I think its 60/30/10, Acc/BE/B1G. Those saying a BE with UCF,ECU,TCU plus one more could be better than the BE of these past two years aren't way off. USF, UCF, Cincy, TCU, have been in and around the Top 25. But the hit to the BE brand has been tremendous.
Say what you want about the many choke jobs of Pitt, but they recruited like a Top 25 team were in a huge football area and had a history that bought some much needed weight to the conference. Same could also be said for Syracuse (non-Rob edition).
The new BE would be essentially starting over as a Mtn West level conference in brand and perception. It would take a number of years and BCS wins to change that. I am not sure the conference has that kind of time.
It appears safer to jump if a suitable landing spot can be found.
Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk