While this is a pretty good analogy, to add more realism to the analogy, the people that surround you now as your new " buddies " ( in the AAC )may just as quickly in time be as bad, or even much much worse. You might find that, in general, the ACC football fans might have a higher regard for Uconn football right now than do the other football fans among the other schools in your new AAC football league. I don't knjow this for a fact, but just as something to consider thats all,, once the Cincy, Houston, SMU, Central Florida, South Florida, etc football fans start popping up to tell you what they think of Uconn football compared to themselves and whatnot. Under such a scenario, most Uconn football fans might not have to be " convinced " at all to take an ACC invite should it materialize, and won't give them any " trepidation " re. the invite at all. But who knows. Maybe Uconn football fans as you stated above will need lots of " convincing " on whether to accept an ACC, or stay in the AAC with their other new " buddies " and wait for a better offer in one of the other P5 Conferences. I don't think its the concern for Uconn football fans that you think it will be, should an invite come.