Villanova officially invited to join Big East....

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It's interesting to me how you go directly from mentioning Memphis as an option to the fact that TCU is in the Central Time Zone preventing them from being an option. And on the basketball side of things, the Big East already has two central time zone teams.

Where are those two teams located???

Chicago (Depaul) and Milwaukee (Marquette).

[Joe]

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I don't like the idea. The conference looks like **** as is, how will a school with no football stadium, a budget 1/3rd what the average Big East team is spending, and a small alumni base do for us?

[South_Florida_Flip]

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I don't like the idea. The conference looks like **** as is, how will a school with no football stadium, a budget 1/3rd what the average Big East team is spending, and a small alumni base do for us?

They'll find a place to play.

We had a much smaller budget before we joined the Big East and have progressed as a result of being in the league. Villanova will as well.

[smazza]

I know all I'll hear is spin here but take away UCF hate for a bit. Philly, Boston, NYC are all Pro markets, they will never embrace College Football like Southern cities. They don't have a stadium, it's a private school w/ very low enrollment, there are not many ingredients for their fanbase to grow like USF's has or UCF's could potentially with a jump to the Big East. Casual meatballs in Philly will always pick Eagles and Phillies over Big East Football. There is no way they are a better option than UCF, ECU, or even Memphis. TCU is in the Central Time zone so doubt they would ever be an option. I don't know how any Big East FOOTBALL fans can spin this decision as a good thing. Villanova would have to figure out the stadium thing than what, they maybe get a jump to 25K a game? ECU and UCF already top that.

You know you'll hear the spinning comments because that is exactly what you're doing.

Many people said the same thing about UConn going to 1 A and the Big East and it worked out for them quite well. They don't play on campus. Auman mentioned that the stadium where the Philly MLS team plays would be a potential venue and that's a good place to start. Villanova does have a very good 1 AA program that would need a few transition years, but they can succeed.

Again, the Philadelphia market is better than any other option that is available. The league wants to create it's own network and having Philly bolsters that. The balance of the league would also remain in tact, which is very important.

TCU would be the absolute best option for the league if it could work, but if you're talking about expanding basketball, then you're in trouble.

the big east tv network

aaah

[Rizman]

What a joke.

[JuicedBull]

The crying on the UCF, ECU, Memphis and Temple message boards will be epic. I can spend my whole day reading that stuff, lol.

Indeed, there will be whining. I think Villanova was natural fit; they're already in BE basketball. Their football team isn't bad either. We just need to add ECU and Memphis in the near future.

[2000bull]

The crying on the UCF, ECU, Memphis and Temple message boards will be epic. I can spend my whole day reading that stuff, lol.

Indeed, there will be whining. I think Villanova was natural fit; they're already in BE basketball. Their football team isn't bad either. We just need to add ECU and Memphis in the near future.

plus, wouldn't it help shift the power to the football side of the conference?

[South_Florida_Flip]

The crying on the UCF, ECU, Memphis and Temple message boards will be epic. I can spend my whole day reading that stuff, lol.

Indeed, there will be whining. I think Villanova was natural fit; they're already in BE basketball. Their football team isn't bad either. We just need to add ECU and Memphis in the near future.

We don't need to add Memphis and ECU if we're going to have 9 teams.

[South_Florida_Flip]

plus, wouldn't it help shift the power to the football side of the conference?

No. Villanova is already at the voting table.