It was hard work by our President and AD at the the time that enabled us to take advantages of opportunities presented... UCF HAD opportunities but decided to sit around and hope for something else. You might equate this to someone who's path is blocked by a brick wall. UCF tries to get through it by continuously walking right into it and bloodying their heads (or sitting there and thinking about how awesome they would be IF someone hadn't put the wall there)... USF walks around it and looks at you like you are a retard. You are seriously making an argument that our awesome hoops program got us in the Big East? Fate/luck/fortune doesn't divide us. Had nothing to do with it. You make your own. Another fundamental difference between us fans and why you guys get the 'IF' tag. We don't play "only ifs," we control our own destiny. Oh, we know a few good years doesn't make a great program, but if you look at CJLs all-time wins/losses, I think we're off to a great start. One more thing, prereq for being in the "big" anything (which you can actually begin to call the "big four" if you like, several media outlets have), is being in a BCS conference. You know, making it possible to play for the national championship instead of the C-DOA trophy.