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[QUOTE="Dooley, post: 1387627, member: 2920"]
If you want my head to explode, keep saying things like "if UConn were such a prize, then they would have been in a much better conference by now".  Everyone knows CR is not quite that simple.  UConn was tapped twice for ACC expansion but blocked by regional competitors who were too worried that they would lose their share of the regional turf if they played on an equivalent playing field.  Now, UConn is playing extreme catch-up by spending BILLIONS of dollars to meet B1G/AAU standards.  No other state/school can say that because not that many schools have that level of COMPLETE support from its state.  That there is a game-changer.

Our T3 rights and apparel rights are both worth far more than Rutgers'.  In fact, both contracts are on par or exceed the large majority of P5 schools who have the same deals in place.  Bad timing and incredibly bad luck has kept UConn out of a P5 conference...for now.  But like Rutgers, the B1G will be quite happy once they can add UConn to the fold and complete their northeast takeover.  There is no question that UConn athletics would succeed in the B1G...maybe unlike how they've already succeeded in the past as a BCS and post-BCS member!
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