointing out that saying that something that was predicted hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean the prediction was wrong.
The small markets though. It's a stretch for that money to be spent that way with the more valuable Pac12 schools not drawing more than $19m.
The state doesn't pay that huge deficit. The school does. Apparently they find considerable value in doing so. Perhaps they realize that excellence in sports has elevated UConn toward excellence in education. Perhaps they recognize that the state has chosen to invest in the university, at least in part because of the goodwill generated by its outstanding athletic teams. Perhaps they, correctly, realize that having competitive athletic teams is attractive to students, who are the university's lifeblood. Perhaps they understand that having successful athletic teams create a brand for the university and name awareness in students, and their parents.
I really wish I had come up with that.
Flip everything around that you'd said 180 and you'd be right.
I would have thought a commitment to a major reno of The Rent or on campus stadium would be part of our B12 invite....as a condition.
Compare football attendance between Utah and UConn and you have your answer. Utah has a bigger fan base that supports the fb program.
Negotiating on your knees is rarely a winning strategy.
30 years ago UConn was a cow town that no serious students looked at from across the country, and anyone with options in state never even thought about unless someone convinced them to apply to as a guaranteed safety school acceptance. We can thank the basketball programs for changing all of that.
Regarding that Mike Anthony article---he just rehashed the old storylines. There is nothing new there. The part about Yormark having to sell UConn to the Presidents is an old storyline.
No, actually it's correct as it is.
Sure. But we do get to play Seton Hall.
Apparently for some people, that's worth about $40 million a year.
Fox only pays 11m of the 31m; ESPN has the rest.
We won a soccer National Championship in 1981.
