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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 3222442, member: 7511"] I have a number of good friends who played football at UConn back in the Yankee Conference days when the team was very competitive. I would love for UConn football to be competitive again. UConn rolled the dice in the hope that by elevating football to D1 status, they could establish the basis for entry into a P5 conference. I don’t even have a problem with UConn taking their best shot at a P5. As Rutgers can attest, P5 membership is not a panacea. This past year the Scarlet Knights went 1-11 on the gridiron (0-9 in the Big), attendance is plummeting and the university is losing millions. I don’t intend to come off as zealous. My hope is to inject a hint of realism into this discussion. This past year, UConn home football games averaged approximately 21,000 fans, a significant decline from prior years. As I have suggested before, my benchmark for UConn Sports is not Rutgers. It’s Villanova, a school that remains a national power in MBB while fielding a very competitive FCS football program. If UConn were to set it’s sights a little lower relative to football, perhaps all of UConn’s sports teams could thrive. [/QUOTE]