(02-23-2012 08:13 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  Actually, i think UMass will want to stay. UMass joined knowing Temple could potentially leave and that most of the MAC members they would be playing are not on the East coast.

UMass has nowhere else to go since most conferences aren't willing to do football-only memberships. Only reason BE is doing it is because they are struggling to survive.

The Alliance/Merger will have Hawaii as a football-only member in the West Division. It would therefore make quite a bit of sense for them to grab UMass as a football-only member in the East Division. Doing that solves problems for them, the MAC, and UMass. The Minutemen can play MAC football in 2012 and then jump to the Alliance/Merger in 2013. Everybody wins.