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VTHokie2000

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Even if UConn did beat Clemson, FSU, or Miami, they may stay


a regional draw. It may take UConn winning a national championship in football or competing for national titles/conference championships for 10 straight years before people will say that UConn has a national brand in football. Even that may not be enough because it still make take having so many players drafted in the top rounds of the NFL.

UConn did have a national brand in basketball when it was in the Big East and Calhoun was the HC. Now that UConn is in the AAC and Calhoun has been gone for 6 years, I believe the jury is still out on whether UConn has been able to maintain its national brand or not. It would not surprise me if UConn's national brand in basketball rests with Geno and people consider the men's team as an afterthought since they are no longer a member of a power conference. Could UConn regain its national brand by joining the ACC? Probably, but at what expense? If the ACC decides to add more basketball-first schools, then I do believe the football brand will suffer for it. If the football brand suffers enough, then I do think Clemson and FSU will take a hard look at its options before resigning the GOR. If both leave the ACC, then I do think it will cause others to leave especially if the ACC is at risk of not retaining its power conference status. If the ACC isn't careful, then it could easily find itself being a basketball power conference and non-power football conference.

(In response to this post by HOO86)

Posted: 05/07/2018 at 11:37AM



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