Can they generate enough in the state to support college football?

This is really the question. And more importantly does ESPN think they can enough to pay to produce the games for television to make money from them. The UConn football team will be competing for interest with the New England Patriots and to some degree the NY Giants and Jets. It's a challenge no doubt.

New England hasn't been much of a college football centric area since Yale and Harvard stopped emphasizing it in the 1950s. Boston College is really the only P5 left, and they even struggle competing with the Patriots for attention in Boston.

We know the answer regarding college basketball. ESPN shows UConn all of the time. Basketball would be great in the ACC, but all of these changes are football driven.

In response to this post by Gadfly

Posted: 01/29/2016 at 12:15PM

Connecticut has 3 ACC games in football this year. -- HOO86 01/27/2016 7:56PM

BC and cuse are both NE teams that used to be in the Big East with UConn -- Hokie in CT 01/28/2016 3:15PM

These have two...plus some other stuff -- Go VT 01/27/2016 10:05PM

They do need to play somebody... and the ACC is the closest. ** -- jesuisvtguy 01/27/2016 9:06PM

Coincidence -- UCHusky90 01/27/2016 8:21PM

As a 1975 graduate of UConn, I have been hoping for their addition to the -- Gadfly 01/28/2016 8:11PM

I think UConn football would be fine in the ACC. -- HOO86 01/28/2016 11:22PM

A 40K seat stadium located 20 miles from campus and in the heart of -- Gadfly 01/29/2016 11:36AM

Add some capacity and you're talking about da U ** -- Pylons 01/29/2016 3:46PM

Can they generate enough in the state to support college football? -- HOO86 01/29/2016 12:15PM

That's the $50,000 ($50 mil) question. -- Gadfly 01/29/2016 12:19PM

Re: That's the $50,000 ($50 mil) question. -- UCHusky90 01/29/2016 12:47PM

I look at it as regional and interest in college level athletics. -- HOO86 01/29/2016 9:56PM

BC & UConn are different beasts -- UCHusky90 01/30/2016 3:19PM

Ah, hockey. Memories of pounding on the wire screens surrounding the -- Gadfly 01/29/2016 3:34PM

Would love to trade them for BC................. ** -- HOKIESHARK 01/29/2016 07:43AM

So we have a deal? -- UCHusky90 01/29/2016 08:50AM

That's what I thought. But interesting that all in same year. ** -- HOO86 01/28/2016 10:38AM

Can they generate enough in the state to support college football?

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