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UConn Dan said:
Why can’t UConn still win big and get more money? I vote both
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The headline is clickbait while the article is pretty balanced at least with respect to hoops.

I think a lot of UConn don't consider UConn football because unless you were at The Rent from truly what amounts to a less than a decades worth of big crowds and good football it more or less is an afterthought. With that said, there's simply no argument that will convince me having sat in those stands from 05-13 that Connecticut can't support and have a successful football program when on equal footing with regional peers.
 
www.heartlandcollegesports.com

Utah Not Returning Big 12's Phone Calls Amid Expansion Talks: Report

With expansion and realignment talks continuing to rev up, the Utah Utes now own one of the pettiest actions of the offseason despite an uncertain future in the Pac-12 Conference. According to a report from GoPowercat’s Tim Fitzgerald, ESPN’s Ian Fitzsimmons spoke on SiriusXM College Sports...
www.heartlandcollegesports.com www.heartlandcollegesports.com
 
ConnHuskBask said:
The headline is clickbait while the article is pretty balanced at least with respect to hoops.

I think a lot of UConn don't consider UConn football because unless you were at The Rent from truly what amounts to a less than a decades worth of big crowds and good football it more or less is an afterthought. With that said, there's simply no argument that will convince me having sat in those stands from 05-13 that Connecticut can't support and have a successful football program when on equal footing with regional peers.
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We literally cratered our football program. It’s almost a miracle to even be part of the conversation.
 
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ZooCougar said:
We literally cratered our football program. It’s almost a miracle to even be part of the conversation.
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I've taken this position here and on the chat but those back to back night games against Pitt and West Virginia highlighted exactly what this program could be. Electric crowds, good football, beating the top two overall Big East football programs en route to a league title. Those nights were absolutely awesome.

What kills me is that the opportunity to build on that momentum was swept from right under our feet with not only Randy bailing, hiring P, but most importantly the Cuse/Pitt defections which carved the path for our program to be relegated.

The whole thing was and is absolute BS that UConn doesn't care about football or can't support football. I'd love to see Indiana football have to play a decade in the MAC and see how their crowds look like, or Kansas State getting thrown into Conference USA for a decade and checking in on fan support.

We got absolutely hosed and anyone with an ounce of intellectual integrity wouldn't disagree.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
I've taken this position here and on the chat but those back to back night games against Pitt and West Virginia highlighted exactly what this program could be. Electric crowds, good football, beating the top two overall Big East football programs en route to a league title. Those nights were absolutely awesome.

What kills me is that the opportunity to build on that momentum was swept from right under our feet with not only Randy bailing, hiring P, but most importantly the Cuse/Pitt defections which carved the path for our program to be relegated.

The whole thing was and is absolute BS that UConn doesn't care about football or can't support football. I'd love to see Indiana football have to play a decade in the MAC and see how their crowds look like, or Kansas State getting thrown into Conference USA for a decade and checking in on fan support.

We got absolutely hosed and anyone with an ounce of intellectual integrity wouldn't disagree.
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I was there for many of those big games. I remember. Some of it was beyond our control but what I am referring to are the things that were within our control.

The “P5” has a ton of dead wood in it that has no business looking down on us.
 
ZooCougar said:
I was there for many of those big games. I remember. Some of it was beyond our control but what I am referring to are the things that were within our control.

The “P5” has a ton of dead wood in it that has no business looking down on us.
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Oh I wasn't disagreeing with you, in fact I was adding to your point that we basically created this out of thin air and within no time had passionate crowds and had surpassed our rivals.

I'm not sitting here and saying we could have consistently been as good as West Virginia was in that BigEast era but I think we would have been competitive far more often than not.
 
ZooCougar said:
www.heartlandcollegesports.com

Utah Not Returning Big 12's Phone Calls Amid Expansion Talks: Report

With expansion and realignment talks continuing to rev up, the Utah Utes now own one of the pettiest actions of the offseason despite an uncertain future in the Pac-12 Conference. According to a report from GoPowercat’s Tim Fitzgerald, ESPN’s Ian Fitzsimmons spoke on SiriusXM College Sports...
www.heartlandcollegesports.com www.heartlandcollegesports.com
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Something tells me with Byu in the fold, BY is not calling them to begin with. Ironic if Byu ends up in the conference, and Utah is left out in the abyss of a likely demotion or independence.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
Oh I wasn't disagreeing with you, in fact I was adding to your point that we basically created this out of thin air and within no time had passionate crowds and had surpassed our rivals.

I'm not sitting here and saying we could have consistently been as good as West Virginia was in that BigEast era but I think we would have been competitive far more often than not.
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Also our greatest strength is a liability depending on who you talk to. According to some being good at basketball just shows that we aren’t committed to being good at football.
 
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huskymedic said:
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Does anyone think that if Dan Hurley was our coach in the American things would've gone as poorly as they did after the 2014 national championship? Those years were a coaching failure not a conference failure.

Now, the American is an absolutely miserable place for us to be, but that's not what created that miserable stretch. The big 12 is not the American, and though it's not our ideal eastern based conference, there is plenty more to look forward to in that conference than just the money. ESPN just put out their top 25 list for next year and Kansas, Houston and Arizona are in there. I think there was one other big 12 team that I am forgetting as well. If we were in that conference this year that makes five of the top 25 in the same conference. That's every bit as good as the Big East, which also has five of the top 25 including us.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Back to pessimism. Arizona using its leverage to get Utah in over us makes sense. If you’re the B12, would you rather stick it to the 3 corner schools by adding only UConn, or give Arizona what it wants to secure their commitment? Assuming the Arizonas really won’t go without Utah? It makes sense that Arizona and Colorado would like the league to look west, not all the way up in New England…
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Put that pessimism in your pocket and save it for later. We’re in- along with Colorado, Arizona, and Utah. Mark it in ink
 
Adios said:
I was wondering myself why those WV morons were included in a thread called "key tweets".
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They aren't supposed to be. In fact, the non-key thread was created especially for them.
 
FSU BOT Chair had a live interview this afternoon...some excerpts.

“When I say we have a handle on the Grant of Rights, we understand the document very well,” Collins said. “We understand our position on that document, we understand the legal argument in that document, we understand who the parties would be under that document, and we believe we have a very good handle on what our risks are under that document. And what our opportunities are under that document.

“That’s the least of my worries based on what we know. … We understand it. We have gotten a lot of counsel on that document. That will not be the document that keeps us from taking action. And I’ll leave it at that.”

“It’s a critical decision,” Collins said. “And it’s one of those decisions where you can’t be afraid to make a tough decision, even if you don’t know exactly how it’s going to turn out. … I think the leadership in the university is willing to make a tough decision and take whatever comes from it. What that is today? I’m not going to tell you, but we’ve done a lot of work. And I would say we’ve done a lot of work going back to July (of 2022).”
 
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