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Message: [QUOTE="Madbiker, post: 31948, member: 312"] After the 2003 raid the end was inevitable. Prior to 2003 the Big East actually had better football programs and markets and should have been the aggressor. But the BE leadership never valued or understood the football aspect. When they added Miami and Va Tech they did it only grudgingly and as a band aid to pacify the football schools, not out of any cogent plan. Instead of relying on the Providence mafia to run the conference and constantly be in conflict with the football schools, they could have brought in more savvy leadership and hired a member of one of the successful conferences like the SEC or Big 10. Then maybe they could have had a chance to develop a plan and avert what is now happening. The current leadership is just clueless. [/QUOTE]