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Football history from when? Last 15 years.

I don't see much difference. Do you think Maryland has a better basketball history (men's and women's) than UConn? Maryland has a better football history more than 25 years old than UConn. But we're not living in the 80s.

I know UConn is in Storrs. Where do you think Virginia Tech is? Storrs is under 3 hours for a 20 million metro area in one direction, and it's under 2 hours from another 8 million metro area. UConn has a history of appearing at venues in both to capacity attendance. It's in a 3.5 million state with zero professional sport franchise competition. That's more attractive than being in a metro area with that competition.

MD has 300,000 alumni that raise about $10 million annually for athletics. UConn has 230,000 alumni that raise about $8.5 million annually for athletics. I really see little difference.

And yes Notre Dame joined the Big Ten in Ice Hockey. They have to join somewhere, and that's the closest available hockey conference to South Bend. They tried Hockey East, which is a better hockey conference than the Big Ten, but they absolutely hated the travel. Slogging around northern New England in the winter wasn't fun for their hockey team.

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Re: UConn is virtually the same thing. -- bystander 08/01/2017 09:23AM

Football history from when? Last 15 years. -- HOO86 08/01/2017 11:53AM

I can't agree with that logic -- lawhokie 08/01/2017 2:37PM

Far enough away, yet close enough at the same time. -- HOO86 08/01/2017 2:54PM

Re: Football history from when? Last 15 years. -- bystander 08/01/2017 1:37PM

I'm not living in the 60s or even the 80s anymore. This is 2017. -- HOO86 08/01/2017 1:59PM

It does matter from a branding standpoint. -- VTHokie2000 08/01/2017 2:59PM

What you're talking about is WVU. -- HOO86 08/01/2017 3:33PM

The other schools I mention fit the profile too. -- VTHokie2000 08/01/2017 3:51PM

It goes back to the original part of the discussion. MD v UConn -- HOO86 08/01/2017 5:03PM

Re: It goes back to the original part of the discussion. MD v UConn -- bystander 08/02/2017 11:06AM

I understand the debate was about UConn vs. UMD. -- VTHokie2000 08/01/2017 5:32PM

Re: I'm not living in the 60s or even the 80s anymore. This is 2017. -- bystander 08/01/2017 2:21PM

Re: I'm not living in the 60s or even the 80s anymore. This is 2017. -- UCHusky90 08/01/2017 4:26PM

You articulate this better than I've been able to. -- HOO86 08/01/2017 7:20PM

Re: I -- bystander 07/31/2017 4:13PM

Those pro teams draw attention away from MD in that town. -- HOO86 07/31/2017 4:51PM

Re: Those pro teams draw attention away from MD in that town. -- bystander 08/01/2017 09:06AM

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Re: It will be interesting to see how 2 new NFL teams will affect USC -- bystander 08/01/2017 1:40PM

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Re: In fairness to USC, I don't believe ever tried to sell tickets -- bystander 08/01/2017 4:53PM

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Re: They could cheer for UConn, but it doesn't mean they will cheer for UConn. -- bystander 08/01/2017 4:44PM

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Re: It is up to UConn to market itself in its home market. -- bystander 08/01/2017 4:46PM

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Re: My point is that there is absolutely no reason at all to have both. -- bystander 08/01/2017 1:46PM

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