Lol...the Big East brand. Let me hear those flowery words again, "THE BIG EAST BRAND". Soon this powerful brand will include UCONN, Rutgers (soon to be the flagship school of the conference), USF, Houston (the 5th or 6th team in Texas behind AtM, UT, TCU, Baylor, Tech) the fifth school in North Carolina, ECU, the 6th school in Florida, UCF. Temple, which competes with PSU and Pitt...Temple...you know, the same team that got booted out a few short years ago for its horrific commitment to football (of course the budget of Temple and the State of Penn certainly has improved since that time...oh that's right, facts are a stubborn thing), Navy isn't coming aboard a sinking ship, Air Force is staying in the MWC. The Big East is a zombie conference. WVU is doing more to get into the SEC than UCONN into the ACC if you can fathom that. UofL practically has their bags packed for the Big 12 welcome party. Wrap your head around it. It is a zombie conference. But you'll have Notre Dame kind of in the conference.