That we are subject to the whims of.conferences that don't really need us.makes the entire situation tenuous.
The BE in whatever form it has existed post 1990, has needed UConn. The BBonlies are about to find that out. The B1G and the ACC (for now) don't.
At least in the ACC there is some knowledge of our value. Not so much in the B1G. I'm hoping for B1G but, ACC wouldn't be the worst thing.
Bottom line is need another shoe to drop or we aren't going anywhere soon.
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Appreciate your thoughts.
Where you see a situation where neither the B1G nor the ACC need us, I see an analygous position where the B1G didn't need Rutgers and Maryland (not the way they needed someone (who turned out to be Nebraska) to fill out the field of 12 required for a championship game that would keep the B1G brand alive in the week after Thanksgiving when national championship contenders were being debated). Yet the B1G took Rutgers and Maryland anyway. I don't think Delant is operating out of need alone. There is a bigger objective in play.
I contend that objective is the 50-60 million people residing in the northeast corridor between Boston and Washington D.C. Those potential customers of college football are largely underserved today. Those 50-60 million potential customers dwarf any gain the B1G might find in North Carolina. The battle for North Carolina would likely be a costly one, especially if the SEC were to become involved. Why wage it when there are -- repeat after me -- 50-60 million just milling about? Does the B1G
need UConn? They do if they intend to serve the northeast
and defend it against competition.
I think you are right about another shoe dropping, that of UVa. In my opimion, it'll happen but it may take some time due to a combination of resistence to change at the university and worries about the $50MM buyout fee. They'd prefer to pay as little as possible. How little probably depends on what Maryland settles for, but a seat in the B1G conference meetings is worth $50MM so it will happen no matter what.