BSU, Houston, SMU, Central Florida & San Diego St go to Big East.
"Conference commissioner John Marinatto announced Wednesday that the Big East would add Houston, SMU and Central Florida out of Conference USA in all sports to replace departing members Syracuse, Pitt and West Virginia, while also adding Boise State and San Diego State out of the Mountain West for football only.
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LET US ALL WELCOME the formation of the
FFC (Frequent Flyer Conference) to Div-IA, and hope the BCS strips the AQ status from this “just for football” conference. The Big east lost more in b-ball than they can ever hope the new alignment can bring in football. Cheers to the death of the weakest AQ conference in Div IA football…next is the ACC
I HATE ORANGE, and DGNBs
It is SO funny you said that, because a guy I work with as I posted this was like "How the hell they gonna travel?"
I thought Mizzou and aTm were stretching it. The Big East is now the Big Geographic.
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Maybe they will actually get the name
Conference USA, because they now can claim the USA as their geographic footprint
I HATE ORANGE, and DGNBs
Works for me
The ACC will have more original Big East football schools than the Big East (actually, once SU, Pitt, and WVU leave, Rutgers will be the only original Big East football conference member remaining, though UConn was around for non-football from the beginning). I don’t know exactly how membership tracks, but certainly a majority of the 2014 Big East football conference will have been in CUSA at some point.
A quick check shows that
Cincy, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, South Florida, Houston, SMU, UCF, and TCU (sorta) have all been members of both Conference USA and the Big East. In 2014, using projected membership which we know won’t hold up, there will be 19 teams (8 non-football, 1 associate member, and 10 football members). So 8 of their 19 members will have been a member of the Conference USA at one point, and 6 of their 10 football members will have been a part of Conference USA.
The 984 Has Spoken!
It's a joke they even have one now, so I don't know.
My guess is with Boise entering, they’ll probably keep it.
by Swarles_Barkley on Dec 8, 2011 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
From what I understand
The AQ will be a thing of the past by 2014. This came from bleacherreport.com so its only speculation, but the Big East has nothing to do with the SEC so why worry?
You get what you put in and people get what they deserve.
by Disciple of Carolina on Dec 8, 2011 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
I've heard it will be done away with because the BCS will exist only to place #1 and #2
There’s no way the SEC allows the Sugar Bowl or the B1G and Pac-12 allow the Rose Bowl to be forced to have to choose top ten participants.
The 984 Has Spoken!
Shamelessly stolen from EDSBS:
One of the authors at DawgSports.com
I am the 99% of Americans who love college football
Spencer Hall said that it's a shame the conference wasn't named the Big Occidental (and that that is actually a pretty awesome name for a conference)
I think it’s a shame because we could otherwise call this new conference the Big Accidental.
The 984 Has Spoken!
I liked "Big East India Trading Co. Conference" myself.
by Cherokee's Grip on Dec 8, 2011 5:01 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
That's outstanding....
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by The Quincy Carter of Accountants on Dec 8, 2011 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
I will be calling it this from now on.
by Swarles_Barkley on Dec 8, 2011 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
There were some other hilarious names in that EDSBS thread,
but this one beat the others because of the historical reference.
by Cherokee's Grip on Dec 8, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
One of the guys on the morning sports how out of Athens made a good point:
If the Big East maintains its AQ status and a 1 loss Boise is the conference champion, we better hear them screaming about how the latest flavor-of-the-week, non AQ undefeated team deserves to play for the National Championship.
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by RedCrake on Dec 8, 2011 5:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
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