Location is tho only reason RU is in the B1G. The athletic programs, including FB, have done little regarding success.You better make a bowl every single year....if you have losing records over the next few years it's probably not going to happen. Say all you want about RU, we have been to a bowl 6 out of the last 7 years (since 2005 we only missed the 2010 bowl I think). Even though you think RU addition was all about location, it's still an easier sell to everyone knowing that RU at least makes bowl games. Try making that same case for UCONN if you were to have 2 or 3 straight losing seasons (this might happen now since RU and SU will be picking off all local recruits). For UCONN, it's not going to get easier over the next couple years.
Top off the joke of their coaches behavior, and their hiring process. Coaches w/o degrees.AD not properly vetted. Yeah, RU is a real prize.