Sorry if this was already posted, but I just read this from Pete Thamel of the Times:
There is little chance it will add UConn or Rutgers anytime soon, unless it is to complement a school of significant football value.
University presidents do not mind leaving leagues so bludgeoned that they need tourniquets, but killing one completely would be regarded poorly. The only people who do not realize this are UConn officials, who are tripping over themselves to leak stories about their unhappiness with the Big East, which hurts that league’s efforts to look stable and expand. But UConn, which has no athletic director and a new president, may have nowhere to go. Since most realignment decisions are driven by football, joining Massachusetts in the Mid-American Conference could be UConn’s best available option at this point.
There is little chance it will add UConn or Rutgers anytime soon, unless it is to complement a school of significant football value.
University presidents do not mind leaving leagues so bludgeoned that they need tourniquets, but killing one completely would be regarded poorly. The only people who do not realize this are UConn officials, who are tripping over themselves to leak stories about their unhappiness with the Big East, which hurts that league’s efforts to look stable and expand. But UConn, which has no athletic director and a new president, may have nowhere to go. Since most realignment decisions are driven by football, joining Massachusetts in the Mid-American Conference could be UConn’s best available option at this point.