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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129468956" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Interesting write up in the Hartford Courant--UConn wants in the BIG 12 and this writer discussed what might make them a valid inclusion for the BIG 12--good points made:excerpt: Think about this. If the <a href="http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/big-12-conference-ORSPT00000245-topic.html">Big 12 Conference</a> is strong-armed into expanding in the coming months, why would it want <a href="http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/uconn-huskies-ORSPT000004-topic.html">UConn</a>?Easy, really. It's all about New York.More than football, more than basketball, more than academics — although all three are important factors — the millions of television eyeballs that could come with the inclusion of a Northeast megalopolis state university could dramatically impact the footprint of a Power Five conference that currently is No. 5.Yes, it's about the football. It almost always is.Yet more than the football, it's about the TV money. It's ALWAYS about the money.<a href="http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-jacobs-column-uconn-big-12-0105-20160105-column.html">http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-jacobs-column-uconn-big-12-0105-20160105-column.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129468956, member: 1428007"] Interesting write up in the Hartford Courant--UConn wants in the BIG 12 and this writer discussed what might make them a valid inclusion for the BIG 12--good points made: excerpt: [I]Think about this. If the [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/big-12-conference-ORSPT00000245-topic.html']Big 12 Conference[/URL] is strong-armed into expanding in the coming months, why would it want [URL='http://www.courant.com/topic/sports/college-sports/uconn-huskies-ORSPT000004-topic.html']UConn[/URL]? Easy, really. It's all about New York. More than football, more than basketball, more than academics — although all three are important factors — the millions of television eyeballs that could come with the inclusion of a Northeast megalopolis state university could dramatically impact the footprint of a Power Five conference that currently is No. 5. Yes, it's about the football. It almost always is. Yet more than the football, it's about the TV money. It's ALWAYS about the money.[/I] [I][URL]http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-jacobs-column-uconn-big-12-0105-20160105-column.html[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]

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