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Message: [QUOTE="Hoophound, post: 1776085, member: 271"] To add to this, the perception being fed to the public that UConn won't support it's teams even if they are in the Big 12 is preposterous. It is very easy for anyone to either look up or be shown a full Rentschler Field or a full Gampel Pavilion going crazy for UConn sports on the web. How about MSG for Michigan State? Michigan football at the Rent was electric and featured star studded audience. A writer stated the other day that our fanbase wouldn't support a game in NYC more than once every few years. Further, he was saying that in regard to football games against OU and UT. That's so insane it is borderline slander. It's outrageous. So, it would be very easy for any conference to take us knowing full well that once they see our stadium for a game featuring Texas or Oklahoma or Florida or Alabama or even Texas Tech, we belong. An administrator voting for us wouldn't have to worry about blow back because the evidence is all there that we belong. It doesn't matter that Joe Schmoe in South Texas or some writer in Oklahoma City don't get it. They will very quickly see it and that stuff will be put to bed immediately. Compare that to what would happen if you brought in schools like UCF or Memphis. Those schools have few fans at all and even when they are good, they aren't there in droves. They don't have big fanbases over many generations like we do. We have video evidence of average UConn teams selling out like crazy in a good conference. The good t UConn teams matching up with Texas and OU would warrant expansion of the stadium. [/QUOTE]

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