This has gotten petty and stupid. The basketball only schools in the BE are nice schools, with proud histories athletic and otherwise. I personally think they would be better served by splitting off and raiding the best non FBS schools in the east, St. Joes, UMass, Butler etc. I'd call it the Big North, since nothing about DePaul or Marquette is "east".
BE football schools can do one of three things: 1. be consumed by other leagues 2. create a half-assed monstrosity with a geographic footprint that spans 2/3 of the country or 3. retrench and become a non BCS AQ northeast focused league for all sports.
For those chosen, #1 is clearly the best option. I suspect that option #2 is nothing more than a lifeline while waiting for option #1. Option #3 is a downgrade, but would possibly be stable. The speculation on #2 has been all over the board. What would #3 look like (with two making a jump from FCS):
UConn, Rutgers, Cincinnati, Louisville, WVU, Temple, Army, Navy, Delaware, UMass
Pretty soft after WVU for FB. But possibly pretty stable. Anyone who thinks a league with schools from CT, NJ, FL, TX and CO has long term viability is crazy.