Preview: UConn at Louisville
Here is a preview with related video for today’s game against Louisville: UConn (4-6, 1-4) at No. 19 Louisville (9-1, 4-1) When: Noon today Where: Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Ky. TV,...
View ArticlePost to Big East?
With the new today that the Big East Conference has found two more future members rattling around the countryside (Tulane and East Carolina), it seems that with a few caveats the map above will be the...
View ArticleIt’s Louisville … but why not UConn?
So it is Louisville, and not UConn, as the next school to escape the staggering Big East for (perceived) greener pastures. In this case the ACC. Quickie reaction: 1. This has to be a body blow to...
View ArticleBest Tweets on ACC, Big East and UConn
We will compile some of the best Tweets we find today on the topic of expansion, contraction, the Big East, the ACC, UConn … and life. How about this from The Big Lead today: It is UConn that must be...
View ArticleHerbst, Manuel speak
Not much more than you’d expect. UConn President Susan Herbst “I know this may seem like a tough moment for our fans, but we need to focus on the fundamentals of academic success across the university...
View ArticleHappy days in Storrs
However you look at it, Wednesday was not a good day for administrators, and especially president Susan Herbst, at UConn. 1. The ACC spurned the Huskies and sent an athletic lifeline to Louisville. 2....
View ArticleEmpty seats, empty bench, empty TV audience
It is a busy time in sports. Here is what we learned Thursday: 1. The UConn men’s game felt like one of those old Yankee Conference games in more way than one. Half full building. No juice. Awful...
View ArticleAddazio escapes Storrs again (and Robert Burton stews)
With the news on Tuesday that old friend Steve Addazio is leaving Temple to become the new football coach at Boston College, a few things jumped quickly to mind: 1. Will the Big East ever get any good...
View ArticleSugar Bowl: Winners (Louisville), losers (me)
When we take a quick look at the result of the Sugar Bowl — Louisville 33, Florida 23 — (and maybe this guy was a bit premature with his declaration that the Big East had hit bottom), it is tricky in...
View ArticleUConn flurry at the NFL Draft
The first and second rounds of the NFL Draft came and went with no UConn players being chosen despite rumblings that Sio Moore or Blidi Wreh-Wilson could sneak into the first round and were likely to...
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