Big East Update from ESPN

[Harry]

Aside from Boise State, Navy and Air Force also have been targeted as football-only members by the Big East, and the league is considering Temple from the Mid-American Conference and Central Florida and East Carolina from Conference USA as members in all sports.

SMU and Houston from CUSA also are possibilities, allowing the Big East to regain the presence in Texas it thought it was going to have with TCU.

Having the Texas schools, along with Air Force, which is in Colorado Springs, Colo., in a western division of the league, would give Boise State some reasonable road trips. The closest current Big East football member to Boise, Idaho, is Louisville -- 1,879 miles away.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7097384/report-big-east-boise-state-broncos-need-persuading

[Harry]

Another pretty big development, it appears that the Big East will be able to offer new schools sitting on the fence an additional two years of BCS autobid due to a grace period clause. This should make their offer more solid because it guarantees the automatic BCS bid through 2015.

http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/pm_29222/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=wf1lAMWb

[Rudy]

DAMMIT. NO TO smu!

[NT80]

Another pretty big development, it appears that the Big East will be able to offer new schools sitting on the fence an additional two years of BCS autobid due to a grace period clause. This should make their offer more solid because it guarantees the automatic BCS bid through 2015.

http://mobile.nj.com/advnj/pm_29222/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=wf1lAMWb

The extra 2 years of BCS revenue until 2015 could be enough to sway a school like Boise, which is not sure about accepting a football-only bid. The Big East future memberhsip as of now is a mess.

Not only does the Big East's 6 remaining football schools each hope to move to either the ACC or Big12, they know they must protect the current conference in case they remain in it. Also, the 8 non-football schools want any new membership to protect the strong basketball side of the conference and not weaken it just because of a long-distance football membership need.

The best case for UNT would be for CUSA and the MWC both to lose schools to the Big East. It would require the BE to see a need again to be in Texas or a western division of the conference to satisfy Boise.

East:

Cincinnati

West Virginia

Rutgers

Connecticut

USF

UCF

West:

Boise

Houston

Smut

Air Force

Louisville

Memphis

Edited October 14, 2011 by NT80

[Green Otaku]

DAMMIT. NO TO smu!

SMU moving would be the best for us. Leaving a hole in CUSA and it may cause other movement in the MWC.

Also we have a series signed with them, nothing like bringing in a BE school to play at Apogee in the future. Besides its not like we have a chance at that spot so why should we care? Of we move up we will do it with our own merits, not by hoping other schools don't get the lucky break. Or do you not have faith we can build the program?

[Rudy]

Why don't people realize NT being the only school NOT in a bcs AQ conference is a bad thing?

[EdwardRRooney]

Well if aq is now or never then its never.

[PlummMeanGreen]

No Cougar Love For SMU As Both Texas Schools Vie For Big East Admission

From 2 UH posters on CoogFans.com

RE: Why is SMU generally mentioned before us?

I just don't get why the BE "possibly" has SMU ahead of UH. Being in Dallas, I have been on the SMU campus probably 30 times in the past 10 years. I have seen SMU before the threw in money on athletics and the campus and after and have seen the stands on TV.

SMU just doesn't draw for football and they are not going to draw because DFW doesn't care and SMU doesn't have enough students to build a base or enough alumni to fill a stadium. That's not going to change.

If the BE are seriously considering SMU and UH and can't figure that out, they really are clueless. UH is going to leave SMU in the dust within the next 5 years in athletics, facilties, academics and campus. To not see that if comparing the two; is sad.

RE: Why is SMU generally mentioned before us?

Can't somebody send the Big East a picture of their (Ford) stadium for Homecoming last year??? I mean, they must of had at least 500-1,000 there for our game.

PS: Hey HogDawg! Post those huge SMU Homecoming numbers on BB&B instead of getting all shambalyed, crawfish pie'd over our 13,000+ last week.

GMG!

Edited October 14, 2011 by PlummMeanGreen