If we're just talking Conference Realignment profiles, if you don't think UCONN, as a whole, is clearly head and shoulders above every single school in the AAC, then we have a LOOOOOOONG way to go. As a complete body of work, we best every single one of these sh1tty schools in terms of academic reputation/growth, demographic footprint, athletic budget, national brand appeal, and athletic success. So if UCF wins this game and ESPiN decides to fall in love with them, guess what the new AAC mantra becomes? "It's too bad UCF plays in a garbage conference. They deserve better." Then what happens? FSU and Clemson decide that they need to fill out their conference to get to 16 and decide to add the latest ESPiN football sweetheart (we've seen this happen before) and wait for Notre Dame. And if friggin' UCF gets tapped out of the AAC before UCONN because they become some darling program like Louisville became, then I'll go UCONN postal.
Please note: this CR cycle has turned me into a very cynical and grumpy old man. I'm incredibly proud to be a UCONN alum and fan and it drives me nuts to see schools get tapped ahead of UCONN or be grandfathered in a P5 conference that I think doesn't offer what UCONN offers. Perhaps my UCONN colored glasses are too blue, but CR has made it this way. If it's not UCONN, it's crap.
