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[QUOTE="Jake, post: 19898, member: 86"]
[I][FONT=arial][SIZE=3][SIZE=3]Tranghese "The #BigTen came to the conclusion that adding #UConn, #Syracuse or #Rutgers was not going to deliver the New York market."[/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/I]

That is the most important nugget in the whole interview. If true that is really BAD BAD news for Rutgers...because they become just another mouth to feed.

This has become really simple. The ACC is going to hold out for ND. That means that Rutgers fate will not be resolved until ND makes a move - the same could be said for UCONN, but I could see the ACC snagging UCONN (because of their hoops program) before ND decided.  And we know ND wants to hold onto its independence until the last freaking moment. If ND goes to the Big Ten, my guess is Rutgers gets the call from the ACC.

If ND really ends up in the ACC, then I think Rutgers is completely screwed, because the Big Ten will not add them if they believe that Rutgers doesn't deliver the NYC market. They either sit tight at 12 or maybe add Missouri and BYU? and stop at 14.

Either way...the longer this takes...the longer Rutgers appears to be stuck at the kiddie table and during all that time we will begin to rape and pillage NJ like the Deleone years.
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