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Dec 6, 2011 12:51 PM
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BREAKING: Sources tell @CBSSports Big East will add Boise, San Diego St, Houston, UCF, SMU Wednesday. Will join league in 2013​
Dec 6, 2011 12:51pm
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Dec 6, 2011 12:52 PM
And not one of them is a team in the East....
Dec 6, 2011 12:52pm
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Dec 6, 2011 12:55 PM
So they are adding a bunch of mid major teams in hopes of staying a major conference?
Dec 6, 2011 12:55pm
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Dec 6, 2011 12:58 PM
I don't think those teams help them keep their automatic bid. In addition it just further dilutes their basketball glory (although that ship has probably sailed too). How soon till the Big East is just a glorified mid-major conference?
Dec 6, 2011 12:58pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:03 PM
They are mid-major teams now, but their locations and recruiting bases are anything but. They all have some serious potential to do great things.
Dec 6, 2011 1:03pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:05 PM
Fly4Fun;1004274 wrote:How soon till the Big East is just a glorified mid-major conference?
Except for basketball in seasons past...they already are.
Dec 6, 2011 1:05pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:06 PM
I'll take Boise over WVU, Houston over Pitt, and anyone over syracuse in football any day. Navy and Air Force will be next to the party
Dec 6, 2011 1:06pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:07 PM
goosebumps;1004281 wrote:They are mid-major teams now, but their locations and recruiting bases are anything but. They all have some serious potential to do great things.
meeeeeeeeeeeeeh

San Diego has to compete with UCLA, USC, Stanford, Oregon, and Washington

Boise.... wel they are in Boise

SMU competes with Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, A&M, Texas Tech, Arkansas and Houston

Houston ditto above

UCF competes with UF, FSU and Miami plus the other schools that come into Florida.

I really don't see any of those teams going much beyond what they are now
Dec 6, 2011 1:07pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:11 PM
People said that about UC when they joined the big east, but we've won 3 conference titles in 4 years. I know, I know its the big east, but people said the conference USA teams wouldn't be able to compete with the teams that were already in the Big East.
Dec 6, 2011 1:11pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:15 PM
goosebumps;1004295 wrote:People said that about UC when they joined the big east, but we've won 3 conference titles in 4 years. I know, I know its the big east, but people said the conference USA teams wouldn't be able to compete with the teams that were already in the Big East.
I never said anything about being able to compete with the already mediocre programs that are in the Big East. I just don't think it makes the Big East really any better
Dec 6, 2011 1:15pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:16 PM
goosebumps;1004281 wrote:They are mid-major teams now, but their locations and recruiting bases are anything but. They all have some serious potential to do great things.
I agree..when those schools can tell their recruits they have AQ status now, they will only get better.
Dec 6, 2011 1:16pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:20 PM
goosebumps;1004287 wrote:... Navy and Air Force will be next to the party
IN a recent radio interview posted on the USNA boards the AD stated that the Superintendent would have all the info regarding his evaluation of joining the BE and possibly make a decision in the next week.
Dec 6, 2011 1:20pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:45 PM
All the top so called "Mid Major" teams are going to the BCS conferences because they are tired of getting screwed over by the system.
I love it and will look forward to a Boise St vs Utah or TCU NC game, maybe that will finally blow this system up and we get a playoff.
Dec 6, 2011 1:45pm
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Dec 6, 2011 1:59 PM
Fly4Fun;1004274 wrote:I don't think those teams help them keep their automatic bid. In addition it just further dilutes their basketball glory (although that ship has probably sailed too). How soon till the Big East is just a glorified mid-major conference?
It's worse than that. The Big "East" had to add schools from all over the country to be a mid-major conference.
Dec 6, 2011 1:59pm
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Dec 6, 2011 2:00 PM
Big Gain;1004367 wrote:It's worse than that. The Big "East" had to add schools from all over the country to be a mid-major conference.
Oh no! Teams have to travel west like once, twice a year! Oh no!
Dec 6, 2011 2:00pm
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Dec 6, 2011 2:04 PM
This will mean all the Big East athletic programs will lose money. Can't wait to see that Rutgers vs. Boise volleyball game on a Tuesday night.
Dec 6, 2011 2:04pm
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Dec 6, 2011 2:14 PM
georgemc80;1004385 wrote:This will mean all the Big East athletic programs will lose money. Can't wait to see that Rutgers vs. Boise volleyball game on a Tuesday night.
I believe Boise and SD State are football only.
Dec 6, 2011 2:14pm
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Dec 6, 2011 2:16 PM
Skyhook79;1004340 wrote:All the top so called "Mid Major" teams are going to the BCS conferences because they are tired of getting screwed over by the system.
I love it and will look forward to a Boise St vs Utah or TCU NC game, maybe that will finally blow this system up and we get a playoff.
Why would that blow up the system if the money remains in the BCS/AQ conferences?
Dec 6, 2011 2:16pm
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Dec 6, 2011 2:19 PM
georgemc80;1004385 wrote:Can't wait to see that Rutgers vs. Boise volleyball game on a Tuesday night.
Well you (no one) won't ever see that..soooooo
Dec 6, 2011 2:19pm
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Dec 6, 2011 2:46 PM
Yeah boise and san Diego state are football only.
Dec 6, 2011 2:46pm
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Dec 6, 2011 4:36 PM
I wonder if they will be more willing to settle with WVU now that they found teams to save the conference*


*By save the conference, I mean the equivalent to using duct tape to patch the Titanic.
Dec 6, 2011 4:36pm
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Dec 6, 2011 4:37 PM
Boise will go undefeated every year, book it.
Dec 6, 2011 4:37pm
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Dec 6, 2011 5:42 PM
enigmaax;1004405 wrote:Why would that blow up the system if the money remains in the BCS/AQ conferences?
The Coat and Tie BCS committee do not want those teams playing for the NC and will do everything in their power to stop it like they have been.
Dec 6, 2011 5:42pm
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Dec 6, 2011 6:01 PM
Gotta disagree sleeper, I don't see boise continuing their dominance
Dec 6, 2011 6:01pm
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Dec 6, 2011 6:27 PM
sleeper;1004639 wrote:Boise will go undefeated every year, book it.
They couldnt even go undefeated in the MWC, which happens to be a better conference according to pundits
Dec 6, 2011 6:27pm