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So what happens now?

Today was a very important day for the Big East as school presidents met to discuss the future of the conference as Pitt and Syracuse pack their bags for the ACC.

According to media sources near the situation, it was reported that Big East Presidents voted "unanimously" to allow authorization for Big East Commissioner, John Marinatto, to aggressively pursue discussions with other programs. They also voted to strength the conference by-laws, although outlines for how they would do this were not stated. (Statements thanks to VU Hoops).

So what does this all mean? Not much to start with. It would seem the last remaining Big East members are looking to keep the football side of the ship afloat for now and are allowing Marinatto to start talking to other teams. Teams like Air Force, Navy, ECU, among others have all been mentioned in rumors to keep the Big East as a football conference alive.

They also want to strength the conference by-laws. This would probably mean raising the exit fee for the conference to keep other teams like UCONN, from jumping ship and sinking the conference even further.

So there were a few statements after the meeting, but not much else. The fate of the Big East and USF (with the other teams as well) is still up in the air. A lot of work (fingers crossed) will still have to be done to keep it together.