I do think this new conference will be perceived stronger than the MAC from the get go, and obviously stronger than the whatever becomes the New SunBelt. The one advantage I think we may have, is I don't ever recall any team in the BCS era going undefeated in C-USA. The talent level on the teams from top to bottom is just to close and at some point throughout the season they always beat up on each other. I do not see this changing at all in the New Big East, and predict a similar situation in the MWC at least 3 out of 5 years. I think the new C-USA offers the best chance out of the 3 conferences for a team to go undefeated, and I do think an undefeated C-USA school will be ranked above a 1 loss NBE or MWC team, unless said 1 loss team had a tremendous SOS during the non-conference portion of their schedule. That is the one and only reason I think we may be able to come out ahead by remaining in this New C-USA. We were able to go undefeated in the MAC, it was just before they began allowing mid majors access to BCS bowls. I think if we had remained their we would have had the opportunity to go undefeated and be selected for a BCS bowl out of the MAC conference sooner that 2012 when NIU did it, similar to Boise being able to achieve it from the WAC. I am not saying I wish we had stayed in the MAC because I am one who prefers being associated with and playing against/ creating rivalries with teams from the South where the destinations for away games are more enjoyable than Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. So, in summary, I think schools in the NBE and MWC will nearly every year give each other at least one loss during the conference portion of their schedules, just as history has showin in Conference USA the past several years, and if we do are part, we will not have a difficult time getting into the new "playoff" 2 to 3 out of every 5 years. Yes I am sure there will come a time where a school from the new C-USA, MAC, or Sunbelt will be left out due to a MWC or BE team being undefeated, but I think more often than not it is going to be a 1 loss MWC or BE team being left out due to an undefeated MAC, Sunbelt, or C-USA team being undefeated.