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Relax....it was a subpar performance but UConn survived....

Lots of things to be concerned about from last night's game but next week is Navy and a chance for redemption.

The biggest fear for Big12 expansion is not UConn's underwhelming performance last night but instead that poor play and uninspired coaching will alienate a UConn football fan base which was excited for the first time since Edsall. The Big12 is more interested in fan attendance than they are in the outcome of the games. Fan interest = money for the Big12. UConn cannot afford to have its fans abandon the football program now but the performance last night will not help get fans excited to come out to the games. A boring, predictable game plan, an unwillingness to make adjustments, and almost inexplicable conservative play calls is not the recipe to fire up a fan base.

Big12 expansion is about money...if they can make more money with UConn (not just today but 8 years from today) than with the other candidates then that is all that will matter...football, academics, location, culture, etc...all take a distant backseat to money. And money is directly tied to fan interest, particularly football fan interest. If UConn loses its fan all will be lost. That is the real risk of the game last night.
 
MattMang23 said:
It's cool. If we get passed over, at least HCBD got the message Susan tried to send a few weeks back.

From Jacobs' article:

"Very exciting game. Hopefully everybody was wildly entertained."
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Good old Bob...
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WestCoastHusky said:
Do we have any pictures of the stadium when it is more full vs. the pre-kickoff one that's been sharing around the Internet? We are being pounded to pieces by bunch of idiot Memphis fans on CSNBBS.
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Divert their attention and ask for proof they haven't been eliminated from Big 12 consideration for poor academics like Boise State.;)
 
dwalks93 said:
Relax....it was a subpar performance but UConn survived....

Lots of things to be concerned about from last night's game but next week is Navy and a chance for redemption.

The biggest fear for Big12 expansion is not UConn's underwhelming performance last night but instead that poor play and uninspired coaching will alienate a UConn football fan base which was excited for the first time since Edsall. The Big12 is more interested in fan attendance than they are in the outcome of the games. Fan interest = money for the Big12. UConn cannot afford to have its fans abandon the football program now but the performance last night will not help get fans excited to come out to the games. A boring, predictable game plan, an unwillingness to make adjustments, and almost inexplicable conservative play calls is not the recipe to fire up a fan base.

Big12 expansion is about money...if they can make more money with UConn (not just today but 8 years from today) than with the other candidates then that is all that will matter...football, academics, location, culture, etc...all take a distant backseat to money. And money is directly tied to fan interest, particularly football fan interest. If UConn loses its fan all will be lost. That is the real risk of the game last night.
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I'm so tired of all the focus on the current state of UCONN football. The fact is that the UCONN program has proven its ability.to support athletic programs across the spectrum. Should there have been more fans in the stands last night. Yes. However it was a meaningless game on a Thursday night before a holiday weekend. The fan base has proven in the past than when there are big name teams [Michigan] or meaningful games [Pitt, Cincinnati etc.] They will show up.
Even if the tea is boring agin as it was last night. So what re expansion. UCONN
built he program very quickly to bowl status. They will do it again.
 
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I still can't believe we came a few hundred short of 30k. So annoying. I don't have the best view of the whole stands from my seats but we could have said 31k and no one would have judged it. Except of course some idiots on the FB board who swore there was "maybe 18k fans at the game." Yeah at like 6:50 probably.
 
DiacosArmy said:
I still can't believe we came a few hundred short of 30k. So annoying. I don't have the best view of the whole stands from my seats but we could have said 31k and no one would have judged it. Except of course some idiots on the FB board who swore there was "maybe 18k fans at the game." Yeah at like 6:50 probably.
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Lol. At 6:50 there were like 12K maybe.
 
The dog poop attendance has more meaning than the score. The score means zero
 
Jerry1714 said:
The dog poop attendance has more meaning than the score. The score means zero
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Last nights attendance was 3K more than last year's opener. Still not great by any means, but it shows we are moving in right direction.
 
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LoyalFanCT said:
UConn managed to defeat Maine after a sloppy football game. Was it just on off night for the Huskies or is this a sign that UConn is not ready to be in a Power 5 conference -- at least in football? Should we wait for another game to draw conclusions, get rid of one or more coaches, or get used to being in the AAC for decades?
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Last night was a sign that UConn is not ready to be in a P5 Conference for Football? As a non Uconn Guy maybe my memory is a bit foggy, but didn't UConn win a P5 Conference Championship? Twice? Only one way to find out if you are ready. Roll the damn ball out and get after it. SMDH.
 
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No more effect than Colorado State getting their butts kicked last night by Colorado.
 
I guess Houston with its strong defeat Saturday against Oklahoma did not want to play in Diaco's words after the Maine game "A lot of fun, [a] very exciting game." Instead, Houston proved it belonged in the B12. Unless Univ. Texas does not want the competition, that may mean one less spot open to UConn.
 
It helps only if football games are the sole criteria. If so, then you are correct.
 
vowelguy said:
The Maine game doesn't hurt UConn but the Oklahoma win surely helps Houston.
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You can also look at it from another point of view. A powerful Houston Program with Herman able to sell P5 Membership could be very bad for recruiting for everybody not named Texas or OU. Maybe even a little for them too. The right coach with resources at his disposal could build a powerhouse strictly recruiting the best players within a 50 mile radius of campus. If I'm a program like Texas Tech, struggling to be relevant, am I inviting a sleeping giant who could hasten my own demise?
 
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Ldandy said:
. If I'm a program like Texas Tech, struggling to be relevant, am I inviting a sleeping giant who could hasten my own demise?
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If Houston is indeed a sleeping giant, then it could help the B12 survive. Does Tex Tech want to be a weak team in a P5 conference or a strong team in a G5?

Fear is not usually a good reason for decision making.
 
vowelguy said:
If Houston is indeed a sleeping giant, then it could help the B12 survive. Does Tex Tech want to be a weak team in a P5 conference or a strong team in a G5?

Fear is not usually a good reason for decision making.
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BC blackballed us because we beat them 20-something straight times and they wanted to be New England's team.

It would be nice to benefit from that dynamic on the other side for a change.
 
Ldandy said:
You can also look at it from another point of view. A powerful Houston Program with Herman able to sell P5 Membership could be very bad for recruiting for everybody not named Texas or OU. Maybe even a little for them too. The right coach with resources at his disposal could build a powerhouse strictly recruiting the best players within a 50 mile radius of campus. If I'm a program like Texas Tech, struggling to be relevant, am I inviting a sleeping giant who could hasten my own demise?
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You get stronger by inviting superior teams. No way around that. Were the weaker programs in the Big Ten trying to keep Penn State and Nebraska out?
 
Butch said:
You get stronger by inviting superior teams. Were the weaker programs in the Big Ten trying to keep Penn State and Nebraska out?
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No, but when it came to inviting Rutgers, some of the same metrics that make us valuable drove the bus and the rationale made enough sense to enough schools to invite them.
 
zls44 said:
The win at ranked Louisville 48 hours before the last ACC expansion vote had a HUGE impact.
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I agree that one game without context will make little difference in CR.

Good win that UConn had over Louisville...but there was also other context...the UConn losses in the season games leading up to that win....losses to NC State, Western Michigan, Rutgers, Temple, Syracuse, and South Florida.

I agree that one game won't make much difference...it takes a trending.
 
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