Just about every day there seems to be another report or rumor about Big 12 expansion plans. And UConn is usually in the conversation.

All the talk about UConn being on the list of potential candidates to join the Big 12 has Husky fans lighting up social media.

Second-year football coach Jim Mora admitted Monday that he has checked out Twitter for information.

At least up until UConn opened preseason camp on Monday when Mora has “flipped the switch” to focus on the 2023 season.

“I’ve tried to limit the energy that I spend on it because I can’t control it,” Mora said on Monday. “But I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you it’s back here (pointing to his head) percolating a little bit, because there are things happening and there is so much uncertainty.

“... I’m like anybody, I’m going to jump on Twitter and you see the rumors. I might know a little bit more than some of these people that are saying some things, so I want to hit the comment and say, `You don’t know,’ which you can’t do, obviously.”

Mora is excited about the possibility of moving to the Big 12.

It would be a significant upgrade for the football program from life as an independent.

“I think there’s some great possibilities out there,” Mora said. “I stated this publicly, if we have the opportunity to enter a Power Five conference, it not only helps football but it helps this athletic department and, most importantly, it helps our student-athletes because it gives them more resources, more options and a greater platform.”

Mora also understands the strong bond UConn fans have with the Big East and their passion for men’s and women’s basketball.

So he can see both sides of the discussion but ultimately would be in favor of the move.

“When I look at it purely as a football coach, I say, of course we want to be in a Power Five. But I also take that hat off and look at it from the perspective that I’m an employee of the University of Connecticut. I think it would be great for our athletic department and our university.

“It obviously would require some transition in the thought process of some of our fans that are so emotionally attached to the Big East and going to Madison Square Garden. How can you discount 16 national championships in basketball? You have to pay respect to that, and I think we do.

“But I just feel like for us as a football program and us as an athletic department and university if we get that opportunity, you gotta take it. I think we’d all look back in a few years and every sport would benefit from it, every student-athlete would benefit from it and every fan would benefit from it.”

It’s impossible to predict whether UConn will eventually receive an invitation to join the Big 12 or be left on the sidelines yet again during another round of conference realignment musical chairs.

After recently adding Colorado, the Big 12 is reportedly seeking to bring in at least one more member. Other Pac-12 programs are prime targets.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark would like to expand the conference’s footprint to the Northeast, particularly the New York market.

That’s where UConn comes in.

Yormark reportedly likes the idea of adding the 2023 national champions to an already powerful basketball conference.

The Huskies might be a tough sell given the state of the football program.

But, in the unpredictable world of college sports, just about anything is possible.

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