NY Post - It is official, Catholic 7 Leaving Big East

[mustangxc]

now that the bball only schools have decided to leave, I'd sure like to see us build a "full membership" group. Wonder if they could pull this off?

East: UConn, Cincy, Temple, ECU, USF, UCF, Memphis

West: SMU, Houston, BYU, Boise, SDSU, New Mexico, UNLV

That leaves Bowl games in Memphis, NYC, St Pete, Boise, NM & Las Vegas to compete for

If you cannot get BYU, exclude ECU. Even if you can get BYU, I might consider leaving out ECU and New Mexico. I think 12 is a better number.

[SMU_Alumni11]

In this case, we are stuck with Tulane since they were invited... Do we really have bowl games in those areas? That's fantastic... I wonder if tie-ins will change given the big east is CUSA. I swear if Hawaii bowl is a tie-in the future I have lost all hope for this team and league

[Charleston Pony]

In this case, we are stuck with Tulane since they were invited... Do we really have bowl games in those areas? That's fantastic... I wonder if tie-ins will change given the big east is CUSA. I swear if Hawaii bowl is a tie-in the future I have lost all hope for this team and league

forgot about Tulane...at least there is a bowl game in New Orleans to be considered as well. I like the 14 members if the divisions are regionalized because that can help cut down travel. That way, you can play an 8 game conference schedule with only one really long distance road trip. For SMU and Houston, being in the center of the country, it won't matter but I can't imagine UConn, Temple, ECU and the FL schools being thrilled about trips to San Diego and Boise...and vice versa

[SMU_Alumni11]

Yeah but given that all the schools we are left (granted, wasn't much to begin with) I don't see road traveling fan base to increase for any if these schools. I know there isn't much we can do since as of now this the bet conference available to us... I truly hope Aresco can pull a miracle deal on TV. Also maybe they should cut out conference games so teams don't have to travel coast to coast, that way we can play more OOC.