BYU sez no to Big East

[dentUNiTe]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7271078/byu-ends-negotiations-not-join-big-east-according-report

[Harry]

"Temple, which plays in the Mid-American Conference and was once in the Big East, has been trying to get back in. East Carolina, another C-USA school, publicly announced it had applied for membership, and C-USA rival Memphis has also been pushed by some in the Big East for its excellent basketball program, most notably Louisville coach Rick Pitino."

[wardly]

i don't know if BYU's loss is our gain. all the Big East reports i read say that SDSU will take their "football only " slot along with BSU, AFA,and Navy with SMU,Houston,and UCF for all sports.this will take CUSA down to 9 members, and MWC to 7. if MWC adds SJSU and Utah State to get to 9, they will be at the number the ECS chancellor says that both conferences want for a total of 18. just a longer process than most thought, and a lot of moving parts. the ECU says CUSA/MWC football merger will be completed by january, but he also says they have applied for "football only" membership to Big East. what a mess.