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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 294438, member: 204"]
It's not about loyalty - it's about objectivity.
 
Think about the calculus and think about your conclusion.
 
The BE lost WVU, Pitt and SU.
 
Clearly the WVU loss was huge. But the Pitt loss and the SU loss for football cannot be put in the same category.
 
Now, add Boise State - a huge national power get by any measure - a team the entire nation likes to watch - more so than WVU.
 
Add SMU - a traditional SW power that is on the rise and that plays out of a huge market - with a name coach - June Jones.
 
Add Houston - another traditional SW power that is very strong - it won 11 games last year and I think pummeled Penn State in a bowl game.
 
Add Central Florida with another name head coach and a decent program also playing out of a large market.
 
Add San Diego State another very solid program playing out of another large market.
 
Do you really think that the loss of WVU is not countered by the addtions of Boise, Houston, SMU and Central Florida - not to mention Temple out of the Philly market?
 
Do you really think that WVU was that much of a television draw?
 
I don't think so.
 
I think any objective measure declares the BE Football Conference better now than it was last year.
 
And that has nothing to do with loyalty - it's simply objective math.
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