It's all about a home and home and for the time being UConn simply wont agree to that.. This means nothing and some are RPI killers but PC plays UMass, URI, BC, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine this year. Only one is missing. With both schools looking to enhance the season ticket holder experience, it's just silly they can't get this done.
I agree.
Hate to say it, but I agree with Chief. A lot of people in the athletic department dropped the ball. And as a result ticket sales are going to suffer quite a bit. Is Cincy the best home game next year...? Yikes.
Despite the fact that both of those teams struggled, both games were still sold out with a lively atmosphere. Even though both teams had a down year, UConn fully intended to schedule a top 25 opponent. This Auburn game will not sell out and UConn surely did not try to schedule a top 25 opponent. It can be debated whether they wanted a top team or not for this game, but to state interest in scheduling a "high-major" as they had, ending up with Auburn is nothing but a disappointment.
Is it really such an abstract idea to think that Auburn will not be a top 25 team? When UConn signed OSU and Georgetown last season they presumed it would be a top 25 matchup. No shot of that with Auburn this year.
Because if they valued having a big time OOC opponent at home they wouldn't have waited until two weeks ago to start looking. I'm sure they had the bar set higher than Auburn, but that's water under the bridge.
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