If we are a real candidate we probably had our visit when the KState president came to Hartford last November. That was when B12 expansion started to get some smoke around it. It was also around the time Cincy President Ono was tweeting about his contact with B12 Presidents and ADs. The KSU President was chairman of the B12 at the time. They could have spent some weekend time in Storrs, stopped by the Rent Monday, had dinner at the Hartford mansion and then headed to the game at XL at 7:30pm. Once he reported back about the facilities, a visit wasn't needed. I'm sure he was totally shocked if he saw the football and basketball complexes and told people about it.
I'm not going to worry about the visit issue because I know that a visit of sorts already happened. Whether or not it went as described above or not, we'll never know. However, Herbst did meet with him and he heard all about the great things happening at UConn per his own tweet. Of course, if a meeting was taking place right now in Storrs would we know? Probably not.
I am more interested in Beth Goetz setting the record straight. Why did she do that? I have three guesses: We aren't supposed to be talking about it, It didn't happen and she doesn't want the fans felling optimistic, or we are talking to more than one suitor and the confidentiality is critical.
ESPN is the fox in the hen house. They need not know what we are up to in regards to the B12 but we need them working for us on the ACC/B1G fronts. I can see how this is a very delicate operation if they are doing this correctly. The only way this doesn't require very careful maneuvering is if we aren't even able get the consideration of the conferences and tv execs. If we are talking to people, we are working more than one room and that requires secrecy.
