Syracuse looks awful against UConn

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Wow, turned it to another game when UConn got the first down on an offsides penalty with 3 minutes left at the 35 yard line of Cuse. Somehow they pulled out a miracle at the end of it sticks.
 
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I do find it funny UConn doesn't get interest from a Power league. They have a great brand (mostly basketball but you feel like they should be in a stronger league. I think they were once in the Big East with Syracuse, Pitt, etc.).
 
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volbound1700 said:
I do find it funny UConn doesn't get interest from a Power league. They have a great brand (mostly basketball but you feel like they should be in a stronger league. I think they were once in the Big East with Syracuse, Pitt, etc.).
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They have a 40,000 seat stadium not even close to their campus. It is in the tarmac of a closed airport next to a Bass Pro Shops/Cabelas. There is almost no football talent in Connecticut or other New England states. Almost all about hockey and lacrosse.
 
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HeavenUniversity said:
They have a 40,000 seat stadium not even close to their campus. It is in the tarmac of a closed airport next to a Bass Pro Shops/Cabelas. There is almost no football talent in Connecticut or other New England states. Almost all about hockey and lacrosse.
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Basketball too apparently. UConn has been, arguably, the strongest Men's and Women's program the last 25 years.
 
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volbound1700 said:
Basketball too apparently. UConn has been, arguably, the strongest Men's and Women's program the last 25 years.
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With basketball, they got a great coach for both teams and there is some New England basketball talent. When the Big East started out, they were the dregs of the league with Seton Hall. ESPN, though, televised tons of Big East games so they got on national TV frequently. They got lucky with the Hartford Civic Center which didn’t have a pro basketball team and lost the Hartford Whalers WHA/NHL pro hockey team. Got low rent for games that were not played at their in campus smallish Pavillion. Apparently, Brett Yormack who is commissioner of the Bug 12 tried to get them in, but the schools in the Big 12 just won’t take them because of their low level football situation.
 
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HeavenUniversity said:
With basketball, they got a great coach for both teams and there is some New England basketball talent. When the Big East started out, they were the dregs of the league with Seton Hall. ESPN, though, televised tons of Big East games so they got on national TV frequently. They got lucky with the Hartford Civic Center which didn’t have a pro basketball team and lost the Hartford Whalers WHA/NHL pro hockey team. Got low rent for games that were not played at their in campus smallish Pavillion. Apparently, Brett Yormack who is commissioner of the Bug 12 tried to get them in, but the schools in the Big 12 just won’t take them because of their low level football situation.
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My point is that they are not any worse than schools like Boston College, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Temple, etc. Basically the other big programs in the area.

New England/Northeast is crazy that College sports isn't a bigger deal. New York state itself is an oddity. There are less FBS programs in New York State than there is in Tennessee even though the state has 4x the population. I am just shocked there isn't some massive University of New York that could compete with the Ohio States of the world in size and power coming out of one of the most populous and historically important states in our nation.
 
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