I've seen a little of NIU and saw most of kents the other day.  NIU wins impressively and goes.

I think NIU's qb is the real deal.  kents can't pass to save their lives and if we stopped their running game...

And what if UCONN or L'Ville join UC in the ACC, I smell Va Tech joining the SEC if so.

I think the stability, and the boost is too much for them to pass up.

Now Can we get Cincy to join the MAC?

Southern football schools in the ACC drew a line in the stand wanting Louisville over UConn.. Louisville fans will travel to Clemson and Florida State. 

Is that still the Boston College leverage that did not want UConn in originally still voicing their opinion? What do you really get with both Boston College and UConn in the New England region anyway? Factoring in UConn's issues with what Calhoun left behind for the BBall program, the ACC seemed to quickly strike for Louisville.

With what remains of the Big East football wise, I can't imagine any of the bidding networks dramatically overpaying for a conference that has lost it's premier marketable assets.

Spare me the dramatics, Templeton, I fully know the Big East has far more marketing power than the MAC. I would think the Western portion of what makes up the Big East is probably a little more than anxious to see just what that dollar amount of marketability really is with what now passes for a Big East Conference.

I'm sure the non-football BBall schools of the BigEast are wondering that as well. I don't see them leaving though as whatever the amount of marketing pull the BigEast/CUSA Reunion Conference can generate in the TV network package would be far more than the BBall only schools would be able to command in seperate TV contracts.

Football still drives the truck even if the Big East/CUSA Reunion Conference is a Garbage-Truck.

I see 2 issues with this, one serious and one farcical (i'll leave it to your imaginations which is which)

(1) As good as their basketball normall is, UConn football wouldn't be able to compete year in and year out with the current middle or top tiers of MAC football

(2) Would NIU require UConn to change their mascot/team name? Can there be only one huskie?

They'd be fine in the MAC for football.  What was their record vs. MAC opponents?

You give UConn too much credit. This year UConn beat Buffalo and lost to WMU, so based strictly on that, they'd have finished around 3-5/2-6 in conference (about where they finished in the Big East). UConn was NOT a good team this year. A good friend of mine is a HUGE uconn fan so I watched several of their games. The best comparison I can think of is either our 2008 or 2009 team, one of the one's where when we got to 3rd and 1, our punter put on his helmet because we weren't able to run between the tackles to pick up that 3rd and short. So no, point (1) was my serious point, the Huskie/Highlander duel to the death was the farcical

Edit: they also beat UMASS 37-0, but so did every other team in the conference save us (MUCH closer win) and Akron, so I discounted that one

MAC basketball would be a whole lot better with UCONN and why not through in UC and invite Marquette, Villanova, St. Johns, etc..

You've mentioned UC joininig the MAC a few times now.  It's never going to happen.  Ever.  They would rather be indenpent than join the MAC.

Couldn't agree more

They are.