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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 3892228, member: 591"] I'm not sure I get some of your points. Assuming UConn could deliver the same media footprint (I have never understood the viewing regions exactly), UConn would deliver more "new" viewers than Rutgers, as UConn has a much better history and fan support in men's and women's basketball, in particular. Yes, UConn fans would - or could be - outnumbered at a football game. I don't view either Rutgers or UConn as better able to field a good football team. I don't picture either as being likely to be near the top of a conference with dedicated football programs like Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, etc. That said, Schiano will likely make Rutgers as competitive as it can be at the disadvantages (yes, budget is one) that it faces. And yes, UConn Men's and Women's basketball programs would be much more competitive than Rutgers (although women's basketball's issue isn't the switch to the B1G, it has been down in general - the B1G is not tougher than the oBE of UConn, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Louisville, etc.) Other sports at Rutgers have been either fairly successful or crushed completely, depending mostly on how good they were before, so far as I can tell. The answer is that the B1G has gotten what it wanted from Rutgers. It might have gotten more from UConn - I wouldn't have chosen either if I was the B1G, I would have gone for teams that ended up elsewhere like Pitt, Cinci, West Virginia, and the like. Financially, joining the B1G has advantages for Rutgers. [/QUOTE]

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