Rick said

NCowl said

you mean you are not FOR the Transcontinental Conference with Anchorage, Alaska, Hawaii, Boise State, Umass, FAU, FIU & Sand Diego State?

WOW, this is my first "Post of the Day" trophy

I would like to thank Rick & the Owls Nest, and I wanna Thank OwlFamily for giving me a post to reply a smart alec comment back, and of course Lord Baby Jesus, and my MOM!

a little inside info.

the first is they're looking to break away and they want to keep the big east name. they will look to add butler, dayton and st. joes. Temple is a no go because of football.

my take is this should happen. its a complete mess. i love the big east, grew up on it. my dad went to st. johns.

my own two cents is they should let it happen. I think taking the rest of the schools and making one large conference USA conference with all non bcs schools that have football and basket ball makes the most sense.

guarantee them a bcs spot and you could have an awesome playoff for that spot. it would get interest. the way its heading now is just a complete mess. San Diego and Boise in the big east is just stupid and everyone knows it.

Exit39 said

San Diego and Boise in the big east is just stupid and everyone knows it.

Well if this goes through you won't have to worry about it, because I can assure they will both stay put and will NOT join the Big East. I  can also promise you that Houston will try and lobby the Big 12 to add them as the 11th team because they have made it clear to the Big East if they do not receive a certain amount of money for TV rights they will back out of their deal with the conference. They certainly won't go back to CUSA and ACC is already at 14 teams so Big 12 makes the most sense for them.

Basically, if this goes through….

Big East Conference 1979-2013??
R.I.P.

From NY Post:
"The official announcement – originally expected to be made Thursday – is liable to come from the seven schools and not the league office, which could delay it. "

Big East basketball-only schools to split from rest of conference: source - NYPOST.com

any guess to what the football schools do?
Start a new league with no deals made or go back to CUSA?
Soap Operas for guys… it's called the NCAA

NCowl said

Soap Operas for guys… it's called the NCAA

HAHA! Definitely! It really is because it's like wow! I can't wait to see what happens next lol

"The Big East recently added a group of schools such as Boise State, Central Florida, East Carolina, Houston, San Diego State and SMU to bolster its football roster. Those schools might return to their respective conferences."


So my question is: if this happened, if say UCF had to return to CUSA, would the conference revoke our invite or allow us to stay to become a superconference?

I'd hope for the latter but wouldn't be surprised if it was the former.

Owl2Doc said

"The Big East recently added a group of schools such as Boise State, Central Florida, East Carolina, Houston, San Diego State and SMU to bolster its football roster. Those schools might return to their respective conferences."


So my question is: if this happened, if say UCF had to return to CUSA, would the conference revoke our invite or allow us to stay to become a superconference?

I'd hope for the latter but wouldn't be surprised if it was the former.

HUGE legal issues in revoking an invitation. I don't think that has ever happened before.

The nationwide division scenario: The teams could be scattered to the four winds – and time zones.

• Assuming Boise State and San Diego State go back to the Mountain West, that increases MWC membership to 12. At least. SMU and Houston could also join but it's doubtful how much TV value those schools would bring.

• There are few options for schools ending up in Conference USA. By 2015, CUSA will be a 14-team league. Former members SMU, Houston, East Carolina, Central Florida, Tulane and Memphis might be in a cat fight to rejoin their old conference. At 14 teams, CUSA certainly isn't going to take back all six. Is it?

• The big winner might be the Sun Belt. The lowest-rated football conference could have some juicy options having just lost Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic, Texas-San Antonio, North Texas and Florida International to C-USA.

Schools like Houston, SMU, East Carolina, Memphis and even Central Florida could come crawling on hands and knees, just needing a home. The problem is the Sun Belt has five years left on its TV contract. It is a contract that pays current members approximately $1 million per year.

Best guess: With or without Boise State and/or San Diego State, the orphans make a go of it on their own.

Without Boise as a foundation, the reconstituted league (Big Leftovers?) would have SMU and Houston as the flagships if for no other reason because of some TV market appeal.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/21391349/hoops-exodus-leaves-big-east-football-schools-facing-big-questions

Lm77 said

Owl2Doc said

"The Big East recently added a group of schools such as Boise State, Central Florida, East Carolina, Houston, San Diego State and SMU to bolster its football roster. Those schools might return to their respective conferences."


So my question is: if this happened, if say UCF had to return to CUSA, would the conference revoke our invite or allow us to stay to become a superconference?

I'd hope for the latter but wouldn't be surprised if it was the former.

HUGE legal issues in revoking an invitation. I don't think that has ever happened before.

Yeah, I don't think CUSA is revoking an invite to a school that WANTS to join their conference to take back a school that left the conference. 

"But without the (Big East) basketball schools to add value to the television contract – estimated to be as much as 30 percent – this is a dicey proposition. CBSSports.com reported last week that the contract could be worth as little as $60 million per year. A 30 percent decrease could put the valuation at $42 million.

Split between 13 schools that's $3.2 million per school."

NCowl said

The problem is the Sun Belt has five years left on its TV contract. It is a contract that pays current members approximately $1 million per year.

"Only" $3.2M/BE school vs $1M/SBC school? Wow. Talk about getting the short end of the stick.