Nerdlinger
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RE: Could the Eastern 8 have become a power football conference?
(01-31-2019 05:35 PM)esayem Wrote: (01-31-2019 03:29 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Well, in this scenario, the EAA becomes the all-sports conference (including FB) in the late '70s that PSU wanted. The only things it doesn't have are BC and Syracuse's non-FB sports, but they have all of Pitt's sports, as well as those of Rutgers, WVU, and Temple. The actual point of divergence from our timeline is the EAA sponsoring football, but the first big difference this change made is Pitt choosing to stay with the EAA. That in turn strengthens PSU's commitment to the EAA, even without Syracuse BB.
I'm saying that scenario would never have happened because Penn State and their friends would never have allowed Syracuse and BC to join for football-only.
OK, so you have PSU, Pitt, Temple, Rutgers, WVU, VT, FSU, and Miami. That would have been pretty solid.
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