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[QUOTE="All4SU, post: 201538, member: 381"]
70s.  Eastern Indies want an all sports conference.  PSU balks because they don't want to include football.
 
Late 70s.  BE is formed as a basketball conference, leaving PSU out.
 
Early/Mid 80s.  PSU lobbies for entry into the BE, with support from several FB playing schools, including SU.  Vote goes against PSU.
 
Late 80s. PSU accepts membership in the Big10.  Big East FB schools finally convince BE leadership to move forward on a FB arm of the BE, and invite Miami, VT, and others to join.
 
That hindsight is absolutely 20/20.  At that point in time, the BE had an opportunity to be a legitimate all-sports conference.  Now maybe the blame is on the FB schools for not breaking away.  Or on the BB schools for not foreseeing how football would be a primary concern.  I don't know.  But it started to unravel.  The BE went from being in the driver's seat, to being in the back seat.  Every move from that point on was reactive.  We went from the possibility of a true Northeaster (+Miami) Conference, to a continuation of fragmentation.  Thankfully, SU has navigated these changes with success.  I guarantee you that behind closed doors, UConn and Rutgers are not happy with this situation.  While it's true that they could have success, it is still a patchwork conference with the only commonality among these schools being a desire to fight for survival.
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