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Message: [QUOTE="Gfunk, post: 959926, member: 3634"] I think my original post in this thread pretty much underscored that BIG football hasn't really been much to boast about in terms of NCs and bowl wins for a long time now. You can't really expect to succeed when the local talent is nowhere near as good as a region like the Southeast. But, BIG fan bases are wonderful, the venues, passion, challenging climates that surface especially from October to season's end. It's a great culture. I say as much because I'd like to see UConn become a part of it. You're currently in an incompatible conference, culturally speaking, & the travel is quite extreme. When you talk about a shared recruiting footprint, you do have Fl and Tx schools in your conference - but will that translate into better results when the geography is so spread out? I think if you objectively look at my original post, you'll see that we agree more often than not & the myths of so-called BIG gridiron prestige are based on perception, more so than truth. As I stated, when a conference sends a lot of high quality players to the next level, even in the event of diminishing draftees, it adds to this perception. For example, you've got 5 Super Bowl rings amongst BIG QB alum in just the past 15 years - I'll also give credit to the ACC, where Wilson played for a few seasons. Brady and Brees will retire amongst all-time leaders in just about every category of significance, & they are automatic HOFers, a distinction that BIG alum quantitatively own compared to rest of the conference landscape. Anyways, peace whaler - love your alias, I sure do remember that franchise - I think it was Gordie Howe's last team before retirement. [/QUOTE]

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