Roddy, I realize that Sagarin has always been your favorite spank bank material, but that's not the only means of evaluating SOS or conference strength. The ESPN power rankings had the MWC finish 6th, in front of both the ACC and Big East, even though this was an overall down year for the MWC. All such measures are subjective and based on incomplete information, and there is no reason why the best team in the nation might not be in the best conference in the nation.
At any rate, when we say we'd rather be in the Big East than the Big12-2, it's not because of football strength. It's because the Big12-2 is a dysfunctional mess getting ready to blow up. It's because we've been able to create our own branding that is completely independent of other Texas schools. It's because we will benefit from the East Coast media bias. It's because playing in a league where the champion automatically gets a BCS bid is a clearer and fairer path for us to face each year. And it's because we can simply ignore the irrelevant Techwienies that work around us and just enjoy having a top 5 program in both football and baseball. Do you wonder what that feels like? I gotta tell ya, it's awesome.