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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 1587440, member: 5598"] There is no way the B12 is not following the BIG model as opposed to the ACC model. Perception was Rutgers was a poor BIG add right up until the BIG payout check arrived. The leagues the B12 is trying to emulate are the BIG and SEC not the ACC. The Rutgers lesson had to be absorbed by the B12. The B12 is making a business decision. They spend thousands of dollars to hire outside consultants to crunch the numbers. And Boren has repeat stressed the metrics need to be the deciding factors on expansion. I hate other fans and programs dismissing UConn but that should not factor in the B12's decision. It is all about the network and the money. Neither UConn, Cincy, or BYU measurably increases the B12's football cred...this expansion is about a network. Just cause the Cincy president went on a worldwide twitter campaign does not change the metrics. In fact that seems more like the move of a team who is trying to change the evaluatory criteria or at least build a public case as to how hard they lobbied. Maybe Cincy is in but it will be based on its financial worth to a network. I like UConn's chances. If B12 network comes into existence we should start a poll as to which ACC team jumps first. It is just a matter of time... [/QUOTE]