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this is an example of what the apologistas don't get. the stabiltiy issue has very little to do with BCS. The Big East as it was structured was in no danger of losing its BCS bid, regardless of what a bunch of so called experts blathered on ESPN. The problem was exactly what happened. With only 8 members, losing any one puts the whole league's existance in jeopardy. The B-12 lost two and carried on with 9-10. If the ACC loses two, it carries on with 10-12. If the Big East loses two, it is left scambling to get to some reasonable number. Lose 3 like the B-12 and you're done. The opposition to Villanova was driven by the fact that they were not interested in developing a serious program. They wanted to play their home games in an 18500 seat stadium with no expansion plan. They wanted a financial deal that put them at no risk.The worry Syracuse and Pitt had is that by staying in the Big East, it would be they, not UCONN who would be dealing with the whole question of what is next. There is no way to say that a 10 or 12 team all-sports league would have kept them in the fold, but it is clear that the hybrid model failed to keep them, just as it failed ot keep BC, Miami, Virginia Tech before them. It won't keep UCONN or Rutgers or West Virginia or probably Louisville either. What is it they call doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?
Ok FB tards try again, why have the following schools changed leagues; Texas A&M, Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah. The hybrid model, as you call it has nothing to do with schools moving. It's about schools moving to better conferences for themselves. If the FB tards had formed their own league in 2000, all the schools that left would still have left. Miami moved for geographic reasons, Virginia Tech wanted to be in the ACC for years, BC is insane. Who would Syracuse and Pitt rather play in football, Clemson, Florida State and Miami or UConn, USF and Cincy?
Being part of the Big East or not, the football league was at the bottom of the BCS totem pole. The Big East was formed for basketball; to emulate what the ACC did in basketball. It has been wildly succesful. UConn has benefited enormously. Moving up in football was a big risk; taken by choice. If it doesn't work out, blame the schools that left or yourselves not the basketball schools.