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Sounds correct.

Big East needs to act. UCF is the obvious first choice and adding Temple is a great second choice while showing they aren't looking outside of the Northeast completely when it comes to expansion.

Is it odd that I've never heard of the Washington Examiner?

Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

(10-11-2011 07:56 PM)qwerty1 Wrote: [ -> ]Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

Call from whom?

(10-11-2011 07:56 PM)qwerty1 Wrote: [ -> ]Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

Texas is a Jewel to be had. The state of Mississippi....not so much. SMU would get in over Southern Mississippi in that scenario.

(10-11-2011 07:56 PM)qwerty1 Wrote: [ -> ]Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

Thank god you are not in charge of realignment.

(10-11-2011 07:57 PM)TampaKnight Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-11-2011 07:56 PM)qwerty1 Wrote: [ -> ]Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

Call from whom?

Temple just approved the financing for the expansion of the football facility today. Total expansion is $9mil per tweet below-

@AJFichera
Angelo Fichera- Board approves $9 million construction/expansion of Edberg Olson football practice facility.

So here is the Big East as it would currently stand if UCF and Temple are solid:

West Virginia
South Florida
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Connecticut
Louisville
UCF
Temple

That's 8. Expansion to 12 will secure a hefty TV contract + championship game.

Not a fan of wordman out of the Examiner, he has a worse track record than Swaim. But I'm hearing similar stuff. Not sure if its recycled stuff wordman is spitting or not.

(10-11-2011 08:03 PM)TampaKnight Wrote: [ -> ]So here is the Big East as it would currently stand if UCF and Temple are solid:

West Virginia
South Florida
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Connecticut
Louisville
UCF
Temple

That's 8. Expansion to 12 will secure a hefty TV contract + championship game.

Then a quick hit up of Houston and SMU secures the Big East that pipeline into Texas that they wanted with TCU. We KNOW they want it and it will make the Big East a much more viable conference to sell to whomever they want for expansion to 12.

The Big East wanted TCU's BCS points, not ties to Texas

(10-11-2011 08:13 PM)He1nousOne Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-11-2011 08:03 PM)TampaKnight Wrote: [ -> ]So here is the Big East as it would currently stand if UCF and Temple are solid:

West Virginia
South Florida
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Connecticut
Louisville
UCF
Temple

That's 8. Expansion to 12 will secure a hefty TV contract + championship game.

Then a quick hit up of Houston and SMU secures the Big East that pipeline into Texas that they wanted with TCU. We KNOW they want it and it will make the Big East a much more viable conference to sell to whomever they want for expansion to 12.

Grab these four: Houston, SMU, Memphis, and East Carolina. If anything, you have your Texan pipeline, you get Memphis' potential football attendance and the b-ball powerhouse, and East Carolina has consistently high football attendance, and growing support and donorship in all-sports.

(10-11-2011 08:15 PM)Pony94 Wrote: [ -> ]The Big East wanted TCU's BCS points, not ties to Texas

Well that is an obvious bonus to adding TCU but there are plenty of teams that provide a BCS point boost but TCU comes from Texas and to think that had NOTHING to do with the choice to add them is oversimplifying the choice to a point of absurdity. The Big East needs to expand well past the Northeast for viability and the best route to doing that is via the state of Texas.

(10-11-2011 08:15 PM)Pony94 Wrote: [ -> ]The Big East wanted TCU's BCS points, not ties to Texas

Eh the BCS points were important, but don't doubt the Big East football schools wanting to tap into the Texas talent. The reason they took USF in during the last raid was strictly recruiting based, because they lost Miami and their pipeline to Florida recruits. I would be shocked if that wasn't/isn't a huge part of why they want Texas schools.

Also as far as UCF/Temple I think everyone has expected those two, too much smoke for them not to be in.

(10-11-2011 08:16 PM)TampaKnight Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-11-2011 08:13 PM)He1nousOne Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-11-2011 08:03 PM)TampaKnight Wrote: [ -> ]So here is the Big East as it would currently stand if UCF and Temple are solid:

West Virginia
South Florida
Cincinnati
Rutgers
Connecticut
Louisville
UCF
Temple

That's 8. Expansion to 12 will secure a hefty TV contract + championship game.

Then a quick hit up of Houston and SMU secures the Big East that pipeline into Texas that they wanted with TCU. We KNOW they want it and it will make the Big East a much more viable conference to sell to whomever they want for expansion to 12.

Grab these four: Houston, SMU, Memphis, and East Carolina. If anything, you have your Texan pipeline, you get Memphis' potential football attendance and the b-ball powerhouse, and East Carolina has consistently high football attendance, and growing support and donorship in all-sports.

Memphis' potential football attendance. That made me laugh. The words Memphis and football should not even be used in the same sentence.

(10-11-2011 07:57 PM)TampaKnight Wrote: [ -> ]

(10-11-2011 07:56 PM)qwerty1 Wrote: [ -> ]Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

Call from whom?

My boss. I'll leave it at that until official announcements are made.

according to this guy's tweets, he has 7 schools joining the BE

(10-11-2011 07:56 PM)qwerty1 Wrote: [ -> ]Just got a call. Temple is in as an all sports member, 100%. UCF very very probable all sports member.

Now if the Big East would add ECU, Memphis, Houston, + one other similar school you'd really have something that has a lot of real growth potential. Recently I've been thinking Southern Miss might be good. I'm not a big fan of bringing in TCU, Boise State, or AF. Nor have I been a fan of bringing in Navy or Army. All of the academies have a fairly low ceiling.

This is about the smartest thing the Big East has done in 20 years.

Have their been any discussions between the Big East and USM?