SOUTH ORANGE - Whether he is engaged in a casual conversation among friends or a meeting of the Big East braintrust, Pat Lyons' reaction to the term "Power Five" used to describe major conferences in college athletics never changes.
"I instantly say 'Football Five,'" Lyons told NJ Advance Media during a recent wide-ranging sitdown interview in his office.
Seton Hall's athletics director was on the job just a few months when the original Big East suffered its knockout blow, with the exit vote by Syracuse and Pittsburgh in the fall of 2011.