The Metro Conference also had studies into a new " Super conference " in 1990 . The study was conducted by Raycom Sports . The conference would have included members of the Metro , Atlantic 10 , and Big East conferences , but it was not clear if the conference would become a football-sponsoring conference as many of its members did in fact sponsor football but were either independents or belonged to other conferences . The original study plan also included Penn State
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