Economics_Nerd82

I don't know if there are any 2 road games that I would "like."

I agree. Setting all hope for a "big boy" seat aside, a conference made up the following 10 schools could be quite fun over time: USF UCF FAU FIU USA UAB Georgia State Tulane La Tech La Monroe Games could be picked up by Sunshine Network of FoxFlorida, or a similar regional entity. Call it the Gulf Coast Conference I wouldn't want us in the same conference as FAU and FIU; the toothpaste is already out of the bottle for UCF. FAU and FIU don't add any value (going along the same thinking of the super 5 conferences). I would have: CINCINNATI CONNECTICUT SOUTH FLORIDA UCF SOUTH. METHODIST HOUSTON EAST CAROLINA NAVY TEMPLE Choice of: LOUISIANA TECH (Greatly improved over the past 4 years) ARKANSAS ST. (Greatly improved over the past 4 years)

I think it goes without saying that we all want a seat at the big boys table, but if it comes down to hitting the restart button, I'm fine with picking the best 7 schools within the region and calling it a day. Make the best of a crappy situation.

If we have 7 home games already, I'm sure the Big East doesn't want to schedule us another home game with UCF... or, is that not a factor at all? I have no clue. I think UCF fans trump UF fans.

8 of 12 games in the state of Florida.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8736148/big-east-unveils-first-2-division-football-schedule The Big East released its home-and-away football schedules for next season on Tuesday, and most notably, the league has departing members Rutgers and Louisville taking trips to Boise State. The 2013 season will be the first featuring a 12-team Big East format and two divisions, with new members Boise State, San Diego State, UCF, SMU, Houston and Memphis joining. But it is another lame duck year for the conference because Rutgers and Louisville have announced intentions to join other leagues -- Rutgers will move to the Big Ten and Louisville to the ACC. Their departure dates are up in the air, pending a resolution with the league. Rutgers already has filed a lawsuit against the Big East to get out of the required 27-month waiting period. Among the other notable highlights of next season's conference schedule: • Cincinnati and SMU take trips to both sides of the country for games against San Diego State and South Florida. USF and UCF do not have to take a trip out West, as neither plays at Boise State or San Diego State. • Boise State gets Houston, Louisville, Memphis and Rutgers at home, but must travel to Cincinnati, San Diego State, SMU and Temple. That gives the Broncos two trips into the Eastern Time Zone. • As for Louisville -- expected to be the preseason favorite yet again -- the Cardinals get UCF, Memphis and San Diego State at home. Rutgers must play at Boise State and Louisville, while Memphis is the only other school that must play those two teams on the road. The home/away breakdown of the Big East schedule: East Division UCF Home: UConn, Houston, Rutgers, USF. Away: Cincinnati, Louisville, SMU, Temple Cincinnati Home: Boise State, UCF, UConn, Louisville. Away: Memphis, Rutgers, San Diego State, USF UConn Home: Louisville, Rutgers, San Diego State, USF. Away: UCF, Cincinnati, SMU, Temple Louisville Home: UCF, Memphis, Rutgers, San Diego State. Away: Boise State, Cincinnati, UConn, USF Rutgers Home: Cincinnati, Houston, USF, Temple. Away: Boise State, UCF, UConn, Louisville USF Home: Cincinnati, Louisville, Memphis, SMU. Away: UCF, UConn, Houston, Rutgers West Division Boise State Home: Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers. Away: Cincinnati, San Diego State, SMU, Temple Houston Home: Memphis, San Diego State, SMU USF. Away: Boise State, UCF, Rutgers, Temple Memphis Home: Cincinnati, San Diego State, SMU, Temple. Away: Boise State, Houston, Louisville, USF San Diego State Home: Boise State, Cincinnati, SMU, Temple. Away: UConn, Houston, Louisville, Memphis SMU Home: Boise State, UCF, UConn, Temple. Away: Houston, Memphis, San Diego State, USF Temple Home: Boise State, UCF, UConn, Houston. Away: Memphis, Rutgers, San Diego State, SMU

http://espn.go.com/m...lege-basketball

Old Big East RPI: 21 Louisville 26 Cincinnati 32 Rutgers 50 Syracuse 63 Pittsburgh 85 Temple 86 Connecticut 96 South Florida New Big East (RPI with BYU included): 17 Boise St. 26 Cincinnati 30 San Diego St. 48 UCF 51 Navy 55 BYU 58 East Carolina 77 South. Methodist 85 Temple 86 Connecticut 93 Houston 96 South Florida 105 Memphis 131 Tulane Average RPI drops 19%. Median goes from 56.5 to 67.5.

Andy Katz â€@ESPNAndyKatz Television money is the key. Would they get a better deal on their own or with new BE schools? No set timetable. But 7 are now engaged. Andy Katz â€@ESPNAndyKatz Last on this: Multiple bids would come from a 10-12 league that includes Gtown, MQ, 'Nova, StJ and possible top A-10 schools.

Old Big East RPI 2 Syracuse 8 Louisville 15 Georgetown 18 Cincinnati 25 Notre Dame 27 Marquette 34 Connecticut 36 Pittsburgh 63 Seton Hall 83 South Florida 97 St. John's 102 Providence 133 Rutgers 142 Villanova 156 DePaul New Big East RPI 15 Georgetown 18 Cincinnati 27 Marquette 31 Temple 34 Connecticut 37 Memphis 63 Seton Hall 69 UCF 83 South Florida 97 St. John's 102 Providence 112 SMU 142 Villanova 144 Houston 156 DePaul 175 Tulane The average RPI drops 24% (using current RPI numbers). I'm not sure how significant that is in the grand scheme of things, but, it doesn't help for sure. The median RPI rank drops from 36 to 83.

Mike Jensen â€@jensenoffcampus Temple AD Bill Bradshaw told me contract with Big East states that Temple became full voting member on July 1, 2012.

Recruiting via radio and TV waves! Get'em Willie!

http://espn.go.com/c...ols-sources-say

TV dollars. We don't have big TV dollars now. If we get stuck going back to C-USA or Sun Belt we'd go from $5-10mil per year to about $1-2mil per year. Independent would be worse. Try paying even Willie Taggart and anything resembling a decent staff on that. Just speculation but I very much doubt we'd ever officially go back to C-USA or Sun Belt. We're far more likely to keep the Big East name in a reformulated/restructured conference consisting of full membership or football only schools, including some or all of our recent additions.. I'm not sure this is true. If western schools return to MWC, the BE is dead without basketball schools. What do you mean by "dead"? If you're suggesting that the remaining schools couldn't retain the Big East name and continue with a "coalition of the willing," I don't consider that "dead." I only consider the Big East "dead" if the remaining schools have no other choice but to remain independent or join a smaller conference. But so long as you've got eight members, you've got a conference, right? Why would any of the following schools HAVE to go back to a smaller conference, instead of just continuing an association with each other? (I'm honestly asking the question - there may be an answer that I just don't know): Connecticut Cincinnati Temple South Florida Central Florida SMU Houston Memphis Tulane ECU Thinking out loud: You have to think, at some point, these eastern defections (even basketball only schools) would encourage dropping the western weight and focusing on a core of eastern schools. If San Diego doesn't add enough to the overall pot, maybe dropping them makes up for the per school loss in basketball TV money.

Yes, but... So is Simon Fraser (a Canadian school that strangely enough, actually plays American Football rather than Canadian rules) http://www.myteamisb...=2#.UMYOdHczSSo Are they being added to the big east?

Has he been doing the media rounds? sports radio, TV, etc I'm sure he'll have a radio show next season, maybe they can kick that off sooner rather than later.

Shocking that you're here to screw with us.... Just shocking.

Tressel??? Do some research if you want to be taken seriously. Willie is an excellent hire. Many very important people are all seeing eye to eye on this. Every local high school coach... local ESPN analyst Corey Long... HomeTeam writers... even Dickie V!! All great support to have. Speaking of which: Dickie V A great choice by USF -WILLIE TAGGART has the complete package - can coach - can recruit - can motivate -can communicate with media etc

Nobody at the presser is allowed to yell "beat Florida!" LOL

I hope this is not how much we are paying this guy? Supposedly

Has a former player ever come back as a position coach?

Sounds good

Is that you Wllie?

+1

Auman reporting it. http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/taggart-coming-home-usf-football-coach