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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 2699776, member: 636"] That indeed was the UConn fans view on it and they are sticking to it. Except when they say it was ESPN who sunk UConn's chances. Some actually still claim both. The sad fact is that in the 4-4-4 committee UConn did have its advocates but that Pitt won the day overall. Now I have no doubt that those who wanted UConn over Pitt later made statements that indicated that BC didn't want them but the redheaded step child didn't control that vote. The football schools did, just like they controlled the Louisville vote over UConn a year later and how they controlled the let's take VT and Miami and try to get ND to join them fully as an all South Atlantic Conference except for the Irish back in 2003. Let's ignore the conference identity change all together since the Irish are on the ropes! :rolling: Anyway, as Woad Blue indicates above, there were statements made prior to the invites going out that didn't mention ND, but did seem to imply that the Irish were "in play" for at least a partial membership especially with Texas also flirting with the ACC at that time which made Syracuse and Pittsburgh the obvious choices. Notre Dame was originally outraged at the acceptances of the invites by Pitt and SU and gave every indication that they would remain in the Big East, but not long afterward WVU left in a hurry and Louisville actually submitted its resignation to the Big East commissioner as well without even having a landing spot. Which shocked me when I learned about that well after the fact but the Irish had to have known about this as well. It was only a matter of time before ND was in talks with both the ACC and the Big 12 for partial membership. [URL='https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/13/5101216/louisville-big-east-acc']Louisville's Bold Move[/URL] Cheers, Neil [/QUOTE]

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