McCall Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Pathetically, there's actually serious talk of the Big Least, Conference USA, and Mountain West merging into a 32-team conference. No, I am not making this up. Boise State and Houston need to get the hell out while they can.The Big Leftovers ConferenceThe Conference of Forgotten SchoolsThe Conference That Will Mount the Orange BowlThe NFC West Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 After a few hours to dwell on it...I have to say the best news about West Virginia going to the Big 12 is another reason for me to visit Austin. I can't wait for the Mountaineers to play there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Additional fallout from Tuesday is:WVU denies a press conference for Wednesday. While the LVRJ reported that the Big East would talk to the MWC and C-USA in NYC on Wednesday. That is "denied" by a Big East spokesperson. So this means that all three have to hear from any TV network to say that this combination of teams is actually able to gain TV interest over what their current schools bring in on average. C-USA and MWC don't care since they basically get $1M/school/year, but with 28 teams is a redone contract really worth $2M or $3M/school/year? I don't think so. That "C-USA/MWC alliance" announced two weeks ago apparently failed since it was no interest for TV to pay them more and this is just the collaborative of teams despirately wanting to be able to compete for one BCS spot....That is if the BCS survives after 2014.On the Big East side, they must be trying to get the western schools they "invited" last week plus possibly BYU since Villanova is acting stubborn and is lobbying against readmitting Temple as a football-only member; they really want to move up to FBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCDuck Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Villanova is acting stubborn and is lobbying against readmitting Temple as a football-only member; they really want to move up to FBS.Villanova not ponying up their own cash to build a football venue with adequate seating for FBS is part of the reason the Big East is in this situation to begin with. They have no right to complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Villanova is acting stubborn and is lobbying against readmitting Temple as a football-only member; they really want to move up to FBS.Villanova not ponying up their own cash to build a football venue with adequate seating for FBS is part of the reason the Big East is in this situation to begin with. They have no right to complain.I was about to say, Villanova only wants to go to Division I-A if the rest of the Big East football schools foot the bill for it. Which isn't likely to happen. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Big East = Big Cluster F*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Villanova is acting stubborn and is lobbying against readmitting Temple as a football-only member; they really want to move up to FBS.Villanova not ponying up their own cash to build a football venue with adequate seating for FBS is part of the reason the Big East is in this situation to begin with. They have no right to complain.I was about to say, Villanova only wants to go to Division I-A if the rest of the Big East football schools foot the bill for it. Which isn't likely to happen.To both: For what? If Villanova can play at PPL Park with expanded capacity which would be slightly lower in capacity than Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium, yet could have a higher gate since there is a smaller student body. This is not like UMass moving up, going to the MAC, and playing home games 80 miles from campus at Gillette. The MAC does not need the Boston market for $$$, but for football, the Big East needs Philly for survival in terms of which ever cable network wants to buy up the expiring TV rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Someone grab a shotgun and take Big East Football behind the barn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Villanova is acting stubborn and is lobbying against readmitting Temple as a football-only member; they really want to move up to FBS.Villanova not ponying up their own cash to build a football venue with adequate seating for FBS is part of the reason the Big East is in this situation to begin with. They have no right to complain.I was about to say, Villanova only wants to go to Division I-A if the rest of the Big East football schools foot the bill for it. Which isn't likely to happen.To both: For what? If Villanova can play at PPL Park with expanded capacity which would be slightly lower in capacity than Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium, yet could have a higher gate since there is a smaller student body. This is not like UMass moving up, going to the MAC, and playing home games 80 miles from campus at Gillette. The MAC does not need the Boston market for $$$, but for football, the Big East needs Philly for survival in terms of which ever cable network wants to buy up the expiring TV rights.If I remember Pitt and Syracuse's list of grievances correctly, the Big East was going to up revenue sharing and kick that money towards Villanova to pay for expanding the stadium, upgrading the equipment and practice facilities, and generally support the program until it became self-sustaining. When they could instead just add Temple and call it good, you might see why objections arose. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Rutgers needs to get out now. If the every want to try and be a reasonable college football program, they need to get out now. Quote Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffles Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 WVU to the Big XII has gotten a little complicated...A Big 12 conference call Tuesday night was expected to be a formality on West Virginia?s road to admittance. Instead, objections were raised.A late push by Louisville has put political pressure on the Big 12 and opened the possibility of Louisville?s being the university that is admitted instead of West Virginia. Two people with direct knowledge of the situation said that lobbying by the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, including to David Boren, the president of the University of Oklahoma and a former senator, helped slow West Virginia?s admittance to the Big 12.West Virginia officials, who called the deal ?solid? late Tuesday afternoon, declined comment Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 And now,Pitino lobbying for additions of Memphis, Temple to Big East.Kind of odd that he's doing this, with Louisville being heavily considered for the Big XII. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCDuck Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Memphis isn't going to the Big East as their football program has been nothing short of a farce the past decade and their stadium is absolutely pitiful. This is more evidence that conference realignment doesn't have a damn thing to do with basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnice Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I hope with more schools being added, maybe the ACC and Big 10 conferences can go to east & west, and north 8 south divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 WVU to the Big XII has gotten a little complicated...A Big 12 conference call Tuesday night was expected to be a formality on West Virginia?s road to admittance. Instead, objections were raised.A late push by Louisville has put political pressure on the Big 12 and opened the possibility of Louisville?s being the university that is admitted instead of West Virginia. Two people with direct knowledge of the situation said that lobbying by the Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, including to David Boren, the president of the University of Oklahoma and a former senator, helped slow West Virginia?s admittance to the Big 12.West Virginia officials, who called the deal ?solid? late Tuesday afternoon, declined comment Wednesday. But I thought Mitch McConnell was opposed to government interference in the free market. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 So Stillwater, OK wants to call Morgantown "isolated" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCDuck Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 So Stillwater, OK wants to call Morgantown "isolated"Isolation is isolation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 From Twitter:Premature Expansion: Big 12 offering and then pulling out on West Virginia. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 Big East commish is in Boise.Boise could be in Big East for football, Pac-12 for wrestling, and Big West for all others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Rutgers needs to get out now. If the every want to try and be a reasonable college football program, they need to get out now.You need someone to want to take you first. Rutgers being utterly inept historically at sports and the general lack of interest as a result in NJ has them looking in from the outside. Their only hope is that Notre Dame decides to leave and Rutgers rides their coat tails. And now,Pitino lobbying for additions of Memphis, Temple to Big East.Kind of odd that he's doing this, with Louisville being heavily considered for the Big XII.Pitino is a New Yorker and he doesn't want to be in a conference without ties to the area as that is where he recruits to stronger. That said he has no say for Louisville. They see the ship sinking and with all the money they have dropped into their revenue programs in recently they will get on a Big XII lifeboat if they get a invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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