(12-19-2011 08:24 AM)NoQuarter08 Wrote:  Nothing ECU does other than stay in top 25 will help our cause with the BE. We don't match their profile since our campus isn't in a large urban area. To us it's a really dumb reason to lock us out but it is their main reason. Attendance doesn't matter to them and there's nothing else we can say to explain our loyal following and interest in NC. The Big East doesn't get it, will not get it and I'm still amazed that VT was ever in that conference.

Yeah if VT was on the outside now they probably wouldn't get invited to a league either, because they don't have the "market." VT and WVU were always the exceptions in the BE, the teams that never really fit culturally in the league, and of course the only real supporters of us joining. I've always enjoyed our relationships with those 2 schools and hope they both remain fixtures on our schedule for many years to come.