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Message: [QUOTE="Waltdods, post: 2459909, member: 2932"] But there really isn't anything on the other side of the argument, other than sentiment. I agree - strongly - that I wish the Big East had stayed together, and that Syracuse was still playing in the conference (whether the '80s Big East or the oughts Big East, which were two very different conferences). That was not an option. Syracuse had, in theory, three options: (1) bring hoops, football and the rest to the ACC; (2) join the Big East for basketball and drop football to 1-A (or beg some crappy conference for an associate membership); and (3) join the AAC. There just is no serious argument that makes options 2 or 3 preferable to option 1. If you want to go back and say college sports is 'ed up, and this whole realignment game is peak 'ed up, I agree. But suggesting that Syracuse, as an individual actor in this crazy system, did anything other than pursue by far the best course of action is just totally unsupportable. [/QUOTE]