It's Baaaack!!! - Big East Authorizes Expansion Process [Updated]
I know, I know, who cares about the Big East. Do they still play football even?
Anyway, at their meeting today, the Big East is discussing expansion to 12 teams and even a split of the football teams from the non-football teams. The schools being discussed as additions to the Big East are: TCU, Central Florida, Houston, Temple and Villanova.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/football/big_east_looks_to_expan…
UPDATE: The Big East officially approved expansion up to 10 football members along with a process for evaluating candidates. The announcement is similar to the one made by Jim Delaney last year, though it lacks a time frame for adding new members.
http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/215208/BIG-EAST-Approves-Proc…
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2010-11-02/big-east-to-…
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:59 PM ^
Dear Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Connecticut,
lol u mad
Sincerely,
Jim Delaney
November 2nd, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
u scared?
November 2nd, 2010 at 3:54 PM ^
Are you a Michigan fan or a Syracuse fan?
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:20 PM ^
Ok, thanks. Just curious, because I thought you were both. Just curious because if you are a Michigan fan, why you would post Michigan pictures getting stomped by Syracuse. Just my view, which caused my confusion.
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
You'll have to forgive me, when the topic of the Big East, conference expansion, or Greg Robinson EPIC FAIL comes up, I feel compelled to jump in representing the SU point of view ad nauseum. I'm a big Michigan fan, I've been back for UConn and MSU, and will be back again for Wisconsin and the Big Chill, but I bleed orange.
That game was the first my freshman year at SU, and the first since I was going nuts with everyone else at the 1997 Ohio State game. With all of my friends that went to UofM for undergrad, and obviously posting here a lot, I do enjoy some rivalry too and would love to see SU playing Michigan every year.
You can find me on the golf course thusly, and with the flags flipped when outside the Carrier Dome.
November 2nd, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
There are certainly a good amount of Syracuse alumni and some Pitt Alumni, but I think NYC may have more ND and increasingly more Michigan alumni. If Syracuse and Pitt can deliver the NYC market, they would be invited already. I would like to see Syracuse in the Big 10, but they don't deliver that market. Rutgers probably delivers more of the NYC metro market. But, I don't want them in the Big 10.
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:24 PM ^
Nobody cares about Rutgers anywhere. They can't even outdraw SU in Piscataway.
This goes here now.
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
My friend, I will have to disagree with you on that. If Rutgers was good for more than 3 years or so, they could own a large chunk of the NYC metro market. A couple of my friends are Rutgers grads and they started to get tickets when they started to win, in that one magical season. Some of the people I work with, who didn't go to Rutgers started to cheer for them because they are from NJ and Rutgers is the only college football team, so there is that connection. Also, that game against Louisville was one of the highest rated CFB games in NYC and the Empire State building was lit up in red. I was getting ripped from friends and co-workers because Rutgers was winning. People, I had no idea that cared for Rutgers or CFB were coming out of the woodwork.
BTW, I don't think Rutgers should get a Big 10 invite because I think Rutgers would be getting alot more than what they would give the Big 10. The only other school that can come close to delivering the NYC market is ND. I can get into that later if you care.
I would love to have Syracuse rather than either Rutgers or ND.
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:14 PM ^
everyone in houston always says "we have both kinds of music; country and eastern!"
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
I'm wondering with all of these championship games, now, if they will make it a requirement for BCS autobid. Everyone except the Big12 would have it. That would force them to expand back to 12.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
Texas has more fertile and lucrative wagons to hitch on to elsewhere, A&M wants to get outside of Texas' shadow, and the north teams can't cut the checks necessary to keep either one.
The Big 12 is still done. I think you're going to see a Big Midwest come out of this with the Big East and Big 12 leftovers.
Louisville, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa State, TCU, South Florida, Memphis, Houston, Baylor, Central Florida?
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:26 PM ^
They already have 16 members. I don't like that they're only one of the 6 major conferences to don't have all it's members play football. If it's really all about football, they should dump some of its members that don't have football programs and don't contribute much to bball, etc.
I'm looking at you Depaul, Seton Hall, Providence, and St. Johns. I'd add Villanova on the football end, though I'm kind of confused why adding their football program (which is very good at the FCS level) to the Big East is that big of deal, if Nova is already a full member of the conference.
I'd also boot the Irish out, and then decide what to do with Georgetown and Marquette. You'd have to keep Georgetown for the name I guess, though I still don't like that they don't field a football team. I know the conference was started for the purposes of bball and not football, but if they went to keep their auto bid, they'll have to change this.
As much as we complain about the BE getting a auto bid, the reason they have one is the same reason they even had a football conference to begin with: Miami.
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:52 PM ^
Villanova brings nothing. They're not going to deliver the Philly market any more than Temple did, or DePaul delivers the Chicago market.
If VU goes 1-A in football, they're going to find themselves as a member of the Big ConferenceUSA, or stuck with nowhere to go after investing millions when SU, UP, WVU, and UC all leave.
November 2nd, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
Suprised Tulsa isn't on the short list. They seem to be movers!