Big East Expansion Official
The Big East announced today that Boise State, Houston, Central Florida, San Diego State and SMU are joining the conference in 2013. Navy and Air Force are also expected to join in 2014 or 2015, according to ESPN. Boise is football only with other sports back in the WAC, SDSU is putting its other sports in the Big West, and the other three are all-in for the Big East.
"The Big East conference is the first truly national college football conference"
- John Marinatto, BE Commissioner
Link.
December 7th, 2011 at 9:16 PM ^
December 7th, 2011 at 9:42 PM ^
December 7th, 2011 at 9:55 PM ^
So much for being a Western country...
December 7th, 2011 at 10:04 PM ^
I'm so happy that SU is abandoning that mess.
December 7th, 2011 at 10:08 PM ^
"The first truly national football conference."
Good Lord, I knew he was going to say something silly with a straight face. What a comical line. They're "national" for the same reason Sparty "recruits nationally." Because people drink their milkshake regionally, so they're desperate. What incredible spin.
December 7th, 2011 at 10:11 PM ^
He also said the new school have premier academics...
December 8th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
SMU, I'll grant him.
December 7th, 2011 at 10:43 PM ^
December 7th, 2011 at 11:55 PM ^
This may be the most unnecessary thread ever. Please do not bring up any conference news unless it is about the SEC, the only conference that plays real football.
/s
December 7th, 2011 at 11:56 PM ^
It will fly apart due to the internal contradictions and ridiculous travel schedule and cost structure, not to mention that none of the fans will give a flying fuck about any of the "rivalries."
December 8th, 2011 at 12:18 AM ^
...it's one big asset is AQ status. It is selling that asset to the highest bidders. It is, however, sowing the seeds of its own destruction. By making these mid-major schools part of an AQ league, it waters down the value of its own asset (AQ status). The BCS will thump it for doing so when the BCS contract is up for re-negotiation. Don't expect the BE to stay an AQ league, and when it loses that status, the BE will either collapse or re-constitute itself as a mostly irrelevant mid-major with a shake-up in membership.
I would end this with "Yes," but that would be presumptuous.
December 8th, 2011 at 1:05 AM ^
.......is the reluctance, either on the part of the B12, or BoiseSt., to have BSU join the B12. Regionally speaking, there isn't that big of a difference between when Colorado was part of the B12 and where BSU is located. Also, the B12 would gain a strong program and make their conference stronger in the eyes of voters and fans.
Maybe Oklahoma is still hurt over their defeat by BSU and won't allow it? It's truly the only move to another conference that would have made any sense for BSU.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:29 PM ^
BSU's stadium seats about 36,000 people, many of their other sports are not nearly as BCS conference ready as their football team, and they are not an academic powerhouse. This waters down their appeal to most AQ conferences, and explains why they are BE for football only.
December 8th, 2011 at 1:11 AM ^
For those interested in looking into the movers and shakers - I found this website.
http://collegesportsinfo.com/conference-realignment-grid/
Not only does it have those who are moving, it gives little tidbits of info as to who might be moving.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:25 AM ^
So, if the BE does lose its AQ status, is it a foregone conclusion another conference will replace them? Or would there just be 5 AQ qualifiers? I'm not sure if there is a better conference to replace them with.
December 8th, 2011 at 2:43 AM ^
And the BCS loses it, maybe the sixth AQ comes from any other conference champ -so you've got the five "major" conferences with their BCS bowl tie ins, and then the sixth AQ is the highest rated champion of any other conference/independnt (so TCU over WVU this season).
Otherwise, it'd be silly to take an autobid away from the Big East and give it to a lesser conference.
December 8th, 2011 at 10:02 PM ^
I hope the independents never get treated like a faux conference champ... it would make Notre Dame even more insufferable than they already are.
December 8th, 2011 at 3:37 AM ^
boy can't wait to watch those conference games... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........the big east is hoping that by bending over backwards for boise's shiny top 10 rankings that it can hold onto it's autobid. I'm gonna laugh so hard when the bcs pulls the rug out from underneath this abomination.
December 8th, 2011 at 10:24 AM ^
Mods I know u can see that's why I can be. I just wanna say u suck. Don't hate cause taking points away from ppl really made u a human. I hope u can support ur family with this salary, well if u have a family. Wrap it up, I wish uhave a very horrible Christmas and new yr.
December 8th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
What a pile of horseshit.