I'm a football lover, but football at UConn had become the tail wagging the dog. UConn was the 1st and only school to upgrade from 1AA to a BCS conference. This infuriated a lot of people. Imagine being a fan of BYU, SMU, Houston, with their rich histories and seeing UConn get such a break?
BCS status was HUGE advantage for our program. Without that the difference between the AAC and independent status isn't worth deepsixing our BBall programs. P6 is a pipe dream.