(02-26-2018 01:51 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 01:39 PM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 01:02 PM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  

(02-26-2018 11:01 AM)FloridaJag Wrote:  

(02-22-2018 06:52 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Cotton knows what's up. If all those schools got taken by the Big 12 and UCONN got left behind, there's a 100% chance that UCONN would join the Big East in non-football sports. Football would go Independent until it was no longer feasible, eventually dropping back down to FCS.

Why not UCONN to the ACC?

The ACC has to be interested. UConn's best hope to get into the ACC would be if (and it's a massive IF since no one knows how or why they'd be convinced to do it) Notre Dame had to join the ACC for football. The ACC would then need a 16th member. Problem for UConn is that the ACC, even in that situation, may not at that point prefer UConn as #16. Maybe they would want Cincinnati. Maybe Navy for football only. Maybe they would want UCF or USF. Maybe they'd try to get a Big 12 team in the event the Big 12 breaks up.

Whether the ACC regrets having taken Louisville instead of UConn doesn't matter. There's no reversing that decision.

When this shakes out, ND and UCONN will be in the ACC. Unless......

The Big Ten and ND make up and ND receives an invite. Does UCONN follow ND to the Big Ten? ND or Indiana would be in the Big Ten West.

As bad as UCONN Football currently is right now, no P5 league in their right mind would take them. The P5 leagues make enough off TV rights alone that they don't have to have another top shelf basketball program.

Now, if they improve, who knows?

I agree that none of the P5 leagues can make more money by expanding with any G5 school.

I don't agree that a reason for not expanding with UConn is the shape of their football program. If UConn were to join the ACC or B1G, they would be in that league for the next 30+ years. I just don't think the P5 leagues are so short sighted that they'd eliminate a candidate because they've been bad at football lately. Schools, especially at the P5 level, are invited for their prospects in the long view. That's why UCF didn't really lose any value as a P5 candidate when they went 0-12, and, as of now, they haven't gained much from going 13-0. Their long term value is not seen as additive for the Big 12, or else they'd have been added already. It's about their brand much more than their record. UConn could go 11-2 for five straight years and would hardly be any more attractive to a P5 league. It's not fair, but it's just the way it is.