OH, GOOD NEWS: Big East may raid MAC. I mean, probably bad for the MAC, but I love the MAC teams: Marshall, Toledo, Akron, Ball State, Western Michigan, Miami of Ohio--an amazing collection of underappreciated universities and areas of the country. And Central Florida? The hey?

But let's go THUNDERING MUTHAFREAKING HERD! That would be better, actually--the Marshall Muthafreaking Herd. I like the ring of that....

Hell, just give the MAC a BCS berth and let the Big East schools keep playing basketball and I'll be happy. Doesn't everyone want to see Miami-Marshall? Or Miami-Miami?