In less than a month, UConn will be back where it belongs, in the Big East. When this news broke a little less than year ago, Huskies fan were ecstatic, to put it lightly. Basketball was going to flourish and other sports would benefit greatly as well. But no one, maybe even including athletic director David Benedict, knew what would play out with football.
During that time, there were three options for what to do with the program: Find a football-only conference membership, go independent, or drop down to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).