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Message: [QUOTE="domestu, post: 32108, member: 1089"] With schools lile Nebraska, Colorado, and Texas A&M jumping to ever-expanding conferences, it was only a question of time before some Big East football members left for the enticing rewards that a more powerful college football conference had to offer. After Miami, Virginia Tech, and BC left for the ACC, our football conference became kind of mid-major league that was situated between the power conferences and the non-BCS conferences and once the latest round of expansion began it was inevitable that somebody from the BE would eventually depart. From a football perspective, the move to the ACC was a no-brainer for Syracuse and Pitt. Our football program will clearly benefit from this but it remains to be seen exactly what kind of long-term effect it will have on recruiting or our level of play. There is no question in my mind that Cuse hoops will continue to excel in the ACC and our addition for basketball is a real coup for the league. My expectations are for continued success in basketball but there are also risks that could possibly arise on the hoops front. A lot of fans are assuming that we are going to keep playing our longtime BE rivals but it is impossible to know how things are going to shake out. If the Big East breaks apart, some of those schools might not have any interest in playing us. There are plenty of uncertainities that remain to be settled. I don't know what the future has in store for us and I'll probably be disappointed by some of the twists and turns that the future will bring. I do believe that school officials made a good decision that is in the best interest for our sports programs. The configuration of the Big East Conference was never going to be able to compete on an equal footing with the larger football leagues whenever expansion raised its head. I'm going to really miss BE hoops but I am looking forward to the future. Go Orange! [/QUOTE]

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