I had the good fortune of shoving in the bank my last 4 "non-upgrades" from BRF (it's always the piece you don't really want that comes out of the bonus roll instead of the one you're looking for). I think at least 3 of them are going to be used; the 4th has to compete with an heroic HM warforged. But I still have like 3/5 Highmaul stuff right now, so it's not +5ilvl for me.
I found the whole discussion about "no, no, BRF is NOT the tier 2 of raiding. Really. Believe us" hilarious. Well, if it walks like a duck, quack likes a duck, I guess it's a goose.