I agree with all of this.
Believe it or not, there is room for "basketball schools" inside the power conferences, as long as those basketball schools deliver. UConn delivers on par with Kentucky, Duke, UNC, etc. The catch: these basketball schools need to come up with a competitive football season here and there. No, they don't need to make the playoffs. But winning 7 or 8 games every few years AND being a perennial basketball powerhouse is a productive, and potentially lucrative, combination. The good news is that UConn football was actually its most competitive as a member of a BCS conference and making bowl games every other season. I can make you a promise: UConn football will be no worse than Rutgers football - a competitive program that will put together 8 win seasons every now and again and maybe even a 9+ win season every 10-15 years. But here's the difference: when football season ends, so does Rutgers' value...while UConn's main value will just get going.