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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 23438, member: 837"]
I think being aligned with BC, Pitt, UNC and UVA is more about their standing as athletics programs (reputation more than production) than it is about their academic reputations. I view academics this way: It's nice when it works out and you can brag about it, but absolutely no one is going to convince me that academic alignments are anywhere close to driving these conference realignments. That's absurd. In that case Army and Navy would be the golden geese.

At no point have I said it's a bad move. Just regrettable in that it's too bad no one has the foresight to work with ND and PSU and others to form a truly northeast football conference that could actually drive some revenue while retaining the better part of the basketball conference. I realize this wasn't going to happen today, but it's still a much better scenario for SU than leaving the only identity it has (founding member of the BE) for a conference no one cares about. It had to be done, it will likely be fine, but I think people overreact the same way since SU accepted (in a positive way) as they would have if the cuse was snubbed and/or declined the invite (obviously a world is ending reaction).
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