UConn ACC Expansion Column

[jgeorge322]

He's a pederast.

Hey John, how about you answer the question.

This forum is turning worse than The Birthplace sometimes, but I guess the AAC would have me bitter as well.

 

[Fishy]

jgeorge has faded into Bolivian.

 

[King Husky]

The attendance issue is a myth. That game drew 67k fans. Compare to the 2009 game between Texas and Ohio State which drew 72k fans.

Coincidentally, nobody mentions the 2011 Orange Bowl from the same season. The results?

Stanford 40 - Virginia Tech 12. Attendance 65k

There's no deserving about it. It's not an at large bid or a selection committee. We won the league. We went to the game.

Because tons of UConn fans bought tickets in the independent marketplace, not through the school, so the school number's are meaningless.

 

[uconnfan68]

Good pt on attendance. I didnt know that. Maybe that is fake news. Was the issue UConn's ticket sales though?

Most people bought through 3rd parties, at half price or less. OU students were subsidized by B12 conference.

 

[Tenspro2002]

The fan showing, the result, and what your coach did. Also being labeled the least deserving bcs team ever. But the big east was essentially a mid major football conference at that point.

UConn fans "only" bought 3,000 tickets directly from the school, which is the story the national sports news ran with. The issue was that UConn had to eat the cost of the 15,000 unsold tickets, where as Oklahoma only sold around 8,000 tickets directly through the school but the B12 conference ate the difference.

The tickets directly through the school were outrageously expensive. However, many fans like me and my crew, who had shelled out $400 for a flight + hotel, bought our seats on Stub Hub for a fraction of the cost.

The ticket issue always bothers me, because if UConn only sold 3,000 and Oklahoma only sold 8,000 did they think 55,000 random fans from Arizona were interested in UConn football and it pushed the attendance to 67k?

Others on here have posted pictures of the game, but I don't think it's a stretch to say we had at least 20-25k in the house.

The problem, as usual with this athletic department, isn't the actual results, it's the perception. The narrative that got out, which we failed to control, is that our fans don't travel and we got blown out in a boring game.

It matters exactly zero what the actual facts were. The casual observers -- the people for whom ADs and university presidents have to justify their conference realignment decision-making -- think that we're a joke of a program and a fanbase.

 

[Walker11]

The casual observers -- the people for whom ADs and university presidents have to justify their conference realignment decision-making -- think that we're a joke of a program and a fanbase.

I am shocked by your hyperbole . Honestly, it works both ways. In '14, the national narrative was that we owned NYC (there were front page stories on ESPN exclusively about this) because of our attendance at MSG and the exorbitant ticket prices we drove, when in actuality, we were outdrawn by IU and MD in NYC in recent seasons.

 

[Tenspro2002]

I am shocked by your hyperbole . Honestly, it works both ways. In '14, the national narrative was that we owned NYC (there were front page stories on ESPN exclusively about this) because of our attendance at MSG and the exorbitant ticket prices we drove, when in actuality, we were outdrawn by IU and MD in NYC in recent seasons.

That is true -- for basketball we do have that NYC reputation. I meant specifically in regard to the football program we're considered to be small-time, in part due to the bogus narrative about our Fiesta Bowl support and performance.

 

[UConnNick]

I think our lack of a recent academic/NCAA violation like Cuse. L'ville and UNC might harm us. They do all have us beat in academic cheating.

Cheat like a champion!

 

[Kemba429]

Looking at ND's schedule, dont think they have the opportunity to go 11-1 or 12-0 this year (Georgia, @Mich. St., @Miami, @Stanford.) But I will be praying for them to go 11-1 and get snubbed out of the playoff.