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Message: [QUOTE="Nostical, post: 1689054, member: 749"] [MHver3 Also, FOX is keen on UConn as they are right in ESPN's backyard.] This go-round feels a lot different, doesn't it? In this CR environment "money" would likely overcome the kind of petty rationale used to keep us out before (like BC envy or Blumenthal). Our incremental value lies squarely in our location. It's about a TV network looking to gain traction and either keep---or seek a competitive advantage in the NYC/NE market, coupled with the strategic maneuvering of one conference looking to either extend its reach---or foreclose the penetration of another into this eyeball lucrative area. That's the reason (beyond the purely athletic) we are near the top of the list. It makes it all the more puzzling why the ACC and B1G along with ESPN would leave us dangling as low fruit and allow the Big XII/FOX to gain a foothold here. [/QUOTE]