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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4513184, member: 5685"] The Big East wasn't sustainable having a FB side and a BBall side. I do think for football it would have been nice if the old Big East still existed. Maybe add Army and Navy as FB members to get to 10. Then maybe add Georgetown and St Johns for the other sports. We would be worse off financially but might be better off competitively, while still keeping fan interest. Football Miami VA Tech WV Pitt Temple SU UConn BC Army Navy BBall Miami VA Tech WV Pitt Temple SU UConn BC St Johns Georgetown Edit The ship sailed but if the Big East split a dozen years earlier into the AAC and Big East Basketball, would the football schools have stuck together? Gotta think TV would have paid well for that. Miami who was still a power VA Tech who had become a power SU when we were still thought of highly BC who was entering their peak Pitt who had finally turned things around WV who was about to take off with Rich Rod Temple who was becoming more competitive and was still a big BBall program RU who was becoming more competitive UConn was Indy but on their way as the 9th team Then add in Army and Navy to get to 11 teams. As for the 12th team I think ECU is the choice. Back then they were a decent program and they fit best geographically. So that gives you a 12 team football league (allowing for a conference championship game) and a 10 team BBall league (allowing for a true round robin). The BBall league isn't the greatest but still has SU, UConn, Temple at the top and not far below BC, Pitt, WV. I think all programs would have been better off competitively in football. Maybe even financially. BBall may have dropped though without Georgetown, St Johns, and an MSG conference tournament. So does Miami look to leave that AAC for the ACC? [/QUOTE]

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