CatsClaw,
That is not what I

Cincinnati
Connecticut
Louisville
Massachusetts
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Rutgers
South Florida
Syracuse
Temple
West Virginia

Airport KC Wrote:The Big East should build WITHIN its footprint

The real football footprint is......

Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvannia
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
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I think you are forgetting one other state that is in the Football FOOTPRINT.

Check Louisville, Rutgers, and WVU's football roster...and tell me which FOOTBALL FOOTPRINT (i.e. TOP RECRUITING GROUND) state that you might of left out.

I'll give you the first letter...and you can do the rest:

F------.

Hint: What state does the top coaches from the top Big East Football programs like to recruit from the most? (i.e. besides their own state)

Oh...and maybe...just maybe..its also a state that has currently 1 Big East Member in it.

Maybe..just maybe...MORE Big East exposure in said "missing" state will only help ALL those teams mentioned above.

the BIG question on UCF is are Big East coaches interested in adding another florida school that would then be at same level and thus compete with them for those same recruits.
Im not sure what the answer would be.

Some Big Ten and Big Twelve teams recruit in Florida without the benefit of being

Airport KC Wrote:The Big East should build WITHIN its footprint

The real football footprint is......

Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvannia
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut

Look at a map. Louisville is as far south as Richmond, VA. East Carolina is only slightly south of Richmond, VA and is as far east as Pennsylvania. If ECU was in Virginia everybody on here would say they'd be a no brainer for the Big East, well they are almost in Virginia.

Almost? This is football ... not horseshoes ... "almost" means nothing. I "almost" had a date with Jessica Alba once. That and almost $11 will buy me a ticket to see her next movie at the theater.

[quote="SO#1"]Some Big Ten and Big Twelve teams recruit in Florida without the benefit of being

Syracuse
West Virginia
Rutgers
UConn
Pitt
Temple

Louisville
Cincinnati
South Florida
Central Florida
Memphis
East Carolina

everybody's happy...old meets the new

Krocker Krapp,
If it proven to be true can we kick UCF out? If our rationality of USF will be a player on a national stage base on quality of recruits available to them at their backyard, wouldn

If we add Memphis, and they start to harm the league, can we kick them out? If we add East Carolina, and they start to harm the league, can we kick them out? You can play that game with any school that people like to throw around on this website.

Temple was kicked out for a lack of facilities and a lack of commitment. It was easy to kick them out because they were a football only member. That is a band-aid scenario that we will hopefully never have to go through again. All or nothing is better.

It is also possible that adding UCF could bring more Florida recruits to the Big East simply because the league would gain an even bigger presence down there. Each team would be playing in Florida at least once every year in front of their families.

The Big East is getting better and better every year and we should refuse to accept that there is a finite number of anything for ourselves. We should have the attitude of being a destination league, not a leftover last resort, for recruits from Florida.

Yes another LARGE LINE OF CRAP ABOUT MAC/CUSA schools joining the BE.However,the idea have no basis in the th reality of BCS sports and no support by BE ADs/presidents.

I read where one poster said by adding UCF it would take away from USF's recruiting. This poster just might on to something and see the bigger picture. What happens when you have more than one school from the same state in the same conference?

USF is the only Big East school from Florida and can use that against the other schools from the state. UF can use the SEC against Miami and FSU but those two can't use anything against each other. They're fighting for the same kids using the same tatics for the same conference. Look further into the ACC and the state of NC, you have Duke, UNC, NC State and Wake, trying for the same kids, trying to make the same points to recruits and it's taking away from each of them.

So you add an ECU, like you did with USF and boom, there's another option for the kids in NC/SC/Tidewater VA. Those schools don't have to recruit against each other in the same conference. They can sell the BE as a great choice with a better opportunity of reaching a BCS game.

Take a look at the SEC how many teams comes from the same state?
Kentucy, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss, Miss St, Auburn, Alabama, Tenn. and Vanderbilt.

How many states with multiple teams have more than one doing great?
Tenn - Vandy: Okay everyone knows this one.
Ole Miss. - Miss. State: Neither setting the world on fire.
Auburn - Alabama: Auburn's been on top for a long time here.

So this poster that mentioned the recruiting aspect from USF just may have a valid point.

tigersharktwo Wrote:Yes another LARGE LINE OF CRAP ABOUT MAC/CUSA schools joining the BE.However,the idea have no basis in the th reality of BCS sports and no support by BE ADs/presidents.

:john: :bean:

All of this split and expansion nonsense tells me that the average age on the Big East board is about 16 and the average IQ not much higher.

TopCoog Wrote:All of this split and expansion nonsense tells me that the average age on the Big East board is about 16 and the average IQ not much higher.

Says the guy who has been wrong on every one of his doom and gloom predictions concerning the BE.

cuseroc Wrote:

TopCoog Wrote:All of this split and expansion nonsense tells me that the average age on the Big East board is about 16 and the average IQ not much higher.

Says the guy who has been wrong on every one of his doom and gloom predictions concerning the BE.

Not wrong on everything cuseroc. Besides I never claimed to be right on everything. I have been right about this stupid split and the idiots who promote it.

Quote:That and almost $11 will buy me a ticket to see her next movie at the theater.

Where the heck do you go to the movies??

Maybe we can base future conference affiliation on movie ticket prices???

Greenville, NC has ticket prices of ~$8. Plus they are less than 1 month away from completing a new Consolidated Theater. These places are like the Taj Mahal of movie theaters.

The SEC only has one Florida school in it as well...Uuuuum, what's your point?

KnightLight Wrote:

Airport KC Wrote:The Big East should build WITHIN its footprint

The real football footprint is......

Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvannia
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
-------

I think you are forgetting one other state that is in the Football FOOTPRINT.

Check Louisville, Rutgers, and WVU's football roster...and tell me which FOOTBALL FOOTPRINT (i.e. TOP RECRUITING GROUND) state that you might of left out.

I'll give you the first letter...and you can do the rest:

F------.

Hint: What state does the top coaches from the top Big East Football programs like to recruit from the most? (i.e. besides their own state)

Oh...and maybe...just maybe..its also a state that has currently 1 Big East Member in it.

Maybe..just maybe...MORE Big East exposure in said "missing" state will only help ALL those teams mentioned above.

Well, all that work to get ut of C-USA and this plan would put UofL, Cincy and USF right back in the old conference. Why not add Southern Miss and UAB?

esayem Wrote:Syracuse
West Virginia
Rutgers
UConn
Pitt
Temple

Louisville
Cincinnati
South Florida
Central Florida
Memphis
East Carolina

everybody's happy...old meets the new

cardtopper Wrote:Well, all that work to get out of C-USA and this plan would put UofL, Cincy and USF right back in the old conference. Why not add Southern Miss and UAB? and everybody would not be happy.

esayem Wrote:Syracuse
West Virginia
Rutgers
UConn
Pitt
Temple

Louisville
Cincinnati
South Florida
Central Florida
Memphis
East Carolina

everybody's happy...old meets the new

Because UCF, Memphis, and ECU are not that much behind you Louisville elitists, thats why. Do you think your the only school that deserves to move up? Can Memphis not compete with you in basketball? Are you scared what ECU would do in a BCS league? Face it your not Kentucky, your the little Metro school that could so be happy you made it and stop disrespecting your own roots, fool.