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Message: [QUOTE="Zissou, post: 5074439, member: 7920"] We know how history turned out, but we can never be certain at what might have been. IF the founding of the Big East could have been reconciled with JoPa’s Eastern Football vision, we may have ended up with a super conference that was more sustainable. [LIST] [*]The 10 football members: Syracuse, BC, Pitt, Nova, Holy Cross, Rutgers, Penn State, WV, UConn, UMass [*]The 6 non-football members: Providence, St John’s, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Duquesne, GW [/LIST] After the later Big East football was set in motion, IF Nova had moved up in football on first invite, maybe there would have been enough critical mass to survive later departures, the resulting Tulane and Tulsa addition rounds, and the eventual split. The Eastern athletics alignments could have been very different. It’s not all on Nova’s shoulders, but they were one of eight that could have set a different course. [/QUOTE]