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Message: [QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 5336150, member: 4613"] Agree for the most part. The Northeast could be more of a success rather than an outlier in CFB but the programs are all taking the wrong approach. And we all know this. The programs should have been united and all would have benefited. rutgers and maryland will be outliers in the Big Ten, cuse and bcu and even pitt will be outliers in the acc, wvu and outlier in the Big XII, even temple and umass will likely be outliers. Divided they all fall. Granted, with more money in their pockets. A united Northeast would have been really cool to see and long term, may have even reaped rewards. But yes, the currently fragmented northeastern programs won't experience much success. They should revisit the old Big East football line-up with or without Miami as a separate conference with a scheduling alliance with the Big East basketball alliance. A large Northeast ++ footprint with regional rivals. The region would be a draw for athletes and Power conferences. Big East United. Even better, Big East United + ACC. The ACC may eventually become something like that but rutgers and maryland, believe it or not, would be valuable key members of the conference. Penn State of course would be the gamechanger. The greatest success would be if the Big East United/ACC had all east coast members and all other conferences were locked out. I don't have the expectation that we should beat P4 programs, yet we have somehow been in a position to beat them. But wilted. [/QUOTE]

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