Moneybags Booster Didn't Cost UConn $2.9 Million, Nearly 15,000
Unsold Fiesta Bowl Tickets Did  It's a damn good thing for the
University of Connecticut that it reconstructed a financial
pipeline from took-his-cash-teet-and-went-home booster Robert
Burton. Per the Hartford Courant, the school filed papers with
the NCAA claiming a $1.76 million loss from its January trip to
the Fiesta Bowl.  Sure, BCS participants tend to cull about $17
million, but the socialist Big East pools such funds. So, yeah,
4-8 Cincinnati got some bowl coin, which is nice.  On the ledger
UConn spent roughly $4.28 million for the trip. It received
$2.52 million for getting absolutely drilled by the Oklahoma
Sooners. As always, the school band bears the brunt of blame.
According to the report, UConn's big loss came in ticket sales.
It sold only 2,771 of the allotted 17,500 tickets, resulting in
a $2,924,385 million loss, which all but offset the conference
payout it received. UConn said Wednesday it actually sold about
4,600 tickets, t