Will it be an all-sports conference, a hybrid conference, or a confederacy between a basketball conference and a football conference?

Key issues for Big East:

Notre Dame Football
Nova Football
9th football team

I would prefer an all-sports conference myself, but what the future holds is beyond my vision.

I want an all-sports conference, also.

Why does it matter that some schools don't play division I-A football?

Well, we need to make room for the 9th and 10th 1A football teams. Of course Notre Dame and Villanova could solve this problem, but they will not.

But why does the BE need another team to play DI-A football? It's doing fine with eight.

I would like an all sports conference but i dont see it happenning anytime soon.
as for the poster that ask why is that important? I think that for a league to succeed and grow ALL members must be in the same boat. It doesnt help when large number in the league do not share in success or failure in one of the main money making and exposure sports.

or why not drop ND upgrade Villanova and add a replacement team for ND that plays all sports. Ten teams in Football and still sixteen b-ball schools.

Fanatical Wrote:But why does the BE need another team to play DI-A football? It's doing fine with eight.

So, if the conference is ever raided again, we will have enough teams to survive a raid!

Quote:Key issues for Big East:

Notre Dame Football
Nova Football
9th football team

-- As long as NBC/TV Networks want to broadcast ND football...they will have no interest in BE football. The Irish will be here as long as there is a 16 team league, the Catholic schools love having them in hoops and frankly we still need them for bowls

-- Nova is not coming. There are to many money issues.

-- I want an all sports league too. However, we need to look around. Who do you want to add after the split? Memphis? UCF? All they are going to do is water down what is becoming a pretty good little football league. Now if Penn St comes calling that changes the equation. The only school I would add for football right now is Navy. There are a traditional Eastern team, have a good market, the bowls like them and they have a relationship with ND. Other then that the pickins are slim.

-- Untill a quality all sports canidate presents itself, lets just sit back and enjoy the current BE. Football is getting better each yr and the hoops is GREAT

Jackson

Wilkie01 Wrote:

Fanatical Wrote:But why does the BE need another team to play DI-A football? It's doing fine with eight.

So, if the conference is ever raided again, we will have enough teams to survive a raid!

There won't be another raid on the BEast. OF course, the reverse may not be true. I wouldn't be surprised to see BC and Maryland leave the ACC for the BEast eventually.

It's the same situation as early 2000's. ACC has no contender & B-E teams market is growing. B-E has to do something to protect itself. Also I can't believe BCS bowls paying 6 or 7 schools 17 million & not wondering how to get it down to 5.

In the short-term the Hybrid Whorehouse will continue.

but "what's wrong with the current setup?"

try scheduling. 7 conference games and 5 non conference. and where this is particularly difficult is that our smaller stadiums don't generate the same revenue per game. so that 1aa game is not nearly the cash cow that it is for an Ohio State. And the bidding war is driving up the price of buying a 1aa or 1a opponent.

the big east would be best served by a 10 or 11 team conference with a 9 or 10 game conference slate to reduce these other costs.

then there is the issue of conference focus. You need a common vision articulated to drive expansion, tv, initiatives, branding, etc.

The DEAD HORSE IS CONTINUALLY BROUGHT UP BY CRAPPY.Its not happening.I am glad everyone is sure about what Villanova is doing when they have announced NOTHING.The only stadium they are fixing up is their current one.They have a new scoreboard and press box.If they move up they they will likelyexpand it for 1AA games and games with low level 1A teams.Otherwise its the LINC.

tigersharktwo Wrote:The DEAD HORSE IS CONTINUALLY BROUGHT UP BY CRAPPY.Its not happening.I am glad everyone is sure about what Villanova is doing when they have announced NOTHING.The only stadium they are fixing up is their current one.They have a new scoreboard and press box.If they move up they they will likelyexpand it for 1AA games and games with low level 1A teams.Otherwise its the LINC.

The dead horse is continually brought up by TS2 Villanova can't play at the Linc unless they play Temple. Temple has the lease to play FB there until around 2015 or 2018. I think they had 15 years left
in 2003 but I am not sure. If Nova moves up and that is a big IF :drunk2: they will have to play somewhere else - more than likey at Franklin Field if Penn lets them play there IF they move up.

For the future BE I say bring back Temple for scheduling purposes. Its cheaper over all to give them a reduced piece of the BE pie than to make big payouts for other Mac, Cusa, and 1-AA teams that don't showup anyway. It gives each team a 4 & 4 home and away schedule. And it gives each BE FB team and automatic win towards their bowl season over a BCS team. lmfao lmfao lmfao lmfao lmfao

Fanatical Wrote:Why does it matter that some schools don't play division I-A football?

I'll tell you what does matter. This sorry comglammeration that prevents every team from playing a round robin home and home basketball schedule. And, it's now depriving us of a home and home vs. Louisville.

I love being in the BE, but it's ruining UC's rivalries

panite Wrote:

tigersharktwo Wrote:The DEAD HORSE IS CONTINUALLY BROUGHT UP BY CRAPPY.Its not happening.I am glad everyone is sure about what Villanova is doing when they have announced NOTHING.The only stadium they are fixing up is their current one.They have a new scoreboard and press box.If they move up they they will likelyexpand it for 1AA games and games with low level 1A teams.Otherwise its the LINC.

The dead horse is continually brought up by TS2 Villanova can't play at the Linc unless they play Temple. Temple has the lease to play FB there until around 2015 or 2018. I think they had 15 years left
in 2003 but I am not sure. If Nova moves up and that is a big IF :drunk2: they will have to play somewhere else - more than likey at Franklin Field if Penn lets them play there IF they move up.

PANTEEN YOU CANNOT READ.CRAPPY STARTED THIS CRAP.BY THE WAY CHECK ON VILLANOVA PLAYING TEMPLE AT THE LINC FOR 4 YEARS.

My vision of the future of the Big East is that it will become a conference whose fans someday will not have to be on the internet posting about things like bowl problems, expansion issues, and split desires.

BJUnklFkr Wrote:

Fanatical Wrote:Why does it matter that some schools don't play division I-A football?

I'll tell you what does matter. This sorry comglammeration that prevents every team from playing a round robin home and home basketball schedule. And, it's now depriving us of a home and home vs. Louisville.

I love being in the BE, but it's ruining UC's rivalries

It certainly not as good as a 12 member league with a adding psu,nd,bc and md,but is sure better than anything like the the cusa leftovers.