You mean like the 40,000 capacity stadium that is 20 miles from UConn's campus? LOL at calling those facilities top notch. Meanwhile Byrd Stadium seats 60k, is on campus, and they have one of the more renowned weight programs in the country.
Not a lateral move at all, and only a UConn "fan" would even suggest it. I think you have never seen a real college program's facilities if you think what they have in Storrs is "top notch."
Forgot the stadium is the only thing that counts as a facility..... Have u even seen the Burton Family Football Complex. Idk how Maryland facilities are, their stadium may hold more people but Uconn has very nice facilities.
It its not a sidestep, its def. not a big upgrade.
And its just not Uconn fans suggesting it:
Beyond the natural stress that comes with losing any coach in January, Connecticut fans must be asking themselves why Edsall left for a program that isn't all that appreciably better. (By the same token, Terps fans have to be wondering what kind of upgrade they got. Edsall is 74-70 and his best season ever just ended with an 8-5 record; Friedgen was 75-50, led Maryland to a 9-4 record and bowl win this year, and he was told to clean out his office).
Maryland's last BCS game was 2001. UConn, of course, just got back from the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (although not with their coach, who reportedly took a different flight to Baltimore and neglected to tell his players he was leaving). The Terrapins have a bigger stadium than Connecticut, at a capacity of 54,000, but their average home attendance this year was 39,168 while the Huskies drew 38,248 per game to Rentschler Field. The ACC has more money than the Big East, but according to this report from FanHouse last month, UConn spent nearly $5 million more on football last year than Maryland. Edsall also has an easier path to a league championship in the Big East than he does in the ACC, as was evident this year.
