Uconn can win the next three national titles in basketball, win the women's hoops title, make the frozen four in hockey and the CWS in baseball and they still won't be invited to a P4 conference. it is what it is. Enjoy it for now
You may be right. All the more reason to demand more emphasis on football.
UConn’s top “rivals” are not Creighton and Marquette. They are our top competitors. Our top rivals are Villanova, St. John’s and Providence.
They will much more likely take other teams from the ACC than UConn. Don't trust Yormark.
I would take stability and more money over vague memories of teams we played 20 years ago.
Sebastian Abernathy
Ok fair enough. Let me put it this way - I get a lot more hyped for games against Creighton & Marquette than I do for games against the closer geographic BE schools and it’s been that way for a few years. And I would sure be excited to have Kansas, Houston, Iowa St, Arizona, Baylor, Cincy on our BB schedule every year.
Geographically and perhaps because we were mostly on the east coast, yes. Other than that, I think it's the opposite. Of course I had hoped for the ACC due to rivalries and location but I really don't give a crap about it anymore. It doesn't want UConn, and our old rivals appear to be too scared of UConn anyway. They no longer care about a regional rival and our history with them.
"Give them a ND deal and see if they can build FB.
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Maybe, likely, one can only hope. They still have Oregon St and Wazzu out there as well, although not sure what either bring to the table as geo outliers and meh at FB.
It's not a matter of trusting or not trusting Yormark. Let's face it---they are P4 schools; UConn is not. If they become available, I don't doubt that some of them will be taken first, just like the PAC schools. I just hope that UConn will be included with them.
It is actually interesting that not withstanding a a decades worth of ineptitude in football on our part, they still fear us. The even funnier part is that there is no discussion whatsoever on competing with us for basketball recruits. It seems like even they have acknowledged that ship has sailed.
I'd also say brand recognition. We are a known name. That said, I'll believe that we have an invitation to the P4 when it's been announced by both the conference in the school and we're painting new logos on the court.
UConn shet in the bed by not keeping up with football when we had the opportunity.
For openers, we have a brand that massively exceeds each of theirs. That is one aspect where they each realize they can lose further ground more easily than they can close the gap.
I hope so too, but it seems like the same scenario keeps repeating itself. Other posters talk about UConn's brand, the NYC DMA, etc. that has been there in the past and it has never been a consideration. I wouldn't be surprised if ESPN tells Yormark to take Cuse and BC. I also think that Cinci, Houston and UCF would all be no votes anyways because of AAC history.
Did UConn average 36,000+ per game over a season, or simply have a crowd of 36,000+ when North Carolina came to the Rent? There's a difference. When N=1 there is no average.
More precisely, UConn has a basketball brand, and deservedly so. In the world of college football, UConn's brand rivals that of Ipana toothpaste, Oldsmobile, and Sears and Roebuck -- also deservedly so.
It's one game when we had some positive momentum. It was a highly anticipated game, and we choked. Had UConn continue to win after that game, we would have attracted bigger crowd.
The board's one BC lurker immediately swoops in to make an attempt to minimize UConn's overall brand. This is valid evidence that BC nation (perhaps county would be a more accurate label considering their minimal reach) has concerns that we can completely eclipse them.
County might be stretching it; maybe community.
