Because that basically is what his conference is today. I'm certain he didn't think the entire CUSA was worthy of BCS inclusion during that era...

1991	        2013	             2014		Note
Boston College			                        Left for ACC 2005	
		Central Florida	     Central Florida	Joined from CUSA in 2013	
		Cincinnati	     Cincinnati	        Joined from CUSA in 2005	
		Connecticut	     Connecticut	Started football in 2003, Joined Big East 2004	
			             East Carolina	Joined from CUSA in 2014	
		Houston	             Houston	        Joined from CUSA in 2013	
		Louisville		                Joined from CUSA in 2005, Left for ACC 2014	
		Memphis	             Memphis	        Joined from CUSA in 2013	
Miami-FL			                        Left for ACC 2004	
Pittsburgh		     	                        Left for ACC 2013	
Rutgers	        Rutgers	     	                        Left for Big Ten 2014	
		Southern Methodist   Southern Methodist	Joined from CUSA in 2013	
		South Florida	     South Florida	Joined from CUSA in 2005	
Syracuse		     	                        Left for ACC 2013	
Temple	        Temple     	     Temple	        Kicked out from 2005-20011 as they were deemed not good enough	
			             Tulane     	Joined from CUSA in 2014	
			             Tulsa     	        Joined from CUSA in 2014	
Virginia Tech		     	                        Left for ACC 2004	
West Virginia		     	                        Left for B12 in 2012	

If someone could please explain what Mike must be thinking about how his conference has restocked with comparable teams I'd be interested because from my vantage point they did not get better.