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Where did you here that the fb contract is going to be lower than the NCUSA and the MWC? With Louisville on board, the BE is much better than CUSA and better than MWC. Also the BE plays in larger more established markets than either of those leagues. No way would the BE execs. have agreed to a smaller contract than non bsc midmajor leagues, especially one as bad as the NCUSA will be. without Louisville, USF and Cincy. That comment from you is highly suspect. Either show us some proof or dont post such garbage. If you are a real BE fan, and I highly doubt that you are, you would not post such trash. It seems to me that you are a disguised fan of a CUSA school that was left behind in CUSA.

I dont know how good BE basedball is. In the northeast, you will find that BE fans dont care about baseball. I think that as you guys become better and better in fb and bb and start going to bcs bowls and sweet 16 tourney's, that your interest in baseball will probably wane off a little.

Pitt and BC. Cuse has played more currently ranked teams(5) and beaten more currently ranked (2) teams than anyone in the BE, CUSA, MWC and the WAC has. That number would be even higher if I included all of the teams that were ranked at some point during the season.

Miami only won 1 national championship, and lost in another national championship game to Ohio ST, while in the BE. They did not even become respectable until the year 1999, a couple of years after their probation period was over. Up until then, they had 5 or 6 years of 5,6 and 7 win seasons in the BE. But It just so happened that during their down years, West Virginia was usually very good as was Syracuse and Virginia Tech.

Well, the Bulls seem to have certainly turned things around. Your victory over UAB was very impressive. I posted on the WV board that the Bulls would win at least 8 games next year when they come to the BE. I based that on your recruiting classes. So come on, make me look good.

This is not meant as a flame, I dont know if I can handle anymore disappointments of this magnitude. First Cuse embarrases the conference by getting hammered by Purdue 51-0, Then Rutgers loses to D1-AA New hampshire, Then Cincy loses to Army, now USF loses to Army. I can understand Cincy losing to Army, but I would have never guessed that USF could lose to Army. Not with all of the talent you guys have been pulling in. Army must really be improving quickly. If thats the case I want their coach at Cuse.

The Big East started to play football as a conference in 1992. Miami was there in the beginning as was Virginia Tech. Up until this year, The big east never played football without Miami or Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech did not carry the league. They have only been to 1 bcs game (which was the national Championship game), Syracuse has been to 2, Miami went to the rest. When Miami was down, Syracuse carried the BE. Also syracuse has won more games in the BE than any other team except Miami. I do beleive that USF will become THE FB power school in the BE. You have all the right peices ready to be put in place.

Congrats Bulls Fans. Very exciting double overtime win over TCU. I knew things were not as bad as you guys thought after losing to USC. This is a good win for USF, beating one of CUSA's favorites. I think the New Big East went 6-1 today with the lone loss being Syracuse. Rutgers has a bye week. keep it going. Thanks for contributing towards the nbe respect.

I am sorry that you guys lost today. In reading some of your posts, I see that some of you are starting to doubt your team, coaches etc.... USC is a solid team. They are not great, but they are solid. Therefore there is no reason to get down on yourselves. With the talent that USF has been bringing in, I am sure that you guys will be very competitive by the time you get to the BE. In fact, we in the BE are counting on it. This was just one game. You guys will be ok. With your defense, I think you guys can handle tcu. Keep the faith. Things will get better.

. (Since the bcs has been around, only Miami has gone from the Big East). Syracuse and VT have also played in at least 2 bcs bowls a peice.

Thats going to be a good game with Cincy. They have a good chance of stealing one in the Dome. Cincy's defense is always good. Cuse offense has a tough time with great defenses. Cuse should :-/ pull this one out at the Dome. I think Cincy will be much better this year than many fols think. I know they were picked 8th in CUSA, but I can see them getting 7-8 wins this year.

Cuse will not be left behind by anyone in the new BE. I wouldnt worry too much by the above post from the SU board. Thats an opinion from one person. Most Cuse fans are very happy at the potential of all of the fb schools coming into the BE. In that aspect, the BE officials new exactly what they were doing in bringing USF, Louisville and Cincy in.

Blue-collar bowls strike back Matt Hayes / Posted: 36 minutes ago You've got to admire the fight in these guys. Their Joe Sixpack bowl games are throwaways in the grand scheme, as insignificant as the NIT in that other college sport. Yet every year they're plugging away with postseason games that, for the most part, fill stadiums and remind us there is life after the BCS. Now those same bowls have a chance to make things very interesting -- and tweak their BCS brethren in the process. Officials from the Citrus, Cotton, Gator and Holiday bowls started talking a couple of years ago about a postseason draft of teams for their games -- or a mini-BCS. That has become more of a reality after the latest kick in the gut from the Bowl Championship Series. Quick recap: BCS says it will add a fifth bowl; aforementioned bowls believe there is new access to the sport's Mecca; BCS eventually stays status quo. That final condescending condemnation could lead to a revamped bowl structure among the non-BCS games. "I think we all understand that change isn't part of that (BCS) structure," says Cotton Bowl president Rick Baker. "So now we have to ask ourselves how we make our games more intriguing." Someone, quick, find a napkin. Give Citrus Bowl president Tom Mickle a pen and some table space and watch him go. This is the same guy who literally drew the concept of the BCS on a dinner napkin in the 1990s, and college football hasn't been the same since. There are plenty of options this time around, and a draft would generate fan interest and give non-BCS games more yearly variety. A draft, which wouldn't begin until current contracts expire after the 2005 season, also would create the cross-region games fans crave. And, of course, it would severely crimp the Big Six BCS conferences. "That's not something we'd be in favor of," a BCS commissioner says. They might not have a say in the matter. The BCS leagues want their annual bowl tie-ins because they generate consistent revenue, and it's a simple process of sliding teams into selection slots and cashing the checks. A Texas vs. Florida Citrus Bowl matchup would have drawn a lot of attention last season. Well, fellas, it might not be that simple anymore. The non-BCS bowls are trying to survive. As with any business, the keys are marketing and selling an attractive product and embracing change when needed. The concept of the draft is simple. After BCS pairings are announced, the four mini-BCS bowls would draft teams for their games. Instead of being limited to conference tie-ins, the bowls could pick from any team in the nation. The Citrus could have used the first pick last year to select Texas, a team that just missed out on the BCS. With its next selection in the second round, the Citrus could have grabbed local favorite Florida and would've had its most attractive game in years. The Holiday Bowl could've had an East Coast-West Coast game of Georgia-Washington State; the Gator a Tennessee-Iowa matchup. The possibilities are endless with the bowls changing spots in the draft rotation each year, much like the BCS championship game rotates among the four bowls. This is Marketing 101, folks. More interesting games mean more financial possibilities. The bowls can pool sponsorship money for payouts and negotiate a television deal with any network that gives them prime spots in the holiday season. You better believe NBC and FOX, which trail ABC and CBS in college football coverage, would jump at the chance to promote the new bowl series and steal a little thunder from the BCS. Joe Sixpack hasn't given up yet. He has just started rolling up his sleeves. Staff writer Matt Hayes covers college football for Sporting News. Email him at mhayes@sportingnews.com and include your name and location www.foxsports.com/content...Id=2504614

Whether USF dominates the BE or not, your future is much better off in the BE than Independant or in CUSA. I expect USF to be the next K State. I cant say VTech since they only had a couple of real good years. But USF will be ok in the BE. No one expects USF to dominate the BE the way Miami did, but If USF could just get past Vtech's level, everything would be fine. I really think that with BCS access, USF and Cincy will benefit the most. Louisville is already really good.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense because we all know that Cuse is doing poorly in sports.