Could UConn afford to do that back in the early 90s?

Was the political climate in the state "right" for UConn to consider the move? FWIW UConn hired Lew Perkins as its AD in 1990. One of Perkins's first projects was to gather data for the possibility of switching to the DI-A football subdivision. Interestingly enough Perkins feared that if UConn didn't switch football subdivisions, then the school risked falling further behind schools that sponsored both sports at the DI and DI-A (football) levels. Also, it appears at the time UConn had a budget deficit and there was a big concern among the faculty that switching football subdivisions would have loosened the academic standards.

Instead of switching football subdivisions, UConn decided to tear down its 16K on campus football stadium so it could build a multi-million dollar practice facility for its "nationally recognized" basketball teams and the rest is history.

In response to this post by EDGEMAN

Posted: 02/25/2019 at 4:49PM

Man, UConn has gotten ass-hammered by realignment. -- mancunian 02/25/2019 12:31PM

UConn made its bed in the early 90s with the decisions they made -- VTHokie2000 02/25/2019 5:02PM

With acc membership Pitt cuse bc -- Mercury 02/26/2019 07:56AM

The ACC needs to get this Channel off the ground. -- HOO86 02/26/2019 4:26PM

WRT BC, Pitt, and Syracuse, you are correct that the ACC -- VTHokie2000 02/26/2019 09:53AM

They can credit Kevin Ollie for the basketball woes. -- HOO86 02/25/2019 2:45PM

Wasn’t Ollie it was the ad -- Mercury 02/26/2019 11:13AM

IMHO, they should have bumped up to "big boy" football as soon as... -- EDGEMAN 02/25/2019 1:10PM

Could UConn afford to do that back in the early 90s? -- VTHokie2000 02/25/2019 4:49PM

Yes they could have - the state would have paid the bills just like NJ -- RJHokie 02/25/2019 9:42PM

If they had moved up in fooball in the early 90s, would the ACC... -- EDGEMAN 02/26/2019 07:39AM

Agree. ** -- RJHokie 02/27/2019 8:58PM

Even though UConn tore down their on campus football stadium -- VTHokie2000 02/26/2019 5:18PM

They have been operating that way for a long time. -- Wolfman 02/25/2019 3:32PM

Cincy & UCF were replacement schools, not included with the original group -- EDGEMAN 02/25/2019 4:22PM

Could UConn afford to do that back in the early 90s?

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