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Yes, we're pursuing it the same way we have for a decade plus
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But this is a double-secret pursuit.Yes, we're pursuing it the same way we have for a decade plus
Don’t worry. Clemson and FSU are damaged brands. Not saying I believe the rumorExit fees will not delay the process. UConn will go when and if the ACC comes calling. The athletic dumpster fire that is BCU will not be an obstacle this time as BCU brings no TV ratings or appeal in New England or anywhere else. The bigger issue is whether Clemson, FSU and the other historically significant football schools would want UConn. I think the ACC would need to see another year or two of football competency before anything happens.
The BCU vetoed UConn story is a myth. The obstacles were Clemson and FSU, who thought that they needed to protect their football product.Exit fees will not delay the process. UConn will go when and if the ACC comes calling. The athletic dumpster fire that is BCU will not be an obstacle this time as BCU brings no TV ratings or appeal in New England or anywhere else. The bigger issue is whether Clemson, FSU and the other historically significant football schools would want UConn. I think the ACC would need to see another year or two of football competency before anything happens.
Different expansion moments. When the ACC added Syracuse and Pitt, the initial idea was Syracuse and us but they needed to be quiet and quick about it. BC was one of three schools in the committee and they made it clear they would fight a UConn addition, which would have prevented the opportunities to be quiet and quick.The BCU vetoed UConn story is a myth. The obstacles were Clemson and FSU, who thought that they needed to protect their football product.
That's not what da Flipper saidThe BCU vetoed UConn story is a myth. The obstacles were Clemson and FSU, who thought that they needed to protect their football product.
I'm in the camp that believes the B12's door knocking has given the ammo AD David Benedict needed to push the ACC off the fence.I am in the camp that we are a potential target for the Big XII and what it is trying to accomplish. Any discussion about UConn/ACC would be borne of the ACC sharing that perception.
Cuse pulled up the rope as well. Freezing us out left them both on an island. Dopes.He has to be one of the most myopic business people on the planet. BC athletics is completely uncompetitive in the ACC with a basketball program that might be a middle run American East program........might be......