You had me at Hello.
So, are we doomed, or not doomed?
Conspiracy Kitty says:
1) New B1G contract effective 1/2017 so need to have teams in place 12/2016.
2) UConn has a 27 month exit clause.
3) 27 months prior to 12/2016 is 9/2014.
4) Sixty days from May 6th is July 4th, 2014. Are those dates close enough for you? Thus..
5) July 4th is UConn's Independence Day.
QED
Some have opined the ACC could work a Navy football/Georgetown all other sports as #16. If if hurts UConn, it's a possibility.
Always doomed.
I saw him in the concession line behind me. He told me "You're next." Could have meant for a hot dog, but I took it as for B1G.
Well we do have the distance advantage, same as if it the game were held in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or even DC. Boston is an hour and a half from UConn's campus. If you talk about the most southwestern tip of Connecticut, it's all of a dozen miles or so as the crow flies from Greenwich to the NYC limit where the Bronx meets Westchester. Philly is a few hours from Connecticut, and Baltimore is about 4 or 5 and DC 5 or 6, depending on where you leave from. If the B1G needs contiguity of states, well Connecticut doesn't technically touch New Jersey, but it's a very short distance, maybe 30 miles. UConn not only wins titles, but it's smack dab in the middle of the Bos-Wash megalopolis and all of its media wonderment. And the World Leader of Sports is in our backyard which has never hurt. UConn has so many advantages just because of its location that a conference would be silly to not seriously consider adding them. Not to mention if the B1G is serious about the academic stature of their members, they'll drop the AAU requirement because let's be real, UConn is a better academic institution than half of what's already in the B1G and probably one of the best schools that's not in a P5 conference already. Plus UConn's athletic department is one of the best when you look at it in totality. Oh yeah the B1G just finally put together a real hockey conference, so UConn would be able to contribute to that sport where less than half of the B1G's members participate (only Wisconsin, Penn State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan, and Michigan State participate in B1G hockey - not sure if Maryland or Rutgers will add to that). UConn's a no-brainer. Luckily the P5 conferences are running out of viable candidates especially in the east, so we're bound to get picked up by someone, even if it is the ACC begrudgingly they value money over any past history.
BC and Cuse say hi. We're better than Pitt in every fathomable way and we were wanted, yet Pitt was taken.
That's what I was referring to when I said begrudgingly while mentioning past history. Eventually those teams will have to swallow their pride or enjoy welcoming South Central Louisiana State University or Fleener State as their next team. There just aren't many, or any, viable candidates left east of the Mississippi. No one's leaving the B1G or SEC for the ACC. Like I said, the B1G is the best choice because then they effectively control the most densely populated wealthiest part of the country and the media markets that go with it. It helps a conference TV network get ad money when you lock down media markets with millions of TVs that aren't being watched by people in trailers using rabbit ears.
Yes
That does in fact make CT contiguous with B1G property.
And of all requisites, that "contiguous" aspect has no real relevance, especially in the Northeast where states are smaller. And AAU? That's more form over function. UCONN does fine academically on its merit.
