Uconn's best shot for a Power Five conference berth was when the ACC was expanding, They would have joined BC, Syracuse and Pitt. The conference preferred Louisville and Notre Dame, even without a full football commitment.
Perhaps, if the conference change was timed differently, Notre Dame could have joined the new Big East, where their football could have been completely independent and UConn would have been the selected by the ACC, instead.
BYU has a huge following on the west coast and in the mountain time zone, very competitive teams and a 65,000 capacity stadium. They recently beat Arizona at the new Raider stadium and sold almost 50,000 tickets. How their fans get along with the other Big 12 fans should be interesting. I believe they are scheduled to play LSU, in Las Vegas, in the near future.
