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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 78426, member: 27"]
I would think that BYU, no longer in a conference, could join the BE in football next season without a problem.  They are ideally positioned to do this.

Last I knew, Conference USA was planning on holding its members leaving for the Big East to their league bylaws,so schools from that conference like UCF, SMU and Houston could not join until 2013.  Not a lot of hope for early admission for those folks.

The Mountain West conference lets members leave without a year's notice but at the cost of  a $5 million exit fee (or double the revenues they earned their last season in the league, whichever is greater).  They lose the revenues they earned their last season in the league no matter what.

Given Boise is out of contention for a BCS bid, and Air Force never was in contention, the $5 million exit fee is not a huge amount of money to give up to get more money down the road and an easier path to a BCS bowl.  It would make sense for these schools to start league play in the BE (football only) in 2012.

Looks like our best chance to get into the ACC next season is to hope the Big East scores the Western Hat Trick and lands BYU, Boise State and Air Force, all whom would probably start next season.
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