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Message: [QUOTE="atom58, post: 1756769, member: 7262"] I don't pretend to be a CR guru or anything like that but I do remember what ND's AD Swarbrick (I think it was) said about all of this - [I]these decisions are made by school presidents and academics is important to them[/I], not just athletics, geographic location, etc. Now I don't want to offend anyone but I have seen UH described as "Cougar High" by some Texas folks on one of the SB Nation blogs so I think it is [I]extremely unlikely [/I]that the Pac 12 conference (which is interested in academics) would be the least bit interested. I have read that UConn has a good US News & World Report school rating but the Big 10 took athletically-challenged Rutgers instead b/c of the AAU angle. UConn was the better athletic school [I]and had a good academic rating[/I] but the AAU academic angle made the difference as [I]at one time[/I] all of the Big10 schools had AAU status but don't now (hello, Nebraska). I have also been reading Big 12 school blogs and a number of them are not in favor of UH b/c of recruiting competition in Texas, 4 schools are already there, and wanting schools in other states - there certainly can be more than 3 no votes IMO. [/QUOTE]