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Message: [QUOTE="RedRabbit84, post: 5297334, member: 13638"] From the outside looking in, there's an element of truth to your last statement. UConn wasn't the draw of the old Big East, and whether right or wrong, fair or not, the perception of your BCS bid season outside of Connecticut isn't good. The perception, and again I'm not saying it's right or fair, is that UConn backed into that BCS game because of a down conference. If I recall correctly, you guys tied for the Big East championship that year with Cincinnati? UConn got little to no respect, and even getting in the the bowl game threw into question the Big East's status as a BCS League. Personally, and I've not been bashful about my dislike of UConn in the past, I don't think you guys get the credit you deserve. UConn won the games in front of them that year to put themselves in position, and I think anyone coming out of the Big East that season was destined to get boat raced by the opposing team. I'm not really sure what more anyone could've asked for from you guys. After that, you guys had a string of, frankly speaking, comically bad coaching hires that did little favor to your image in football which is coupled with the perception that you emphasized basketball over football by going to the Big East and Independent in football. [/QUOTE]