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[QUOTE="Kowalski, post: 5070838, member: 11498"]
I think Uconn FB will ultimately be competitive at that level. The showed it when they were competitive in a power FB conference before.  Flashback to the Big East championship, winning seasons, frequent sell outs, multiple bowl wins, wins at Notre Dame, Baylor, Iowa St, etc.

True, it takes significant investment to get back there & that investment would be tough to justify it if you don’t have a guaranteed pathway to P4.  But if they get & accept an invite, you can assume the athletic dept. thinks the investment is well worth the rights to future P4 revenues.  Yes, there’s risk but not a lot because the B12 has excellent men’s and women’s BB too. Plus the long term alternative probably means being left out of the mix of major college sports.

Finally I don’t see the Rent as “an embarrassment of a football stadium”. With some upgrades, it can serve as a decent power conference stadium for 10+ years. The main problem is it’s not on campus but they don’t need to address that now.
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