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Why resurrect this thread from 2011? Think we'd all choose the B1G now.
 
I believe UConn would get invited to the ACC not the B1G. Reasons:
  • For one, the stadium is not B1G caliber and the way Fairfield County tries to control the rest of the state I seriously doubt you'll see a major, state funded expansion anytime soon.
  • The AAU and endowment situations hamper UConn and with people fleeing the state I don't know how you muster a annual endowment of over a billion dollars. UConn's proximity to NYC & Boston is their only saving grace but fan base and FBS tradition/history counter it.
  • The ACC is likely to be poached by the B1G and the SEC within a decade and will be looking for replacements. Unfortunately I see the ACC going the way of the old Big East with other conferences siphoning off their good football schools leaving the league with a brand of "basketball conference" and less of a chance to be invited to any FBS playoff for a shot at the national title.
Therefore the best bet is to make the most of the league your in now, get the football program solid and perched to vie for a top 25 ranking. Now, if I was selfish I would like to see the Northeast schools band together and form an entirely new conference, The Big North or something like that. The basketball would be competitive with any in the land and the football wouldn't be arguably better than the eventual remnants of the ACC, AAC, Mountain West and possibly the Big12. Two divisions:

East--------------West
  • BC--------------- Penn St
  • UConn-----------Pitt
  • Temple-----------WVU
  • Maryland--------Louisville
  • Rutgers----------Cincinnati
  • Virginia----------Syracuse
  • Navy*------------Army* (* = football only)
Will it happen? Never but it would make for some nice road game travel expense savings and rekindle a lot of traditional rivalries. Probably would be able to wrestle MSG away from the new Big East for BBall tournies also.
 
B1G after Louisville got in ACC. Like a scorned bitch I am. The ACC is poison in my eye. (Unless they invite us of course)
 
My first thought is that I'd prefer the B1G, but there's nothing that leads me to believe that we'd be any more competitive than Rutty or Maryland in terms of football, and I'd rather not watch us struggle to win 4 or 5 games in a season. In the ACC, we'd get top notch basketball and football that's pretty good but still allows us the chance to be really competitive. Outside of FSU and Clemson, we can compete with anyone there.
 
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So weird looking back now how we all thought that the ACC or B1G was just waiting to invite us.
 
BiG. Screw the rivalries in the ACC- would much rather reestablish the SUNJ rivalry, develop the Maryland rivalry, and work on having other nationally significant State Flagship schools play in our house every season. Of course the regular OOC tar-and-feathering of BCU is just a bonus. Really, what rivalries in the ACC are so great? Pitt? Fruit U? I don't get. And hoops with regular games against Maryland, MSU, UM and Wisconsin- good enough for me.
 
B1G, ainec.


All you have to do is look at the stability, the networks, the income, the academics, the quantity of the institutions and the people that run them.

Or would you prefer the drama that is being in a league with ND or Texas. How about such character driven institutions such as BC, Miami, Louisville, Pitt, Syracuse?

If we called to join the ACC or B12, this board will celebrate in a manner we didn't know was possible and we would fill the intertubes with semi-jovial barbs at our old friends in the ACC or the hayseeds of the lower midwest, but if you want what is best for every single program and the university itself. The Big Ten would be as close to perfect as you could draw up in the current NCAA universe.

Leave all other delusions behind.
 
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From a sports perspective ACC. From a money perspective Big 10.
 
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I prefer the B1G but any port in a storm will due. Contrary to popular belief I do see UConn being competitive in football in the B1G or any conference within 10 years after getting in the conference. The history of UConn tells me there is a strong desire for Championships and UConn doesn't tend to sit back until this goal is reached. I was hear when UConn was in the Yankee Conference and we wanted more in basketball. The naysayers said it would never be done at UConn. But look what happened. I believe the same will eventually be done in football. We will win a National Championship given some time.
 
UConnFranklin said:
I prefer the B1G but any port in a storm will due. Contrary to popular belief I do see UConn being competitive in football in the B1G or any conference within 10 years after getting in the conference. The history of UConn tells me there is a strong desire for Championships and UConn doesn't tend to sit back until this goal is reached. I was hear when UConn was in the Yankee Conference and we wanted more in basketball. The naysayers said it would never be done at UConn. But look what happened. I believe the same will eventually be done in football. We will win a National Championship given some time.
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UConn has a great brand. We went from newby to respectable very quickly under Edsall. The only reason we lost some street cred was that we kind of snuck into the Fiesta Bowl and then got clobbered. We were building serious steam with the talking heads. We'll be back there very soon.

Winning is contagious. Once we are winning, football will capitalize on the basketball brand and it will catapult us ahead in status. We are different in that sense. We have a marquee brand and we have an outstanding market to grow the football fan base in. We are about to go from media punching bag to media darling assuming the guys come back bigger, stronger and faster and the coaches come back better prepared.
 
B1G, No doubt. More stable conference short and long term. Much more money. Greater academic prowess. Geography is not an issue. (It's 1420 miles from Storrs to Miami. 1340 to Lincoln, NE. Besides, F@@k the ACC.) If they don't want us, then we don't want them.
 
B1G No brainer, all sports in particular Basketball.

B1G has the big $$$$$$$$$$

ACC will eventually lose teams to SEC or even B1G
 
My two cents... I understand that football is the locomotive of the athletic train. I don't think we would be all too picky as long as a P5 conference calls, we go. Having said that, I would love to be in the BIG for the overall health ($$) of the athletic department. Geographically, ACC makes more sense. (from a fans perspective) having all teams in the same time zone for start times would be a big factor. I hate having the NC Game start at 8:30 and finish around 11:30 or midnight and having go to work the next day (waking at 5:30) sucks. I would prefer the ACC for basketball... Imagine Duke and UNC home and homes. ACC would allow us to keep hockey in Hockey East. I love the idea of the "bus league." I am biased towards the hockey program, UConn hit a Grand Slam with Hockey East and would hate to see them leave Hockey East for BIG. ACC is a great conference for both men's and women's soccer. If there is any substance to the lacrosse rumors, the ACC is a great lacrosse conference.
 
B1G because it is mostly large, public research institutions. I think they could rename it the Big North if they added UConn.

ACC would be second, and Big XII a close third, right behind ACC.
 
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1) B1G
2) ACC w/TV Network
3) B12 w/TV Network
4) ACC w/o TV Network
5) B12 w/o TV Network

At this hr, looks like scenario #3 is most likely to happen....but I'll take #5 too.
 
B1G for football*. ACC for MBB*. B12 for WBB. SEC for baseball. HE for hockey (of course). BE for FH, LAX. Pac12 for track and field, swimming and diving, water polo. Ivy for polo (the horse kind).

*I originally had these switched since football might be more competitive in the ACC, but duck* it.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
Definately one of the oddest bumps I've seen here.
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I wonder if Pop accidentally clicked on the button to sort threads by date of original post... or something.
 
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The Funster said:
We'll take what we can get. F them all though. Would like to see this big money college sport thing implode.
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Markets HAVE dictated how well schools develop, after all. There's a corelation between market and how well a school does. We are solid proof of that. So are the colonial colleges that still exist today.
 
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