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Decision time for UMass is coming regarding its future in the MAC in football. When UMass went to the FBS level a few years ago, the MAC took them in the way they accepted Temple, which allowed basketball to remain in the Atlantic 10. But both sides have escape clauses and the word may be that the MAC is ready to tell UMass, if you want to stay in the MAC in football, you have become a full member in all sports, which would mean UMass leaving the rising in stature A10. If UMass balks at that, they will need to find another conference for their football team, with only Conference USA as the most likely choice, but even that has no guaranteesThe Golf Gods had a busy weekend. At the European Tours Nordea Masters tournament, Australian golfer Andrew Dodt had some interesting moments in posting a score of 65 on Friday. Dodt had not one, but two hole in ones. According to Golf Channel research, only one other PGA player ever managed that-Yusaku Miyazato a the 2006 Reno-Tahoe Open. A day later, Tiger Woods, on his way to a round of 79, posted a nine hole total of 44 on his front ninethe highest 9 hole total in Woods career. Read more: http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=6948
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Big East and San Diego State officials are working on a joint release announcing a mutual agreement to dissolve San Diego State’s agreement to come to the Big East on July 1, 2013 according to sources familiar with the discussions. At the same time, San Diego State and Mountain West officials are finalizing an agreement which will keep San Diego State and Boise State in the MWC as full time members. The announcements, barring any last second snags, should be made in the next few days. The joint statement by the Big East and San Diego State is more cosmetic than anything else, designed to make clear that there was no animosity by either party, just an consensus that the best course for both parties was to go their separate ways. With the departure of San Diego State, following the decision by Boise State not to join (also this July), the Big East’s “western” strategy has been abandoned. Read more: http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=4783
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In what could be the first step towards the collapse of the Big East football/basketball structure, officials of the 7 non-football playing Big East basketball schools held a meeting in New York on Sunday to discuss breaking off on their own. According to sources familiar with the talks, the conference included not only athletic directors, but Presidents and Big East commissioner Mike Aresco as well. A time frame of six months was set up to make a decision whether to break off on their own or continue to stay within the frame work of a conference whose configuration has changed steadily over the last several months. That time frame may be predicated on the nature of a new television football/basketball contract the Big East is currently trying to put together. The group of 7 schools includes: Marquette, St. John’s, Providence, Georgetown, Villanova, DePaul and Seton Hall. Those schools are concerned about the defection of the core of the Big East basketball conference–Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Notre Dame as well as the expansion of the conference in football to 12 teams and the inclusion of schools such as Central Florida, Memphis, SMU, Houston and Temple in basketball. Read more: http://ajerseyguy.com/?p=4188
