"It just seems too difficult to maintain this alignment together for another 10 years..the basketball-only schools will likely get tired of getting their skulls bashed in every week in the nation's most grueling basketball league."

Didn't we hear this five years ago? Tell it to Villanova...and Georgetown...and Notre Dame...and Marquette...

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...t-football

All we need to do is wait 10 years and see what happens. Frankly, I think there will be a split eventually. There is no consensus among conference members at present, and as long as we remain in this configuration, there never will be. IMO, the football schools will eventually want to decide their own future, without any non-football influence on the decision...