Big East targets SMU and Central Florida for football expans

by **03Mustang** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:59 pm

Another East Coast Article (NJ Star-Ledger).....source appears to be Boston.com, but still...

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index ... centr.html

by **Hoop Fan** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:01 pm

mathman wrote:It just went up on the Frog board.

i actually wish this stuff didn't get leaked. Don't want the wrong guy who didn't get accepted to SMU thirty years ago blackballing us!

by **Dutch** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:02 pm

Well now we have something to talk about this week.

by **Dutch** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:05 pm

Hoop Fan wrote:
mathman wrote:It just went up on the Frog board.

i actually wish this stuff didn't get leaked. Don't want the wrong guy who didn't get accepted to SMU thirty years ago blackballing us!

TCU is the new kid on the block. Has to go along with what the commish wants. Until big12 actually calls. And I don't seem to hear much about texas being excited about adding them.

by **ponyscott** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:05 pm

Dutch wrote:Well now we have something to talk about this week.

Actually for the next two weeks......

by **StallionsModelT** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:09 pm

Amazing what a win over a high profile opponent can do for you!

by **Statler** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:18 pm

Dutch wrote:
Hoop Fan wrote:
mathman wrote:It just went up on the Frog board.

i actually wish this stuff didn't get leaked. Don't want the wrong guy who didn't get accepted to SMU thirty years ago blackballing us!

TCU is the new kid on the block. Has to go along with what the commish wants. Until big12 actually calls. And I don't seem to hear much about texas being excited about adding them.

It's amazing what a win over tcuseless can do...Statler and Dutch agreeing on something..you can just feel the love :lol:

As much as I loathe and despise those idiots to the West, someday they will realize our destinies are linked...rival plus television market.

by **westexSMU** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:30 pm

All this Big East talk is great and I'm certainly glad we are at the top of their list now. However, it seems to me the real issue at this point is not whether we can get in the Big East, but can the Big East save their football conference ? I mean the ACC has already taken two of their teams and could take another. There is talk of the Big 12 offering TCU and some of their other teams. Some sources have said the Big 12 has already offered Louisville. What is the SEC really going to do about #14 ? So the fact is we can't consider this until we see who is left. I hope it all works out for us, but how do you know until the dust settles.

by **mathman** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:38 pm

Gives reasons to stay in Big East
http://businessofcollegesports.com/2011 ... re-stable/

by **East Coast Mustang** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:44 pm

westexSMU wrote:All this Big East talk is great and I'm certainly glad we are at the top of their list now. However, it seems to me the real issue at this point is not whether we can get in the Big East, but can the Big East save their football conference ? I mean the ACC has already taken two of their teams and could take another. There is talk of the Big 12 offering TCU and some of their other teams. Some sources have said the Big 12 has already offered Louisville. What is the SEC really going to do about #14 ? So the fact is we can't consider this until we see who is left. I hope it all works out for us, but how do you know until the dust settles.

B12 ironically won't go to 12 teams- Texas doesn't want a conference championship game because it's another roadblock to BCS championship game. So B12 will add at least one, at most two teams- if Mizzou goes to SEC. Also, BYU and Air Force will be candidates.

by **HB Pony Dad** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:49 pm

mathman wrote:Gives reasons to stay in Big East
Big East vs. Big 12: Which is more stable?

I was just ready to post the link as well as this is an interesting read and clearly points out that the Big 12 is far from stable or a better landing spot...

The money will likely be just as good in the Big East. Currently, the Big East has two contracts with ESPN (one for menâ€™s and womenâ€™s basketball through the 2011-2012 school year and one for football through the 2012-2013 school year) and one with CBS for menâ€™s and womenâ€™s basketball through 2012-2013.

Earlier this year the Big East turned down a deal estimated to be worth up to $130 million a year from ESPN. It was unclear if this offer was only for first-tier rights or if it included second-tier rights similar to the deal ESPN made the ACC. CBS has been a television partner with Big East basketball since the 1981-1982 season, so itâ€™s hard to believe they wouldnâ€™t continue the relationship.

Big East vs. Big 12: Which is more stable?]

by **Nacho** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:41 am

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index ... centr.html

appears to basically be the same article.
we are in good shape captain.

by **Dutch** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:45 am

Statler wrote:
Dutch wrote:
Hoop Fan wrote:
i actually wish this stuff didn't get leaked. Don't want the wrong guy who didn't get accepted to SMU thirty years ago blackballing us!

TCU is the new kid on the block. Has to go along with what the commish wants. Until big12 actually calls. And I don't seem to hear much about texas being excited about adding them.

It's amazing what a win over tcuseless can do...Statler and Dutch agreeing on something..you can just feel the love

As much as I loathe and despise those idiots to the West, someday they will realize our destinies are linked...rival plus television market.

easy there.

by **reddevil** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:04 am

Not sure if this one was posted:

http://articles.boston.com/2011-10-03/s ... o-big-east

by **Dutch** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:12 am

i like seeing all this stuff from east coast media outlets, not just a plant by our school in our hometown paper.