He’s getting out of coaching and taking a fundraising job in the department focusing on the National C Club.He did a great job with the bigs. Wonder why?
Someone will have to fill the void left by Clemson and FSU!Damn. Just in time for our jump to the ACC…..(ducking)
They could win the Big East this year.So Corey Floyd JR has reclassified and is joining the Huskies this season. He’s a big combo guard who just dominated the Peach Jam. Damn, they are deep. Hopefully someone can shoot
They’ll get three quality opponents in the Atlantis tourney. West Virginia and St. Bonaventure both made the NCAA Tournament a year ago and are expected to be good again. Sure, the other five opponents are cream puffs, but that’s par for the course. If UConn finds itself on the bubble, their nonconference schedule won’t sink them.Wow. That’s weak. Looks like Syracuse schedule…..
Yeah I mean they'll have enough quality conference opponents to make up for it. I wish there was 1 or 2 bigger OOC games on there though. Next season they may be playing Memphis and going out to Portland for the Phil Knight Tournament where it's just all blue blood Nike schools.Wow. That’s weak. Looks like Syracuse schedule…..
I think the question is whether they continue to play FBS football at all, not whether they invest in a new stadium. If they get into the ACC someday, then in the far-distant future I could see them upgrading the infrastructure in and around Storrs to accommodate a stadium. But no one’s doing that ever for the program as presently constituted.Speaking of Uconn, when did they make it impossible/very difficult to briefly park on campus for free? I haven't been there in 15-16 years, but I swear it was easy back then. Now there's some paybyphone thing for every spot, other than the garages which are $2/hr (not outrageous but the principle of the thing, considering there's so much space there. Not a fan of that campus anyway, with the roads down the middle of it. Any plans to build an "on-campus" football stadium in that Industrial Tract/Innovation area? There's tons of space. Shouldn't need to play in the slums of East Hartford. Have students walk (or take much shorter shuttle) to the game.
1. They did away with free parking many many moons ago.Speaking of Uconn, when did they make it impossible/very difficult to briefly park on campus for free? I haven't been there in 15-16 years, but I swear it was easy back then. Now there's some paybyphone thing for every spot, other than the garages which are $2/hr (not outrageous but the principle of the thing, considering there's so much space there. Not a fan of that campus anyway, with the roads down the middle of it. Any plans to build an "on-campus" football stadium in that Industrial Tract/Innovation area? There's tons of space. Shouldn't need to play in the slums of East Hartford. Have students walk (or take much shorter shuttle) to the game.
Committed suicide or shot trying to escape?Randy Edsel announces he will retire after the season.
Looking forward to the Yale UConn game in October. Hopefully some revenge for all the pastings UConn laid on us in the 80s and 90s before Yale stopped playing them. I think my class at Yale was the first never to beat them.Committed suicide or shot trying to escape?
He could (and would) be bought out for $0 after this season. The above is incorrect.Edsall was under contract through 2023, so this isn’t a greedy move — he could’ve limped to a 1-11 record and made the school pay him for those two extra years. Still, it took a shocking lack of self-awareness for a coach with a career 102-136 record to think he was going to get a season-long farewell tour, which seemed to be his thinking with the retirement announcement.
Good deal for UConn — the necessary change has been made at lower cost than would have otherwise been the case, and they get a 10-game preview of what Spanos can do.
Thanks for the correction. Saw that his contract ran through 2023 and made the mistaken assumption that it was guaranteed.He could (and would) be bought out for $0 after this season. The above is incorrect.
From what I saw yesterday of Umass vs BC, that would be UConn who's being 'relegated'. Umass is still not good at all, but at least they can do some things with the ball.UConn plays UMass in a few weeks. Loser drops to FCS?
If UMass doesn't get into the American in this round of expansion they should probably just call it a day and go back to the FCS. UConn should as well, but unlike UMass their stadium situation doesn't really work for doing that. Trying to be an independent in football for both schools is a joke.UConn plays UMass in a few weeks. Loser drops to FCS?
The problem is they need money and playing top Power 5 schools meets that need.UConn' schedule should be teams like Ohio, Akron, teams like that, with an occasional lower-tier ACC school thrown in there. For them to play a middle Big 10 team and Clemson is obviously playing WAY above their level.
When they start winning these games regularly, toughen up the schedule a little. Keep working the way up like that. UConn will never ever compete for a national championship so there's no need to try. Just keep trying to get better. There's nothing wrong with being a 7-win team against a MAC-level schedule, throwing in maybe an occasional upset against a better school. That can be fun as a fan.
But they're a long way from even this kind of success, obviously.
They're the largest public school in the richest per capita state, aren't they? how is this possible? Raise prices on basketball and hockey, and increase tuition/fees. Sell pblic bonds to pay for it. Or just have CCSU, ECSU and SCSU pay for it, that would be the nasty way to do it!The problem is they need money
There's zero - ZERO - chance they'll build a smaller stadium near campus. That's a nonstarter of a suggestion.Uconn is probably at the level of Villanova, Monmouth and UNH. They'd probably lose to James Madison and Delaware. FCS is their level, competing for a top 3 conference finish. They need to build a cheap small stadium on the northern extreme of the campus and go at it that way. It's obvious that basketball is their football. That isn't the case for 80%+ of the FBS teams. They need to play a local schedule and that's easier in the FCS not the AAC.
Then they should go they way of either BU or NUThere's zero - ZERO - chance they'll build a smaller stadium near campus. That's a nonstarter of a suggestion.
The Clemson game will give UConn $1.2 million.The problem is they need money and playing top Power 5 schools meets that need.
Well that's a different question.Then they should contract the program, like Northeastern did so long ago.
In the past, they have relied on state funds to fund their athletics department and those have gone down in the past decade or so. The real money is in conference TV and revenue sharing deals and since UConn got shut out of the Power 5, those dollar figures have not been enough. So when they went independent and now have no conference-affiliated football TV money coming in(or very little), they need to go out and schedule teams that will pay them huge guarantees. That's why they have one off games with power programs like Clemson this year, Michigan next year, Tennessee in 2023, and Ohio State in 2025.They're the largest public school in the richest per capita state, aren't they? how is this possible? Raise prices on basketball and hockey, and increase tuition/fees. Sell pblic bonds to pay for it. Or just have CCSU, ECSU and SCSU pay for it, that would be the nasty way to do it!
As long as they have a football program they aren't going anywhere.How long are they locked into Rentschler?
I guess what I'm getting at is, what if they didn't have a program? If they cut the program in December, can they just walk away from the Rent? I had it in my mind that they could not.As long as they have a football program they aren't going anywhere.
Well the state owns the stadium so what are they going to do?I guess what I'm getting at is, what if they didn't have a program? If they cut the program in December, can they just walk away from the Rent? I had it in my mind that they could not.