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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 1032182, member: 652"] If U-Conn had entered Division 1 Football a lot earlier than 1998 then they could have more history than just the little they have. UConn will likely become an AAU member in the future, but their FB brand is horrible and their state is low population. The B1G in expanding has gone for either elite FB brand(Penn State 1990, Nebraska 2011) or teams with in connection to elite markets (Maryland, Washington D.C., Baltimore TV markets and Rutgers, New York City, New Jersey TV markets 2014) UConn wouldn't fit in the first category and if the B1G valued UConn over Rutgers they would have taken in 2012. If then CT AG now Sen. Richard Blumenthal never named Donna Shalala, Fr. Leahy, John Swofford and others individually in the original Big East lawsuit against the ACC in 2003 it is likely UConn is the ACC by now. Blumenthal hurt UConn's chances with the ACC. [/QUOTE]