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Message: [QUOTE="RSHERMVIKES, post: 4654120, member: 2251"] IMHO this talk of the Big 12 considering recruiting UCONN is not as great as it seems! The grass always seems a little greener some where else. Stupid decisions, such as the Kevin Ollie fiasco helped push us into monetary problems. Yes, there is the possibility of $30 million over the BE $5 million TV money but natural rivalries are NOT waiting for us there! The travel will bleed us dry! Will our fans go to TX, OKLA, IA State, etc, to watch our games every week? WVA is the closest Big 12 school to us! It will cost UCONN much more in normal fees to participate in FB, WBB, MBB,, Baseball, FH, MSoccer, WSoccer, VB, Cross-country, Track, etal! Boston College was a powerhouse in the BE in FB, WBB, MBB and their other sports for example! How good are they now in the ACC? UCONN has an East Coast identity not a Mid West identity! Even if we schedule UCLA, ND, TX, Oregon, we're still East Coast! The Big East schools are really improving to keep up with UCONN! I feel the BE will be a much better Conference down the road! And finally with all this poaching schools from so-called Power Conferences, what's to guarantee more teams than TX & OKLA won't be running elsewhere 2 or 3 years down the line? [/QUOTE]