Fun fact about UConn FB and the BE:
UConn participated as a FB member in the BE from 2004-2013. During this 10 year period UConn won (or shared the Conference Champsionship) twice: 2004 and 2013. That's 20% of the time as my Baylor mathematicians point out.
Yes we had a dead period under FHCPP, but we are back. Yes we have a short time line playing major conference FB but the reality is that UConn, upon a P5 invite, due to its excellence in athletic commitment given the University's accomplishments in sport: MBB, WBB, MS, MH, WFH, MBB, WS, MFB, show that the university breeds excellence in athletics given the chance.
No insider info here, but I dare say the ACC is seriously concerned if UConn gets a Big 12 invite. It essentially marginalizes (if not obsoletes) its northern teams (BCU, Cuse, Pitt). That is not quite a fact, but reality. The B1G, on the other hand, just counts cable fees from RU and Maryland, but really should realize that a powerful UConn (in a P5 conference) could very well dominate NE FB and even eclipse Penn State's history as the northern FB powerhouse. That my friends, even for a homer like me, is a real possibility.
So the whole non decisions by the ACC/B1G could very well bit them in the @ss should the Big 12 turn this northeast powerhouse loose by choosing them, even with the standard 3 year reduced payout and perhaps a mandatory one home game venue of Yankee Stadium or the Meadowlands for a 5 five year period is acceptable.
It's almost as simple as picking Drummond with the 9th pick, when in a do-over he would have been picked second.
ps Yes I am a passionate fan, but as palantine may remind you, if UConn is not P5 by 7/2017 (and I might have to extend that to 7/2018) I will fold my cards and join the RU or TarHeel board (probably associated with several clinical psychiatric sessions in Vienna).