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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 1042965, member: 1145"]
Periodically I go over there. I am one of the ACC fans who never wanted UConn. The lawsuits were too much. There was UConn, barely out of 1AA, having already gotten Temple booted from BE football so it could take Temple's spot, suing the ACC and BC, with the CT Attorney General leading the charge.

That was far too much to stomach.

I wanted Louisville to replace Maryland, and I hoped that if Louisville could not pass muster for academic rankings that Cincinnati would get the nod over UConn. I would have preferred Navy for football and Georgetown for basketball over UConn.

UVA in the BT is an insane idea. Of all the Elite state universities, UVA is the most like a private school in general atmosphere on campus and among alums. The BT is a league of the hugest land grant schools, ugly behemoths that are the antithesis of UVA in most ways. Even more than UNC, UVA neatly fits with and needs a conference with multiple private schools and other smaller state schools (like GT and Clemson - even UNC is smaller than any state school in the BT).

I don't think we are going to add anyone soon. We are waiting on ND football to make the leap into the deep end. Yes, if the NCAA accepts the Swofford Plan on Championships, we could add just 1 more and have 15 for football.

The BT surely is not going to add anyone until it has spent years trying to make Maryland and Rutgers fit and not be a drag on the rest in most ways.

So I see UConn fans as just making fools of themselves ala WVU fans. If they had decent sense they would be exhibiting some realism, which means humility, and then people like me would have sympathy, as I do for Cincy.
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