I do see your point, but I don't believe scheduling some team in the top 25 or a major program is necessary. For example, scheduling WVU, VT, Indiana, Rutgers, Syracuse, etc. to me is better than scheduling a USC, MSU, Alabama where we would have to schedule a 2-1 which is likely to mean three straight years with zero wins against this particular opponent. This is something that the Huskies can't afford and would likely make matters worse when our fans can't afford to have another potential season without a bowl game. Imagine having them on our schedule and finishing the season 6-6 without a bowl invite. What would be said of the A.D. who signed off on this schedule?
Sure so for one game you get people to show up! But they are not showing up because of UConn but because of who we are playing. This IMO is not how you build up a strong supporting fan-base. ...and granted right now we could argue if we even have a fan-base??? However, if we continually produce losing seasons, we certainly wont have a fan-base. Again winning solves this issue. Okay so we don't like the AAC, but right now that is irrelevant. The UConn Huskies needing to win games is what is most important - scheduling a game that statistically we will be "likely" unmatched for is more crazy than developing a rivalry game. After all, I believe we have more of a chance successfully creating a rivalry than we do beating a powerhouse P5 program (1 in a million - REF "Dumb & Dumber"). And certainly until we can demonstrate that we can beat the bottom 125 FBS schools!