Only Fairfield County is. The bulk of the state and it's population are not. Plus I'm not sure how much of Fairfield County is really UConn territory anyway. Not sure if there's really a way to show how many people from each county are associated with UConn in some way, but I would bet it's lower the further away from Storrs you get.
FFLD Cty has over 33,000 UConn alums per Harbor Yard which is talking about having the men and women play 2 games there this season.
I mentioned that to Eric last night. If Rutgers gets the conference the Western suburbs, UConn would get them the Eastern suburbs. Imagine--NYC as a B1G stronghold! The conference just announced that the men's hoops tourney will be in DC in 2017, which still seems odd. If they can go to MSG, it would be a mega-event.
We'd probably all concede that point,... regarding cow demographics.
To be honest, not really. It's a small state. People from all over the state went to those games, plus they were novelty games. What the B1G is ultimately interested in is NYC's TV sets. Does adding UConn really get them that many more TV viewers in the NYC DMA than they would have without adding UConn? Or do people really believe they're after that lucrative Hartford-New Haven media market where most UConn fans' TV sets reside? Would the B1G be better off investing in a different media market where they have zero presence now? That's how they will view expansion. I've already made my case in the other board about why the B1G should pick up UConn, but I'm not Jim Delaney, and it's not hard to see why the B1G would look elsewhere for new members, because well, they've already done it a couple of times.
I'm trying to figure out why people think of UConn as more of a NYC team over Rutgers. What evidence is there? We seem to be hanging our hat on the idea that we're the big dog college team in that market so the B1G should pick us, and I'm just asking are we, and why do we think that? Because a lot of UConn fans made the trek to MSG? That's kind of a well duh response. If the game was held in Chicago, and the crowd was 80-20 in favor of Michigan State fans, does that make Michigan State "Chicago's team?" By the way there's another team that wears red that may be more popular than either Rutgers or UConn, in basketball anyway, that actually is located in NYC.
It's not a matter of moving the target. The B1G has spoken. They've added 3 teams in the past 3 years, and as far as we know never even considered UConn. Apparently not even coming off a BCS appearance and a pile of hoops hardware wasn't good enough, and I'm trying to figure out what has changed (other than our football program deteriorating) in the 2 years since they last extended invites.
They don't play football though.....so nobody cares.
From what I've seen in the last couple of years, neither do we.
We already have the Florida TV markets because of UF, so FSU and Miami add nothing to the pot. UF is the big fish in the state of Florida.
Well, they got Rutgers who don't represent themselves very well either on the gridiron or on the basketball court. At least UConn dominates on the court! Then too, how many people in New York really care about Rutgers football at all! Not many, to be sure!
As I mentioned in the CR board, UConn really is the last legitimate medium sized school east of the Mississippi that has a really solid academic standing (that continues to improve) and athletic programs that actually win titles while competing in the NCAA's top division. Who else is left that's not already in a P5 conference? No one is leaving the SEC or B1G for the ACC, so unless the ACC wants to invite the South Central Louisiana State Mud Dogs they may have to swallow their pride and take UConn (a school that's actually closer to the Atlantic Ocean than almost every one of their members). As far as the B1G, they should dump the AAU requirement because let's face it, UConn even without AAU membership is a better academic institution than half of their members already.
Maybe somebody has made this point, if so forgive my redundancy. As a WCBB fan I would soooo much rather be in the ACC, if we do get 'anointed' by one of the power conferences. Imagine the competition the ACC might actually present us over any other conference. It would be great, I think it would insure that our recruiting would stay strong too.
Sorry, but there will be no teams added to the SEC in a state that already has a team. The SEC already has the most popular teams in each of our states except for Texas. A lesser team from any of those states adds nothing to the TV market footprint. For example, in South Carolina, Clemson has the plurality of fans in 2 counties and USC in 44 counties.
