The most academically elite institution that considers us a peer is...Bowdoin. Something is wrong here. Our Yankee Conference friends love us. Looks like we want into the Big Ten, very badly. Good for perception purposes, I suppose. But we are new to rushing elite level fraternities. Will take time. Since we are in Connecticut, I am confident the school will succeed.
It is a coincidence. We were the Connecticut State Huskies well before "UConn" ever came to anyone's mind.
Link? I'm sure that you are right Butch, but I find this stuff interesting.
Great post. Almost makes this CR stuff bearable. And my wife got the same memo.
Not a surprising thought, but Huskies was selected as our mascot before our impressive university and conference realignment candidate adopted the University of Connecticut name. Here's some Connecticut State University Jonathan mascot background: A Piece of UConn History/History of Jonathan-Part 1 - November 5, 2001
I really hope this isn't true. If so, I now have absolutely zero hope that the B12 will be making a decision that is based on rational thought/analysis and sound strategic decision making.
Hell, if this truly is an important criteria for the B12, let's go all in. With the monetary difference between a B12 payout and an AAC payout, we can blow their socks off. Let's return the P&W runway at The Rent back into a functioning runway that is solely used for a fleet of B12 charter planes that UConn owns. They can shuttle the B12 teams on the charter planes and land at The Rent. We can build a luxury hotel that will only be used by the B12 visiting players/families/fans. And then we will have luxury limo buses that will transport their teams and fans to Storrs for all non-football sports.
Hell, now that I think about it, we can use it to our advantage. Since these new luxury charter plane will be transporting the B12 schools to/from CT, our teams will be able to use it on the trips to/from those schools as a true shuttle service. So all of our athletes will have the benefit of these luxury charters and accommodations for all of their travel. Can you imagine how great this could be for UConn Athletics...a huge recruiting tool for all the 16 year old kids across all sports. We can have the plane/accommodations pimped out with all of the latest cool stuff for the kids, along with a separate "study lounge" completely wired with the latest technology.
The B12 may be on to something...why haven't we thought of this before?
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it's a good thing nobody had to inflate the autopilot!Speaking of airplanes. I caught a video of the cockpit of UConn's plane coming back from Dallas. Not sure what to make of it.
If I had a nickel for every time I told someone I was going to/was/used to attend UConn, and they first thought I was talking about the Yukon... and we are talking about a B12 fan here...
I don't know if I am the only dude who wrote about this but here you go. My crappy writing skills were retired.
Eskimo Husky ... Big Eskimo Husky => Da Aisijimo Gou ... mush, you Huskies!
Fourth and goal on the one and the whole stadium chanting MUSH! MUSH! MUSH! MUSH!
