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Message: [QUOTE="sufan, post: 310820, member: 262"] Good points: 1) One major new obstacle, that is unrelated to the new playoff agreement, is that the major conferences will be playing 9 conference games, except for the SEC. (The PAC plays 9 plus a Big 10 game and the Big 10 will be playing 8 plus a PAC game). The Big East is going to have even fewer opportunities to play OOC and demonstrate competitive strength. In contrast, ACC teams will have[COLOR=#000000] annual[/COLOR] games against UF, UGA, South Carolina, ND for starters. 2) A second major obstacle: although the new TV payout at this point is unknown, the Big East will be at a comparitive disadvantage with respect to sharing the playoff revenues as well as bowl revenues. 3) Loss of guaranteed access to a major big 6 bowl will no doubt affect recruiting. 4) Regardless, I would be surprised if long term, schools such as USF and UCF, with 31,000 and 47,000 students respectively, located in their own very strong regional markets in a talent rich area, don't become nationally competitive programs over the next number of years. I believe they have far more potential than TCU, Boise, Utah or WVU. If the "selection committee" selects schools beyond the playoff bowls based on the[COLOR=#ff0000] "corresponding highest-ranked teams in the committee's rankings.[/COLOR] "(That's Murphy's [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/stewart_mandel/06/28/bcs-bowl-selection/index.html'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]understanding as well[/COLOR][/U][/URL].) ... the days of the Sugar deciding to take [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season#Final_BCS_standings'][U][COLOR=#0066cc]No. 11[/COLOR][/U][/URL] Virginia Tech and No. 13 Michigan over higher-rated teams are over." In conclusion: the only original Big East football member is RU. At this point, they don't deserve an equal standing anymore than the Big 12 would if UT and OK went to the PAC. However, the Big East has an opportunity to rejoin the Big 5 over the next 12 years, but it will be based on performance. [/QUOTE]

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