Apparently the International Bowl will "take off, eh?"

From this post on Bull Run, we see that the International Bowl is expected to fold.  The Big East has pulled out in order to play in the Pinstripe Bowl, which, you know,  just sounds stupid.  Anyway, according to the post, the MAC may solidify its relationship with the Humanitarian Bowl, netting out a no-game in bowl affiliations.

Affiliations are kind of meaningless right now, since any team with 7 wins is in a bowl game somewhere.  However, if the NCAA allows 6-6 teams to be picked ahead of 7-5 teams, as I expect, then they will be important again.

Travel restrictions to make it tough for the International Bowl.  You don't know you are going to the game until a month beforehand, and if you don't have your passport lying around, you probably aren't going to take the effort.

FWIW, from what I read, there probably will not be a Big East in a few years.