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Message: [QUOTE="DFW HOYA, post: 3101447, member: 597"] [I]"We're not dropping or downgrading football anytime soon, if what the incoming president says is accurate. We're a flagship state university. I can't think of any others that don't have a football program at some level. "[/I] Vermont and Alaska-Fairbanks are the only state flagship schools without football. For six years, I've told anyone who asked that UConn would be a slam-dunk for the Big East. Maybe not anymore. Ten teams is working for the Big East, and a move to 12 isn't a hot topic. The Big East tournament sold out every session, even the woeful Wednesday games (thanks in large part to St. John's making a return appearance) and the need for an 11th team is predicated upon if and when a reasonably strong 12th team is out there. Right now, there isn't. If UConn has a tag-team partner that would come along (UMass?), maybe it's a discussion, but a 12th in St. Louis or Dayton or Richmond adds nothing to the equation, financially or otherwise. My guess is that UConn will eat the deficits and swing for the fences in hopes for another round of realignment, settling for what is left of the Big 12 after Texas and Oklahoma go to the Pac-14. (If that doesn't work, can you just buy out DePaul?) [/QUOTE]