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Yahoo Sports- CT governor "UConn is all in on big-time college football"

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Officials at the highest levels with the state and school push back hard at any notion UConn is backing away from the sport at the FBS level. They point to a first-class football facility that school officials say cost $57.9 million to build and the school’s tradition of winning in other sports. ....UConn’s football facility is among the nicest outside the Power 5, as the Burton Family Football Complex Burton Family Football Complex and the Mark R. Shenkman Training Center would fit in at a Big Ten or ACC school,

"What can UConn become in football? UConn proved soon after jumping up to (FBS) in 2000 that it could compete at that level, as it reached bowls five of seven years from 2004 to 2010 and were ranked in the Associated Press' Top 25 in three different seasons (and won 2 Big East Championships). Following the 2010 season, the school reached the Fiesta Bowl...... UConn officials feel that it shouldn’t be outlandishly difficult to get back to consistent winning seasons."

Former ESPN executive and noted scheduling consultant Dave Brown summed up UConn’s scheduling success by saying that the Huskies essentially scheduled everyone they’d want to in the Northeast and Eastern seaboard. “It came out better than I ever would have imagined,” Brown said. “People want to play up there.”....home-and-homes in upcoming seasons include Maryland, Pittsburgh, Duke, Wake Forest, Buffalo, Temple, Ole Miss, Syracuse (again), Army (again) and North Carolina. UConn’s home games will be shown on CBS Sports Network through 2024, giving the program national exposure.
 
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