Big East expansion talks clouded by different agendas

[NT80]

“There’s no unity. They can’t get everyone on the same page, and that’s a major problem,” said one leading college official..."

As for that expansion, another top college official said the conference’s football schools — though there are just six now — can’t even come to a consensus on adding Boise State for football only."

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2011/10/big_east_expansion_talks_cloud.html

[Green Mean]

I can see the not being unified aspect. Deep down everybody knows that WVU, Louisville, and probably even Rutgers are looking to bolt at first opportunity.

[untgeorge]

I can see the not being unified aspect. Deep down everybody knows that WVU, Louisville, and probably even Rutgers are looking to bolt at first opportunity.

UConn and Rutgers have applied to the ACC.

[GrayEagle]

If they can't be unified then kiss the Big East (as a football conference) goodbye.

It may take the rejection of UConn, Rutgers, West Virginia and Louisville by other conferences to unify the remaining six.

If that should happen then the current members will be forced to band together with an agreement not to leave for x number of years or they won't be able to get the service academies and maybe even UCF, Temple, or East Carolina to join...to say nothing of SMU and Houston.