http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/7177969/big-east-invite-six-football-according-report
The Big East Conference has sent out six invitations looking to expand their conference which took a big hit a couple of months ago. Syracuse and Pitt announced that they were leaving the Big East Conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). There has been a lot of talk and a lot of debate about what is going to happen to the Big East when two of there top programs leave. Both programs are leaving because the market for NCAA football is a big one and the Big East Conference does not have a lot to offer in the football program. This might be the Big East's last shot to have their conference.
The addition of Boise State FOOTBALL will be terrific. I'm glad they aren't adding it's basketball program because that would be a waste of a spot. It also goes to show that Syracuse and Pitt football programs weren't the reason for the move. More basketball than anything because if it were just for the football, basketball could have stayed in the Big East.
ReplyDeleteI do believe though that Temple, be either their football team and basketball team or one or the other should get a chance to be invited to the Big East.
This was all the talk at Big East Media Day. Shifts like this are largely outside of the hands of the members schools.
ReplyDeleteWhen I talked to Oliver Purnell of DePaul, he seemed to lament the fact that there was very little he could do. They say that the Big East was created by basketball and will be destroyed by football.
We'll see how it all works out.