Realignments

[Swamp Gas]

I wish Miami would either go to the ACC or not go, and get these things over with. There a lot of schools across the country with their futures hanging in the balance.

[Charleston Pony]

You've got to consider the pressure being put on Miami's president

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I've heard a decision is expected within 30-60 days, so that gives us lots to talk about until summer camps/recruiting commitments and 2-a-days become the new focus. For now, it's fun to think about possibly being reunited with TCU & Houston. That's the best thing that has come out of all of this.

[PonyFan]

But isn't Houston in the same dire financial situation as Tulane? Supposedly their attendance is terrible, and they don't have a team that suggests the future is any brighter. I thought UH was considering dropping down in football or eliminating the sport altogether. What would that do to all the shakeup possibilities?

[Phil Fan]

Connecticut recently built a $90 million football stadium. Wouldn't their basketball prowess give them enough clout to make sure the Big East maintains some iota of a football presence? If the conference realignment was to shake out like we've been reading, that leaves UConn, a state school -- a small one, but a state school nonetheless -- holding the bill for a $90 million stadium for games that nobody wants to see?

I'm thinking that the UConn situation will force the Big East to make sure some decent (if not Miami-like) football schools join the league. I don't see them becoming essentially a basketball-only conference.

[Buddha]

ESPN said last night that the pieces could start falling in to place as quickly as two weeks from now.