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You miss the point.

No way did the Pitts and Penn States or even the WVUs want to have anything to do with Memphis or Southern Miss or even Louisville.

Tech was very, very fortunate to make the cut to the Big East. It was the 8th team in an 8-team league, and primarily because PSU and FSU were not available. Happily, Tech got more out of BEFC membership than anyone.

In response to this post by VTHokie2000

Posted: 04/03/2017 at 2:52PM

Kevin McGuire: Top 5 worst college realignment decision of all time. -- HOO86 03/30/2017 4:46PM

GT leaving the SEC ** -- daveinop 04/01/2017 2:35PM

Worst decision was the Big East not inviting Penn State when PSU wanted in -- Tailgate Guru 03/31/2017 4:11PM

"We will rue the day" -- Maroon Baboon 03/31/2017 10:31PM

I am not sure that conference would need 3 schools from PA -- VTHokie2000 03/31/2017 4:32PM

That's not how folks thought in the 1980s -- Tailgate Guru 04/01/2017 09:08AM

If schools were going to form an eastern conference (not named -- VTHokie2000 04/01/2017 2:46PM

The eastern powers wanted nothing to do with those schools ** -- Tailgate Guru 04/02/2017 09:55AM

Then by that same logic the eastern powers wouldn't have -- VTHokie2000 04/02/2017 12:53PM

You miss the point. -- Tailgate Guru 04/03/2017 2:52PM

I don't think I did because Cincy, L'ville, Memphis, Tulane, -- VTHokie2000 04/03/2017 5:07PM

Wow - you just have no idea -- Tailgate Guru 04/04/2017 07:22AM

You misunderstood what I meant. I was not implying -- VTHokie2000 04/04/2017 12:05PM

Rutgers had a good 6-year run in the late 1970s, including an -- Gadfly 04/01/2017 04:54AM

Rutgers basketball fell apart because it was stuck in the A-10 -- Tailgate Guru 04/01/2017 09:11AM

They forgot to mention everything Mike Tranghese ever said or did. -- Chicago Maroon 03/31/2017 10:03AM

Big East accounts for several colossal errors on its own -- Hokie Fiji 03/31/2017 12:35PM

On point 1, was that Cuse that squashed the idea? ** -- reestuart 03/31/2017 1:34PM

Georgetown, St. John's, and Villanova voted against PSU -- Hokie Fiji 03/31/2017 2:33PM

Ah. Thanks. -- reestuart 03/31/2017 3:46PM

They turned down a good ESPN TV deal before Pitt, Cuse, RUTS & WVU left too ** -- BROman Hokie 03/31/2017 12:51PM

What would have been the best approach? -- Colonel Jessup 03/31/2017 12:02PM

I am not sure if Tranghese deserves the blame or not for the Big East -- VTHokie2000 03/31/2017 12:24PM

Right, I was thinking post PSU move to B1G ** -- Colonel Jessup 03/31/2017 2:06PM

You are right that the Big East options were rather limited after -- VTHokie2000 03/31/2017 2:20PM

Yep, Gavitt wanted PSU but the BE school presidents didn't... -- BROman Hokie 03/31/2017 1:06PM

JoePa may have wanted that type of conference, but he would -- VTHokie2000 03/31/2017 1:15PM

Yep. There is no 2nd place. 3rd, 4th, or 5th, for that matter. ** -- reestuart 03/31/2017 10:27AM

The Pac 10 adding Utah and Colorado? -- ChrisLords 03/31/2017 11:45PM

Honorable Mention...University of Chicago leaving Big 10 ** -- Hamburger 03/30/2017 7:43PM

Didn't South Carolina have issues with ACC tournament -- Hokiepac 03/30/2017 5:36PM

That's the way I remember it.* ** -- 134040Hokie 03/31/2017 2:05PM

Maybe, but USC didn't leave because of basketball. -- HOO86 03/30/2017 5:53PM

I disagree with him on UMass deciding to join the MAC as a -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2017 5:01PM

Sewanee leaving the SEC in 1940 was the worst. ;) ** -- Old Line Hokie 03/30/2017 4:52PM

After getting shut out 26 of their 37 SEC games, they had enough. -- HOO86 03/30/2017 5:21PM

Hang up their cleats? I guess someone forgot to tell the football -- VTHokie2000 03/30/2017 5:34PM

You miss the point.

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