I just don't get this "we need FSU and Clemson to leave the ACC for the Big12 in order for us to be invited" idea. What am I missing?
If an odd number of teams leave the ACC we might be invited (either 1 or 3). If FSU and Clemson were to both leave, the ACC would be at 12 teams--they would not be in a hurry to expand because of that. 14 teams is a weird number for a conference to have...ideally you either have 12 or 16 teams. The way I see it, the only way UConn goes to the ACC is if either 1 team leaves the conference (we are the replacement), or the ACC goes to 16 (then we would go with either Notre Dame or Rutgers).
I just don't see FSU and Clemson leaving as a positive for us. I really do not believe that it would change the ACC's thinking on expansion--if anything it would reduce the chances of the ACC expanding and adding UConn. At least if they stay at 14, they may eventually decide to go to 16 for scheduling purposes. But if they are down to 12, I am not sure they would be in a rush to get back to 14 (unless of course ND was in play). Just my opinion I guess.