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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 5070900, member: 1609"] I said this before : I was semi living in the Kentucky around 2000. I stopped in the break room and sat with the inner core 1/2 dozen UK fans who had accepted me into their ranks. I mentioned that UConn was spending $100,000,000 to join the Big East in football which was a top conference at the time. I was a little skeptical of the move. That was the first time I was told that doing it was a no brainer as UK made a lot more money from football than basketball which shocked me. Fast forward to a couple of years later , I hadn’t given the issue much thought as I was heavily involved in work. I did go on an early November Cruise out of San. Juan and my wife and I and a bunch of people , I assume Connecticut residents , were delayed at the airport awaiting our return to Bradley . It was a Saturday and the announcer was giving US college football scores over terminal PA When UConn 30 Navy 0 was announced a loud roar went up and I thought to myself maybe I was wrong and the people of CT ( the most passionate sports fans in the country ) will make this team theirs just like basketball. I don't mean just the folks at Storrs I mean the bar owner in New Haven or the Teacher in Trumbull the average Connecticut sports fan . We all know things happened to hurt that dream but it doesn’t mean that the desire isn’t still there. We‘re Yankee, Red Sox , Mets , Giants , Pats. Bruins , Rangers , Islander fans But their Logo‘s say NY , Boston or something else not Connecticut . I think that’s why us old Whaler Fans are still bitter because they were ours and it were taken away. I always thought that if the right set of events happened ,Connecticut residents would embrace that event in a big way. It may happen but even if it never does it doesn’t mean it the spark never existed. [/QUOTE]

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