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Marty Jackson said:
Short or selective. Nobody forgets uconn got blown out by Oklahoma in front of 43 uconn fans that travelled to the fiesta bowl almost 15 years ago.
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Yep. I literally had someone throw this in my face this very afternoon, when I contended that UConn wasn't a "small football school."
 
WestHartHusk said:
The more I think about Memphis, the more pissed I get.

First, let's recall that they were vetted by the Big East/ESPN and determined to bring no-value on account of being surrounded by SEC fans outside of the small city.

Second, they have been terrible at football for anyone's recollectable memory, which seems to be forgotten since they put together two good seasons under a coach and QB that have both left the program.

And third, arguably their top asset, basketball, has been a dumpster fire.

Somehow, none of this seems to matter for them, but if the above applied to UConn we would be raked over the coals.
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Yup. It's those 2 good football seasons. Well and geography.
 
JSM1970 said:
I agree, Manuel looked awful and was awful during the whole ACC thing and Benedict no idea

Some of lots of this falls on Suzi, her legacy will be impacted with this and the whole emphasis on academics will have yielded nothing when community colleges like Louisville, Cincy, Memphis, Houston end up in better spots
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Yup. The whole emphasis on academics will have yielded nothing. Except, of course, making our state flagship university, and thus our state a better place to live. But since she was only hired to keep us big time in sports, big fail.

I love UConn football and hoops as much as anyone but seriously dude -- that's a beyond ridiculous statement.
 
Amicable can mean a lot of things.

It can mean saving your TV partner $50M, by delaying two schools for a year.

It can mean not reducing the AAC to 8-1/2 teams all at once.

It can give BYU a year to get it's TV and schedule house in order.

It can reduce the buyout/notice period for all AAC schools leaving.

It can even let UCONN and Cincy keep their disproportionate share of the BE exit fees which should still have a little meat left on the bone. Not much, but a few million at least.

We'll just need to wait. It will all be over soon.
 
No, buddy, get a simple clue. The point is that emphasizing academics as a means to get P5 focus has failed so far. And longer term when UConn athletics are losing ground it becomes self fulfilling prophecy.

And so what? The college kids rush out of this state as fast as possible, you really think spending huge taxpayer dollars to educate Boston's, NYC's, Atlanta's, DC's, Austin's skilled workers is a mission of UConn's?

Honestly, stop the insults when ur so clueless.

businesslawyer said:
Yup. The whole emphasis on academics will have yielded nothing. Except, of course, making our state flagship university, and thus our state a better place to live. But since she was only hired to keep us big time in sports, big fail.

I love UConn football and hoops as much as anyone but seriously dude -- that's a beyond ridiculous statement.
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JSM1970 said:
No, buddy, get a simple clue. The point is that emphasizing academics as a means to get P5 focus has failed so far. And longer term when UConn athletics are losing ground it becomes self fulfilling prophecy.

And so what? The college kids rush out of this state as fast as possible, you really think spending huge taxpayer dollars to educate Boston's, NYC's, Atlanta's, DC's, Austin's skilled workers is a mission of UConn's?

Honestly, stop the insults when ur so clueless.
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And don't big time athletics make our state a better place to live too?
 
JSM1970 said:
No, buddy, get a simple clue. The point is that emphasizing academics as a means to get P5 focus has failed so far. And longer term when UConn athletics are losing ground it becomes self fulfilling prophecy.

And so what? The college kids rush out of this state as fast as possible, you really think spending huge taxpayer dollars to educate Boston's, NYC's, Atlanta's, DC's, Austin's skilled workers is a mission of UConn's?

Honestly, stop the insults when ur so clueless.
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Do you have a Big East banner up in your house in a place where you pray to the basketball gods for the return of UConn to that bulls**t conference made up of those leech catholic schools?
 
Honestly, no one wants to live in CT, young, middle, old, anyone. So funding an expensive school for kids who have zero interest living and working in CT seems meaningless if we can't at least get some good sports stuff.


SubbaBub said:
The academic side brings in a lot more money that the best athletic department. Improving academics at the State U in a state that relies on a highly educated workforce should be a priority in its own right. If it brings a P5 invite that's a bonus.
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JSM1970 said:
Honestly, no one wants to live in CT, young, middle, old, anyone. So funding an expensive school for kids who have zero interest living and working in CT seems meaningless if we can't at least get some good sports stuff.
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Could someone who knows this guy please clarify. He's being facetious, correct?
 
Not sure, but do we need to invest crazy in UConn when those kids bail quickly? At least has some sports so the remaining alums and other fans have something to be interested in.

gopher2 said:
And don't big time athletics make our state a better place to live too?
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JSM1970 said:
Not sure, but do we need to invest crazy in UConn when those kids bail quickly? At least has some sports so the remaining alums and other fans have something to be interested in.
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People are only "bailing" because there are no jobs here.
 
JMick said:
People are only "bailing" because there are no jobs here.
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Can we take the "Connecticut sucks" debate to the Cesspool? You will have plenty of company there.

In case you weren't paying attention, this is a Conference Realignment Board, and there are a few things going on in conference realignment right now.
 
E. Michael Kamp ‏@Epfourteen · 21h21 hours ago
@byu_allday @TheBig12Source dunnno who he's getting info from. But in Cincy, boosters are getting legit info that deal was signed this wknd

E. Michael Kamp ‏@Epfourteen · 2h2 hours ago
I very rarely post info. it is my understanding that UC officials agrd to a deal w b12 over weekend. Take/leave it. It's what I was told.

Zach Hedges ‏@zthedges · 2h2 hours ago
@Epfourteen source associated with UC?

E. Michael Kamp ‏@Epfourteen · 2h2 hours ago
@zthedges yes. Associated with UC.
 

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