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[QUOTE="WoadBlue, post: 1043922, member: 1145"]
BE football was only created because Syracuse, BC, and Pitt made it clear that their football needs probably would require a football conference. So the basketball-onlys (those who did not play 1A football, which group included UConn) were strong armed into creating BE football to keep the BE intact for basketball. The solution was to add Miami for both sports, making 10 in Hoops and 4 for football. The BE ten added VT, WVU, Rutgers, and Temple for football only (they played A-10 basketball). Those 4 were not added for basketball because the BE basketball-onlys (with UConn as the largest school with the most power) did not want BE basketball watered down any more than in adding Miami.

Over time, BE hoops expanded, as everybody was forced to see the value of football as much greater, and VT, WVU, and Rutgers got in, but Temple was never added to BE basketball. The primary reasons were 2: The BE already had a team in greater Philly (Villanova) and UConn, upon seeing that football was bigger than basketball and much easier for a sizable state U to add, decided it was going to move from 1AA and take Temple's spot. So UConn was 100% opposed to Temple being allowed in BE basketball.

UConn fans blame Nova, if they think about it at all, but UConn was the recipient of Temple being booted from BE football.

And that situation spoiled UConn fans. They expect the ACC to trample on everyone else for UConn's good just as the stupid BE did. Those with a spoiled brat sense of entitlement always hate most those they defraud and those who fail to give them all they demand as soon as they demand it.
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