gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Dec 6, 2011 12:51pm
http://twitter.com/#!/cbssports
BREAKING: Sources tell @CBSSports Big East will add Boise, San Diego St, Houston, UCF, SMU Wednesday. Will join league in 2013​
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wkfan
Posts: 1,641
Dec 6, 2011 12:52pm
And not one of them is a team in the East....
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Dec 6, 2011 12:55pm
So they are adding a bunch of mid major teams in hopes of staying a major conference?
Fly4Fun
Posts: 7,730
Dec 6, 2011 12:58pm
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?
goosebumps
Posts: 1,058
Dec 6, 2011 1:03pm
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.
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wkfan
Posts: 1,641
Dec 6, 2011 1:05pm
Except for basketball in seasons past...they already are.Fly4Fun;1004274 wrote:How soon till the Big East is just a glorified mid-major conference?
goosebumps
Posts: 1,058
Dec 6, 2011 1:06pm
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
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Dec 6, 2011 1:07pm
meeeeeeeeeeeeehgoosebumps;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.
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
goosebumps
Posts: 1,058
Dec 6, 2011 1:11pm
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.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Dec 6, 2011 1:15pm
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 bettergoosebumps;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.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Dec 6, 2011 1:16pm
I agree..when those schools can tell their recruits they have AQ status now, they will only get better.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.
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Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
Dec 6, 2011 1:20pm
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.goosebumps;1004287 wrote:... Navy and Air Force will be next to the party
Skyhook79
Posts: 5,739
Dec 6, 2011 1:45pm
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.
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.
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Big Gain
Posts: 2,073
Dec 6, 2011 1:59pm
It's worse than that. The Big "East" had to add schools from all over the country to be a mid-major conference.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?
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Dec 6, 2011 2:00pm
Oh no! Teams have to travel west like once, twice a year! Oh no!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.
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georgemc80
Posts: 983
Dec 6, 2011 2:04pm
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.
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
Dec 6, 2011 2:14pm
I believe Boise and SD State are football only.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.
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
Dec 6, 2011 2:16pm
Why would that blow up the system if the money remains in the BCS/AQ conferences?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.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Dec 6, 2011 2:19pm
Well you (no one) won't ever see that..soooooogeorgemc80;1004385 wrote:Can't wait to see that Rutgers vs. Boise volleyball game on a Tuesday night.
goosebumps
Posts: 1,058
Dec 6, 2011 2:46pm
Yeah boise and san Diego state are football only.
ts1227
Posts: 12,319
Dec 6, 2011 4:36pm
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.
*By save the conference, I mean the equivalent to using duct tape to patch the Titanic.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Dec 6, 2011 4:37pm
Boise will go undefeated every year, book it.
Skyhook79
Posts: 5,739
Dec 6, 2011 5:42pm
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.enigmaax;1004405 wrote:Why would that blow up the system if the money remains in the BCS/AQ conferences?
goosebumps
Posts: 1,058
Dec 6, 2011 6:01pm
Gotta disagree sleeper, I don't see boise continuing their dominance
LJ
Posts: 16,351
Dec 6, 2011 6:27pm
They couldnt even go undefeated in the MWC, which happens to be a better conference according to punditssleeper;1004639 wrote:Boise will go undefeated every year, book it.