Air Force & Boise football only. (Per Katz)

Still going after Navy.

Navy will jump on board soon enough...

Big East----------Big West
Louisville---------AFA*
Cincinnati--------Boise St.*
UConn------------USF
Rutgers-----------Houston
WVU--------------UCF
Navy*-------------SMU

* denotes FB-only

(10-14-2011 08:46 PM)UCbball21 Wrote:  Navy will jump on board soon enough...

Big East----------Big West
Louisville---------AFA*
Cincinnati--------Boise St.*
UConn------------USF
Rutgers-----------Houston
WVU--------------UCF
Navy*-------------SMU

* denotes FB-only

proposed divisons

The re-aligned Big East football side, if all schools accept invitations, will eventually break down as follows:
East: Rutgers, Connecticut, West Virginia, Central Florida, South Florida and *Navy.
West: *Boise State, *Air Force, Houston, SMU, Louisville and Cincinnati.

* denotes FB-only

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index...._bois.html

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/...e-exit-fee

(10-14-2011 08:51 PM)UCBearcat4ever Wrote:  

(10-14-2011 08:46 PM)UCbball21 Wrote:  Navy will jump on board soon enough...

Big East----------Big West
Louisville---------AFA*
Cincinnati--------Boise St.*
UConn------------USF
Rutgers-----------Houston
WVU--------------UCF
Navy*-------------SMU

* denotes FB-only

proposed divisons

The re-aligned Big East football side, if all schools accept invitations, will eventually break down as follows:
East: Rutgers, Connecticut, West Virginia, Central Florida, South Florida and *Navy.
West: *Boise State, *Air Force, Houston, SMU, Louisville and Cincinnati.

* denotes FB-only

http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index...._bois.html

I could live with this f/b conference.

Yea that's crazy travel to Idaho and Colorado but at least it's football only...

(10-14-2011 10:48 PM)cinbinsportsfan Wrote:  Yea that's crazy travel to Idaho and Colorado but at least it's football only...

They're also very nice places to visit

Conference USA 2.0. The true, real Big East is dead.

(10-15-2011 01:03 PM)darkdragon99 Wrote:  Conference USA 2.0. The true, real Big East is dead.

The NEW Big East. Life goes on and nothing reamins the same, you can root for the Brooklyn Dodgers but that wont come again. You get stuck in the past then you will have no future.

BE will allow these programs to flourish just like Cincy, UL and USF did. BE is like a growth stock. There will be some good football teams out of this bunch and they won't be CUSA teams in a couple of years. Once these guys are on board, I will feel a lot better about the future no matter what.

For what it's worth Boise is a wonderful little city. The people are super friendly and they have excellent micro-breweries/bars/restaurants/etc. A very nice trip and they have ski slopes with 30 minutes of the stadium (I'm estimating)

ESPN is misleading the public. I think there has literally been no discussion of anything formal. Just flirtations.

Agree with all this. These teams will repeat the 03 additions, and in a few years will cease to be 'CUSA' teams... The NEW BE will be bigger (12 teams finally!), in big markets and very competitive. It will keep the AQ (like who would take that slot??). This is gonna be fun to watch.

I doubt the Boston Globe and NYT are going to publish flirtations under the moniker of "invitations".

(10-15-2011 01:03 PM)darkdragon99 Wrote:  Conference USA 2.0. The true, real Big East is dead.