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[QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 1014255, member: 60"]
[USER=2224]sdhusky[/USER] I like your chutzpah. And if it were up to me, the ACC would have secured the full I-95 corridor of teams that play both football and bball (I may hate your team, but I enjoy whooping your a$$ in conference).

I don't think your claim as a national brand holds. I don't mean to diss your success because I would trade your three titles for our one in a heartbeat, but I also wouldn't trade us being in the ACC for your situation now, regardless.

You aren't in Forbes top 10 most valuable bball teams from 2014: [url]http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emdm45ehefd/9-syracuse-orange-6/[/url] (I'm linking to SU being #9).

Your merch/licensing sales are 53rd as of last year: [url]http://www.clc.com/News/Rankings-Annual-2012-13.aspx[/url] (you are behind BYU, TCU, Cincy, etc. SU is 31.)

I'm not trying to poo poo your contention in totality, but UConn has a very limited football history nationally and, while you have had major success in bball over the last few decades, the decades and decades of history some of the programs have isn't there.

None of this means it can't change. You do have proximity to NYC. You look to be holding strong with Ollie. But you aren't a national brand that trumps the other options available at this point.
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