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Message: [QUOTE="AZHuskiePop, post: 4936789, member: 1609"] I’m not sure we were invited to help destroy the Old Big East with the C7 . Most of those schools never really loved us and our unfair advantage as a large public.Plus they didn't want to be involved in BCS football. We seemed to be as blind sided by them leaving as much as anyone. We also stood with Cincinnati and USF to not dissolve The Big East .But I don’t claim to be an insider so I don’t know for sure. The assumption at the time was UConn coming off a NC in 2011 and a BCS bowl right after was a slam dunk for inclusion in a major conference. So treading water in the Big East / /AAC was a no brainer . I’m sure you recall C7‘s original plan was to destroy the Old Big East and split the assets Between 10-11 remaining schools. The fact three football. teams , us included remained , prevented that from happening and in fact it was a financial windfall for UConn. The Old Big East /AAC was very heavy in cash from Basketball success big years in 2009 in 2011 plus exit fees . Estimates were anywhete from $70,000,000 to $90,000,000. The three remaining Big East members got the vast portion of the money by keeping the conference intact.. We made an estimated $20,000,000 by staying. That distribution help sustain us through a difficult period . NC ‘s in 2013 ,2014 didn’t hurt either Nor did top G5 CFP money . Finally if UConn helped destroyed a football conference for the sake of basketball what would have been the prognosis for our future In another football conference . I don’t recall us going Indy in football ever came up that was only after AAC cash dried up and the new media deal was not to our liking. The assumption of C7 success was not a sure thing even with the name and MSG. They struggled on a newbie network to attract eyeballs. They were forced to increase their footprint to Nebraska to remain somewhat viable and without Nova‘s improbable success followed by our return it might be a mid major by now. . [/QUOTE]

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