I agree with you on sentence one. Sentence two, both of them have accomplished much more than us to that point and since as well. However that had nothing to do with why they were added. We were c-blocked, and Warde and Sue did not navigate that era so great.
Sorry for the late response. Respectfully, I challenge you to put forth what the hell SU has accomplished. They won only one Natty ever in football during the Eisenhower administration. They have won only one Natty ever in BB during the Bush II (Shrub) administration. As an academic institution, it is quite simply the most overrated, over priced second tier private college in the NE. Nothing more, nothing less...
Regarding LV - it has had some athletic success of note - by no means exemplary though. However, as an academic institution, the only requirements for admission is a pulse and being able to find your ass if it's itchy... That will catch up to them. The world already has enough simpletons.
If I seem to be somewhat pejorative with my assessments, it is only because the ACC, taking either of those schools over UConn, was dead wrong! That conference will not succeed in the long run - you'll see...