Their value to the Big East was one of convenience for northeastern and midwestern schools who couldn't compete head-to-head with other major programs in their respective regions. The talent runs thick in Florida, and the pipeline was an equalizer for certain BEF programs.

I just don't see a place for them unless there's a major conference with about as much football prominence as Big East had without major programs among them.

Someone said they'd be in a Big XII without Texas and OU...well, yeah. At that point, it would be a frankenstein conference, a "best of the rest" group...that's kind of where I see them. It's where they both landed when they got BE tickets.