Beyond all of that, UConn football is not much of a thing, though they did participate in the Fiesta Bowl following the 2010 season. Few outside of Storrs will ever acknowledge this occurred, and that includes the other “supposed” participant, Oklahoma.
This quote reminds me of the old Soviet Union propaganda against the US. In one they take a shot of a street in the Bronx and talk about the poverty in America. One Soviet citizen, who later defected, credits that picture as starting him down the road toward defection. As looked at the picture of the homes of the American poor, he saw car after car parked along the street. None of he or any of his friends had a car in the USSR, or any prospect of any getting one. Sometimes the truth creeps out through the propaganda.
If you are 'cuse fan reading the quote above, you should be thinking "wait they went to the Fiesta Bowl in 2010?"