Quote:Jackson1011,
Do you think there is enough support from the Big East's AD for inclusion of both Army and Navy as football-only members?
And I agree with you, it really looks like Notre Dame has bought into a partial schedule of Big East conference foes
That's a tough one......I know that right after Boston College left that there was an article in the New York Post that said the BE was strongly considering replacing BC with Army and Navy and having a 9 team football conference...now obviously that didn't happen but I'm thinkin there must have been some support for that idea
--Also during that time last year...the Rutgers AD was on ESPN radio (I think) and they were talking about Post ACC raid BE football...at the end of the interview the show's host asked the AD which expansion prospects got a lot of support but didn't get the invite...the Rutgers AD response was Army and Navy
-- Now with that being said....I am fairly certain that the Naval Academy would easily have the votes to get in BE football right now....they have a good young coach, strong fan support, a traditional eastern rival for many schools in the BE, perfect location in between DC and Baltimore so BE footbal would be shown in those big time markets...and they have the all important relationship with ND...the question seems to be does Navy want in??....rumor has it they have already been offered the 9th spot once and declined....unfortunatly I have heard two reasons (I think only one can be correct) why they made that choice...either they weren't confident they could compete...or if they joined a conference they wanted Army in that league too....after watching Navy destroy probably the best Rutgers team in a generation...my personal feeling is the second reason is more likely and that's why I have included Army in much of posts...I don't know if Army AND Navy would have support from the ADs....although I personally think its a slam dunk
-- One last thought on ND....its great news that ND has finally started to schedule more BE games...but I think the goal has to be getting official partial membership from the Irish (that means seeing the BE football logo on the Irish unis when the run on the field) ....in order for us to make that happen we need to add a traditional ND rival or two into the league...what other school that is available to us fit that bill like Army and Navy?? How much do you think are TV package would go up if ND vs Navy and Army vs Navy was apart of it? Personally...I think it would go up a great deal
-- It is my personal belief that had BC stayed....the BE would have added Navy and ND (partial schedule) for football last summer...lots of signs were pointing towards it...but the USF for BC trade turned ND off to it...maybe adding Army and Navy would make us more appealing
Jackson