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Message: [QUOTE="Tornado91, post: 30965, member: 355"] The ship sailed in the 1980s. Crouthamel's history of the BEC tells it all- they simply failed to recognize the importance of football. And even if they had, there's no guarantee it would've survived. Paterno was the right guy to make it happen, and if PSU had been a charter member of a true NE football conference, things could've played out a little differently, but the Big East brand was always basketball, and the conference was run by non-football schools. A scenario that might have worked is PSU, Syracuse, BC, Rutgers, Pitt, WVU, VaTech, and someone (Army?) as 8, with future growth that might have included Cincy & UConn. That is a TRUE northeastern conference with some compelling teams. But Paterno apparently didn't want to go with Pitt, and WVU & VaTech weren't really in the picture yet, and basketball, and so on. I'm looking forward to the ACC. [/QUOTE]