(04-05-2020 10:01 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(04-05-2020 09:21 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  The Rutgers and Louisville departures were announced in November (as was Tulane and ECU).

December was when the Catholic 7 left.

I’m working under the presumption that the loss of that pair and the announcements of their replacements were the straws that broke the camel’s back.

If the Catholic 7 decide to leave anyway then it would be up to the other 10 to pick an 11th full member or find a football only to balance Navy.

Faulty assumption. For one, ECU was FB only at the time, and for two, Tulane had to have been approved by several of the C7. Not to mention that associating with a school like Tulane is a university president's dream. No, the C7's decision to leave would have to have been made much earlier.

ECU’s fb membership and Tulane’s full membership were announced a month before the Catholic 7 chose to leave.

Tulane’s poor basketball program was at the time reported to be a breaking point for the Catholic 7. Maybe the Catholic 7 already had their minds made up and the loss of Pitt, Cuse, and WVU was enough to make them bid adieu to the football side.

Regardless, C-USA and the SBC look a whole lot different if the Big Ten holds at 12.