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HOO86

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They call it the Tri-State Area.


There are 3 Connecticut Counties officially in the New York Metropolitan Area. Fairfield, Litchfield, and New Haven. However, there are many more counties from northern New Jersey in the New York Metropolitan area than from Connecticut.

However, fans of Connecticut, Syracuse, and Rutgers lay claim to part of it. And they're all correct to some degree. None of them own it for college football, however. That market cares more for college basketball than college football. So many of the universities in the market don't have football.

What UConn would bring the ACC is once again regional rivalries with Boston College and Syracuse. Creating interest in that region for the rivalries is what the ACC could use to generate interest in the conference in the region. And there isn't professional sports competition in the state. It's in Boston and New York, but not Connecticut.

However, I think the ACC needs to secure West Virginia and the rivalries they bring before selecting Connecticut. WVU's rivalries with ACC members are actually based in football.

(In response to this post by VTHokie2000)

Posted: 05/04/2018 at 7:10PM



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