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Message: [QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 4628383, member: 225"] Scootch, Scootch, you are confusing the issue with valid facts! Facts have no place in a discussion which is largely based upon fond, sentimental memories of a time that wasn't really how many fans think they remember it. Do I miss the early days of the Big East? Yes. Do I miss the bloated mess it became? Not at all. Do I miss those "traditional Northeast teams" Depaul, South Florida, Marquette, Cincy, etc? Not in the least. Do I miss the fact that the small basketball-only's voted as a block against the interests of the schools like SU, Pitt, BC, etc who also played football? Why would I? As much as anything, they are responsible for what ultimately happened. Have I ever felt entirely at home in a conference dominated by Southern schools? Not really, but it is an all-sports conference that includes football as well as basketball. I try to bite my tongue on everything else. There was never going to be a perfect all sports home for SU but this is the best compromise. In the end, the ACC will not survive as it currently is. Clemson and FSU will split off for the SEC. A couple of schools not named Syracuse will be siphoned off by the B10. The remaining ACC schools will add some teams and it will survive, although it will no longer be major. Still, it will provide all of our programs a home among schools who view the totality of their sports programs in much the same way. The latter-day Big East never did that for SU nor will it ever do so. Miami, Pitt, BC, and VT knew that too, which is why they left the BE as soon as they could. You can toss in Rutgers if you want because we all faced the same problems in the Big East. If you think that this is an SU-only issue, you are mistaken. Being thrown a lifeline to escape the thing that the BE had become was a godsend. The administration knows it, the Athletic Dept knows it and most fans know it. [/QUOTE]

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