Come on now, do people really think HFD could come up with that plan? It's really good. Good for UConn, good for SNY. PAC wanted in the NYC market, so that piece makes sense at some level. SEC? Probably worthwhile in bball but not so much in FB. Wasn't it Florida that hadn't played OOC out of Fl since 1990 against Cuse? Although Bama took a trip to PSU, so it's not impossible but the venue needs to be bigger. It makes sense for the old BE schools - who get a (mostly local) marquee game on their schedule annually. The alliance between BYU/Cincy/BSU makes sense as well as witnessed by recently announced FB scheduling. The money seems to be a stretch, but realistically SNY needs UConn to be a power, and a power school needs a big budget - especially for an independent.
Where the deal makes the most sense is that it Could do two key things - 1. worry the B1G and ACC about losing market share in NYC to UConn and its cohorts and 2. Cause P5 to push back on ND(or any school's) independence in D4 - and ND in a conference is good for UConn.
I don't care whether it's true. It's intriguing and if we could pull most of that off and get $10-15 m per year, cya AAC. We know that there is nothing compelling holding us in the AAC, aside from conference games against schools that for the most part we just don't fit in with.