After all said and done USF and the BE might be in a better situation

[USFDan]

On one of the other threads, someone posted that one of the AQ rules was that the conference needed 6 teams that have been together 5+ years.

If true, the BE could lose its AQ status simply by getting 3 teams poached (e.g. RU, Cuse, Pitt)...

Worst possible scenario: We lose 3 teams to realignment, and get invited nowhere else. Stuck in the Big East, as a NON-BCS league.

The BE only had 4 teams that played together for 5 years last go around. UConn was new football member so only cuse, Pitt, ru & wvu were together that long.

[Guest nybullsfan]

Perhaps the rules were different back then.

[nobull.Bulls]

None of these teams are basketball superstars and don't mesh with the Big East image, but at least Army and Navy have big fan bases and wouldn't be a downgrade.  I can live with a break-even scenario, but I would hate to see us backtrack with a conference that is weaker.

USF meshes with the Big East image?

We're already South Florida. We can deal with one more geographic discrepancy. Its all about $$$, not location anyways

[tampabull]

None of these teams are basketball superstars and don't mesh with the Big East image, but at least Army and Navy have big fan bases and wouldn't be a downgrade.  I can live with a break-even scenario, but I would hate to see us backtrack with a conference that is weaker.

USF meshes with the Big East image?

We're already South Florida. We can deal with one more geographic discrepancy. Its all about $$$, not location anyways

for us it is the same distance to lawrence, ks as it is to storrs, ct. 

[Guest]

On one of the other threads, someone posted that one of the AQ rules was that the conference needed 6 teams that have been together 5+ years.

If true, the BE could lose its AQ status simply by getting 3 teams poached (e.g. RU, Cuse, Pitt)...

Worst possible scenario: We lose 3 teams to realignment, and get invited nowhere else. Stuck in the Big East, as a NON-BCS league.

The BE only had 4 teams that played together for 5 years last go around. UConn was new football member so only cuse, Pitt, ru & wvu were together that long.

The Big East had 11 teams that played together because the AQ only really pertains to basketball.

The football "AQ" is a contractual arrangement for the BCS, and not likely controlled by the NCAA regulations.