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[QUOTE="Billy Jack, post: 4348765, member: 4173"]
You’re not being objective. Rutgers is the flag ship of a state with almost 10 million people vs UConn in a state with about 40% of NJ’s population. Rutgers is AAU and has a research budget that is much larger than UConn’s. The B1G is a research consortium as well as a sports conference, which is why they value AAU and research $$$. The B1G did a study 20 years ago of universities which are most similar to B1G universities. Rutgers was at the top of the list. They had been bird dogging Rutgers for a long time before they invited them. Twenty years ago we were just bringing our football into 1A and weren’t even in Big East Football yet. We were playing catch up and in many ways we still are.

With  all that said, if the B1G were making its decision today, I don’t know that Rutgers would get an invite. The emphasis seems to have shifted from a school’s market to its brand. If a school can deliver eyeballs to regardless of its market size, that seems to be what matters most. Our football program doesn’t deliver that.
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