In 1958 there was talk of a national conference involving Syracuse

[Orangeyes]

But, of course, it never materialized

http://mobile.footballstudyhall.com/2012/2/23/2819278/the-reading-room-a-look-back-at-1959

 

[Scooch]

And now that conference is called the Big East!

 

[JoeCollege]

Methinks a certain prodigious board poster and commenter either read that book or will be hitting Amazon for it very soon.

Either that or OrangePA should consider a sequel to that chapter.