It is July 1st, and around the world of college athletics, a lot of conferences are saying goodbye, and hello. The Big East said goodbye to a whole lot of its founding members, and renamed itself the American Athletic Conference. Those members moved on to their new offices, where they will call themselves... the Big East. The CAA say goodbye to Georgia State, Old Dominion and VCU. And they say hello to Albany (in football only), Stony Brook (in football only), the College of Charleston (with no football) and Elon. The SoCon say goodbye to College of Charleston, Appalachian State, Elon and Georgia Southern, and say hello to one new member, Mercer and hello again to two old members, East Tennessee State and VMI. The Patriot League, though, is not saying goodbye at all. They're saying hello to their two newest members: Loyola (MD) and Boston University.